New-York daily tribune., 1859-01-26

ore sne 70 he Prssden. OF the Usited States,
.;,hout retaining any effective security iof h's "So
and faithful administration OF ~
It.ye ,.id that the bill has also pohucaI especl.
proposes to bring into me "a res sde coutaning
20 90 human beings, subjects OF goveInmen',
n.eupyipg practically every too' upon Hs hGeVahs
In its cities and every acre o. anu pam az.
,on 3fFrept entirely from the citizens OF the United
State,-dferent in language different IN race dinsr
ert in habits different IN manners dih.rent 10 Gus
tnms ard radically different in religion population
tSat Will practically, forever hold the power to
exclude sl American immgrat at least 10 exclude
II IS fec.naly the OLD States Of Europe e1cinne
nerat9n there and at .sesal 9 a. oqs ig
from outside Of their border; ms popul.y.'osa'
then, is TO BE- The ruling population Of thst fiahd.
Whist rights viii citizens Of the United states
half whites 80 600 free blacks and 100000 slaves
What institutions Of justice Of freedom, OF religion
and public worship viii obtain or remain there l
need to know. II were vihng 70 ieave these gIeas
oueetons 10 the President Of the Usted States have
no night TO DO so. have voice, one OF ti voices,
to deteruine whether such country shall be 6roognt
into the United States, ard on WHIST terms end coLc
tons Joined with my colleague. we have ore OF 81
voices on these mighty questions! The power TO
spesk involves constitutional responsibility 20 e1
press the voice Of the State Of NewYork upon such
measure aud on all its important details, before II
shah be adopted. -, r.
have already ssov1 that the consent OF the Senate
TO the passage Of this bill viii operate as consraint
upon the Senate to raty whatever treaty tue fresl
dent snail make hereafter II this be true ana no
ore think can controvert ~, tten am asked 70
resign CONSTITUTIONAL Senatorial power, 10 the Presi-
dent Of the United Stses and to shift from my own
shoulders 10 his constitutional responsibility.
To do this is derogation Of the independence OF the
constitutional power OF the Senate Of the United States
and practical subve7sion OF the constitutional check,
which requires that every treaty shall receive the
votes Of wothrds of this body be absolutely void
1t practically delegates to a bare malorhy oi tue
Senate and to majority Of the House OF Representa-
tves the treaty mskDg power OF this great empire
Sir if there ever was IN occasion on which Should
adhere tenaciously 70 this right and nsst upon re-
tanning this power, il would be In such case az ths;
want to the treaty which shan bring the Island
of Cuba into the United States. want 70 know the
status Which that country is to occupy. is II to BE-
Territory of subjects Of political slaves province,
and governed By armies and naves, as SPAN now gov
ems Il may ask the Pretdent of the United States
when be has executed the treaty lie il TO be State
may eek the President Of the United States when ne
has executed the treaty. Who are to be the elect
ors of the State What Is to be the 'La's OF the
! white population Are they to enjoy universal
| suffrage What is TO be the status of the free
negro population What s 10 be the status OF the
slave populstion7 We who have disputed so earnest
w. often vehemently, year after year, year IN and
year out over the question whether the nsttuton Of
Slavery shall be introduced into the Territory OF II an
sss expected by the President in his simplicity, to
| allow bin 10 determine for the North and Tor the
South for the Free States and for the Slave States at
lis own absolute pleasure, the terms ard conditions
upon which Cubs shall be annexed to the United States
ard Incorporated into the Union. cay nothing OF the
present incumbent Of the Executive Office. say tua
inen never choie nor did God ever send on earth, a
mapisr ste 10 whom would cOnfde this great question:
hayD. a constitutional right TO decide it myself
Inead not say Sir that all our treaties ofannexation
contain stpustions guarentying rights TO the couI,
tries annexed TO be Incorporated into the Union and
determining the future political rghts power sud an-
thorty of the inhabitants Of those countries. This bi
them is in derogaton Of the power of the Senate to
determine by treaty for itself what the safety honor
and welfare Of the country demand in regard to the
pot cal organiza and government OF the leland OF
| Cuba if il shall be acquired.
| Sir have always received as political maxim the
q. .cladtons made by our predecessors in regard to
the acquisition of Cuba. Every ok and every grain
Of send in thatisand drted and washed ont from
American soil by the foods OF the Mississippi and the
| other es1aIies Of the Gulf OF Mexico. The island
mas seemed TO me- lust rs predecessors have said
20 grvitate back again the parent continent from
! which it sprung. have supposed that political ne-
ceaities would determine that ultimate conclusion;
and know that TO political necessities all actions oi
governments must bend, and all sentiments of nstons
! must accommodate themselves. nave, nevertheless
| been taught with the same maxim, his other rule
| that the acquisition of Cuba was question OF tme
of nseossi,y, and OF opportunity. IL woo Just as
! cleer eixy years ago, when We acquired Louis.
! lana, ~ II is now, that Cuba, in the language OF
John Quincy Adames gravitateS to the United States
as the apple yet hanging on It's native trunk gravi-
tates 20 tie earh which sustains it. Yet il certainly
is true that Cuba not then acquired, nor sttenpt
ed by extraordinary means to be acquired; and the
reason wts that the time necessity, aud opportunity
had rot then pre- sented tbemselves. In fact, the
time is determined by the coincidence of necessity
! ard opportunity; ard that coincidence is the result
| OF decline OF European power on this contIent
! and of n development OF the growth OF American
power on the came continent. Onr forefathers sald
all our predecessors have said. that when the juno
ture shall ase that there should be Just that neces-
cary decline Of the political European power on
| tha nd iuat that DEVELOPMENT OF Amerl-
| can power here which makes Spain unable 10 keep,
and ourselves able freely 10 obtain, the isani then 1t
would be hopeless and IDLE 10 refuse to receive Cnoa
! even If il were undesirable. They have sald more,
and subscribe to it, that may safely hold our souls
in patience 90 long Spoin can keep it, aud no other
ard stronger Euiope.n Power can, or dare, take it
from Ter. What have to say now is that the time
and opportunity do not serve, in my judgment,
any more than they have served for the last sixty
year,. We may be nesres as indeed doubt not we
are, TO the acquisition of Caba; but we have not ar
ryed at that point az which the acquisition must neces'
ssriy be made, be made, consistently with the
conditions of peace prudeuce usce ant the national
| honor.
Ten years ago the President of the United States de-
clared thst Cuba to be acquired only by treaty,
| by purchase and not by war; The present President
of the United States resfirns that proposition
that the only question - be considered is whether
! il can te pHrcldfed nor. Well ten years ago, the
President Of the United States offered $O0 900 for
it, and the answer 10 the proposition was conceived in
terms so decided uIequvocal, utterly forbiddipg
all hope that il was never aiterwsrd renewed; and
silence has been observed about since, in order
to preserve the good understanding and the good
! ture of the parlies The Message of the President
gent here Friday last shows that, down 20 this
hour the proposition has not been mentioned in Spain
for period Of ten years. The Message assures
| Us even that il viii not be mentioned 10 Spain,
unless some peculiar and extraordinary measures are
adopted to require him to bring il again to her Gt
] tenton.
| Spain holds the Island row more tenscionsly-with