The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-02-13

In which they confident OF YOa
laws elaborate treaties and deliver maxms issue
procla you may send nayies and armies whittier
soever you will but my word for IT, Senator's when you
undertake stay the path OF conquest over the
material word-over the Of sand or the wastes
Of the sea-whcn you undertake ortfy sot or inbc
cty or barbarism against the uroaSs Of industry
rage and civilzaton--whether in Cuba or Mexico or
Central Amerca any where ese you undertake. vain
and fruItless task. II system Of government be
adequate for such emergencies should ever be placed
IN ansaeonsm the generation which with ppIees warm
quicker than inspire u.s. with genius more exalted
than boast with zeal too heroic compre-
hensoD row presses ward TO the places we M to-day
must drive from the scenes Of actiontheu
certainly the day pursues the night will grander
nobler systems of government be inaugurated
stead The wisdom Of our time the duty to which we
have been called Is 10 avoid such autagonisrn and
adapt by well ed amendments no. ONLY our egsa-
cp but general policy the necessities of chl
that after shall have orsakcn these places
these bonors, ana these cares, gone last
rGse the Constitution and the Union in which now
r, oce with he splendid organization States thereby
the Of the past, AMI
energies the present the hopes OF the future,
will remain securely established forever.
no, be timd, too ardy, in pursuing the path
rodocn by the wisest OF our predecessors. With such
boundaries have at present, no mere lust OF 40
IN non oug he encouraged tolerated; but only
ie necessities of people require, from time TO lime,
should the cohhpes Of the Union be enlarged This rule
safe one II 10 one easily observed as well as defended
h.rause is the law OF our national grow IN and deveope
mep II The acquisition Of Cuba be within this rule as
sbs ends avor 10 show our duty and our interest alike
dsuapo that should omit reasonable endeavor 10
varo lis accomplshment To Illustrate such enterprise
IN account Of SECTIONAL or partisan personal consdera
uops, would be 10 degrade our country from the high
position which she now occupies. The Island OF Cuba -x
tends almost from the seventy th,rd meridian Of ocgi
iude west II ON Greenwich to the eighty ih meridian,
ard lies between the rropc Of Cancer ana the n'ne.
'.on'b parallel Of north latitude It's area IS thirty four
Thousand Two hundred and thirty Three square
miles that OF its principal dependency, the Isle
" " pn, auu 'n squ'e @ iu'ss, snu ,na.
oi outer oeNhdencies smai islan's) ne hundred and
as the aie Of OHIO and larger than The STATE OF Indiana
The r1bress OF lis SOIL the uxurance of It's agricultural
~ W. s sonla' & u,aIs, e . peuy VI
raon Of coambus on his ast voyage Of discovery aad
supposins this be OF Asiatc continent, fe
msook IL Tor the Kingdom of Cthay described half IN
fable and half In fact by the elder geograuhers and ira
vecls that time the ca.actes aud resources of
Cuba bave BEEN asceraned be greater tnaa those OF
Of expectation at present sugar, cotae segars TO
bsoso m lesf, mossses honey and wax these being
eaton ,na,ao wi:ai b,mn oax o,a tha yosuce Of .be
vine i has been shown TO us by the reports OF the
Committees On Foreign ReationS IN the Senate
anS N n, the lions aoose ,sat free commerce between
l bob ,na, alon The a,mnss quantities Of sosa, and
moasses m orted thence annually we pay an export duty
our own Thu or the oiher hand the stores of meat and
yeoa,tpgs .af"aea J,n, al! our Noh,cesn ss' tAro.
ind odrpance re, tecause ef dtscr,a,,natng duiis,
Against vs, terted ~ e,n dmof,n9 % nearly or quite
int. rect 10 he peoe whom have the hooor TO represent
and aore sufficient my estimation, to require that
tbr government OF the Uuei States should tolerate no oo
ami a reciprocal interchange OF production.
But sugar is not The only article in regard to which an
,.ofs,,s, os ,raaa ,ri,h Che .vs,s a.. III
,ae,t spcdys eye is ltscrimtroa OF thrry res b one
kund,d per entdeaiaa In the report Commercial
Relations voiu ae g. page 1877 ID is said ia regard 70 the
spsnish .sriG Oh the exports of Cuba:--
the tariff of 1917 .roar IN so,airn ,,.,,s M
cents boz in spanish rs cents; coffee IN foreign bo5ons
sys ~ bsg in Spanish II cents foreign
IONS pays 81 20 per hundred pounds Spanish
sgars no DISCRIMINATION ~ ce a per thousand by yrte Of
ne y o'u i" men m onso, one o. % h : ao
In rrspec t eIportaos on Isl Janury ism the
ing additional du s levied upon exported prodnce-5O
cents er box Of per hundred pounds Of
otAeco' OF per ihoasand Oh segAfs
Turning from exports 10 imports in Cuba, the discrmi
nation is Thus page l26 Of
same report fEo -
The nf rl for imports and exuorts of the Island of nhs
10 be enforced in ls. The art,
cles Of every description are levied upon fixed
o. ne siueiesi 10 We Island ne vaua.on SPECIFIED 10
per cent others ss per cent foreign merchandise In
bottoms from foreign p0r some S per cent others xi
cen"
Ana no" comes tpsse i- wen worthy o.
The above does not ncade -four which, by virtue Of
spanish nonr IN tpsnsh booms per bbl ...... 81 o.
Spspi.h -four In foreign bottoms "
Foreign gonr In foreign brrs ...... g.
Fore. Ign four IN spar sb bottoms ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. S
nouI pa. besides Two pc cent on The valuation Of 81
Subsequently hail added upon all imports
der dated 20 November year, additional
a on 70 sst or Two years Of one and half per cent on
.bpr hea
pSts Tbs increase 10 cover certain nece ,.ies of bs
The two years ent by long ago the
may have passed. but the aodi'Ds per centage is still
acted
thus appears that erery barrel Of -four imported from
the Tn,d States Is vaued at sl2 50 tor the purpose Of
on, and Is tozed sl0 90 Aocoydgy, 1851 there
imported into Cuba only t'co thousand hundred and
and hag bd'fes Of flour, q ue ralve o26 ,28i 25,
SS u"'e % ae e'"' , s-u,,0t 90 'oee h.sd
n'a'"ns, Vo' o. page i]ol ihe Vaiua'ioh
o sl2 90 per barrel seems 10 have been adopted for the
purpose avoiding the effect Of treaties with SPAIN
81 eces of ~ fined inauty ike the home valuation
oit.n nror oso 10 ms hu, hsnnv ,an,ti1,s -, ,,
a., o., ;o , u,,t -, ,s, ti. f ~ I'm , ,II
ie. "a a. ."en ~ wy pes'ne ec "nep you eonsi"s'
mat me United oI'es uoiu eeographcaiy toward cnoa
The relation OF the nearest Of four this prac al
exclusion OF from her market by sucn discrnn on
f ,iu,i.s moi H. ohe, us. nm nc, oo,,nsa "a
~. 1ss, dssr.. Nor s !, a., .,ct, ,ai ;,a,o =, - . :.
'be iast "eei'e NOT " " ~ socehi hJnstce " IS pirt
w hat poiicS WHICH SPAN mas pursued toward us when
ever ana as Often as she could md an opportunity
In the ort Commercial Relations, vol page
1884, the compiler says
5gnd OF c,t',ca eop,notton ne KhPte Spdih tf en-
,u"9 "o"n'o na stdly one u,t,"es, q discrimination
elJedeV ~ Me c'td Hta's ~ a" cases ehefe ne inter
te 81 te cofsu"js and gooeT"asH mere dp not compel