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

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tb'ir iaJerA -Ipetses. hsSs kIoSr 0be OF Two sb-
soa'sly ruined by having too Caoh lacd.
think w hsve pretty go,d sized country nov;
would have teen entirely So large but tor the
fortunate turn-up Of gOc 10 C1lio-niA. IGAt Wa
gOGsenc 10 the country; ard it hI1 Lot Deen mat sc
found gold there to redeem the colti-y frol The posi-
ton II was IN, tie treuty of GIatauPc lidsgo would
have been blserDg - ~ for ysArs and y ara
To come. 81, when ere bougtt Loaisisc-, we maze
lucky bit but in buying Cabs there ls 20 chance %
rytbiIg Of that sort. We buy TIE negroes for the
owners 20 keep them; and we buy the land for The
owners 70 kept We trade for the sovereign that
IT, the burden o. taking OF taem and protecting
them and ciyl4ZlIg them. There Is 10 sodssnd eft
there.
Why Do you wsrt Cuba Some gentlemen talk
about gravaton, aud say il grsvitatss this way; ana
othtrs tel us that there Is political necessity Tor oar
tide OF emigration going in that direction. Wen, SIR
know that If yol 90 into the country and .k to
the people You vii find them in favor of the mex, var.
some war, and OF getting more land and i Is
pretty safe platform 70 go upon.
Nr. Clay and Mr. Adams were not a. the hsad OF tae
Government when they spoke OF this gravltation.
They spoke Of II, suppose, kird Of hunbug for
the South; but they put off the tine o, scqung IN
definitely, until Buchanan al last has brodght it up.
After Mr. Clay wrote his letter and John Quincy Ad-
ans cane into power did they practice whst they
said Not 81 all They held il up a happy deus0n
TO all the Gulf Ststes that they must eventually have
Cuba ard would have i, at no remote day; that such
was manifest destiny and passons attraction accord
ing 10 the freelOye school thRt Cuba would us rush
into any how. Laughter. II is said she is
gTsYtating toward US; that is the term. Well, sir
She has not gravitated inch from whore she stood
~ben they wrote; and if the Cassns understand how
the Americans will treat them. It will not with their
consent grsyitate this wsy mneh longer bat they viii
keep "pan'ng for liberty" | say that, because the
report 10 insinuae that TIE population are will
Ing to come to Us. do not know whether they
or not upon that subject | have no information.
They seemed at Cardenas to receive with hosptsble
Glands to bloody graves the men who, it was SAIL
Al -, - w.,
msy say those who did that the sodiery. Well,
that Spanish sodiery is mixed up affair, and sup
pose most Of is collected kom the Cuban peasants
who live on the mountains, aud they will do the same
thing sgaln.
There is nobody to be benefited by this except
Spain who would get largely more than the island
would be worth and we would be cursed with q bur
den. TT Cubsrs might stand their ground until they
could eel out. Negroes are much cheaper there I'M
terstand than they are in Louisiana, and the annsxs
ton q the leland would cause them to rise immensely
in vaue there. The Cub ,ns could sell ont to tho Golf
State men, who wanted to go over there; and even If
they forced sales, they would get mora tan they
are worth now. Thsti the way they would go Oft;
that is the way the island would be settled up; but
do not take it for granted that they desire it, except
ae mere matter Of ambition, matter OF avsrlce-
ayaIice Of the neanest sor-and that avarice which
the Senator from Louisiana ssys makes the Cuban
planter annually count what is the value of negro in
sugar He supplies him from the coast OF Africa, snt
by lis internal alchemy makes him into moasses or
go cruel 10 be professional pirates and negro trad
err and regularly make calculations upon negro's
life in thai way, | do not think they are tit TO come
into this Union. With their b,rbsrism and their cru
elty they woud not suit
Mr. President there ale many other things TO which
| should alude but know the time Of the Senate "a
precious. Perhaps should BE- odd ged with continu-
Gree; but condensing as well as l can, will make an
eioIt 70 get through with what nave 10 say. nave
an objection to the terms Of this bill itse-an insuper
abe objection. IL provides
That the sum Of $50 be- and the hereby ap
SS T to CT s se to Make % VIII
Stn purchase Of the Island Of Cuba to BE- used by him
AGENTS the Governments and duly ratified b. Spain,
.sn call for the expenditure Of The same or any part thereof
fun for which pendore snail bo By him
sned TO Congress al as cary daJ as piacicable'
What Goes this mean ODoInell or Eipartero, or
somebody else, is at the head OF Donna lssbels's
Government. Who is in power, do not know; but
the Intention IT, that the money to be drawn Oh, and
lodged safely with our Minister, Mr.. Preston, under
the flag of the United States, aud then We are TO
wait for revolution in Spain then We are to make
trade with the incoming GoyeInment-say 1t IL de
fde0 GOyernment-get them to sign treaty, ard the
thing il finished. They will have get $50 OOO,ou0 OF
our money as a prepayment. IL IS to be in hand in
readiness 10 take advantage OF the nick OF tme for
car not be Supposed it is to be used in any other way
or am other uI cture, or at any other time. Some
pr0SHnciGmelto or coup d6tdt upsets tne Govern
nent and there IL trace Of this sort. Well, Sir,
an Dot much for that kind Of negotaton and beside
/ am for keeping tie money where 1t Is.
The Constitution provides that the President may
axe treates by aud with the advice and consent o.
the Senate OF the United Ststes-txO thirds of them
cor curing. The trainers Of the Constitution were 80
cautious 10 regard to this mster that they pat upon
the President the check Of requiring two thirds OF the
S.rate to rsty any treaty he might make before It
shoud be binding. In the beginning OF the Govern
ment the Senate was regarded d consulting EIecu-
tive Chamber. How many Senators the President has
consulted about this matter, | do not know; what
Senator'S be has consulted, cannot tell. The money,
however is to be drawn out OF the Treasury and we
are not to know how is 10 be used but after 1t has
been spent the President is TO file foil and accurate
accounts. What is fling foil and accurate accounts
Suppose tne money is misspeLt suppose 1t is lost or
fo)led away; you have grated him Il vote OF cont.
deDce, and 1 would grant a vote Of Unlimited
cor fderce to have further securty thi this.
He is 10 file accounts Of what he spends. He IS 10
have this vast amount Of money IN his pocket under
his control He il anxious to distinguish his Admins
tIaOn-anxious If possible 70 do something by which
posterity sill remember him ana connect his name
with Cuba. IL addition to his natural ardor and the
opinions he already hiss on this subject, be might
think If you vote hi N this money, that he was uoder
obligations to do sOmsthlDg-that he must move.
Wei, Sir will not put any such embarrassing obi
cation on him. | do lot care how fair or how accu'
rate his sccounts may be, whenever they come IN
there viii be an eternal scandal ard gossip IN tue poll
tics Of this country, and superstition that all was not
right. People win 50 talk and will 80 think, aud you
cannot help yourselves.
Besides, when the Senate come TO rstify the treaty,
DO not think il is fair for them to have such con-
stIaiLt imposed upon them as the payment Of such
large cum would be. When my successor comes mere
act Upon the treaty, want him to be untrammsled,
act according 10 lis dictates Of duty under his OATH
and according 20 bis oonscence; bat If you have al
resdy paid $50 go 600 that viii hang like milestone
around his neck. Tee Senate sil act, under the fear
of losibg this large sum, and the demand will be,
I" Come cOwp with the balance 70 secure what you
A" have already anted or you will lose what you pat
Sup" That IS rot the Constitution; that is not the
way the Constitution cortempAtes. 1t Is not the way,