New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-02-26
XXXVth CONGRESS-. =. Second Session,

TIE Post Route bin was pu, to vote AMI passed.
BY YeAs 30 Nays p. -
Ar Intellectual attempt was made by MI DOOLiI-
TIE to obtain vote % the Homesead biz.
The Cuba bill was then taken up, ard Mr. NAL
yORY resumed his remarks.
The Cubsn bill wss taken up
M WILSON offered the following amendment:
Bhsreas reciprocal oonn'rcisi tsrs"uTse among nations
rerooes uuos prosperity AID is Ire suest guarantee Of Pea
Whrees Iis policy ofhe United sa.e,t 70 assPo .ay
Of her posNioDs however ea or valuable boz - cu
WA~ss. TIE usreDdy policy adopted By spss sssius;
,r.ds sId q The Unitea States with the sOd
Cuba forcing tho az POn Of nsr policy b. tue AIRED
states 70 card htis mpsrs the ben56s which would other
,wesn the United sts,s, AID Cuba and
Rhreoa he.y negotiation ior the remoyai u shAoeiA
and uDu., restrictions upon I1ae sa1 eSnmeIs
vpon tts continent Is most desirable; therefore, ,
BE ernetd That the President be Authorized and re-
ns on this the ova Of all unu-: and liberal
rssio,ions trade and commerce BET then aud cir DE-
eEpenS If such negotiation the sum Of $NVOO neieby APP
Mr MALLORY preceded With his remarks COM
MERGED 81 me DAYS since. he cited the policy Of JEFF
ferson who said If were justified IN go og 10 war
for the acquisition Of any Territory, 1t would be tor
Cuba. He reviewed the commercial advantages 10 be
derived from the acquisition, ard cOnteude1 that If
Cuba were Inrexed, the slave trade would be COM
pletely destroyed. That trade was fosttrsd by the
Captain Central as Mr.. Mallory showed By minute
and sting statement how 1t was Gred on from
She purchase Of the slaves ship TO the landing OF tho
,layes under PERMITS IL three ounces per head The
Creole population he sad, opposed 70 the trade.
Mr.. Mallory guarded Himself from connect ne the ds-
tractirg tGtject Of Slavery with the acquisition Of
Cuba.
MIR. DIXON Conn spoke for two hours, replying
10 the points Of Mr.. BeIjauins recent speech Mr..
Beriamiu had urged he said that unless We acquire
Cuba, Spain viii emaucpste the negroes. Mr.: Dixon
reasoned that if negro freedom in Cuba would be irlu-
rous TO tho United States, IN Jamaica 1T must be
equally So yet it is not used as an argu nent to buy
Jamaica from Great Britain. Mr.. Benjamin had rca-
soned that compulsory labor was necessary to develop
tropical production, but Mr. Dixon thought tdat the
sugar for the world could be grown by free aoor; and
If Il could not sugar not sufficient equiva ~ for
the perpetuatiOn OF Slavery Ia the course on ms re-
msrks Mr.. Dixon had occasion to say that Slavery
degrsdes Free Labor -,
6ocfrire was new in the South. lie maintained that
the white man was not degraded Ivy labor, aithough
he worked at the bench IN field, side by side with
M DIXON refused to admit the correctness Of this
assertion as an exposition of the general Southern
feeling. r A. CIV;
b1ster eprit uTt / eliminated in the Ostend Mani
esto and became Re h,Cte5 in this Cuban BIZ. Both
were il form offensive to Spain. No naton would DC
spt TO receive kindly ormade to purchase It's tern
tory, when accompanied by STUDIED remluuer o. us
fallen forunes. His (Bsll n opinion, was thit the Os
tpdms1 festo and the present proposal were iame on
The pefs ct knowledge that Cabs could not be acquired
sudbat they addressed to what Is supposed 70 DC
Committees report is skillfuly drawnup. IL promtes
to extend TIE trade sud commerce OF the Norh, the
pecuar industry Of the South, and the agriculture Oh
tho Wet. II Is framed to haoliuate tne county "
tbe crv of war" but We are making 10 preparation
for war. On the contrary we are trying 70 get along
without revenue. For himself he "oni1 favor our
acquiring cOrtId of the isaod either as protector
ate or independent power, but ne hke"te hell tlHb
TIE time has not yet when its possession was ne
oessary either 10 our dtyclopemeht or secmly' We
are not now in position to accept CUBA IL opaln
% NJ Al M
should offer 1t as gut; We caaect - ,a,tsU
have built up navy Of sufficient strength 10 maioLeh
n The fret blow that would be struck IN war WIN
naval power, would be to wrest IRON us, ana holi
its hsrbcrs rs means Of annoyance against U.s. LUG
Committee's promise that the a;quist0n oil the lsauu
will give us the monopoly ofsogaris equally ieHacous.
