New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-04-16


Ing ZEN sired to and cisfgurs cur national Blss
bet Florida arc that d,sir.sls l.ss fer ts intris-
&c value, than becsrse il would for n t.nseroas
Means Of amor snce. in csse OF win a Martini.
Poser surrounded AZ il s 90 three sides by tbs oce u
and touching three Of pressSt states sth 60 hss
rier between. Tee pop1ls;ion Of L,uissra sud sIOr
IS, when acquired, very 81 Al coupAsd wtntbe
sgscnsss Of The Territory and, lying Ia coa,s,t sita
the s'aies, was esiy ana qgi ky absorbed into aai
as,i inflated viii tie Of people. Tno.e coun
Iies acquired moreover in the most peacsu! aai
fiietdy nslber, aud for q satisfactory Consideration.
Noe, witbou: any right or soy necessity, it Is hNd
20 tel Whist do not claim in eli tire c,ntesnt south
Of a. and the AeeLt IA! snds. Cabs TO be the first
hut Of on, grsprg enterprise and tina. to be gotten
at al hazards By peace al Purchsss if We can, by war
srd conquest If mu:.. Bat Cuba lie only an outpost
10 tte Empire Of Ilsnis ard continental countries tnsf
are to follow. A lsscrg Senator hes lately decisred
IN debate on tie Thirty Million bill that we must not
only have Cube bat all t.e islands from Cspe Words
TO the Spanish Maip, 20 50 TO surround the Golf ct
Mexico arc Caribbean Sea, and make them our " Sd'e
clousrm," Ike the Mediterranean, in old times, vnen
the Roman Emperor rued b5tn ia shores from the p-
srs Of Hercules to the Heesport Tns clsm OF mare
most TN implies, of ccurse, that We must Own the con
tneut that bounds cur the vest, a. well a. the
string Of islands that incose il on the eat-that Is
Mexico, Central America, sud sill South Ameiica, so
far south at least the Orinoco. 10 that vide CON-
pass of sea and land there are q good n any native
and pr ovinces belonging to the strongest
maritime powers, and q narrow con''ental lsthnus
which we Ourselves, a. well ss Eng land and Franc,
are wont to csl the tgiay fHa'i0rs. TO fdlhll the
grand conceI uop, aud periec DOR troPca enpue, We
must buy or corqusr ali these tornd countries, and
their uorgrel populations. AS to buyipg them, II
strikes me that had better waite awhile at least
Until the Government has ceased to borrow money to
pay its current expenses. And to oonquerirg them,
perhaps il would be prudent to pause and make some
estimate Of costs and contingencies before We rush into
war with all maritime Europe and half America
sm not ore Of those who believe that the United
States is not independent and cafe ration, beesuse
Cuba is not pat Of it On the contrary, believe
that we are quite capable Of self defense even the
Queen OF the Antilles province OF England,
France or Russis and surely, while it rsmsins an ap-
pendsge Of comparative feeble nation, Cuba has
much more cause to fear Us than we have to fear
Cuba. la fact gentlemen, cannot help doubling the
honesty Of the cownoly argument by which we are
urged 10 rob poor old Spsin of this last emnsn. of her
Western empire fer fear that she might use it torob u.s.
But suppose we could get, honestly and pesceably,
the whole of the country continental and insulG-
from the RIO Grsude to the Orroco and from Trinidad
to Cuba, and thus establish our mare cidasum, and
shut tue gate Of the world the Ishmus can we
govern them wisely and well For the lsst few years
in the attempt to govern our home Territories OF Kan
cas- and Utah. we lave rot very well maintained tue
dignity and Justice Of the nation secured the peace
and prosperity of the subject people. Can we hope TO
do better with ne various mixed races OF Mexico, Gen.
trail and South America, and the Wet lndis Issnds!
Some of those countries have been trying for fifty years
TO establish republican Il vernG,ents on our model but
in every Instance have usersbly failed; and yet
there was 70 Obstacle to complete success but ther
own nsptitude.
For my part, I sh oud be greved to zee my country
become ike Rome, conquerng and dom nant nation
for think there are few examples IN history, Of
Goyernme ps whose chief bects glory and power
which Did ever secuIe the happiness and prosperity OF
their swn people. Such Governments may grow great
and famous and advance a feE OF their citizens to
wealth and nobility; but the price of their grandeur
is the personal Independence and individual freedom OF
their people. Still less am inclined TO see absorbed
into our system equal footing With the original
States" the various and mlxed races amounting to
krow not how many mibiOns) which inhabit the con-
tiueLt and Islands south Of present border. am
no. willing to inoculste our boiy polite with the virus
of their dseases political and socisl-diseases which,
with them, are chronic and hereditary, and with Us
could hardly fail to produce corruption in the head and
weakness in the members.
Oar Own country as it is in position, form and sze
is a wotder which piocaims wisdom above the wit
of man. Large enough for posterty for centurie'
TO come: An in the temperate zone, ard therefore
capsbls of homogeneous population, yet go dyers-
fed in climates and coils as 10 produces everything
t. at is necessary to the comfort and wealth OF great
people: Bounded east ard west by great oceans, and
bisected in the middle by mighty river, which drains
ard fuctifes the cottitent, ard binds together the
most southern aud northern port ops Of our land BY
bond stronger than iron. Beside al this It is new aud
growing-the strorgest on the cottinent, with no
peghbor whose pc it fears, or of whose ambition
il hs, cause to be ieslous. Surely zach country s
srea. enough anc good enough 70; al The ends OF
hopes. ambition and vlrtuous power.
II seems 10 me tina, an efficient home loving Govern
meut modeIae and economical 10 ia administr stion
peaceful in its objects, and ust 10 all nson', need
have no fear OF invasion az home or serious sgsres-
son abroad. The nations Of Europe have to stsnd
continually in deferse OF their existsrce but the con-
quest Of our connry by fore On power Is SIMPLY I'M
possible and no n.top is so absurd to entertain tue
thought. We may conquer ourselves BY local s;rifss
and sectior e. srmosiies aud when, by our 70 " aud
vick,dness We have accomplished that great CO.
smity there will be none to pity us for the conse-
| querces OF 20 great q crime.
II our Govern rent would devote al its energies to
the promotion of pesce ard friendship With all foreign
countries. the sdvaIcemen, Of Commerce, the In
crease Of Az iculture, the groSth and stability Of
Manufactures, ard tie chespenpf quckeniOg aud 'e'
curipe the internal trade ard vsl OF our couotry