Washington sentinel., 1856-04-01

New York "Herald" upon Mr. Buohanan's
speech at the banquet given him by the
Lord>mayor OF London.
International Conaity-Mr. Buclanan's Speech
at Gildhau.
The Lord Mayor of London, having been
disappointed in his first attempt to give Mr..
Buchanan dinner, in consequence OF the lat.
ter having been invited on the same day to
dine with the Queen, renewed the endeavor
with better success few days afterwards, and
entertained the American Minister, together
with large party of gentlemen and noblemen,
at the Mansion House on the llth instant. Mr.
Buchanan was the guest Of the evening. When
he rose to return thanks for his health, he de-
fliyered one OF those graceful, terse and matter
full speeches for which he is 80 noted. He said
that he had met no one in England who had not
treated him as though he were countryman,
and however widely he had differed in opinion
from the Englishmen he had met, he had al
ways parted from them in peace and friendship
He considered that a war between England and
the United States would irreparably iniure the
cause of civilization and human liberty; that
despots would goat over it and he trusted in
| God, and believed that the day would come
when all the dssensions which have ever existed
| between the two countries would have passed
/ away.
This was the point Of his speech. We cannot
pass it over without congratulatng the country
on its good fortune in having a Minister manly
enough and generous to use such language
within hearing Of the very statesmen with whom
he has been engaged in so warm an interna
tional contest. There is not much, perhaps in
these stereotyped expressions of friendship and
kindness; but when Mr.. Buchanans position is
remembered, especially when the arduous and
irritating nature of his controversy with the
British Government is called to mind, they will
really be seento possess no common importance
and to reflect no paltry credit on their author.
Compare them with the language of Mr.. Marcy
in his dispatches, see how bitter and grabbed
the latter is; or with Mr.. Pierces messages, in
which the desire to embroil the two countries is
as conspicuous as Mr.. Buchanan's wish to keen
them united. Or compare them with the grand
speeches of Lords Pamerston and Clarendon,
in which to pass over the actual msstatements
OF fact) they seem to try how insulting they can
be, and by what art they can best stir up the
British blood to make war upon America How
pitifully small these wretched politicians look.
to be sure, by the side of the people of both
! countries?
There is passage in Mr.. Buchanan's speech
we have not quoted It runs as follows:
at is impossible; and SO far from there
being any jealousy-so far from its being
either country as to the honest and fair exten-
sion Of the frontiers of either, it ought to be
considered a blessing to mankind that they
should have the opportunity Of extending their
freedom and liberal institutions over all The
unsettled parts of the EARTH" (Cheers.)
| This is sentence pregnant with sound
| meaning. The reproof it administers applies
| more justly to England than to this country,
| for we are not in the habit of concerning our
selves much about British acquisitions away
| from our immediate neighborhood; and though
| we do make little stir when the East India
Company annexes with stroke of pen
kingdom like Dude, half as large as Nicara-
qua, our attention is arrested less by the bare
| fact of the annexation than by its obvious
consequences, namely, the refusal of freedom
and liberal institutions to the people of the
annexed country, their retention in state of
yassalage, and the extorton of large revenue
| from them by British officials plan which,
whatever be its abstract merits, differs so
widely from our own as naturally to challenge
notice. We are not aware that any one in this
country has ever complained Of the seizure of
islands by the British government--a thing
which does happen once in while--or of the
spread of British power and influence in
Australia, or of the quiet manner in which the
Chinese we're crowded out Of Chusan, and so
for our forbearance in these respects; the true
cause was undoubtedly our preoccupation
| elsewhere.
Our transatlantic cousins who bave more
time on their hands, and who naturally as our
seniors feel good deal of uneasiness and re-
sponsibility about our behaviour, pursue a
different plan, and grieve deeply at each ex-
pansion of this country. They bewailed the
purchase Of Louisiana-they sorrowed over
the acquisition of Florida-they howled at the
annexation of Texas-they 60 into convul-
sions when the possibility Of our adding Cuba,
Mexico, or Central America TO the Union, is
mentioned. Is it, then, so desperately injuri
GUS thing to England that the Anglo-Saxon
race should spread over this continent carry
ing with II freedom, and energy, and liberal in
sututions, and enterprise, and free trade? Has
England been so ruinously affected by the
building up of New Orleans, which now does
so large and profitable trade with Liverpool
and London2 Would it have been better for
England that New Orleans had remained cul
de sac, without life, energy, products or foreign
commerce? Apply the principle to Cuba.
There is magnificent island, exactly the same
size as Ireland, and capable Of supporting
| population of ten millions without difficulty.
1t ought to be the richest spot in the Western
hemisphere. 1t is wretched sckly place,
where about million of Spaniards vegetate
under tire most oppressive constitution ever
devised by despotism and carried out by avarice
and folly They will not work. They can lie
in the shade, smoke segars, and grow rich
and they do. They want no rebelon-not
| they. Hence their resources lie undeveloped
Their -four, their manufactures, their books
their foreign goods all come from Spain, at an
enormous cost they could get them cheaply
from England or the United States but, ahi It
is too hot for them to rebel, and life is too short
So reason the Cubanos.
Now IL that island belonged to the United
States instead Of containing million ofwhites,
II would soon contain FIVE, instead Of producing
twenty-five millions of dollars, it would pro.
duce hundred, and an opening would be
afforded for the employment of capital, such rs
the world hardly offers. Now would the United
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