New-York daily tribune., 1858-07-08

EgIoDtan uorsrchiesl ststsc;,is 10 justification OF
it, bluEderr II is the very policy which wrenches
Three MilIors of the most s,newy and willing men
of Europe from the tlow TO chain them to TIE
bsyopet. co.npes their mothers and sisters TO TIL
the earth in their place and sends their fathers sad
brothers hither in eager ard fauish.d qu;s! OF
bread.
We protect, utterly and indignantly, asaln': the
notion that the acquisition II Cubs, or ery sort OF
cOrtrcl over OF exclusive hight IL the Isthmus OF
DarieD, il essential TO TIE growth or safety Of this
country. On the contrary We slst that, If Cuba
ard the Isthmus were both offered Us tomorrow,
nobody objec,rg, We ought to decline them For
if Cubs was this day ours peaceful and unsrudged'
it would compel an enlargement Of our Army and
Navy; it would increase our complications with
other Powers ard our cbarces Of collision with
some Of them AID it would enormously Increase
the cost OF war to Us in csse we should be involved
10 contest with any maritime nation. Even in a
war with England, it would be point OF )nor not
to abandon our insulsr brethren to the enemy; and
what sort Of feet ard army would be required to
defend it, q moments reflection will indicate.
With our line Of defense thus eeploraby extended
and weakened, We could not, for One Hundred
Millions per annrm, protect ourselves from outrage
ard spoation so thoroughly as with Sixty Millions
while IT boundaries remain as at present. Bat
there never would be an hour, even Of peace
wherein Cuba in cur hands would not cost Us more
than ts worth.
The Isthmus of Darien, or any portion Of it,
uyoul1 ha an enualiv hn "A apd avar mora
sterile acquisition. Cuba, annexed to the Union,
would diminish our revenue and increase our ex
perditure, but it would afford as larger market
for our staples than it now does; while tie Isthmus
would be bill of cost and load of care from the
hour we acquired it, with no compersstrg adTau-
tsge. It's production and trade are insigdldcant;
in peace it would be of no earthly TO us; in var,
it would be trap not for our enemy, but for our
selves. If our enemy had less maritime strength
than We, it would be utterly useless if he had more,
il would be bockaded ut bis convenience, while It's
reduction would be simply question Of time.
Meanwhile, it would cost Us millions Of money aud
thousands of men to no purpote whatever.
We protest, then, against all acquisitions Of ter
ritory, at least till what We now have is Improved
end developed; but we protest more emPhatically
against any acquisition of territory net adjacent to
ard conterminous with what We already possess.
Such acquisition nust be source of weakness and
peril not strength and safety, unless we are willing
to support armies and Dsves after the European
pattern-aInies and Davies which compel the
housewife and her daughters to labor in the field,
and send the mechanic supperlsss to bed.
k.I. - on1 1,,In 80 s-1
entan Cling alliances--agaipst all pretsDses to rights
in Central America or elsewhere off our own soil
which we do not freely concede to every power
on eaIth-the weakest and furthest well as the
strongest and nearest-against ali bullying and men,
acng of foreign States on the part OF our Govern
ment-sgainst all war which is not ~ssed in sbso
lutte and undenisble self defense. We oppose War
and oil that tends to War, not as Calamity but as
Crime. We regard victories gained in an unjust or
unnecessary war as more deplorable than defeats.
We regard our late War on Mexico as more disas-
trous in its corruption of our peoples morals, IN
the Atheistc notions which its Fictitious successes
tended to difluse, n its triumphs of rapacly and
unrighteousness, tran would have been series OF
defeats which brought the Mexicans to Washington
and the Mexican boundary back to TIE Sabine
OF course, we understand that any holding our
views must defy and despise the demagogues re-
proach of puSlsnimity, taking the side OF the
enemy, inctirg him to unreasonable exachons'
&C., &c. We perceive all that, and something
hey ond it. No Monroe doctrine ever ProPounded
sforded half so solid foundation for National Sc
curity ard strength as the doctrine of Christ. Aud
the time will yet be, even on earth, when mankind
will comprehend and believe that nation which
fears more to do wrong than to suffer wrong, which
is fixed 10 its resolve to do good to all and evil to
rone-even those who try to be its enemes-is
wiser ard safer than if its entire frontier brstied
with fortresses and cannon and tie ocean were
swept by its men Of war. The relative bravery of
the Peace snd of the opposite policy, we will dis
cuss on some other occasion.