The incrsatiDg value OF that article "onih sooh
cause lis production throughout the Whoie temperate
zone Nsitter is it true, the Commttee say, thaI
uben nation ceases 10 grow its dec idence commences
Nttory does rot teach this doctrine OF eNpahSiUui
nor Is there any pHralleism between tue gown W
nation and OF individual man are our n'eau 90
Affairs so perfectly oIga.zed as to leave no range 10
our ambition Has even the question oil currency
b<en placed satisfactory basis Is our glea' Ia
senAf domain reduced to such naIrow Huts as u
sford M ecope 70 our energies Oor territory ls no
GREATER than the whole area of the Romsu EmpHe
An this we are bound to protect and deienI an! 70
defeud the accessible points Ut our eAteuoeo itoneL
would REQUIRE 100000 ms n with az east <'V raI
stesner, The Chairman Of the Naval Conmuee
saws our whole guns are J, lO0. Inc fieno2 navy
alone has 900 cannon shOat, with 5O0 SHIPS oil "aen
half are war steamers. we are hVb nv" PlOPN-o'.
such var and yet the President anrourcea on recent
occs siop that our policy hencetOrth is expansion
M KENNEDY Mo- addressed the Ssnate, areu-
ire that the acquisition " Cuos Is suo'ersNe VI .N9
btst ipteret Of ihe South. Referring 10 inc aspv' "a
on- domestic affairs he considered THAI INNOVATIONS
bsd hsep eperafted on the policy OF this HoVsTnmen',
which inevitably bstOkens ITS dissolution. Ihe uOc-
t,ine Of state Rights did well while we we're a homo
- gerous psople bound together by common troubles,
bnt tina. dsy has passed. Tle unbounceu prosperity
Of this ocuntIy its fertile lands aud increasing wealth
has attYectes 70 il people from every cline Inere IS
NO coIn,pop interest 10 bind US together Ihe Consu
tuiion and the Supreme Couit are delded enu LIE
Constitution threstens 10 be but rope oil shu uuape
in ;nsrac,,ors sof that Constitution. He mad
hen de1ided as an old FEEDERS lsf ara tle
nan who 50 denounced him, had row on tno
table two bills more dangerous IN consoAuauuB Po"ot
in the hands Of one man, than any tnAt eTei III -
from he old Federal party. They had also 3lu 20
yive a~Ay the public lsu,s 10 the sweepngs Oh Euro
mean lAzsr houses to squat thereon, ana, unSel au
essv franchise TO control this GoVerhm7nt oeIoLe
they know word OF our Iangusge, oi one 20 80
A compreheusion Of our institutions. iet' ~mIe
oTripe this extraordinary bonus to the ciscoLtshVe
sp;rits Of the old world they refuse to vote io anu
dsnource the old soldiers BILL HOW CONES ", ne
asked that there is such diversity OF cpiuloh IL '
Democratic party marching under one osnner' aud
nrof,ssipr comroop principles lie proceeded 10 ask
how IL IS possible for rs 10 hold C1os, win pul .,
ships 10 ouI Navy to protect the - CnOah hAIoois
Our Paraguay armada consists OF cans! u az a.
side.vheel steamers. Have Senator's reflected Oh the
baleful effect the aoqu ston of Cuba would have on
slave property. lie remembered the opebing OF
Alabama. Virginia has scarcely yet recovered
from the effect Of that exodus OF her labor
% localities where It wonll be more re-
muteratiye. With the slaye-trlde stopped, Cabs
vould be a perpetual drain, and would put planters
into more unequal contest, by WiiatTawlbS the
labor frr their cotton fields into sugar productions. IL
4; e.,;nstei that son eco slaves will be abstrsctot
-. nd n