Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-06-06
From the New York Times
MR.. s0ULE IN wAsHINGT0N-PURC
OF CUBA.
WASHINGTON. Nav 21. 1857

Mr.. Soule is again here, and is of
course on footing of intimacy with Mr..
Buchanan. 1t cannot be doubted but
that they have talked over the Ostend
matter, now that they have considered
the mode for the purchase of the island
of Cuba.
In few days we shall know who is to
have charge, for the coming four years,
of this important negotiation in Spain
Some suppose it will be Mr.. Pickcns, of
South Carolina.
do not think it will be Mr. Belmont,
as Cuba can never be purchased, except
through the financial interest of the
Rothschilds, and other money princes of
Europe.
No changes are to be made in the mis-
sions to France and England at present.
Ultimately, as soon as anything is to be
done, Mr. r. Walker will be our repre-
sentative in England, and Mr. Slidell in
France.
If Cuba is to be bought by the Ad-
ministration, it must be:through remark
ably skillful diplomacy in London and
Paris. 1t Is "A matter to which England
and France will have something to say
Their consent and influence must be OBJ
tanned as necessary preliminary to a
successful attempt to purchase Cuba from
Spain. About one hundred and fifty or
two hundred millions is all that the Unit
ed States will consent 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 siavehold-
ers will promise to pay the money, as well
they might, considering that by the i'm
mediate rise in the value of their proper
ty, they will make about the clever sum
of S75O, 100000.
The United States must assume the
payment of this sum in annual install
ments of twenty-five millions year.
The next Congress is looked to as be-
ing a little more likely to favor this scheme
than any one that has preceded it, or may
soon succeed it.
But there is not much degree of pro-
liability that this important matter can
be brought to head before the Second
NSoSiotl vi TIC ltAI SougEtSS.
Meanwhile, twill be necessary to over
come the scruples and misgivings of the
South in regard to the effect of this mea-
sure upon their interests. To ruin all
their 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 matter of little
concern to the old Southern States, for
the same process Of depletion is now GO
ing on, the life blood OF the old Atlantic
Slaveholding states being drawn off to
the newer States.
1t is a question, therefore, between Tex.
as and Cuba-shall the old Slaveholding
States back up Cuba or Texas? l think
they incline to decide for Cuba, because
Cuba will never form but one State, while
Texas, should it be once divided, will af
ford two non slaveholding States.
The Northern commercial and manu-
featuring States will, of course, go for
the acquisition of Cuba, as they did for
that of Texas. General Cushing was
mistaken when he asserted that Massa-
chusetts had opposed the annexation oi
Texas, and his assertion is fiat contra
diction of the repeated statements of Dan.
lei Webster, who, after canvassing all the
Eastern States. and using every effort tc
raise an opposition to the annexation o
Texas, could not make single proselyte
nor force solitary follower.
The merits of the whole question, as 1
Northern and Southern question, respect
lively, were argued in the First Session o
the Thirty Third Congress. by Gerri
Smith, of New Yo-k, on one side, ano
Mr.. Boyce, of South Carolina, on th'
other.
These We're confessedly the ables
speeches on the subject ever made in Con