The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1859-03-18
Ready-Money Brother Jonathan.

The raightforwardness and noble SIM
plicity of our cousins across the Atlantic
have invented at least perfect form of con-
quest-businesslike and at the same time
picturesque, patriarchal, and convenient
What are its instruments Swords, cannon
Mimic rifles Nothing of the sort. Given
pen, ink, and paper, desk or counter, and
good round sum- voted by Congress, and
YOU proceed to invite your antagonist to
" honorable negotiation. What is the
state of the case? "You have distant
possession, held by precarious tenure, which
is almost indispensable to US for our COM
merce. This possession yields you net
revenue of such an amount. We offer you
so much" We quote from the report of
the committee of the American senate of
foreign affairs on the subject of "faciiitat-
ing the acquisition of Cuba by negotiation"
True" proceeds the report, ''you have re-
fused to sell hitherto, but circumstances are
changing, and our offer may be more ac-
ceptable than in 184S.i The Spanish mi
mister at Washington is at this moment
chatting and fuming, unable to express his
Indignation, and "declaring he shall de-
mand his passports" whilst the American
legislature, utterly regardless of his wound
ed feelings and bristiing moustachios is
cody and slowly passing bill for the grant
of 10000, 900 dollars for the purchase of
Cuba Why should he be angry "The
growth of our national existence is law
which we cannot disobeyn Having proved
the necessity of the acquisition by the cita-
ton of these impartial authorities, "all our
parties and administrations, and all our
leading statesmen, the committee next asks
fl,k, nh hoy Eya
of the United States-a purpose resulting
from political and geographical necessities,
is to be executed? And the answer to that
question is, that purchase is by far the most
convenient plan. THE fruit that was not
ripe in John Quincy Adams day is now ma
ture, and the question is, shall it be plucked
by friendly hand, prepared to compensate
its proprietor by princely guerdon," or
shall it be got by~those chance opportuni-
ties and rough proceedings which events
bring about
Much has been said about the indelicacy
of the offer" but the committee really do
not understand how anybody can object to
it on that ground. "For many years our
desire to make the purchase has been known
to the world. We simply say to Spain"
&c. At the same time, the committee gives
it to be understood that the "princely guer-
don is not to be flung into the seller lap
with quite that noble and generous abandon
which a wealthy purchaser sometimes
shows. Sour minister" says the impertur-
hable committee, q will not broach the sub
ect of purchase till he has reason to be-
lieve it will be .faoorabiy entertained" That
is to say, he will wait his opportunity he
will stay for some extreme political confu-
| fusion and pecuniary emergency, when the
! Spanish finance minister is beside himself
! with perplexity and despair, when he looks
all round for some possible source of the
| needtul, and sees an utter blank. He will
! then chink the American dollars in his ear,
and charm away his patriotic scruples.-
| "Spain, remark the committee, q is a coun-
try of coups detat AID pronuLciamentoes
the minister of to-day may be a fugitive to-
morrow. Her financial position is one of
! extreme embarrassment, and a crisis may
arise when the dynasty may be overthrown
unless q large sum Of ready money can Be
raised forthuith. This is the plan, then,
which is supported by that considerate class
of American politicians who will not hear
| of "acquiring Cuba except by honorable
negotiation" They let it be known that
thereis a purchaser in the market, with d
handsome sum at his disposal, aud wait fol
the tranquil and gradual impression that thi:
fact viii produce. Even if he storms at first
and talks of insult, the Spaniard, when hi:
passion has suhsided, will know that there i:
the money ready for him when he likes tc
take it. Whether Spain will be willing tc
part with almost the last relic of her vas
Transatlantic possessions in such way re
mains to be seem Times