The Yazoo Democrat. [volume] (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1858-18??, 1858-12-04
TnE ACQUISITION oF ouRA.

Theory after theory and proposition after prop
ositiou have been suggested to secure the acquis-
i'inn Of Cuba, and yet, strange as it may seem to
orr national politicians and statesmen, the policy
Of Spain has been peremptcry refusal to listen
80 any measures which limited in the most delicate
and cautious colcrs the loss Of her territory.
Conscious that she holds within her infrm
grasp the Sesame" which unfods to polite
world the ne1haustible resources Of the 'Princess
q the Seas" she graduates her obstiuacy by the
interest which turks beneath the emerg ncy. She
dc ms the loss Of Cuba the birth of her political
insignihcance aud, in fact, were Cuba detached
from her dominion, the pulse which has hitherto
marke her vitality would be settled and the
charm which has directed the interest and policy
or England, France, Russia and America towards
her would he as sundered Her Cuban plumage
is her only attraction and hope. Bereave her of
this, and her national degradation is sealed
The inevitable destiny of Cuba is, that she
must sooner or later assuage the ambitious thirst
# one of these conspicuous powers. They are
each equally c,amcrous for the spols. The claims
ofihe United States, however, are certainly more
plausible, while from an eqitable point of view
che is equally consistent and stands upon basis
with her eager expectants-the geographical po-
SitioA in which she stands toward the world. and
her contiguity to the United States, render her
possession and security en- inevitable policy. 1t
is n matter Of no apparent establishment that the
ragacity Of our president statesman has directed
lie policy toward hcr neither is it astonishing
tant there has been an increasing anxiety on the
part Of the American people in regard to the
acquisition of Cuba. The rumor that demon
tration viii be made by the chief executive Off
cor TO fix her security has been hailed with
degree Of pleasure, and his known procliyities
npon the subject lends m air Of FEASIBILITY to
the report. 1t is policy equally popular with
nll parties, and we venture TO say, that it is the
egnced anything like unity of expression and
feeling. The New YORK Times, an organ which
mirrors the Northern sentiment, in late number
says--"SldUery or ne slavcry wemust h1pe Cuba"
Her natural resources are such as will indemnify
any eEerton of The Government, or repay any
invested capital. With an area of forty FIVE
thousand square miles, soil teeming with spon-
iancous productions, with fields of perennial YER
dure, she is the castle Of the poets fancy-the
home of the Nord and the CaSsia.
The South more particularly is interested in the
issne. The extension Of territory in that peculiar
latitude which seems to guarantee the efficacy Of
the institution of slavery, would be hailed with
n unanimity of sentiment and feeling, from tho
Gulf of Mexico to the Carolinas, which has seldom
been equaed and never surpassed The country, /
70 all appearances, is prepared for this contin-
geucy, There never was time, in the annals of
the country, which seemed 90 proptious to the
acquis ZION of Cuba, We arc at peace with the
world and the balance of mankind the Kansas
sgtation has been phlebotomized into quietus /;
the English search policy has been settled and
that Mormon ulcer which has disturbed the sys-
ten Of our body polite, has been torn from our
side and flung into obsequious iusignifcance.
There is nothing behind the scene to interfere
with our ilyorte policy. The prosperity of the
country demands it, the signs of the times de-
uaud it, and the people and the propitious tone
Of our national and international policy demand
it. Then let us have her, by fair means if VIC
can; and when all others have proved abortive,
let us resort to that prerogatve wpich the God Of
nations and nations destiny has given us-we
mean, vi et armis.