Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1856-08-23

Buchanan, as recorded by Brown, are most
faithfully and exactly reported.
This fact being established beyond all con-
troyersy, from the position and responsibility
Of Mr. Brown In the premises. we sec at once
that Mr.. Buchanan is fully committed not only
TO the general homo policy Of the Cincinnati
Convention, but to every part aud particle Of
the flibuslering branch Of that platform, with
the Ostend manifesto annexed That robbers
manifesto declares that. should Spain refuse to
sell Cuba and should we consider the island
necessary to our safety, Then, by every law,
human and divine, we shall be Justified in wres-
ting II from Spain, If We possess the power"
Mr.. buchanan said to Mr.. Brown. in accepting
the Cincinnati nomination. that "our nccessi-
ties might require Us to make other acquis-
iions, and that she regarded the acquisition
Of COba as very desirable now, and twas ike
ly to become a national necessity" Just 50
nothing more likely, with the transfer of Mr..
Buchanan to the White House. and the install.
laiion Of Messrs. Forney Sanders and the Gu
ban Junia in The kitchen as the privy council
Of his administration. When the highway
robber meets an unarmed traveller in a conven-
lent place, it invariably becomes "a necessity"
TO rob hin.
That the acquisition Of Cuba has already be-
come "a necessity in the mind Of MIR. Bu-
chanan, is pretty clearly set forth in the Oscnd
proclamation bu, t.ill more clearly in the en-
ihusiasic terms in which he states the case to
Mr.. Brown. Hear him Mr.. Brown says.
''aiier the formal interview was over, Mr.. Bu-
chanan said playfully. but ia the presence Of
the whole audience, III car be instrumental
in settling the slavery question upon the terms
have named, aud then add Cuba to she Union,
shall, if President, be willing to give up the
ghost. aud let Brockinridge take the govern
men,." WhereDpon, Mr.. Brown exgliingly
asks, "could there be a more noble ambition -
In reply TO Mr.. Brown. we mus; say that a
definite answer here depends very materially
upon the ways and means which Mr. Buchanan
proposes to employ to eject the desired acqui-
silion. We quite agree with Marcy, that the
last prospect Of acquiring Cuba by purchase
was snaAed out at Osiend. Yet as Mr. Bn-
chanan, IN the absence Of something better, has
fallen over head aad ears in love with the beau
tiiul island, blushlng IN her abonuding charms,
and as he must have her, We fear there is no
other way by which he can secure his hearts
delight than by wrestling il from Spain, il he
has the power This is the old Ango.Sax-
on, the old Norman, and the old English way
Of securing the rich lands of olher people. Il
is the Osiend policy Of Wrestling" that from
neiPhbor which she will neither give away nor
sell under threat; aud the threat is the old
policy Of the wolf with the lamb, IS recorded
by Asop and Gen. Taylor.
In this view of ihe case, apprehending that
an official Lopez expedition will be the solution
OF Mr.. Buchanau's criminal passion for Cuba,
and that war will probably follow, more dis
astrous to US and our solid interests Of peace
than was the abduction Of Helen io the Greeks
or the Troians, and more damaging to our
character than the regard Of Nicholas for ''the
sick man Of Turkey has beeu 10 the prestige
Of Russia, we are inclined to pause. We can
not, 10 fact, agree with Mr., Brown that Mr..
buchanan ambition for Cuba is "a noble anu
bilion." o. the contrary, taking his conyer-
saiion with Mr. Brown and his Osieud maniics-
10 together, as developing his scheme ior the
acquisition Of Cuba, we arc free T. pronounce
his ambition not "a NOBLE but an guoblc am-
bi,ioa-a criminal ambiion-a robbers ambi-
lion, and most unnatural and disrepuiable am
/ bition for an old man like Mr.. buchanan.
There is some excuse for young man turning
flibuster-iI is one way among others for SOW
ing his wild oats hut when We see an old man
affecting the hery zeal, as a flibuster, of reck-
less young vagabond of twenty-five, he is sub
ieci 10 Ibe suspicion of imbecilily or knavery,
and is not to be trusted Assuming thai imbe-
clliiy is at the bottom Of this mobile ambition
Of Mr.. Buchanan for Cuba, there will he no
safety in his election, for his flibusiering ad-
visers. who have thus far warped his better
judgmen, 10 their designs, will still continue 10
lead him by the nose. With these remarks We
turn Mr.. Buchanan over again 10 the care Of
MIR. Brown.