The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1859-01-28

Il has necenty been stated ia several oi te fnTOean
loufnals, coInHleng the ast anual message 81 ir
President tAat hitherto All iudiaons Of drsire
part 10 alnife Cu have been the expressions II indi
yiinal nnds rather than manifestation approved y,
the national Will and that wleaeyer She poay of the
bnItei States with regard Cuba shall Assanae suls
stanttli form, political changes and complications ef
ordinary kild ulay he looked faU
There is bOth truth and Justice IN alese remarks and
70 the pregnant fact which try paint may be az
ubaied IN slight drgree thr hiaie progress THAI has
hitherto heen aAde la giving % tr public mind of Ea
rope, and 10 the policy 0f lis cabinets t4Horalr in
pTezon in IegaId the admission a Cuba into oaS
Union
For nearly fifty years saga1ious American statesmen
have ofesre the Necessity island would ooo1ae ts
the confederation. and Ia view of il ear government
adopted aud to the spanish American govern
nlents, IA lsz5 the policy that Il would no
change Ia the existing order a things Cuba That
POLICY saved the iAland osaeans d spain 70 the a
IL hss been confnne,l during all the sntssluent rears
that have eiapFed and the hopes % the present genera
ton IA Cuba Of efseting separation from the spanish
crown have been oyerthrown mainly through the
pursued by our government.
The tnle hiss arrived when We should give another
and more substantial farm 10 liey la rezaEd h.
Cuba No policy other than one contenpatihs is nc
qson by the United STATES through friendly ncgotia
ton could he deliberately al0TAed by the American gov
enment excerpt under the pressure af extraordinary rir
curnstanees Sach policy is insolre 10 the recoInnen
dAtions on the subject made y President ia his hast
illlittal 10 support hch we
would present few considerations
Those whose view of the acquisition Of Cuba Is limited
10 the lnereenarg question a pecuaTy value and com
penaation continually eAclaiinina that spain win
never sell Cuba II the qaestuu we're merely one Of
pecniary value wOnld oaly aaTee with them IN
affirming that Spain will never sell Cna bat We would
go farther aud that II would De unworthy Of evn
monentary consideration by American or Spanish states
men But it Involves other considerations 0f far hier
character ad moment 10 both nations than can ne ex
pressed in the simple enumeration of dollars and cents
TO spain the possession OF Cnha mainly question
OF the fipening Of the natural relations bet cen a mother
country and distant eeony which inevitably results in
tlet separation The change that has taken place h
the past time theory Of the European governments which
oonsidefed that colonies slsnd ever be an G
teTnal growth upon the body polite lie fatefed and
taxed solely fof the benefit Of the other country has
been eliminated from the policy Of nearly every cabinet
ia the worli and that Of Spain is not and caant De-
insensibIe 70 the spiiit OF the age ia which we live
Cuba could ever bceorle integral portion OF the
spanish monarchy the conditions e the present question
would e entirely changed But the great distance that
exists between them the diverse character their ma
teal and intellectual Development the directly conflict
ng interests with these of the mother country that have
naturally grown up and must continue Increase ia the
colony, and the teachings Of all experience in the ques
tion oi Kingdoms and trans colonies point concu
sirely to another contamination.
Under these circumstances the question to bc eonsd
cred BY Spain IS how she the exgcnces of an
ineyitable natural development in manner cosonaut
with her national honor ad the existing interests Of her
subjects
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yidual minds spain entertain IL Neither
she consider it, with hnor to herself while its argument
confined 10 the mereenary circle of pecuniary corpe
sation. Dut when It shall have assumed the substantial
form Of part Of the policy Of great and friendly nation
sustained by considerations that would have equal Weight
with herself she IN like position, and fFesing
future development inimcal to herself she may
slider it, and the time viii when she will entertain
H.
Ia the treatment Of this question the wishes Of the
people Of Cubs naturally require that they shall be con-
sidered But, propose 10 examine them at some
lngth and under several aspects shnll do further
on ia their connexon with other relations
To ourselves the question OF the acquisition Of Cuba
is quesOn of the nature, form and security Of our
own development Upon it depend Thousand other
problems which enter into the composition Of future
growth and political status, and in considering il we
should do So not in view Of what to-day. bat
Of what shah become within the sTan Of living gen
erations.
Taking the facts Of past the ratio Of future
increase the population and commerce Of country
viii double ia generation Estimating present
population at thirty millions and home and foreign
trade at thousand millions shall then have
the confederation sixty millions Of the most actively pro-
ductive people ia the world with foreign and domestic
commerce amounting to not less than four thousand mil
lions Of dollars Following only the same ratio q in
crease the second generation ourselves viii exhibit TO
the world the marvel VI republic with hundred and
twenty millions Of freemcn, having home and foreign
trade II eight Thousand millions Of dollars value
The principal III this great empire will be in that
vast valley lying between the Alrghan and the Rocky
mountains the inland II the north and the Gulf Of
Mexico Its material interests viii extend their famih
cations an incalclahle extent 90 bath the Atlantic and
the Pacific States VI the coneracy and every ayenue Of
interc0mmunicaton will be threnge with countless
thousands Of Inen and thef productions
The nature q thi future Development depends npan
the numerous problems Of communication between this
sens Of empire and the Atlantic aud Pacific IL is
tha law OF all growth that il shall seek nStara channels
Of increase and intercommunicati0n II extraneos eir
cunstances force il to partial abandonment Of
nature highways and the creation Of artificial routes,
which though costly always feeble in comparison with
tbe natural ones our future development will par
take a the craanped nature Of ts highways
So too Ia the form Of our increase NAtnral com
nerce springs from differences n atitae which, causing
differences Of climate give varieties of production No
legislation required to stimulate IL no hostile tariffs
are called Soc 90 protect it It's best agin Is assumed
der the pgs Of indiy hlna interest," untraHneliei
bv considerations ol political erroneous inanci
Character In this point II view Cala Is te Industrial
conn feent of the prsiFies Of the Northwest aud the
valley Of the Mississippi Each has large surPlus q
what the other reqnires, and seeks for market which
the other proneIa free and natural intercourse and
exchange between theta must Strengthen The natural
lie q bcth and benedcally upon each ether
progress.
Both the nature and form of our future development
are Immediately affected by the question OF the security
Of its routes Of INSTRUMENTATION The sensitive
ture oG private and individual interests causes them u
avoid 4ll cnnt2ct Will political di1eIeef aud tozhrn
from the slightest probability a dangtr
through III geographical position tie Island 81 cuhA
eoitnasis the extensions of the twenty thousand
miles of river communication that drain The Mississippi
vnIley and orm the natural HIGHWAYS 81 its produe T.
their markets home and ahod IL also oveSlis aihl