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! expressed nslsninma mnfaRsEahla 10 thl
requisites IS Csbs, notwithstanding
; E3ea. no6geA aistsaak ssaseasnt 10 thI
/ eontraxv IA 3 lakkar "a tho Naii0aal In,
ssllscsssea sa order % eggrses this
KaIae laapza ai0n, " rspabiish General
Dodgess letter
wAsssHaqos. June g7th, 1859.
. no TIKI KDlzuR On THz aArIosAL IsTxLGE.
a8xcKE:
In yong pispsr 81 tbs 24ah inst. you al.
luda "a asssgfiAaa sllea9sd 10 have bssn
recentiY made By ma, relative to she
FpYeayeots ot the agquiaitton Of Cnba, in
namnss wkish calls for no&iee - my
hands aAa shis, not only In jaasiee .
myself, has, what "a more impoEsanss 70
correct miscnnespsie which may have
an injurious sEses Ia khsiE public con-
lnecaieass @
4 Ey che correspondent Ok the philadsl-
phia AsasrSess, quoted hy yous am
made 60 assert thai Cuba can never be
purchased, and, shas sysn 10 pEep0se
the purchase Is an indlgnity oasrsd 20
/ Spain. By the samA gentleman aEn gs-
ported Ia hava SPOKEN In sunh manner
" the kaFainissrAfion as 60 show my
sEgsaask kKAn fia0 preas aanasS yfswv On
The sabjses recessed 10, and virtually 70
endorae year own expression, that ths
LaeQuisitiou Of Cuba by negotiation is sc
dormant, IL not extinct, topic Of politi-
cal diseassien.n
lis true thai stated TO the ooFres.
pondant alluded %, il answer 10 an in
Iquiry OF his, las hare to Others thai
/ the prospect Of SECURING Cuba BY puF*
chase, under present circumstances, was
inauspi0ioaa, and thas opinion ser-
tainly entertain. But never said or
intimated that the proposition in any
way involved the henoE Of Spain, or shat
the purchase might net, at some future
period, be effected, However, unimpoE-
tAnk nay opinions touching tksss ques-
tions may be, cannot bat feel solio-
itude that they should be correctly rep
resented By these who deem them worthy
Of remark; and nothing can be more sr-
ronsous than the manner IN which they
have been alluded ts by ths coFrespon-
dent you have quoted, La no eonmuni-
! cations to the Administration, verbal or
| written, have made intimstious such
as those attributed 30 me, On the con-
/ tEaFy, approve the course which tbs
/ President has pursued in sondRsting our
foreign relations, and more especially
| his statesmanliks views upon this great
! Amaris~E qaSsaEUa SsaS --Aish, ssz s-@y
humble judgment, rises superior to all
party and sectional eoRsidsEations.
The President, in his last annual mss-
( a k.sE EbtN
or to acquire Cuba By honorable nego-
aatioa, addiBg 1--WE would not, If We
could, acquire il in any other way" be
/ further recommends LhAk be shonld be
+ insrasEe& By Congress With the means Of
making an advance 10 tbs Spanish gov
( eminent on the signature Of the treaty
and before its ratification, ] share and
approve, IN their fullest extent, these
views Of the President. believe that
/ if they are acted upon We shall sooner
or later obtain Cuba BY honorable Ne
! gctiation; and, believing this, watch
4 ed with much anxiety and saw defeated
/ with great regret Mr.. Slideil's bill to
appropriate thirty millions for the OBJ
| jeet referred TO, Sooner or later, sayj
the time mainly depends on ourselves.
If We go on defeating appropriations
proposed for this object, il we continue
20 circulate just such opinions as you,
/ Messrs. Editors, are inculeatiRg-name-
| ly, that 1t 10 q party, not the nation,
that desire Cuba-f these opinions are
taken Up, as they have been, by all the
papers Ihroughout Spain, and the Span
Iards are made 10 believe [as they do)
that, even If q treaty be made, the
American Senate would refuse to ratify
il; if, By suicidal policy like this, de-
fsGiing the wishes and efforts of the Aa-
ministTation, We place stumbling blocks
in cur way, then ell must admit that
the prospect, as 10 time, is dlsoouraging
indeed.
But If, as | hope and trRss, We shall
aet With unanimity and decision If We
appropriate, and Zach year continue TO
do so as an earnest Of our intention, 3
proper amount, as the 6rst payment au-
thorized to be made on the signature of
the treaty F; il we show Spain that VIE
are in earnest and thai we will perss
we're in our intention IL We prove to her
that while we will employ no unfair
meaua 10 obtain 0uba, we will neglect
no suitable opportunity 10 purchase,
then the time may not be far distant
when Spain, becoming convinced that
Cuba is worth far more TO rs than to
her, may follow she example Of Eapole-
on in the transfer Of Louisiana, and Of
herself ia that Of the sWo RlOridAs, and
cell 10 Us, as most hOnorsbiy she may,
\ a colonial possession, the value Of which
TO The mother country is very greatly
diminished By The fact (dAily becoming
more apparently that its possession By
her is constant cause OF Irritation and
an annoyance.
The Cortes, in q moment Of excite
ment, resolved thai iE was inconsistent
With the dignity Of the nation 10 dispose
Of its West India colony. But you know,
Messrs. Editors, enough OF the action Of
lsgi siaEiye bodies to be aware of the diff.
ference between nomantary eballision
of feeling and deliberate and settled
policy; and you must Also have fsit how
far the correspondent Of the Philadel-
phia ARserieda was departing from sound
argument whan be asserted that the true
way 10 test the sense Of the indignant
resentment Of Spain Ut our proposal was
10 imagine proposition on her part 70
rgparehaas Florida FROM as.
The gentleman in gusstion Is TOO in
teligsnt 10 maint&ln sarieakly such q
: parallel. he knews that, to make tbs
one case in sny degree 80 correspond TO
, tbs other, we must imagine the United
States possessed Of large island, say
In the Bag of Biseay, almost in sight Of
. the shores of Spain, and commanding
one Of her principal hsshoss an Island
With which she bad important CONNER
! eiai relations so island in which alone
] shreughont ell Europe, shat odious com,
neres, the African slavs trade, was tol,
srateds We uust suppose ahis leland
oars, and that Spain, taughs by expert
eaea thai constant causes Of natienal
quarrel we're arising from It's position
and It's occupation BIZ remote country
Q sought to bay Is from us. We aaast in,
. agine ali this in order 30 ohs&in paxal'
: lei case. Bal, in the case imagined
. should We deem Il . national lsaig gnisJ
. is Spain proposed 10 purchase from ii
q this island. thas manAeing hsg aaorea
!, Is II nos mueh more likely thas wa sho's
. take snsh proposal into serious son'
aidsgasiou, and hnally do the very thins
]. Wa new propose 90 Spain .--yiss sell q
: hes q possession. The position uf whiel
8 bsaEaed clearly to Indicate Is was nsTsl
d Inssndad we ah0ald gesainY TmTneegaal I
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