Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-03-22
: = I'll. ourseIyos And now, said Mr.. soaley,

Wal says j, Mr. SOuley, you've only jest got "
look at the instructions drawn up by our Oongtess
at Ax-le-Shappel and signed by you and Mr.. Bu-
chanan and Mr. Mason, and you'll see the course Is
marked out as plain c. Jest open the
dockyment and read;
Cuba Is as necessary to the North American
Republic as any Of its present members"
THE Union can never enjoy repose nor pos
sess reliable security as long as Cuba Is not EN-
braced within its boundaries"
But If Spain, deaf 20 the voice Of her own in
terest, and actuated by stubborn pride and false
sense Of honor, should refuse to sell Cuba to the
United States what then?
MISREPRESENTATION is the first law of nature with
States as well as with individualso
Matters and things being thus and so, "then, by
every law, human and divine, we shall be justified
in wrestling Cuba from Spain, If we possess the
power"
There, says I, there's your chart, as plain as the
nose on a mans face; and all we've got to do is to
90 ahead So we all put our heads together to
draw up plan of the campaign, and we wasn't
long about it. 1t was finally concluded that San
ders should go and stir up the Southern division,
headquarters New Orleans; Sickles should take
charge of the centre wing, headquarters at WASH
ington and branch at New York; and should
60 as fast as possible down East, headquarters
DowningvilIe, and fit out naval force that would
put Cuba through. And here ! am, Gineral, and
you may depend ont the works got to be done.
But now l must ask you, Gineral, what in thun-
der Mr. Marcy means by baclin and film 30. /
have Jest got some OF the latest New York papers
by an outer-bound vessel, and one of the first
things see is Mr.. Marcys letter TO Mr.. Souley,
dated 18th Of November and 1t is so full OF milk
and water 1t makes me fairly sick. was always a
little afraid Marcy was old fogy but did think
he had little more backbone than he shows in
this letter. He's no Christian, and he's violated
the Scripter for he has put his hand to the plough
and looked back He seems now to be for smooth
ing over matters thinks maybe our country could
manage some how or other to get along without
Cuba don't know but what old Spain means to
do the thing that's about right after all better
dicker little longer with her in friendly kind Of
way; better not do anything to aifront her |;
keep things quiet till Spain gets in the right mood
and then, IL she wont sell us Cuba, perhaps she'll
settle and pay up.
Cabinet don't swallow no such milk and water stuff
as that What's got into Mr. Marcy? Last year
he told Mr.. Soulcy to demand three hundred thou
sand dollars for the Black Warrior right down on
the nail and not stop to party about It. But now
hc quivers and shakes one way and 'tother like a
leaf in the wind. I'm afraid Mr.. Marcy is getting
old And there's poor old Uncle Joshua, postmas-
ter of Downingville, / find he's getting old and
tiresum, too. When got home to Downingyille
and told the family was going to fit out the Two
Poies and be off the next day to take Cuba, Uncle
Joshua was struck all Of heap.
says ne, " MAJOR, 1 Deg Vi you HUI w 10 Hlto any
of that administering business; it's next akin TO
piracy; and there's the neutrality laws dead agin
you, too"
"Oh. non says I, Uncle Joshua, amt going
to undertake any of your low fllibusterin I'm only
Jest going out to take Cuba manfashion, because
our country can't get along without II, and self
preservation you know is the first law of mater
and because old Spain keeps insulting Of us ant
won't pay up"
"But don't you see, Major" says Uncle Joshua
eff you go to take Cuba, you are making war upon
Spain and you can't do that according to the
Constitution Nobody in this country has any
power to make war but Congress-"
"But you're mistaken there, Uncle Joshua,
says l. "Did'nt Mr.. Polk make upon Mexco?'
.No by no MEANS" said Uncle Joshua. eff
YOU will look back and read the dockyments Of
them days, you will find it reads, Whereas war
crists between this country and Mexico" You see
that war comes ITSELF 'tBut you have no right to
make war upon Spain or Cuba unless you get your
authority from Congress"
"Wal, uncle, have got my authority from Con-
gress," says / "what more do you wants"
a0h nor says he: Congress ha'nt declared
war, because it would be in the papers, and should
seen il"
"But don't mean your lazy Old Fogy Con
cress TO Washington" says l /; ~ mean our Eu
rup Congress-
And then / took the dockyment out of m,
pocket aud showed il to him, signed by Mr. Blu
cDanau, anu MT. mason, ana mr., SOuley. Az mrs
he was thunder-struck, and could mt say nothin
Then he fell back to the Constitution agn, fast al
he always does, and said he didn't believe our Con
gross over there In Eurup constitutional. Their
he reached up TO the shelf and took down the ole
Constitution, covered with morocco leather, tina
Gineral jackson sent him more than twenty year
ago. and he put on his spectacles and looked it al
over from beginning to end and said he could'n
find nothin about any Congress in Eurup.
But If you call your meeting over there ii
Eurup a Congress- says he, g should like tc
know where you find your authority in the Consti
tuition to make upon Spain to go filibusterir
about Cuba"
why, Uncle Joshua, says ], 1--WE find it ii
that clause where 1t says take the responsi
biHty'"
There ~ said Cousin Sargent Joel, who ha,
been listening all the time without saying word
there, uncle" says he, 81 knew you would fin
the authority In the Constitution somewhere
That's one of the amendments Of the Constitution
that was added by Gineral Jackson, you know, an
therefore 1t mast be right"
Then Sargent Joel turned TO me, and says he
Major, I've been round aud notified the Who'll
company of the Downingvillc militia, and they ar
all ready, armed and equipped as the law directs
and will all be aboard tomorrow at ten O'Clock
They are full of grit, and ready to swallow Cub
alive
haint got near through my story, Gineral, 70
i wanted to tell you more about fitting out th
Two Pollies, and about the crew, and the soger
and the marines, and the hoss-marines, and tn
vige, but / shant have room in this despatch, an
the little clipper that's waitin' for me to finish W.T.
ting, has got smart wind and wants to be off.
don't see you standing on the pint Of Floriday a
we go by, / shall take it for granted that you hay
concluded not to go out to see US take Cuba; bu
If see man standing there and swinging his hal
shall know it's you, and wen bear right up wit
the Two Pollies and take you of.
remain your old friend and Minister Gner
at Large, and Rear Commodore of the fillibuste
feet MAJOR JACK DOWNING.
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