Weekly Clarksville chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 185?-1857, 1857-06-05
WASHINGTON, May 21 1857.

geitfrgIa- WASHINGTON, May ~, 2lSS1
Mr.. Soule is again here, and is Of course,
on a footing of intimacy with Mr. Buch,
anan. 1t cannot be doubted that they
have talked over the 0stend matter, now
that they have considered themods for the
purchase of Cuba. Ina few days we shall
know who is to have charge, for the com
ing four years, of this important negota-
tion in Spain Some suppose it will be
Mr. Pickens of South Carolina. / do not
think twill be Mr.. Belmont, though Cuba
can never be purchased except through
the fnancialin influence of the Rothschilds
and other money princes Of Europe No
changes are to be made in the mission to
England and France at tpresent. But ul-
timately, as soon anything is to be dene,,
Mr.. r. j. Walker will be our representa-
tivcs in England and Mr.. Slidell in France.
If Cuba is to be bought by the administra-
ton, it must be through remarkably skill
ful diplomacy in London and Paris,
Il is matter as to which England and
France will have something to say. Their
consent, and influence must be obtained as
a necessary preliminary to successful at
temptto purchase Cuba from Spain. About
one hundred and fifty or two hundred mil
lions is all that the United States will con-
sent to pay, or be bound for They do
not expect to pay it from the Treasury Of
the United States. But the Cuban Creole
planters and shareholders will promise to
pay the money, as we'll they might, con-
sidering that by the immediate rise in the
value of their property, they will make
about the clever sum of seven hundred
and fifty millions. But the United States
must assume the payment of this sum, in
annual instalments of twenty-five millions
"a year. r.oilnsgsyiE li Il viYag aitsra
The next Congress is looked to as being
more likely to favor this scheme than any
one that has preceded it, or may soon fol
low it. sa6le
But there is not much probability that
the matter can be brought to head be-
fore the second session of the next Cong
ress ,as-,.- .-.7 a.-..sa yo4 '
Meanwhile it will be necessary to over
come the scruples and misgivings Of the
South in regard to the effects of this mea-
sure upon their interests. To ruin all
these sugar interests is of no account, for
that will soon be done by the cultivation
of the Chinese and African sugar cane
To withdraw their capital and labor from
present employments and leave these lands
worthless, is ia matter of little concern to
most of the old Southern States, for the
same process of depletion is now going on
the life blood of the old Atlantic slave
holding States being drawn off rapidly to.
wards the newer States 1t is question
therefore, chiefly between Texas aud Cuba
Shall the old slaveholding States back up
Cuba or Texas2 l think they incline tc
4 decide for Cuba, because Cuba will never
form but one State, while Texas should il
once be divided, will afford two non slave
holding States rr ra h.nn3
The northern commercial and manufac
turing States will of course go for the &C
QUESTION of Cuba, as they did for that o
Texas. General Cushing was mistaken
when he asserted that Massachusetts, ha,
opposed the annexation of Texas, and hi
assertion is fiat contradiction Of the re
peated statements of Mr.. Webster, who
after canvassing all the Eastern States
and using every effort to raise an opposi
ton to the annexation of Texas, could no
make single proselyte, nor force a soil
tary follower -1i fn efi s10sg ct.
/, The merits of the whole question, as
! northern and southern question, respec
lively. were argued in the first session G
the Thirty Third Congress by Gerrit Smit
of New York, on one side, and Mr.. Boyc,
: of South Carolina, on the other Thes
!, were confessedly the ablest speeches o
the subject ever made in Congress. M
i Gerrit Smith argued in favor of the az
: QUESTION and annexation Of Cuba wit
i Africans free and Africans slaves just ;
o they are. Mr.. Boyce, on the other han,
- undertook to demonstrate the fact that Il
j proposed acquisition would be prejudie
: ito the interests of the whole country, ar
entirely runous to the South. 1t mi
not however, be in the power of the Sou
- to prevent il, when an opportunity for d
s., consnmmation Of the object shall prese
le, itself The influence of the great a