The Yazoo Democrat. [volume] (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1858-18??, 1859-02-05
From the Memphis Avalanche. ]
THE ACQUISITION OF CUBA.

ing characteristic OF the American people.
AS to when and how Cuba is to be acquired
we are unable to say-but that the great
work will be accomplished is as certain as
any future event can possibly be. The vari-
GUS modes resorted to reminds us of the
fable of poor, little, harmless lamb who
was drinking in the stream below hungry
wolf With ravenous look, the wolf ex-
claimed; You mudded the water !'s"May
it please your majesty" said the trembling
lambkin, " I am below you in the stream
how can | muddy your drink~ But you
cursed and slandered me the year before"
said the wolf. elbow could l." said the
lamb, when am just three months old 2"
"'Twas your brother, then" "But have
no brother"
"Well, well, that's all the same,
Twas one your name.
Sheep, men and dogs, of every nation,
Are wont to stab my reputation
As have truly heard,
Without another wcrd,
He made his vengeance good
Bore off the lambkn to the wood,
And there without jury,
Judged slew and ate her in his fury"
The reader can readily make the applica>
ton. Innocence is no shield where there is
predetermined purpose to find prstexts for
acquisition. Cuba is the Lamb and the
United States is the Wolf.
Every rejecting man must long since have
observed that we are fast approaching most
important crisis in our relations with Cuba.
The national insults and aggressions, of SPAN
frequently recurring and never fully atoned
for--the restless character of American ad-
verturers-the existence of widespread con
spiracies in Cuba-the plans for emancpa,
tion, and the plots of European powers, all
admonish that the tangled web of Cuban
affairs must soon, if not unraveled, in all
probability, be cut by the sword Of war,
The rapid increase of the North in feGer
al numbers, the multiplication Of ant.slavery
States and territories, and the prospect of a
continual agitation Of the question of slave
ry, renders the future acquisition of Cuba q
most desirable, if not indispensable measure
for the protection of Southern interests
That its purchase or acquisition will be tho
great question in the Presidential campaign
of 1860, we entertain no question. The
South ardently desires the acquisition, and
already in more than one of the Northern
States, the National Democracy have boldly
avowed their advocacy of the measure,
We see that the graud-motherly old jades
who have demurely ensconsed themselves il
the chimney corners, are terribly alarmed al
the possibility of acquiring more territory
either by conquest or purchase. They re
gard the Cuba question as Utopian hum
bug, We hear the same old song ayains
the ilibustering, progressive spirit the age
When Democratic President acquired al
that vast area west Of the Mississippi river
which more than doubled our territory and
gave us an access to the Gulf of Mexico, il
was called chimera. Another chimera was
the obtaining of Florida, thus rounding oul
shores to the Cult, and securing one"half the
gate between the Atlantic and the Gulf o
Mexico, the other half being still retained by
SPAN. A similar Democratic chimera was
the annexation of Texas, another empire in
extent, opened up to increase the area o
constitutional freedom, and enlarge the felc
for the expansion of an intelligent and happy
race. Still another Democratic chimera was
the obtaining of California and other portions
of Mexican territory at the conclusion of the
war.
i During these successive additions of terri
tory there were those who cried out ruin al
each step, and in eloquent speeches anc
scholarly leaders told the people that the
Democratic party was destroying the country
But, Notwithstanding the wisdom of these
counsel!ors, the country would not stay ru
ined. The territory of Louisiana, the mate
rial for a score of Empire States, did no
break down the nation, nor did Texas, Flori
da or California. There is not man of thu
sages who whimper syllable now of thei
wasted eoquence and barren logic. They
are like the prophets. who to-day babble o
the ruin and combustion of our planet, an(
tomorrow are so utterly ashamed of thei
folly that they would quarrel with their bes
friends for reminding them of their predic
ton. The race of old fogies, however, neve
dies out; and the man who opposes the an
nexation of Texas and is ashamed Of ii, take
! his satisfaction by calling the annexation
, Cu0a a chimera.
He is an ass, both brainless, heartless and
eyeless, who calls Cuba little abomination
This beautiful island is a paradise--a teem
ing garden to feed half the world; the Sicil,
Of the Western Continent. Does Englan'
consider the island Of Mauritius, mere specl
} in the broad expanse of the Indian Ocean,
r little abomination9 By dint of Coolie slav
, cry aud good culture this Insignificant islam
Q rivals Cuba in sugar production. Let, how
! ever, the chimera o: the Democratic part
t become, under the guidance of the sage an
. statesmanlike policy Of President Buchanan
9 fixed fact, and American enterprise wi
! double and quadruple the production OF Su
o gar, coffee and tobacco, from the fertile SO
e Of Cuba. More than this, the strait whic
conducts the commerce of the Valley Of th
Mississippi to the Atlantic will belong to th
: United States. If Spain possesses a fort |
v the Balze, surely there would be none SO al
e surd as to oppose the policy of buying h
d out, or so pusillanimeus as to submit to i
transfer to another power. And yet the Ell