New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-02-18

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,,.,,, d. a ,e- feapi.ey the policy
ess 10 "a ablt M ard would rescue
,txa nm u,rg he'd by spectators and capitalists,
.,nfae desiitasnt oi ths ioieiesie oil is'or.
The ypts On Mr.. Hubtcrs non1n TO postpone
A. JIo-,est.,d and take rp the Consular aud Dlplo-
80 Anuforris;ion bill was y TO -, when the Vice
r. d,Itcase the casting vote n iasor OF the inter-
p, pUGH Oho) moved 40 suenGmen, in the rs.
tur. 4 o substitute, ~tico proposes TO alb al
.aee of Ministers exec. i one eud txes tue salary OF
'ss sFet.uy Of Legation al s. dOs per annum but
ell sr.ssons To se special and, for reasons ex-
psinsd oy :he President az tue tine Of appointment
~ oorfrSston, CopsDle-Gersra are to be abolished,
ns5 Ccusu are 70 be the f, Of their offices 10 the
Ina 81 DE se.aTy -O~ provided by lax: nj
~ MASON Vs. cid not know na hr. tusu
con co better ser vife To- the country thar - give MS
sdu.py 10 toe subject OF the Conenlar service, out
thought the remodel measures will require more
preparation thar this Heoers anendmeu'i anu a.
suitable time L. bopeoto have nis aOe supPo' ~ tho
revision CT the Consular AID, where need De- Dip'o-
rnatio sstsice. Mr.. MasoD would also say, not ce--
.Sriously TINT inssnueh ss the Diplomatic service OF
tbs country hss extended beyond tue limits many
vesrv az iudo,vug it may become e1pedlen 70 con-
II not any cuifaiDeut Of toe discretion OF the
4 i've IN appointing Ministers. but q fix the COM
o, ion 30 10 90 away With several MINOR mis-
q. Eorope aud this continent
tie Consular and Dipllmatio bill was laid
as ~ tho Cubs bill, aLd Mr. CHANDLER hich.j
to ie floor
N CHANDLER erergeticslly denoutced the
uosafe and chsract6 il worthy oi the Ostend
uasnifeso, ard Of lie author. Of The brgand James
Bcchal an, but unworthy Of the President OF the
Urited States. Tie thirty millions IS great bribery
att corruption fund, sno the purchase OF Cdoa 10 q
clay ,r sp and vain attempt b cave the Democratic
party from ttst arDhi sl'0n, tee Almighty has des-
ised ftr it. He spoke deliberately Oh the expense
The pnrohase vOud entail as mortgage and interest,
and detailed lis personal experience to prove that
Cusa, although good land, 10 lot so good as the
Western States, aud tie climate If, IN effect, perPe-
iosl srcpIo To purchase tie Island s merely ID pay
$40 per head Tor every man, woman, cnild and big-
sst Io to OWE them, but ior leave TO Govern scum
Of pOpuatos at we would reject WITH if they
offered 70 come for nothing. The only use OF the
Island TO woula be, 70 keep there deet and army
costing nrIdred lniiioEs annually. The native
Creoes are In iguorsnt, vicious, pr. st-rdden
Ne, over whom Gen. kacon established mill
tary despotitm, not 10 prevent p0htlcal ID
suIIeciioH, bas crime. From TIC Captain General,
judge the beech aod tao priest in the pulpit, 70
iia .9west CGb6D, bribery is uu.vsrse No other put
lte Catholic rel gin is Tolerated. aud the Cubsus l.
uss true 10 tic CatoOlic Church aud the Catholic
C;rrch TO ceepoiisD. He believed that the Deolara-
ton Of Independence quoted by MI Berlhnln, was
written IN come tavern 10 New'Ohsars. What was
fho fate OF the gallant CItteDden, when he went in
good 70 th 10 aid these so-cslled painting Cubaos He
died Ike a man, but declared With his latest breath
that he ta1 been deceived IN bis belief that the
Cubsus tbirsted for liberty. Here he went largely
into the Died Scott dtcisiOD saying that II aud tho
thirty n1iicrs corruption fund srs the ouy planks in
tins Democratic platform Of 1860, and uncer which
they vii march to certain defeat. Mr. Ctaader con-
Guided BY ing the details OF the expenditures, to
show tia. the increase SINCE 1882 has rsen from cor
mption. ----- --~-- W.
