Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1859-04-01
Cuba in Tammany Hall.

demonstration In iagCr o. Inc aelui''''N''
Of Cuba. The meeting was addressed
by several gentlemen, and among others
bv the Hon. 4. G. Brown, senator from
Mississippi, sketch Of whose speech Is
given below I
The President then announced that /
the Hon. A. G. Brown, Senator from +
Mississippi, would address the meeting. |
The honorable senator took the stand /
amid the cries Of the multitude. lie said /
Cuba must and should be ours. Cheers
The question was, How; There were
three ways Of getting her First, by pur-
chase; that was the most honorable
second, By conquest; that was the most
certain; and, third, by filibustering, which
was the most probable. II Spain would
sell out that piece Of real estate, We would
give two hundred millions Of dollars. II
she would not sell, he would propose TO
enter into negotiations which would give
indemnify tor the past and security for
the future from the aggressive character
Of Spain against this free and enlightened
Republic. Buff this could not be done,
be WON'T abroga,e the neutrality laws,
and say tc the tiHbus,ers, take her, and
let slip the dogs of war. We wanted
territorial expansion. No Pent-up Utica
should contract our powers, for the whole
boundless continent was ours. Fremen-
dous cheers We had thus got Texas
and California. This was q great and
glorious country. Mr.. Jefferson was of
ibis opinion when be bought Louisiana,
and at what was regarded as an extrava-
CANT price for real estate at that time
Yet, who among the free and god-l,ke
citizens now assembled in Tammany Hall
woGld give up one foot Of that sacred
soil5 loud cheers.] That great man,
James X Polk, [cheers,l had secured
Texas, and had selected California, with
its gold. Then why should we cot take
Cuba? We wanted more territory. We
wanted sugar. We wanted Cuba for her
agricultural resources. And he wanted
ii for a little reason Of his own-for the
expansion OF slavery. Applause. Let
Greeley understand il; let Garrison IN
derstand it; let all the bloody Abolition
crew understand it. loud applause.
They said that England and France would
object. The d. they did! loud ap-
plause II England and France wanted
to 60 to war about it, let them. and BE-
ID. [Great applause What va.
it to Us, whether England Fixed it, OF
didn't likeit: [AppIaase.l When Eng
land, the bloody Old bruiser, had goat
slashiug round the worlI'-
Here a poor Eag'i,hman, Who wa
drunk, and had not the fear of Tamrnan,
before his eyes, said Cannon" I'm
mediagely arose a storm Of - Put bia
outs l' and the fists Of tie Short Boy
extemporize an acquaintance with Ii
physioguomy. He begged ia vain. II
had committed the unpardonable sim
Only the voice Of tie great Rynder
could restore order
"Senaior Brown went on to say, thu
in case Of a war with England an
France, the chances were that she wo1i
see an American General hoist the star
and stripes over the Tuileries and d
Palace Of ST. james. Enthusiastic al
plause.l Talk aboai offending Spani,
pride Why, Spain had already eed,
territory twenty times IN her history, ar
Won might as well tell him that a woms
who bad been debauched twenty o.
times would be offended at the TWEEN
second time. True, ladies Of thai kir
we're apt to be coy at first, bat that wou
soon wear off. # Cuba were to come
US free territory, bis anxiety 10 get be-
Ike Bob Acres courage, would ooze 0
at bis fingers end. What was the con,
ton Of the African race in the island
Cuba? Was /, as good as in The Sogt
ern States: lie appealed TO Lloyd Ga
rison himself, to Gerri. Smith, or to d
scend lower, if possible. be would apps
to Horace Greeley, applause if t
condition of the African raised in Gu
were not infinitely worse than in I
Southern states. He believed that slave
was of Divine origin, [spplause 4 Il
God decreed II from the foundation Of {
world, great applause j that the Afric
was destined from the creation 10 becoi
the servant Of the white man, Tcontinu
applause and bis opinion was, that /,
cry one before him. would be better of
he had Niger to wait upon him." 10
and continued applause
Our readers WILL please notice W
what extreme gusto the remarks Of I
fiibuster senator were applauded by
democratic hearers, and particularly Il
little reason Of lis own - and whore