New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-10-24

Buchanan, and signed by him and By j. y. Mason
and Pierre Soule, informing the Secretary OF State
of the United States of the result Of the wel-known
"Osttnd Conference, we find the following state
ments:
There has been a full and unreserved interchange
of views and sentiments between Us, which we are
most happy to inform you has resulted in cordial CO
incidence Of opinion the grave and important sub
iects submitted to our consideration. We have ar
rived at the cor clusion and thoroughly convinced,
that an immediate aud earnest effort ought to be made
by the Government OF the United States to purchase
Cuba from Spain, at any price for which it can be
obtained not exceeding the sum of s......, latter.
ward set down at one hundred and twenty millions of
dollarsl We cannot anticipate failure,
unless POSSIBLY through the malign influence Of for
ecn pow ers who possess right wi atryer to inter-
fere in the matter" Cuba is as necessary
to the North American republic any Of s present
members. From its locality it commands the mouth
Of the Mississippi, and the immenie and annually
increasing trade which must seek this avenue to the
ocean The Union can enjoy repose nor possess
reliable security, as long az Cuba is not embraced
within is boundaries Considerations ex-
list which render delay the acquisition of this island
exceedingly dangerous TO the United States. The
system Of immigration and labor lately organized
within its limits, and the tyranny and oppression
which characterize its immediate rulers threaten an
insurrection at every moment which may result in
dreful consequences To the American people. Cuba
has thu. become to unceasing danger, and
permanent cause Of anxiety and alarm.
But if Spain dead to the voice of her own interest,
and actuated BY stubborn pride aud false sense Of
honor should refuse to eel Cuba to the United States
then the question will arise, What ought to be the
coursc OF the American Government under such cir
cumstances Selfpreseration is the trst law of ma
ture with States az well as with individuals All ma
tons have at different periods acted upon this maxim
Although it has been made the pretext for commit
ting fragrant injustice, in the partition of Poland
While pursuing this coune We can afford
TO disregard the oen.uros Of the world, to which
have been 80 ofie and upustly exposed. After
-ba have offeed Spain price for Cuba far beyond
its present value and this shall have been refused, it
will then be time to consider the question: Does Cuba,
in the possession of Spain seriously endanger our in
ternal and the existence of cherished Tn
Should this question be answered in the affirmative,
then, BY every law human and divine We shall be
justified in Wrestling it from Spain, if We possess the
power"
Mr. Soue in his dispatch to the Secretary of State,
dated at London Oct. 20, 1854, says:
Herewith have the honor TO transmit to you a
Joint communication from Mr. Buchanan, Mr.. Mason
and mvself embodying the result Of our deliberations
IN the subject about which we had been desired 10
confer together" 1.-THE question of the ac-
QUESTION of Cuba by gaining ground i! grows to
be more seriously agitated and considered. Now is
the moment for IA to be done with it. Present ndi
cations would TO encourage the hope that we
ay come 10 that solution peaceaby But fit Were 9th
erwee If tits TO brngupOn u the calamity Of war-et
it be now while the great powers of this continent
engaged in that stupendous struggle, which cannot
but engage all their strength and tax all their ener-
es as long as it lasts and may before ends conyuse
them ALL
These quotations fairly represent the sentiment
of the document which is the most remarkable State
paper on record, and ought to be we'll understood
BY the people of the United States before by ele-
waiting Mr. Buchanan TO the Presidency, they sane
lion the dangerous assumptions and dsgraceful
proposals act forth in il. II says that the sys
TEN of immigration and labor organized within the
limits of Cuba, and the tyranny and oppression
which characterize lis immediate rulers, threaten
instruction at every moment, which may result in
direful consequences TO the American shareholders.
Cuba has thus become to us an unceaslng danger,
and permanent cause Of anxiety and alarm-and
as, from its locality, il commands the mouth of the
Mississippi therefore Cuba is as necessary to the
North American Republic as the State of Massa.
chusetts, New-iork Pennsylvania. Virginia,
Louisiana, or any Of the present members of the
Union. The shareholders. they tell us, can never
enjoy repose nor possess reliable security. long
as Cuba is not embraced within the Confederacy.
Therefore as self-preserysti0n is the first law of
nature, We must acquire Cubs,-by purchase, if
Spain will sell; but if Spain shall refuse TO sell Cuba
10 the United State, then. By every law, human
and divine shall be justified in Wrestling it from
Spain by military force just az highway robber
plumbers bis victim.
II is hardly necessary to add that The Ostend dis
patch is libeon the UnIop and the American people.
Is there sensible man in tire country who believes
that Cuba is dangerous 20 the stability and quiet OF
the Union or that the American people are not
abe 10 maintain both without buccaneering.
fbustering expedition against that little Island
Do Mr.. Buchanan and his colleagues really be-
iieye that the Union is 80 weak 70 be endan-
cered BY an Instruction in Cuba Or while
Spain has the possession Of that island, is CON-
merce IN the CUT OF Mexico in danger from thence
No. no. II gratuitous assumption of state
Of things 70 cover the forcble seizure of Cuba.
against every law human and divine" More.
over. he proposal 20 wrest Cuba from spain by
military force While .he great powers Of Europe
were engaged n a war which taxed al their ener.
g.es, .e:l the, .Ao4.d Interfere, Va. l:a0lorab.e