The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1859-03-10
Of Mr.. Thompson.
UPoa The Cu5aR Question, Differed
E'cb. Is, IN Tie e. s. Senate

anu l5EE>-tl uttIN-t A~fJliSf4ei a. tc
tors tt3m Louisiana sh5al4 favor II. The Geq NJ
7itiOn would draw If their trade aul commerce
70 q better climate, aad the pJrt Of Havana
wJI.d { tsIse NV ORLEANS % become Ike L.x5az-
ton, Ky, flashed town. Caha the youngest
cltiI, would he usual the pet of the fIsnilg.
aud how mlca it woa!i cost 10 get her il trim
th Lord only knows. Ta- children Of the North
who eat oranges aad dates told they from
the Island # CIba, - here thrr. Is 20 gil ar, dgl
their natural iasHnct IS 10 seek 1t. Here be
qlo ed from ChlI 'e Harold and the Cor-asr.
Referring to Mr.. IIa.e's remark o. YESTERDAY
respecting Catholicism, Nr. Thompson SAID he
did DOT think Catholicism a. Objectionable IN IT,
SET as m the genius of the people who pr9f.s sed
II; Tor he had lived half hi lie among American
Catholics and 10 people aye better more 10y
al citizens. Mr.. Hale aai als1 suggested the an.
nexa'ton of Canada. That p oDosai Ms mon
S.rous, for the people there are Of Anglo French
7 origin and he never knew FEeachmau yet whose
idea OF Republic ~es not merely chance TO
vote for an Emperor.
Ia talking of the British possessions, he woulI
seem to forget that Great Britain was "a larger
land owner oa the North American continent
than we are OJe If the best poets of Rome
had said that tIat Empire tuab.a1 to pieces from
mere accreton. He feared that would De our
fate. Oar people, from their Anglo-Saxon blood,
have derived the belief that it is right aad prop.
er to take from the Spaaiari Mexican, or Indian
any thing that they want, aad that it is not hom.
eide, or murder, to Kill him. We waat to Amer
caaize and ChristaEize Cuba, do we? l. re-
minded him of two young Kentuckians who went
there on similar mission; being good
+ looking fellow for an American, got t. be over
seer for a widow-thaL Christianzed her; the
other ran away with Old mans daughter and
within year the old man was living on a corner
OF the plantation, and himself in full possession-
That Is the way we Amercanize. The Cubaus
would rot stay it we had the Island They have
too mach instinct for that Place 4 lion on the
prairie and the buffalo viii soon Yacate; or the
tl5er where the deer hunts, and they will soon
scatter The blue rat peacefully possessed this
country unll the Norway rats acquired 1t. Then
Their Instincts told them they had got leave and
they did 1t was a shame to pamper the spirit of
acquisition that is dominant in Us 4 cutaFy in
the HE oi the nations is bat year or 50 with US.
4 TINS nation IS not yet "a year Old Our true pol
i ley Is to consolidate, secure, bsiil up what we
4 have; not to acquire more. 1t was said that the
possession of Cuba would give al ontlet to our
hery spirits The PaciGc railroad vas arguei on
similar plan He had seen some OF these fill
busters about w Nashington. They did nothing;
they toI!ed not neither did they spin; yet Solo
mon IN all hls glory, not arrayed like one of
these. Imagine these men, letiiag elf their sgir-
ITS Ia the Rocky Mountains. cracking rocks or
toting about railroad sjlls. No sir; Il is fllla-
clous, tor those who always talking OF their
readiness to spill! the last drop Of their blood are
generally willlGg that anybo Y e'se should soill
theirs FIRST. II seems To him fnompsonl that
the Cuban project is an element Of weakness rath-
er thaa of strength aud tends to corrupt our
peaceful relations with other powers He dl not
believe that Engiand or France want Cuba, but
if they do. England will fiLAt for it. and France
viii 90 III Tor the glory Of the thing. The battle
OF the gods and Fltans; rha battle of th fallen
angels, as described bv the poet do not equal the
grandeur of Engaad's warfare
Reeently. ten thousand Of the Persian cavalry.
on the PLAIN of leheraa, were GhargeI by regl.
ment of SCOTS. lea by three L5aut-uA4ts who feI
enc after another. The British rode them down
Ike ninopias--re formed and charged back and
again tIH ia twenty minutes there were unt SO
many Of the enemy LETT as were left by Lsouidas
at Fhcrmopyp That's the kind OF fighting Eng
land does, For Thousand years, her Temple of
Janus has never been s1ut john Ball is ia fact
bloody brG.ser, who has been roaming ah0lt
the world brow beating. insuitjac and whipping
everybody he has mind TO. FIVE lAi Ca5a we
could not raise such ohstrJctioas as would keep
hum cut Of the Gu,f aud for the reason that we
have no Navy - match the English AMI French
steam fleets We would oe dri.en out OF the wa
Ter not because our people are not brave enough
pat because We could not stand such a fight II
Se are 10 old 1t, Ii must ha bg Qualifications and
ne would have commit tee composed Of the off
iers WAo went 10 the Crimea. TO which he would
add Senators Davis aai Shields and ask them
"here tie Redans aai MaakotI, shall rear their
erests to withstand the EaI,ish aea,s. Yet We
continue T. cry for more Ike a paHaerld c..i,I
whose st0mlea II Rot ois eaJlEa tor h3s appetite
Mr.. Thompson had known a gentleman
from Virginia, ere now, ruined by owning
900 much lani, aud that was sold to pay tax
s, till when lie died there was barely enough
to pay his fuaeral expenses. Oar own coun-
try would Be BIZ, ana the treaty OF Gaudal
oape would have been curse,haJ ]. not been
tor the fortunate turn up Of gold in Calitor-
MIA: but, As for Cuba, there is no God. send
there's nor has 1t gvsvitated one inch. uat ey-
en- by paSSlonal attraction Of the free labor.
school We should derive no benefit from
It. We would pay more than it is worth;
negroes have been cheaper there than in the
South. They would rise in price. and the
Cubans would sell out their possessions a.
higher rates. He had also insupersble OBJ
'JecuonS 70 the bill. II i means anything. Il
means thar ihe money w.il be drawl bv the
Spanish Minister Of tie day who w.ll make
the treaty, and It Is thus Offering 4 premium
10 revolution.
NJ. Thompson made some palpable hits
a. the Democratic party, saying tia: La uu-
derstood the discipline was very strict, and
whoever does not chalk up % the mark goes
overheard. Indeed. NJ. Thompson said lie
must take the opportunity before the term
ends, 10 ask the Senator from Illinois il he
has not been doing something will Cuba 10
amuse the South and make the keystone
State bound to him bv bars 81 iron ard hoops
Of steel. The President might demand a
renomiua,ion for he never knew a Scotsman
but would hold on till death Ii was said
thSs THIS luck would betall Mr.. Buchanan,
but Mr.. Thompson said he knew something
q hygine. and gave decided opinion that
ne Is good for ten years yet, and then many
iSave i TO son OF his, politically. ior he has
none Otherwise.
Ia conclusion, NJ. Thompson utterly con-
denned this rampant spirit which ciamors
Tor war 1t Is q wrong spirit. and teaching.
wong 70 the country. lf we get into a war
with France and England we shall repent il
TO the last day II our lives. l. would "a Idle
US with debts that would take As long TO get
rid Of - the isgarlites were Ia EzsvEt ruaSine
bricks wlshoG. straw. Old John Ball might