Mr.. POLK then addressed the Senate in favor Of
the aoQulsUOn OF Cuba. His remarks were arranged
upds four eads which he discussed separately, as
follows: First Is Cuba desirable Second, Is the Of
fer to purchase it the beat means to obtain Tnmd
Have We the ability TO pay for it AGO, fourth, Is
.be present tin the best 10 make the Offer TO buy it
We can only i've the bIises outline OF his arguments
lie said that the Golf Of Mexico was emphatically a
Mediterranean Sea- the United States ana Mexico only
holding its Shores Into it flow our rivers which
make it the receptacle of an immense and ever IN
creaspg con merce and OF the products OF regions al
most from the frgid to the ond zone through which
those rivers Ow Cuba closes 1t and makes 1t cat dc
sac The channel bet and Yuc atan is almost closed
By curret which impede navigation; 30 through the
narrow northern strait between the coast OF Cuba and
the FlOnda oapes, the commerce and surplus products
Of sixteen States and Territories mus; pass TO mar
kes besides being the key 20 the transit routes to the
Pacific. A few hostile war steamers could zeal this
passage hence the necessity that the Cult should be
what tie Romans called the AdIiatic, mare nos
!ruua our sea-aId if need be, also mare cian-
sum-" The acquisition of Cuba is alike important TO
our growth commerce aod security. Moreover, the |
renewal of the deferential duties against our flour,
IL manufactures, &C, would give an impetus |
10 our manufactures, commerce aud marine,
and give the sugar monopoly OF the
world as We have that already OF cotton.
lie could zee no insult in the otter to purchase and was
confident tpat annexation would be hailed by the in
babitants of the Island. We can acquire it only by
conqueet or purchase, and purchase was cheaper
The financial objections against the purchase We're I'M
tensble. MIR. Collamer Gays We have not money
enough in the treasury to pay for IT, True, we have
not We never have had and never Will have so
much stored in the Treasury while the Government OF
this Union is administered in accordance with the PRO-
cples of the Constitution Nevertheless We can raise
any amount of money when the occasion demands 1t.
The objections gsinst its political aspects were equally
untenS0le lie ready TO trust the President with
Il amount ard there were precedents for dong 30 IN
the case Of President Polk in 1871 and Jefferson
in 1893 and in the Of Algiers. Our purchase
was no business of France or Epgands. This coun-
tiy was ady to fight the last dollar and drop OF blood
ON that issue. What better time can be found to
make the purchase than the present When will
Spain be more willing TO sell or necessitous Mr.
Polk here referred to some portions OF Mr.. Sewards
remarks ard in the course of the question and an
swer which ensued Mr. Polk tried bard TO make MIR.
Seward define his future position in respect II acqur-
ing Cabs. He asked him categorlcally to whether
he was in favor of its future acquisition.
MIR. SEWARD replied, that when the Juucturc shall
come Il at will make the subiect practical question,
he wonlo apswer, but row it was an abstraction
M. POLK resumed urgiog the suit aoleness OF the
present time to buy the island, saying: Let Spain
Know we want IT, that ths Cubans wsnt Us 10 have It,
ana that we are willing TO pay full price for IT, and
We will get it, Let one OF those storms come on Sp AN
tuoh az che has often been exposed TO IN the recent
past and che will do the mariners do ID ike cases
throw il overheard. ,
The subject was then postponed, ard Mr.. HUNTER
aeain called up the Consular and Diplomatic Appre-
piiatiop bill.
Mr.. PUGH moved another amendment, to CON-
soldate the smsler missiors-ROme with Naples,
Sardinia with Ssitzerandand 10 combine the seVsra
Central American missions.
long debate followed of considerable interest
MIR. HUNTER expressed himself not adverse to the
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