New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-02-01


they were: how utterly unable to sec the fusarr;
bow bent upon digging pit into which
pobcdy would so certainly have fallen {"
Themselves, Had CsBass tom been added to toe
Ubiop with the sdoiticn,i PrePonderaOce Of terri-
tory ard population thus given 70 the Northern aud
FreeLsbor section IT is Dot TO be questioned th,s
the ssyebclders would lori ,ince base lc.t the po-
itic,l control which they still tpj AID which
il is the sole object Of tho new Caba-stealing
project TO strengthen and prolong Yet az the time,
1t set med reasonable eroUgh 10 suppose that the
addition of Canada to the Uuion would father
strengthen than weaken the grasp ofIbe Statehood.
era upon political power. Up to that tlue, the
new States forth Of the On o-setlied, AZ thus far
they lad mainly beer, by emigran's from Mar land,
Virginia aid Kentucty-bSd, III fP'te Of the ordl-
lance Of 17e7 been sturdy supporters of the Polit-
cal suprt macy Of the South; a3d tns same tolng
vas naturally expected Of any Lew States that
might be- erected in that quarter. TIE West thus
far had been the steady sly-Or rather servant
Of the South; ard with the usual short. slghtedDess
Of politicians, who, like other practical men, so
called, seldom zee more than thee inches beJond
their ro.e., 1t wa. fondly hoped that 1t would a.
wsJs remain so.
To come down TO more recent AID more sac
cessfal eIeriion of the policy Of extension By force
the war with Mexico and the additions thereby
made to the territory Of the Union. The slave
holders might have had Texa.-'hat is, the original
.Dd real T. xa. bounded by the Nueses aud the west
Elm eeserts-by the free ent OF the Texan reyou
lutiousK, ard with nothing mole than gcumbug
on the part Of Mexico. Instead o. that in hopes Of
eth additional cOnqutsts they forced Mexico into
q war. That war resulted ia the forced sale 10 US
by Mexico Of very large territory; bat the lmme-
date result was the politics, overthrow of tho
party that made the war, and the addition of
new Free State to tire UoioD, which, though
hitherto q SOFT Of volunteer boot black 10 the
Shareholders, already gives evident signs OF yindl.
eating it, independence ami Of pic Dg Itself on the
same level Of sef respect with the other free.aoor
States. la spite, however, OF these two ex-
yeIiments both equally ihstfuctive-the Que IN its
failure the other in lis successfully have started
the project of forcing Spain to sell Cuba at the rsk
Of war with spain, France aid Great Britain
united.
Now. laying aide all question about the justice
Of this forced tals, as ore about which such poll
ticiens as Buchanan and Slideu never trouble
the mselves, are the godiatbers Of this project
quite cure that, on the score Of profit, upon
which alone they urge il on the Amer ,au people,
it will bear examination Even l.ying out OF
account, as too inconsider,bIe quantty to have
any effect upon their calculations the advantage Of
oil the rest Of U.s. is it altogether so certain that
this project, should an attempt be made to carry
it out, viii rebound by its success, or by its too
probable failure, to the permanent, or even the
temporary benefit of the three hundred and odd
thousand shareholders, whose control over the
affairs Of the country it is intended to strengthen
and prolODg'
There is, indeed a class of persons with nothing
to lose and yseue hopes of gaining everything VINO
have always direct personal interest in every war
aid every oiioo. This class of persons 6nds
q jealous spckesmaa in The N. y. Herald, al.
ways e1ul,Dg over Iascalities aud c,lamities, and
always ready fer any kind of mischief. But no.
body, not even Mr.. Buchanan bm.elf, eau be fool
enough 10 expect TO rule the country by means
of this class alone. They do very well as make
weight but noting more. Before hopiog to engage
tie cou try so zeslousy 10 support of this project
that the people will be ready 10 keep in power, in
.pi,e Of their abundant lack of all other claims to
confidence, its authors and promoters, it will be
necessary to afford some good or, at least, plsu,.
bic reasons for believing that, though nothing could
be more unjust, at the same time nothing could be
more advantageous. Hitherto this essential point
seems to have been taken for granted. The project
being admitted TO be emnenty unjust, if looked at
apart from IFS advantage, its eminent injustice
,eems TO have been assumed as sufficient to prove
it eminently advantageous. This, however, is
pre- sizing the matter little too far. We doubt if
even Shareholders will be satisfied with this sort Of
reasoning.