New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-02-16
XXXyth CONGRESS- . Second Session.
SENATE. .w.sarscro,, F,s. IS, ~;

=. cor,e "a ordsr 40 he wvad await the arvs' OF NO
Senators. -, sr,,,.g :, a, IN.
NJ sIiDEII offered q retoluti,,n that shsss -
sxsni,S .s..iops on wednesday aud n 'dsy to discuss
the Ccba blu. Laid over ar. W1,hp.
-encrt 90 the Indian War in Ashingtsn ana o'sses
TIE House bill modifying the pay .; o.. 'r rr,xoLa
officers v.s taken up sod amended. IL Stps's
much discussions, chiefly between Messfs' f'S" -"
Davis. ~
February 1857 be repealed and the pay OF al otcets
Of the Army be that prescribed by the laws formerly
in force.
receive much more pay proportonataly than the SAM
amount talent does in any other walk OF lfs Ese-
mated at the purchase price Of commissions m ne
British army LieS'snsp o place. fe'a "'" "~
Mr. Pugh's amendment was lost, Ia AGAINST Al. sad
the bin with slight amendment, gas passed.
Mr.. WILSON introduced bill TO regulate TIE
mileage Of Senators and Representa'ives IL g'ves
IS cents per mile for distances under Voo mlss;
can't. for distances between 600 and 300 miles, and
csnts fof distapces over 500 miles-the dseanoee
be computed by the nearest mail ron'e' ha'snee
n the Judiciary Committee.
NJ Gay ysye notice that he wonh to-marow
ali up the Old Soldiers bill from the House, ana have
Mr.. CRiTTENDEN then took the door on the Cus~
bill .- 49,,
He commenced by admitting the importance aed
desirabity of Cuba, the residence ava resting P.so'
of Columbus. lie also admitted the PresiIos. vou
stitutioual right TO negoti,te for 1t without ess.
RAY more, IL the President succeeds IN acqutinx
il by honorable meane, there are few who ssa'u nos
hail the &C QUESTION; but he tCrttendenl did no. re
card his success certain; on the contrary nc Smo
can be more inopportune. When the Message wS'
promulgated whist echo WAS returned from all SPAN.
indeed from al Europe snd even from the down
trodden Province of Cuba Spanish pride was touched
The Cubsns refused to be bought and sold. We nave
paef at MAJ
oplv ia Spain rot concilisted by our manner OF sp-
nroachinx her but considers II as an Insult Wous"
The resdeut have written thst Message had ne known
j, would be so considered Mr. Marcy 20 o Wv 70 nnr
chsse the Elsnd ard how much stronger were the af-
cumstanoes now II the President, IA the
face Of the Spanish declaration, makes the
offer how can ne Cod a .nsss b snS haweveT l
negotiations and Us from those probable conpa-
cations and of which this same Cuba may De tae
cause. Diplomacy. instead OF nov pressing tue oo
noxious oer should rather leave It opes aud seek 70
renew in some one Of the thousand events that occur
in the fate of nations Suppose Spain were 10 sell
suppose England and France, who propose trpar-
ti;e treaty, were to permit her TO sell the island sue
holds as trustee where are we to get the money!
We have been obliged TO go In debt for our housenom
expenses We have raised ore lean for market money
and another is wanted. The Treasury emits fanerA
sound whs n we knock for money, for none 10 there
He did rot mean to say the country cannot produce
any amount OF and money, but 1t Is more conve-
nient 10 do so at time than another. Is Is con
venient TO have fastened on US ana our chhire:
ter million per annum interest on two hundro1
million loan for the purchase OF Cuba Mr. Critteu-
den here made DEPRESSION to speak II Central Amf
lea and ether weak States. Once 1t was the policy. he
said of the American Government to maintain
friendly feeir with all the nations of the Contneat
He remembered when the American name was loved
when il dear TO the struggling repuofcs Wnen inc
declarations Of that bad been spoken ~
the voice o Henry Clay were read at the head oi tne
armies How have we lost all this Read the Mes
sage and there will see that we are al variance VII
Mexico, Costa Rica, and Guatemsls and that We arc
buried in difficulties from the Feejee Islands 70 tue
Spanish throne. Do all these specks OF war augur
well to the revenue Yet bill is nov pending 70
place the military and naval forces in the hands OF the
President apart and above the action OF Congress- has
any one the constitutional power to make war except
Congress- No; but you can hold threat over the
heads of these small States, make them uemoe, ana
settle any claim whenever it st all appear good 70 the
President TO do It. Mr.. Crttenden ala not MINK
worthy the magnanmous character of our country 70
hunt out the weak and let the strong go free III thst
bill sbould pass expect to be at peace, wheo
we have even now to renew our geographical knowl-
edge TO know where the places are with which
difficulties He referred in illustration 10 the Pare
quay expedition, the creates: armada thst ever le"
our shores, saying it was to fight Lopez, PARAGUAY
chief who in power ard ability was not equa 70
John Ross the Cherokee Chief. He then referredte
the proposed seizure of the somewhat populous States
of Sonora and Chihuahua to defend the rontier OF ne
| wilderness POLITICALLY called Arizona The bin was
most unwise II was to enable the President TO make
little wars with little people: He then reviewed .ls
will not cell we will take The President supports hs
demand for $50 600 900 by the example of Jefferson,
| but the cases are not parallel. Before the tresy
| is assented to by Congress, and even II Sga'
| gress never consent, the President can draw the
| money and take its cafe keepiug into his own
hancs. The President himself may b above sls-
pcion but the Constitution does not enrst him with
| one dollar The hands Of the Executive should b
| pure and unsoiled by money. lie should De unsos-
pected ard not exposed TO the unacceptable sss
| pcion of money dealing Further It 10 unconsotu,
tiona because augments the President power and
| DESTROYS the balance between the States.
Mr.. SLIDELL and Mr.. DAVIS here interposed,
saving that this money is no more under the control
the President than is an ordinary appropriation for
| foreign int rcourse.
Mr. CRITTENDEN cesumed-If we hsd Cubs, and
bad paid two hundred millions for it, he would say TO
her we have rescued you from European tyranny, and
have saved you from being bulwark against % II
the hands of any European PROFESSIONALISM . free
and independent Government Of your own, under our
protection- will be better for You, and We believe
for us He did not want TO our Augl0Ssxon rsos
mingled with people who do not understand apprs-
ciate our institutions, and ne did not think that our
country greatness be achieved by adding acre
to acre, but by filling it with arts and industry. He
believed that this whole scheme Of policy would burst
ike bubble. The bill is mere piece OF fanfaronade.
IL is part of the fireworks set ablaze ~ give
different complexion and hue to the rather darkened
features Of the Administration party.
Mr.. HALE followed on the same side. lie said q
bad been e1oneously assumed by the Committee. and
all the speakers on the Administration side, that the
acquisition of Cuba il Of geographical and political
necessity. The doctrine Of political necessity nsd
been in all times the plea Of tyrants. GeOgrsphicAi
necessity less Ineligible, and the law Of grsvits
tca gravitstion effect only the possessions Of feeble
States and not those Of Great Britain for instance