The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1859-02-26

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Whereas treaty negi,,ia fS he ro, af sl ihe,al and
restrictions upon commercial
lh eon ana .e island Of Cuba and overy nation upon ' cont
't ~. b aae.I ~ s ' Tt al'rs h 1 =, az, r, e,, ~, -
thorzsi nnl r,us.el 10 o,, viii s,'n and M ,e,an.
south q Is on this continent the removal all unjust
m % 'lie ana eonneres between ihem ana .A" aeIen,
~ eeh ,s , 80 @ ss, W ~, @ ~ ~ E Il ~ ~, @
pod out Of any money Ia no ,rsasary not otherwIe spro
piated.
Mr. MALLORY resumed tho remarks in f,vor of the
Tin xvhieb b cn,t,,onoaI sg,.r,l l,,s aa IJo oo,
mencoi by briefly reearitnatine his former araumeuts
and reied To seyeu,l ob;eo,s that ba been urged l,y
,nno,e,,ts of tbe ,,onosi,ion tIe vonld NOT hoever
undertake TO repy in eta 10 an those points but he
fell clle u,on To notlce one of tbe most extraordinary
Of tbos. obections which WAS tound nm the fact of The
Cubans being cstbocs He dd not deem d necessary 10
this are OF the world 10 mako any elaborate defence of
tLe Catholic Cb,,rch hat AS one anopo the huubles
ol her hlow,rs he uus always ready ON any proper tc
eai ID snSak ON he, behalf 10 was to-, late in the
day 10 advanee the argument that the Catholic Church
was inmic Il, freedom for the prosperity of our coun
t,y where she has had greater or less controlling inu
ence aud every b,te-feld in which our ar has been
sust lined by Catholics and Protestnts lighting side ly
side tells n different story IL may he that the Cu
bans are such poor Catholics that they are unfit for
freedom but Il Is not because of their devotion TO that
church IL had also been said that the Catholic Church
in this country was opposed TO the ACQUISITION of Cuba So
FAR az the religious views of the people OF Cub were CON
oerne those who had the direction OF them were in favor
of transferring il TO the United States The conduct of
Snn had not been such as TO secure the respect or afe
ton of the Catholics for in 1894 she seized the revenues
s W ~, y h,,l Gti ~ -, ~ t m th is1nd ,d
VI Va ~. ' , ~, ~ la 10 ', ii' - " " -, ,N ~ NJ
uiei,oon hoisen iho " a'"'i'' ~, ~,
II, NJ, 80; 80 -; - 80 ~ 49, -. $3.50, a., ,,o.,a
a,o fir ,sa MA f;' ;ntarrred d;reI j., nryeotin
1snbs c ;; t,; i,nn 49,. na 90 haye
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NJ At ,,lI ,hat ,,bouob soo;, ,o,ld noyer
~ 90 ~ ~ W.. ~, ;ist -, iia, 10 t,noe
fiat ana - tb irnite1 States s,r con,erl consJra
t;nns nu, o,,osrial rtions ,sh C,ha haJ bacn
l ;,.ai u m ,h,, would h, hoen ,hc n,ea,s
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~ oaa 49,. r t, nat,c, af ,he nn,nsarc ~
c, ~ ~ 9psaA ,t; ~ 49, ~ t ;id L II,1 h5 Io
- ~ ,,i ~ u c, ~ t,aht 49, ,yare ! cno oon
in.,oI f ~ nli;on tJa aIso statnd III n,,nncr IL
,sh;h ~ sIa,a t,da ,y,s conducted IN C,a and bc
i;,d ~, ~ ru,, ,s annavaI t tha In;tI stais,
~ -, - W ,, 80. - /, ~ , ~ ,s H. rh ca,,a,, r.
s gm .va ne p,ln ~ Ghnstors on the ;sanJ
i L Ill ;st ~ m ;I ,,e,,,t n, inano of sayas II
H.. hl 3. ,it pnt IL n,n,l,. r sI,,s ,o,,,a, ,gas
~ ~ 0m,av oar ~ ~ far hsl haa, ,tsd an ,ha anrton
- ~. ,e''. .,,1 ao = Ii ln ,a VIA anal ,rat
,t ,t I'LL l;.a y - aa Ia .a inaItn, 4,
rrha as ,he or, IL Ton;s;ona snan att,ihntes her
t 70 'the ;lana ~ AT atia,, f. the restitution ~
, .haa rs .h ;L,;,,a az 20 ca;I -, ra,,o1t
| 1, ~. ti,ns ,,r,as' sha,,i h tnrna5 Iooss man
tbe ana !, las hr as,;,ta thot sJayer,, vas on;v
alent to n nnIred thousand Spanish soldiers in main
t,inino tbe ennre,aov 81 ttat contrv Dnt the slave
t, Ia S,I hoo,, astrssr. 81 ~ ono;,, &c tha ilanI
III a., 10 S, ~ ., ~ ;,2 n e..
marl cd thai o Io.y.d cref p;,;n had f,,ced mon
snain t,n ai,,,na,iva ~ n,i,,; tI o,n,,s, 10 NJ.
of Cuba might either rreguarly
uarIy or Spain must liberate every African imported
since their treaty OF sI7 which went operation in
1920 He believed 1t was the deliberate policy OF both
countries that this emancipation should go on and that
the experiment which has been tried in Jamaica should
also be tried in Cuba He read several extracts from
rcspoljence between Lord p,,nerston Lord Howslen
and others In support of this opinion
He argued that ha inability of apain to hold the island
much longer was evident and that wus a good reason
why we should take prompt action so rs to prevent Cuba
from falling into the hands of any other power Upon
the conclusion of h . remarks
Mr. DIXON spoke in opposition to the bill aIllding
to the fact that Spain had had almost uninterrupted pos
session of Cuba for three hundred years. and referred TO
the policy adopted by the earlier statesmen this
try TO acouesce In the peaceful possession of Cuba by
Spain He maintained that we have nothing to appre-
hcnd from Cuba while it remains Spanish dependency,
and that there was no danger of its passing into the
hands of any other power while we let it alone lie was
surprised at the manner in which the report of the
mittco propos CT, to conduct this negotiation That
port is based upon the ground that Spain in bank
r,rt condition and would be compelled ly her necessities
TO part with Cuba and this language would be read by
the Spanish government before any negotiations could be
instituted il it was not there already Was this often
siye mode OF alludng To the domestic aiai of Spain at
all likely to induce reluctant and proud government 10
mart with one of IT'D most cherished posses sous Tho
nu,,ty which had been given to our desire TO acquire
uba and 10 the means y which it was proposed To ac-
ouirc IT, would be sufficient to defeat any such object
W. re there no other reason Mr. ID almost inclined
to think there might be uterior and political
for desiring the passage of this bill for surely gentle
M of such sagacity those who reported this bill
ooud never cxnect the object which they profess to de-
si,o to he accomplished IN that way
Mr. d. replied TO the arguments of Mr.. BESJAMIN in
of Tho of Cuba That senator hnd