New-York daily tribune., 1859-01-28

the Cuba.stealers are clearly at loss for an
answer.
With REGARD 10 the economical aspect Of tho
question, Mr. Tombs intimated that he would not
be- alarmed by even so high hgureas S2oV,vOo,000
for the island.
OF the Slavery side of the question. be sad that
though representing The reoksr portion % tas Re
- ymbiion-(a a significant admission from Slave
State Senstor(-he was content To leave II 70 tao
wisdom and patriotism ofhs countrymen TO settle oa
fair and lust principles what shall be the status Of
the bond and the free ia the island OF Cuba after il
Was acquired He was not afraid 10 meet the Is
sue. When We acquire Cubs, he was content tAas
his own countrymen should settle the status OF all
the people there according to the Constitution Of
the United States.
In the next place. however, Mr.. Toombs de-
clsred that be considered the question of Slavery In
Cuba as already settled by the DreJ Scott decision
and the principle of Popular Sovereignty. lie was
willing therefore, to accept Cuba, and 10 accept
Canada As readily, if Cansds could be got hlrly
and honorably. Also, Central America. Also,
Mexico, or at least 81 much Of II as would Do ad-
yantageous TO the Republic.
The objection which has been urged to the ac-
ousition OF Cuba, that it would bring foreign and
hostile population into the Union, Mr.. Toomos at
tempted 10 answer BY saying that We had DIVERSE
Ties of language and race when we acquired Louis.
;,na- Florida. Texas California. What has be-
come of the Spanish race in Florids What has BE-
come Of them in louisiana What has become Of
them in Texas Where are they IN California;
We cot free negroes We got slaves, We got Span
i,rds. and we got Frenchmen, when we acquired
Louisiana. We shall get Spsniards, free negroes,
slaves and coolies, when We acquire Cuba. We
shall AmericanZe them in tins case as Wen asm
the others.
Evidently. Mr.. Toombs overlooks the great differ.
ence made in these cases by disparity OF numbers.
i louisiana, Floridi, Texas and California had each
of them but few thousand people, occupying
few points here and there in vast territory, almost
the whole of which was unoccuped and open To
settlement. There were not 10000 people in
Florida nor more than $4,000 in Louisiana at tha
time of their occupation by the United States. In
Texas and California the number Of the native
population was still less considerable In proportion
TO the area of territory. Cuba, on the contrary 10
small, and for an American country Is thickiy
populated. -Four of our States each approach IL
nearly in sze-SIaine, Kentucky. Indiana and Ohio.
Maine is almost exactly the same size with Cuba, and
VET Cuba has twice or three times as many lnha6lt-
ants Cuba, in l-50, had half million more ii'
habtants than kentucky, half q million more than
Indiana. Each OF these States contains much
greater area of cultvabe land than Cuba, because
the interior of the island is occupied from one end
IA the other by a rugged chain of mountains, wha
every part of Kentucky and Indanais accessible 20
the plow The project of Amercanizing Cuba
that is of suppanting the Spanish language, race,
religion, manners and ideas by our language, race,
manners and ideas-is as chimerical rs would ba
the attempt to Germanize IndiaLa or Kentucky BY
an influx of TeutoDic emigrants.
Toward France and England, Mr. Toombs, who
had Just been scoffDg at spanish buster" as
sumed a high, heroic strain He rather liked tho
idea of war with them both. He said: - DEFY
" France and England to interfere. would rather
" they would than not. | want to know whether
"we are independent or not want to know
" whether We are sovereign or not" As II there
were any doubt about the independence OF this
country An American Senator ought surely to
be aware that without questioning the independ-
ence of the United States, it may be wise and pru-
dent to consider the consequences OF adopting
foreign policy that may involve us in war with
these powerful natons-two of them tho foremost
military and naval powers of the world. Ii Is easy
10 buster and talk big in the Senate Chamber.
But an English and French fleet off the coast Of
Georgia, with a few black regiments on board,
and with arms and equipment enough to put all
the negroes in GeOrgis in the field against their
masters. would probably bring Mr.. Toombs to q
realizing sense of Whist war with France and En-
gland means. He would then appreciate the fOrce
Of his own remark, that he represents the weaker
portion of the Republic.
The debate terminated for the presently short
peech from Mr. Hale, ridiculing the notion that
political necessity" now demanded that we should
have Cuba. Formerly, said Mr.. Hale, the cry was
manifest destiny" but manifest destiny" was
idden to death, and now comes political neces-
sity" He was opposed to them both. They both
ooked southwark exclusively, and were 50 much
aiken up with the Southern aspect that they forgot
he Northern, and allowed one Administration tn
trade of part of Maine, and another to part with
the territory between 40 and 54o 40, to which our
title had been pronounced clear and unquestiorl-
% able" by Democratic President.