The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1859-02-23

endeayor 10 blend the African with the Cauca.
sian, upon terms Of social or political equality
then, to be sure, do confusion and degradation
threaten us. There Is no more diversity OF race
between the people ofthe United States and the
people of Cuba, nor any more diversity Of Ian
guage, or habits, or manners, or customs, or res
ligion, than the Senator may behold to-day in
the great city which he represents. The peo.
pie of Cuba are such as Louisiana, and Florida,
and Texas, and New Mexico, and California,
contained at their respective periods OF annexa
ton; and, so far from the least difficulty, has not
the genius Of our Federal system been admira-
bly, proved and illustrated in each instance? 4
But the Senator desires to be told "what in
sttutions of Justice, freedom, OF religion, and
I public worship" will obtain IN the Island of Gu
ba after it shall have been annexed to the Unit
ed States. ] answer once for all, such 'inSti-
tuions," exactly, consistent with the Constitn
ton Of the United States, as the people Of Gu
ba wish; they shall be, so far as am concern
ed, upon an equal footing with the people ofoth
er States. $500 .....t..
The Senator from Wisconsin Mr.. Doclittlel
announced to US yesterday, as the programme
of the modern and self-sUled Republican party,
that the tropical zone ofthis continent should be
for the negro, and only its temperate zone for
the white man.. am really obliged testhe
Senator for SO honest proclamation, havingal
ways been convinced that the party Of hisat-
tathment, upon which he has lavished as many
affectonate caresses and epithets as Sancho
Panza could have suggested, intends that Cuba,
and Mexico and Central America, and, fpos-
sible, our own southern States, shall be reduced
to the miserabIecondition of Hayti and Jamai-
ca But, sir admonish the Senator that his
colored friends will not be able to retain the en-
l,,;r ;nh ha nd VIII
{ cost to himself would thus give them. In ia
maica, it appears, they are becoming extinct
f from sheer Incidence; while in Hayt at the
last advices, the Emperor Soulouque was run
ming to, OF from, very urgent business,
There is decisive objection, besides this, to
the Senators magnificent scheme, an objection
which even Commodore Paulding cannot assist
: him to remove. 1t is that the Atlantic shores
} ofour continent have been found so much col
der than Europe, or Asia, or Africa, between
the same parallels. We are now assembled at
} Washington city, almost IN the latitude OF Lis
, bon and Palermo and Corinth and Athens and
the classic fields Of Asia Minor, but the climate
f here is colder by several degrees. Indeed, sir
no nation Of less energy than our own, or the
nation whence most of us derive our lineage,
could have so long maintained the arts oil civill-
ization in such inclement regio as Canada, and
7 the northern British provinces Vhat achieve
ment, alone, entities the Anglo Saxon blood to
, universal admiration Does the Senator imag
7 inc, then that he can devote seas and Shores in
America, and mild and beautiful as the ancient
Mediterranean and the gardens which surround
it, to the exclusive dominion OF negroes, driving
t the white man to struggle, forever, with the
ice bound streams, the painless snowdrfts, or
any Of the barriers with which winter would
{ and oh m nur anfernrignp
G The Senator from New Hampshire complains
! that our acquisitions tend southwark and West
5 waad, but never toward the Arctic clmes. |
am not aware ofany instance in which the Uni
ted States declined. territory, North er East of
e our present possessions. The Senator complain
y ed especially that the Ashburton treaty OF
r 1912, aienated a portion Of the State of Maine;
: but never heard complaint from Maine upon
e the subject, nor from any of her citizens. They
consented to 1t, and, believe, on very ample
t consideration. Trey did not even pause to ar
t que whether they had not been insuited. That
! treaty was negotiated by Daniel Webster; and
r the opposition to its ratification, by the Senate
was altogether from the Democratic party. And
: so in respect to the treaty which established
e our northwestern boundary upon the forty ninth
r degree Of latitude I cannot tell whether the
If Senator himselfyoted for or against the ratifi
c cation Of that; but he knows that all the mega.
e tive votes (unless, perchance, his own) were
d cast by Democratic Senators.
Canada has neverbeen restrained from annex
: alton yus, but by the wise concessions, time
: and again, Of the British Government, The
it contrast OF her case and the case Of Cuba, is
1t very remarkable the one enjoying right Of To-
C cal legislation, and an Executive dependent or
= the Legislature for existence; while the Other
h is subject to the arbitrary DEGREES ofa Captain
! General appointed by, the Court at Madrid and
e maintained in power by an army Of twenty-five
e thousand men. Canada has likewise enjoyed
% of late years, the advantage of reciprocal free
r trade with the United States; while Cuba as
It have shown, is deprived of all the advantage o
" her position, and devoted entirely to Spanish
le exaction or convenience. Whether the conces
/. sons of Great Britain will not, be sufficient
ID herea tier to retain the affections of the Canadi
an people, is question too remote for me to con
h slider; but, as soon as they shall ask admission
IS into our Union, or fall under oppression like tha
ge of Cuba, the Senator from New Hampshire viii
.y find himself outstripped in zeal by those VIII
d, represent the Democratic party here.
De Several Senators on the other side, and tn
Senator from Massachusetts, (Mr. WILSON, a
r. mong them, announced great anxiety for the ac
t. QUESTION Of Cuba, but object, most vehemently
to the means now proposed | have alread
te expressed a serious doubt whether the nean
I'd will prove sufficient but certainly, sir, they ar
u such means, and none other, as did suffice il
IT, the case Of every acquisition Except Texas
L. heretofore made. Why should those who pro
ed fess desire for the annexation Of Cuba, on e
th2r side Of the Senate, scruple at an expert
- ment, (ir such you call it,) which has alwaJ
ne proved successful? Lean imagine but one rea
a.. III oh dauc f To,,;
a. lana to the present hour, has enabled the Demo
al cratic party TO recover from any mistake or de
Id feat, or disaster-I mean, sir the blindness
in, opposition. 1t is my deliberate opinion tht
DIS the people Of the United States are, almost
he unanimously, in favor Of the acquisition Of Cub;
ad and that party which, for the sake Of any SUI
posed advantage, nearly at hand, shall postpor
he SO vast d question, or cavil at mere particular
y; or attempt the disguise OF collateral argumen
We and pretenses, will efectually seal its own de-
lis truction.
wv Mr.. President, the expansion ofour Fcder
Ch system, as one emergency after another sha
in require, is the law Of our development it is II
ay sign Of our national vitality; the pledge Of OF
h national endurance. This proud sentiment, a
1t. though imperfectly revealed, and perhaps new
,e, expressed, animates the beart Of the humble
mt pioneer now Drawing the wrath Of the sava!
tie or the hardships OF the wilderness on our we
SO ternmost border; tits theme ofglory to bo.
ba hood, to youth treading the paths Of temptatic
he to men in every pursuit-the capitalist and Il
ver aborer, the merchant, the artisan, the schola
a the soldier, the sailor to all who reverence the
ell aountry and their count:y's renown. Indee
Die sir, can imagine no spectacle more grateful
les an American citizen at home or abroad, tn;
fer the contemplation OF that SPLENDID processic
te across our continent within the last sixty year