The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1856-10-18
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" Clay u RObber. I.,o


one OF the Resolutions of the section;
: Presidential convention tn at nominated Err,
) mont. is as follows:
. Resotred, That the highwavman's nle,
; That might makes right, embodied in the @,
: tend circular, was p every respect unwo,
thy of American diplomacy, and ~oul
bring shane and dishonor upon any govern
hent or people that gave it their sanction" >"
The above =, solution WAS intended as
censnre npon Mr.. Buchanan, and drfni
hon OF a principle of the sectional party, il
Opposition To that enunciattd by the iamou
''ostcnd circular" Issued hy Mr. Buchanan
and other representatives of the United
States government in Europc, against tn,
I movement of England and France, for tri
rartic treaty or alliance with rhc Untet
#; states, 10 guarantee Spanish rule in Cub;
! forever. The "highwayman's plea" o
which black republicanism speaks in the re
! solution quoted above, is the following from
! the ''Ostend circular ~
After we shall have offered Spain price
Tor Cuba far beyond It's pres, mt value. and
I tins shall have been refused, it will then be
iiine to consider the question, does Cuba in
the possession of Spain seriously endangeI
our internal peace and the existence Of our
cherished Union? Should this question be
answered in the affirmative, then. bv every
law, human and divine, We shall be justified
in Wrestling it from Spain if we possess the
power; aud thi,, upon the very same prin-
ciple that would justify an indiviIual in
tearing down the burning house Of his
EeighIdt, If there were no other means Of
preventing the flames from DESTROYING his
own home. Under such circumstance ~.
ought neither to count the cost nor REGARD
Tie odds which Spain might enlist against,
US"
Is this new doctrine in American diploma
cy: Lot Us see. H. the Life and Speech
cs of Henry Clay by Mallory. volume
first, pages 207 ana 2oS, may be found the
following passage from Mr.. Claws defence Of
President Madison : seizure OF West F.oridu:
''.t cannot be too often repeated, that il
Cuba Oh the one hand, and Florida on the
other, are III possession Of foreign mari
time power, the immense extent OF country
be!o' siaa to the United State, and wateryd
by streams dischargIng themselves into the
Gulf of Mexico, &c, &, are pla Cd at the
mercy Of that power. have
40 Hesitation IN saying. that if a parent
country viii not or cannot maintain II. an
thorIiy IN colony adjacent to us, and there
exists IN II a state of iniSfulc aud disorder.
''~'A-'''- '~' i'nf- H'i'A IIlpi c'1stE. SUCH
colony. by pas>in. into the hands of any
Other power, would become dangerous to
the int. gity o~thc Uniou. and ulsa.ic,tiy
{ - - the su5vcrsion of our laws. We have
a risa', upon the eternal principle o. ee'f
preservation, to lay hold upon it. This !
principle alone, Ata<peHieAt ef at.y ti.lc. .
would warrant our occupation Of Nest Flo F.
riga.'
Now here we see that Mr.. Buchanan and (.
Slr. Clay agree entirely upon the principle .
embraced In tiie Ostvud conference ques-
-ion. ID BGchsnsG was .'robber ami
igh~ayman' III lis action. then was Hen
y Clay yet these back republicans have
he effronteiy to ask II arv C.ay wings to
'ote .Or FrcmuHr, becau>e Buchanan Tored
i'n.-e.f q ''soober and iii.hway:;.an.n bv
tiGsihS TO aGiec To u trc-ty which declared
1871 HtlGtF Hp CIRCUMSTANCES EuHiI ti.s.
; s',icf. ;sfhieS SEIZE Cuila. Clay a.ld HGclis-
'an reiterated the doctrine of G.ur.,. Wash
loioH. that tnis rep,!1ic must H.. Kept free
1 entai.G'ng alAnc.S witA forrign bowers.
nj this sehtiA.ent - held 10y every t,u.
lmeiieau. 1t i r,pudIa:rd oniv hy the
i az republicans, VINO, at this moment. are
ctins ia concert wtin the crowned heads OF
.uEuPe, 10 w,aA-n our republic and effect
Ie >iie dy dissolution of the Union. FREE. |
'c" take "atfing ia Time, aud put down ,
iis Infamous party OF ;reason-il.is band OF
asst Traitors.