New-York daily tribune., 1858-11-02
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Mr. Dix of New-iork, that renegade Free
Soiler. in recent electioneering speech in this
city, held out ss the next piece Of friendly service
TO be- rendered By the dough-face Democracy Of
the North TO the Slavery-extendng interest Of the
South--thc betrayal of Kansas having failed-the
annex xatiOn of Mexico and Cuba. Mr.. Gushing Of
Massachusetts,, that renegade Abolitonist, who
first got himself into Congress by getting out OF
bed at midnight in his shirt to sign pledge
to devote himself to the abolition OF Slavery
in the District of Columbia and the Terri
tories chimes in We see, in his speech at the
agricultural festival in Virginia, with the same
idea. lie favored strongly, We are told, the an
ncxstion Of Mexico, as a necessity to save the
country-it does not distinctly appear which coun.
try, Mexico or the United States, probably he
meant both--from perpetual anarchy; and hnted
also very pointedy at the expedency OF similar
policy with reference 10 Cuba We nave not
heard Of any particular anarchy prevailing m Cuba
and We are inclined to suspect that in both cases
the interests of the countries to be annexed have
much less weight in the estimste Of these dough
face annexa,onists than the expectation Of thereby
doing grateful thing to the saye-trading interest,
whose table they are willing to heap up with any
quantity of dishes in the hopes of themselves per-
sonally coming in for the crumbs aud broken '1c-
tual., Mr.. Dix, looking, perhaps, to he deputy
-under.Yiceroy of Mexico, aud Mr.. Gushing to
the appointment Of District-Attorney for Cuba
When Mr.. Gushing touched upon these questions
the applause Of the Richmond assembly, We are
told, was immense aud not few cried out Good
"for Massschusetts' This, however, was
decided mistske. Massachusetts, totally repudi-
ates sll these annexation projects. The very last
thing in the consideration or intention OF Mr..
oDly things he was thinking about, the considera-
tons which induced him 10 GO in for the nexation
of Mexico and Cuba. were not the good of Massa-
chusetts but the good OF himself and OF the mas
ters he obeys. What therefore, the audience
ought to have exclaimed MAS not Good for Mssss-
"chuseiis!" but Good for Caleb Cushing
Good for Virgins" :" Good for the perpetuation
L" and extension OF slavery" "Good for Dough
faces"
If, indeed, the Richmond assemoage, from the
fact that Mr. Gushing still continues his resi-
dence in Massachusetts,, supposed that he was
in any way authorized TO speak for the people of
Massachusetts,. they fell into most gross blunder
Caleb Gushing is no more authorized To speak for
the people Of Massachusetts than Benedict Arnold
was authorized to speak for the people Of Con
Dectcut after he had sought to betray West
Point into the hands of the British. When
Caleb Gushing was authorized to speak for Mas
saehusetts, he used to make speeches against
the admission Of any more Slave States
ss in the case of Arkansas, for instance, whose
sdrnission into the Union be opposed on that very
grcund-and OH behalf Of the abolition of Slavery
in the District Of Columbia and the Territories.
10 advocating the annexation of Mexico and Cuba,
Caleb Cushing speaks not for Massachusetts, but
only for himself and few other dOughfsces of bis
kidney.
But il Mr.. Dix and Mr.. Gushing srs not entitled
10 speak either for New-York or Massachusctt.
there are spokesmen for and representatives OF the
sham Democratic leaders in those States; aad We
are, therefore, fairy entitled to conclude that,
il the slave traders party can contrive to keep
their bod upon power, the annexation Of Cuba and
MEXICO is 70 bscome ,hs platform upon which that