Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-04-24
euR RELATIONS WITH srAu.

Most Of our readers are aware that the
National laseils9esosr 10 . paper which can.
not be accused of writing rsshly, or Of be-
ing Influenced BY the operation OF slight
and trsnsient causes. When. therefore,
that paper speaks with uore than ordinary
earasstness on subject of great national
importance. il is fair to presume tina, it will
arrest the attention of the public, and pos
sibly be noticed even by the Administration
itself
Treating upon the suspicious entertained
b. the pu6lic that the party at present n
power 10 abost to play some desperate
game in the hope Of recovering ito lost for
tunes, the latelli9eacsr says
..Our home lc,ters treat fully of those
dcmestic topics WHICH at present loom with
a mischievous aspect above cur Pollu cal
horizon, and constitute the chief points OF
political discussion. TIE reader will find
in these letters matter Tor grave reflection.
He will perceive in them evidences OF
desperate game now on foot for party or
for mercenary objects, or both combined,
in cooperation with foreign malcontents,
which, unless promptly irowned down by
sound American sentiment, will be pushed
BY the gamesters, in pursuit Of their selfish
ends, even to the piunging Of tae country
into war
In the prosecution Of this wicked scheme.
resor. is had 10 every species of misrepre-
! sen,a,ion to misiead and influence the hon.
est public mind, and prepare it for the dread
u. So mil "a
Cubs. and with Cuba will come the re-
demption of the Democratic party. That
is the fattering argument and that the mo-
tive Of the political gamblers. But are the
sober, honest body Of the American people
prepared to embark in this desperate game
for prize Of, to say the least, such doubtful
value, We believe not. Yet, should
these reckless ministers of strife, by artful
aud exasperating interpretations, sue
coed in stimulating the nation into war, and
the iong-coveted prize of Cuba crown their
+ hopes, still will il prove an unfrultini prize
! for them. The conquest OF Cuba Will be
OF about as much advantage to the party
which bids so high for il as the annexation
Of Texas was TO the ruler OF that day. A
CROOKED AND FALSE POLICY NEVER REDEEM
I'D Any PARTY, and If anything could now
rescue those waning fortunes for which the
desperate fiibustering game is now SO
recklessly played. it would be to adopt diff
ferent aims. supported by far different
means"
In the course of the same article, in ref
erence to some of the wild talking Of the
Washington Union about the relations of
the United States and Spain, and especially
to statement, made by the Unian-thai mot
q steamer arrives in the United States from
Earope or the Spanish Colonies which;
does not bring with it further iDtimation
that the public mind, the press. the Cortes,
the Cabinet, and the colonial ssenss are, if
possible, more than ever hostile to this con-
federaey"-theI sseliyenoer says
"Wa demand to know il this declaration
u true, As 1T is not borne out by any pub
lie accounts which have reached US from
Europe or elsewhere, il can only be found
cd on Information derived through private
unofficial channels or through officislinfor
matioa received at the Department of
State. Now we have reason to believe that
NO dispatches have been received from
Spain which give any color TO the Unions
assertion We believe further, that the
unpublished dispatches in the Department
Of State would contradict the statement, as
the lately published dispatches themselves
do; and that the declaration is only part
OF the reckless game to foment war be-
tween the two countries, to subserve party
interests, TO which we yesterday briefly al
luded. If, as we believe, the assertion is
false, OIL ght the Secretary of State TO suffer
such unfounied appeals to party prejudiees
70 go forth in the official paper, apparently
with his sanction, Ought he to permit SO
gross and wicked imposition on the public
credultyl How, let Us ask, stands the
fact,
We fee the more free to make this de-
.mand, iinasmuch as the editor OF the Govern
ment paper very recently informed the pub.
lie that he had procured access to the des-
patches in the State Department relating
70 the Black Warrior case, and it may be
supposed by his readers, unless contradict
ed, that his present declaration of the in
creased and increasing hostility Of Snain
toward the United States may be drawn
also from official evidence on the files of
The same Department"
We cannot better conclude this article
than by adding to the above extracts the
following paragraph from the N. Y. Com
saereial Advertiser, one of the soundest pa.
pers in the country
This - no party question. The people
have ri ght TO know whether avermeIts az
such moment are true or false: whether
they are made win the sanction and 4, the
suggestion OF the President or the Secretary
of State. The Mercantile community have
. special right TO such information. Ifthe
Government have erldence that Spain-her
sovereign, her ministry, her parliament, her
press. her agents everywhere, her whole
peopIe-are deterIninedly s.hogtile 10 This
Confederacy"-bent on insulting and uro.
voking the United States beyond the lfnit.
Of honorable forbearance-snd If. on such
evidence, the Union il authorized and IN
structed TO hold the baIHgerent LANGUAGE il
is so constantly iteratlng--tllen, we renee,
our men OF commerce and merchant. wbosa
operations are carried on as thouoh war wss
distant, and who h.ve immense interests A.
stage ~ The matter, ought to have some re-
liable animation b. that effect, for In such
condition OF things the people would al
any moment be prepared to demand war,
though they now insist upon peace. On
the other hand, ii these bold statements are
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