The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-02-22

Th0mR00m ~ kentucky ON the Acquts
oaskom - CADa.
The following y condensed al,strsct * the
remarks Of Mr. Thompson IN the ssaaiesop ,hs
18th inst, on ,hs Cuban question: g.
N. Thompson, 81 Ky, opened tie IA,e,
! addressing an audience OF 1000 persd~xS HI
\ spoke two hours in facetious but sopsewhat
rambling strain, Interrupted By continual laugh
Ter. He was wholly against the acquisition Of
Cuba, and vas exceedingly astonished that the
!. Senator from Louisiana was in favor oft. The
acquisition would draw OF trade and commerce
/ 70 better climate and INTO The port of Havana,
/ till New Orleans would be shrivel,ed up and be-
come Ike Lexington, KY, a finished town. Gu.
b, the youngest child, would be tas usuai the
! pet Of the family, and how macl, il would cost
] to get her in trim. the Lord only knows. One
| OF the best poets of Rome had said that that
empire had tumbled to pieces from mere accre
| ton, and he feared that would be our fate. Our
people, from their ADglo-Saxon blood have de-
rived the belief that it is right and proper to
take from the Spaniard the Mexican, or the In
dian anything they want, and it il not homicide
or murder TO kill HIM either. We want to Amer
isanizc or Christian:ze Cuba, do We? 1t remind
ed him Of two young Kentuckians who went
there on similar mission. One being good
looking for an American, got TO be an oversecr
+ w. ?" wiuoW-tuAs SHIlSIiHHiLtu Auc Vtu-
er ran away with an old mans daughter, and
within year the old man was living on one cor
ner Of the plantation and himself in full poses
sion. That is the way we AmericaIize. The
Cubans would not stay il we had the Island -
They have too much instinct for that. Place
the lion on the prairie and the buffalo would
soon vacate it, or put the tiger where the deer
haunts are and you will not find one there in for
ty days. The blue rat peacefully possessed this
country until the Norway rats a. CURED it, then
instinct told them they had got to leave and
they did Cuba seemed to Mr.. 4. to be the ele-
ment OF weakness rather than Of strength, and
tending to interrupt our peaceful relations with
other powers. lie did not believe England or
France wanted it, but if they dc, England will
light for it, and France will 60 for il tor the
glory Of the thing. The battle Of the Gods and
Titans, and the battle of the Fallen Angels as
described BY the poet, do not equal in grandeur
England's warfare. Recently 10000 Persian
cavalry on the plain Of Teheran we're charged
BY regiment of Scotch Greys, led by three
leutenants, who fell one after another The |
British rode them down like nine pin; re-fsGm
ed and changed back. and again, TIL in twenty |
minutes there were not many Peisians lett, |
as there were by Leonidas at Thermopyle- |
That's the kind Of fighting England does For I
a thousand years her temple of Janus has never
been shut. John Bull, is in fac, d bloody old |
brniser who has been roaming about the world,
brow beating, insulting and whipping every
body he has mind to. After We had Cuba we
could not raise such distractions as would keep
him out Of the gull, and for the reason that we
have 10 navy to match the EugI h and French
steam fleets. We would be driven out OF the
water, not because our people are not brave,
,at because we could not stand i fight Ii we
ire TO hold II, 1t must be by iorilicatons, and
le would have committee, composed of the Of
icers who went to the Crimea. to whom he
would add Senator Davis and Gen. Shields, 10
nrvey and say where the Redans aud Malakoifs
hall rear their crests to withstand the English
eets. He had also other insupera5le objections
0 the bill. II it means ANYTHING il means that
ne money Is to be drawn by the spanish Minis
er, who Will make treaty, and i thus Offering
premium 10 revolution. La cJuclason Mr. ,
. bitterly condemned this rampant spirit that ,
iamors Tor war; IL is a wrong 81 nit and wrong
saching tor the country. Alter we get into =
'ar with France and England, We will repent it !
. the last day of our lives. Ii viii saddle us :
nth debts which il will take as long time to ,
ct RID OF as the lsraehes were ia Egypt, maxi !
y bricks without straw. Old John Bull might be .
kened to bulldog going about hunting up !
gifts Cesar, pompey, Jumper and Jupiter 7
blow in his trail, and when he pms ANYTHING, !
a
oes a nation from the map OF Europe, or if left :
!, it's crippled all the of its lie to pay the
Expenses OF the fight. Our lover orders have 4
a inveterate hatred against Great Britain a
neither just or unjust, he would not say-but h
} hate red coat and Britisher is an element 8
our national character. 1t il true. we eat :,
lppers and read Shakespeare together, but tina. :,
no more than two old ladies' having bit of y
andal over cup OF tea, and heung each 9th d
like the devil. We can back against the bull Il
,g terrier that has seven devils lii him div.
J out OF Mary Magdalen Getting into this
ar, we must so through with il. We will suf. p
r IN II, however may come cut :,
Mr. T. finished by adopting Inspiration of o
lniel Webs'ers, that God will 20 shape our {
IDS that they will result in good Mr. Thomp- !,
n had proceeded but a short TIME when he r
IS obliged to take his seat and deliver his b
eech, as he was too weak to stand :.
Lord Napier CHANGED to be seated near him. ~
d was evidently much amused t, his remarks. r