The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1856-09-12
LOUIS o. COWAN, Editor and Proprietor.
Tro~ As Ksnnsbse Journal. '' .'.
Commercial Interests Of Maine:
what do they Demand:
Bsehannn, War, and Di.aaioa,

from hs hsrHtosc Josrrdf'
Commercial Interests Of Maine:
what do ihey Demand:
Bsehasas, War, and Di.saios, s'
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Fremont, Peace, and Union!
Among the resolutions adopted by the
National Convention Of the " Border Ruff
fan " Democracy at Cincinnati, was the
following one full Of PIRACY and BLOOD:
"RssoLvEp, THAT rnE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
WILL rSrrcr or rnE MKT ADMINISTRATION
THAT EvERr ETFoRr BE MADE TO INSURE orR
AscEyDKSCY IN ruEG GULF OF MEXICO"
Monstrous Us is the policy indicated IN
this resolution, 1t is nothing more than
what was contained in the Ostend Cireuiar,
put forth by Buchanan and SoaLe eighteen
months ago in Europe. In that document,
drawn by Mr.. BUCHANAN's own hand,
he makes the following astounding declara-
ton
After zoe shall hare offered Spain price
for Cuba far beyond its present rdhe, and
this shall hare been refused, ii 'ciH then Be
time 20 consider ihe question, does Cuba IN
the possession Of Spain sRdaEger our internal
peace? Should this question be answered
in the affirmative, then, by every law hui
man and divine, " WE SHALL BE JUSrl-
FLED IN Wrestling 1T FROM SPAIN
IF WE POSSESS THE POWER. Under
the circumstances, WE OUGHT NEITHER
TO COUNT THE COST NOR REGARD
THE ODDS THAT SPAIN NIGHT EN-
LIST AGAINST U.s." ,..
Here We have the whole rOlicy laid down
Cuba and other West India Islands (ApArr-
Ed TO SLAVE ABoR) must be acquired
WITHOUT REGARD To COST OR TO
TIE ODDS THAT SPAIN NIGHT EN-
LIST AGAINST U.s." Mark we quote
Mr.. Buchanan's own words. 1t is well
known tina, England and France stand
pledged both by interest and honor to assist
Spain five should endeavor to wrest Cuba
from her. The very first gun, therefore,
that would DO fred by this country, would
be the signal for a MORE BLOODY WAR
than that which has cRmsoSED THE CRnrA.
Our commercial interests would be prostra-
ted in SIXTY DAYS. and our merchant vessels
swept from the sea more effectually than
they were by the embargo OF 1908. Ship
building and every interest connected with
commerce would lang hishand die, and we
should have scenes of distress and d isolation
in Maine and New England similar to, ii
not greater than those witnessed in France
in the days of the bloody eou'criptions.-
All this would bo the inevitable result of
the election Of James Buchanan, with the
policy which he is pledged to carry out Tor
the benefit of the slaye-holding interests
Does any sane man believe that our glori-
Gus Union would weather such storm f?
How different from all this is the policy
of Col. Fremont, and the party-Or rather
the pcople-who have nominated him The
Philadelphia Convention took especial
pains to stamp the seal Of its rcprobati n
upon the Infamous doctrines laid down by
James Buchanan at Ostend. They did so
by adopting the following resolution;
Z" Rssolrsd, that the highirayR'dn's plea
that MIGHT MAKES RIGHT embodied
in tie OSrEND CIRCULAR, rds an erery
respect uaaSorthy Of American Diplomacy,
and ,rOuld 6rmg shame and dishonor upon
any gor1nmsni or people that gare Il their
sanction."'
And Col. Fremont, in his letter of Ac-
eeptancc, cordially sustains the same views,
Us will DO seen by the following extract
from his admirable communication
al concur in the rislrs Of The Conrenfion
dcprccaiing ne foricgH policy 10 'rh'eh u od-
rerp TIE assumption that zee hare The
right 10 take from another nation ITS domains
because ,se ,raai them is an abandonment Of
ihe honest character rhieh our country has
oeFnrtd. To proroks hOsiihties By unjust
assumptions rould be 10 sacrifice ths peace
and character ofthe country, rhSn al Hs M
trests might Be more certainly secured and
ais objects Ottainsd by just and healing ooun-
SETS, inrolriRg no loss ofrcpuidiioH."
uere is policy of PEACE; and with
Peace the bonds Of our "glorious Union
will be strengthened and made permanent.
With WAR, especially against three such
powerful nations as England, France, and
Spain. every interest in our land, CONNER
cial, manufacturing, or what not, would be
PROSTATE and ruined, and strife and conten-
ton between the two sections Of the conied-
eracy would become so embittercd as to
lead to a separation. And all this evil
would be en.ailed for the base object Of cx-
tending the Slave-holdins interest on this
continent by acquiring Cuba and the other
sugar-growing islands in the Gulf Of MeIi-
CO. ..... .....r
We again put tho question, in all scri-
business, to those who have tho commercial
interests Of Maine at heart-Whieh do you
prefer .......
Buchanan, War, and Dis
union,
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