New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-02-21

This bin Proposes to graft tue President u the
limited Stsies $3OtOO,OOO to be u'e1 Ia pur-
Sh,.;pr Cuba. 1t was knora 10 the Presidett,
s.hen be made the suggestion in has message, thAt
Sasin had refossd the trade; and he knew very wei
tb,t by the civil common law i took two to make
a,sse. Now VII ask what was the use. instead Of
eso. inc 10 the ordinary Of negotiation 70 put
;rtn the message sort Of proclamation 70 Spain and
tear, II ftrserd by this BILL whei know tba.
The proposisn Of the ,ge received at Madrid,
Ivl rot say with Castilisu pride, bat ct least with
Sosrish popp They irscribed their determn stloo
on columns aud pillars; and unanimously made ad-
dresses 10 the throne saying that they would never
part with Cubs. They have said 10 you they VIII not
trade; and yet in the face Of TIER declsra2on, you
propose to trsde with the Whist sort Of trade do
You measl You say your ayOw,d policy 49, that En-
gland and France shsl not have Cdba DO you mean
10 beat off all other bidders and levy on Toe ssod oy
sort Of coDstablos sale OF 1t, Wlthoot suthofy Oh
law iust coy it 10 sale spd sezoIe, aud buy it for
what you please Tea, is il substaDii4ly. Or, If you
do not mean that, | ssk what kind OF ploas and
Christian hUmabiiy there IS In proud nation Ike
this to a Door weak, old Government that rs, raw,
sore pace 10 lake an ignted rebrand and be jabbng
her and jabbipg her. and jabbog her just 10 torment
her Is the idea that although she is not wiling to
trade, YOU will torment Der so that she shall have
peace Of her life, and foay make the trade TO get rd
Of youi
Without. regard TO the fact that Spain says she will
not trade, the bill is enormous proposition upon its
face. We gave sl5 600 900 20 the Emperor Napoleon
for Louisiana, vast territory, reaching from the
mouth 10 the source CT the Mississippi River, en-
brscipg the present States Of Louisiana, Arkan.as
Missouri Iowa and Minnesota. There was perfect
kingdom for SIS 100000 We got wat domain Of
pubic land Of crown lands belonging TO Fran ,e more
than enough 10 pay all the expenses Of the purchase
and OF then survey, and leave us profit That Is
trnfe u at man mi ght well strain point for. Jefer
son was said to entertain some constitutional scrupes
about that aoqoisi ion but almost AM maos constu
tops sorupies would give way under the force Of such
trsde that Then bought the whole southern end
OF Florida that vast peninsula, for 50 lOOUOO would
L.. -. GOD f hsd ham
paying ever since / will not say Il At we have psid
more than the State is worth, for 1t is good State
now, and will not speak Unexpectedly OF beri but
il it bad net been for OsceOla, and Sam Jonss and
Jumper and the enormous price per capita that IT has
taken to transport catch, kill tue lntsDs there,
that would have been a reasonable trade. But do
not suppose now if Florida put up at pnbl, auc
ton and sold it would brig more than would inden-
nifty us for the expenses Of the various Indian
Now Sir we come to the Island OF Cuba, aud
what to geti We get the public prop
erty-ths Moro Castle, the jaiis aod the
the Court houses. We do not own the negroes; we
do not buy the land for Ourselves bat it is trade
simply for the sovereignty. Well, what does that sov
eregDty amount to 1t amounts to this: That You are
10 pio people of Cuba; that you TO extend
over Il EN- the laws of the Unoo that you 10 keep
Of pirates; that if they get into fight you are to
help them. OF course shall have to build mp their
wbsrvee attend to their public wsnts. The youngest
child in the family Of course will be petted; and how
much you TO expend to get her in proper trim the
Lord only kEOws.
Mr. President, i DO not believe with the Senator
from New Hampshire (Mr. Haze that our course Of
empire lie by any political trick, at least in this in
stance gOipg 10 a southern Erection. That has been
the natural courte of emigration, from the tins when
Che GOtbs at the VaJdas came down upon the sunny
plains Of Italy, 10 the pe cent time. IL IS the iosnct
Of human allure to hunt cut the best lands nd where
they are, lOcste on them, anc set 10 them. 10 the
faI-Off North, during the lng, cold, Winter nights,
the children they BIT around the tire perhaps chilli
blamed or frosbten eat figs and oranges and dates,
and N thew from COuCtIy where
there is and no ice, but Oslmy breeze, and
Their notions start though they want TO get of TO
that better country.
90 Chri.tl 1t goodly sisht to see
Whst Heaven hss eoue for this delicious land
What fruits Of fragrance blush n every tree
What soodly pros poets DER the whole expAad."
They have but one seniu e1t and that 10 60 down
there end better their condition. IL is the natural
TIDE and flow of emigration IL is by instinct, and
they follow it. do not think, properly, that con-
sderaon Of the bigger question ought to have been
connected with this matters but has been forcedinto
it. and forced upon W.
The Senator from Louisiana mr. Benjamin. gave
rs an essay graphic and eloquenti poem might say
"a poem, IL an, to eloquent dicon, not poem
as TO facts-upon the wrongs England has Inflicted on
her West India colonies; but the whole of it If no
more relevant to this question than TO examine
whether WnbeIforce if he Were alive, would rePen
of what he did or not. Tue Senator from New
Hampshire for whose great amiabity, for whose
good judg me Mt and especially for whose good eehog'
have eminent respect, overrates these toiugs over
slave territory. Toe Senator from Louisiana gave us
a besatful description of Cuba he spoke OF the
Cubans Of the CreOles ard the fee negroes and 1t Is
under the influence of descriptions such as he gave,
that our people rush that way, and there is deuson
upon them. They are what they call 10 the country
" enthused run mad on the subject
Know ye the land where the cypress and myrtle
Ar. embleus of deeds that are done 10 their CLINE,
where the Of the vuture, the love Of the turtle
Now into sorIow, msdden 70 crime
Know ys the land Of the cedar add vine,
Where the flowers ever eossol the beams ever shine
WsI faint Ger toe ,sr6ens Of Gul 10 her bloom;
Whete oirOn and olive are fsiTest Of fruit
And the voice Of the nightingale never Il mute
Where the pts Of the earth the hues Of the sky
In oolor trough varied IN beauty msys we,
Wh.r. Tie ,i,eIs are ,of % the they Irvine,
knd ali. the .pirt Of man, IL divine
Can he such deeds his children have donei"
This is enthusiastically, in spirit and in feeling, I'M
aRiped and by vast numbsr applied to Cuba. l
trust sha be able 70 show that this question Is not
10 be met in that wsy. regret, also that the Sena-
tor from New-Hampshire, in his speech made oolec-
ton 10 the acquisition because he does not ike the
Cubans on sccount Of their Catholic religion. Mr..
Pres lent under the Constitution, | believe every
man has the right to worship God according to the
dictates Of his cOnscence 10 do 1t IN safety under
his own vine and fg-uee without fear and trembling,
and to follow whatever those dictates are. would
prescribe religion and faith to no man. will not say
II ia beral will not discuss the question whether
that faith lie iao0psistsbt with republican institutions
rather think myself, 1t sdapte, 10 the genus and
turn Of the people where IL exists Ooe thing know
have lived bali my life with American Catholics, aud
better citizens l have known-loyal, true in-
dus,rious, as good as any. speak OF American Cs-
thOlcs in this country: do not know what the case
may be elsewhere. Surely that could be no objection
with me if Caba s to come in.
The Senator from Georgia tMr. Toombsl the other
day ives 'or ante king Cabs; and understood him to
R,v that he was for annexing Canada, too. Whether