The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-02-02
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| MIR. Farnsworth introduced into the House
of Representatives, the other day, in imitA-
ton Of MIR. Slidelps report in the Senate in
/. regard to Cuba, the following strong pro.
ramme, backed up BY irrsfragsble argu-
menb. in favor OF the purchase Of British
America
Wherc(& that country called "British
America, !" fyisg coterminous with the Uni
ted States for three thousand miles, and
comprising some three million square miles
of territory and Especially those parts OF it
known 40 Nova Scotia. New Brunswick, the
Csnadas Cast and Wcsf)3aA and that region
upon the Pacific embracilG the Island OF
Vancouver and the Fraser liver, command
ing the Straits Of Fuca andshe finest harbor
on the Pacific coast, lying belew 54 deg. 40
min. north latitude (our title To- which was
formerly officially declared to be esclear and
indisputable''), is very valuable, from the
fertility Of its soil, its forests ofNeluable
timber, it's deposits OF coal, its richpines
OF gold, copper and other minerals, itspay-
igable waters, and its fisheries, both oAean
and inland; and whereas the same embr2oes
the mouth Of the St. Lawrence, and for tn
most part both its banks, and also skirts the
lakes Ontario, Erie, st. Clair, Huron and
Superior, and the rivers Niagara, Detroit
and st. Clair, which lakes and rivers drain q
large number Of the States OF this Union,
and greatly affect the commerce OF many
more; and the inhabitants OF those states are
thereby necessarily restrained in their com
munication with the ocean, and may be en-
tirely suspended, thus crippling our COM
merce: and whereas the Island OF New
,Ia hnfh cho all iuta and
out Of, the mouth Of the st. Lawrence; and
the shoals, commonly called the banks Of
Newfoundland, on the eastern coast Of said
island, are the most extensive and produc-
tive fisheries in the world; and whereas the
city Of Halifax, in Nova Scotia, with its for
ti6cations and its shelter for armed fleets,
commands the commerce between Europe
and America by it's 'oontiguity TO the Gulf
stream, which there runs close to the shore,
and through which such commerce must and
does necessarily pass; for which reason said
/ city may be denominated the gateway to the
northern seas and the sentinel OF the valley
/ OF St. Lawrence and whereas said country
| is not only s'almost within sight Of our
Shores" but absolutely joins US; our com
merce with il is "very great, and our citi-
Gems are in the habit OF daily and extended
personal intercourse with 1t /" and with that
country, "under the dominion OF q distant
foreign power, this trade, OF vital impor-
tance to these States, 10 liable to be destroyed
in time OF war 70 and some OF the fairest
cities and villages of our country battered
down and destroyed by cannon planted upon
that territory, or from chips floating upon
those rivers and lakes; and whereas "the
, truth is, that in its existing colonial condi-
ton" that country sis constant source Of
injury and annoyance to the American peo-
ple," and from it's geographical position il
commands the mouth Of the st. Lawrence,
"and the immense and annually increasing
trade, foreign and coastwise, from the valley
: of" not only "that noble river" but III
great inland seas of the northwest also ana
"whilst the possession Of said couutry'
!. would be of vast Importance "to the Unitet
I States, its value to Great Britain is com
: paratiyely unimportant;" and, whereas tn
: inhabitants of said country are, most Q
them, we'll fitted to become desirable asso
ciates and brethren with ~ Ii this great con
federacy Of states: Therefore,
i Resolved, That thu Committee on Foreigl
= Affairs be requested 70 inquire into the expe
!. dicncy of setting on foot measures to acquir
. the said territory from Great Britain By hon
u orable treaty, md that they report TO thi
honSc uy pfii or Otherwise.
: Now, in view of the fact that the harmoni
y Gus democracy are fierce for the annexation
Q Of the little leland of Cuba, with the Span
Q ish, Negro. and Mulatto population, it is sin
!, gular that not one Of them fayors the annex
o alton of the immensely more valuable pos
y sessions Of British America, with q popula
Q ton which has common origin with that o
{ the United States. But while all the reason
Q urged for the purchase Of Cuba OF nationa
r character exist in much stronger degree 70
the purchase Of British America, the Domo
: cratic party are to man opposed to it,
! Why 10 this? IL there any reason save tina
} the Democratic party is under the control o
J Shareholders and wants more slave States
! and don't want any more free territory, hav
ing succeeded through the Dred Scott opin
ion in converting oil the Territory now ownet
by the United States into slave soil.
i eT-The Little Giant has fairly earned
new title by his beliigcrent correspondence
with Fitch, and henceforth should be dubbs
the ssLittle Squatter." Ii some Democrat
artist would get up series Of illustration
, taking OF Stephens "squatting'' perform
} ance in the Fitch ase--the e4uatter sovereig
in an easy position-the Democratic pla
form--a buck negro holding jug Of whisk,
with the appropriate notices, 'niggers On
whisky" "united We stand, divided we fall,
Q ii might contribute somewhat to the publ
I, amusement these dull times.