New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-01-17

dsUsbter to lucky groeseler or p'gdrIver Tor the
nesns Of ekiog cut in relative comfort bis few re-
usuinQ years. A Franklin or q Tall-yrsnt, with
carte blanche from an astute aud ciose-m'uthed
Government, might well shrink from undertaking
M critical, dlstssteful. ubpromisng n~eotl,tion.
Success in Il might vel make the fortune OF tue
.lrewde,t cip'omatst ever sent abroad to lie for
" the good cf bis coontry
But in The management Of their Cuban diplomacy,
our Democratic statesmen tsincs neither tact al
dI.s-, nor even simple common sense. They scs
precisely the grogseller or pgdriver would we're
te 10 bolt lnto the presence OF the decayed arisso
crst in muddy boots aud with MS hat on, aud,
slskice a bag Of esges in his face, burt out,
THERE'S $4,000 in hard cash for your daughter
"-sIl earned IN uy regular course of trade-aud
''if YOU doU't give her to NE for that magnificent
sun, I'll take her away By force, and You can't
help your,eif." A shiny, crawling worm would
be a,hsn,d TO yield TO such solicitation as that.
TIE House has. very properly, asked the Presi-
dent TO ihf)rm it whether he hno< cficisly that
France and England have agreed to prevent our
getting possession of CUBS uuder any circums'incs.
Tnat he knows i: Hnoficiay, We presume no one
ooubts. a. an ex-Minister TO Lcndcn is not TO be
suypo.ed ignorant on such point of fact which
is pretty well known to every body else The only
question in the pre- mi-es is-Have France aud En-
gl,nd formally apprised our Government that they
all not let us DO what we have formally notified
them thar se viii not let either of them do
Since we have repeatedly notided them that we
will rot allow any formidable maritime power to
acquire Cuba from Spain, have they been equally
frank in revealing their Intentions and resolutions
to usi Plainly they ought TO have done SO, and
We presume they have, since Mr.. Buchanan hest
tates 10 answer; and meantime a caucus of
Democratic Senator's is held at which II is re-
solved to have Slidell's Modest proposition TO
put $50 coo, coo (of promises for our children to
p,y) INTO the hands of Mr.. Bucbsnan to be used
IN operations looking to tie acquisition OF Cuba.
TIE Democratic side Of the House is to follow
su,t, aud we sha soon have this Thirty Million JOB
brought before Congress and the Country 10 all its
monstrous proportions.
The coDcocters Of this nefarious scheme are not
idiots, as they would at FIST seem 70 De. They
know, just as We'll as do, that Spiin will never
Weld to such beasty solicitations, ard that, if her
Court and Cabinet could be bribed into yelling
assent 10 such a National dsbonor. her People,
backed BY France and England, would arrest the
conspiracy far this side of consummstioD. What
10 the real meaning, then of this seeming to,ilt!
We answeI-it is dodge of political gamblers
"a bold stroke for triumph in l-6O. Ii is not To-
tended to acquire Cuba, but to dIffuse among the
ieDorant greedy and uDpnncipled portion OF our
People notion that the acquisition of Cuba would
he capital thing if it could only be accomplished.
That is enough for the present purpose. How ~
Ter tripped up Van Buren, in 1884 BY pressing
The Annexation of T.xas-how Pierce swept State
after State in 1852 through the secret org ,nlzs-
ton and machiDatiOns Of 1.-The Order of the Lone
Star" or whatever vas the name of the Fill
buster organization at that tIme-our Slldcns and
jeff Davies uDder,taud light well. Let them
only with rbe help Of supdry whiting journals in
this City and elsewhere, iDflame the popular lust
Of acqui,ition and direct it toward :" the gem Of
"the Antilles" and their battle for 1850 is hall
won.
We meet tb. jUggle st the outset We insist
that territorial extension is not now desirable for
our cou1ty-that We bave more good land already
tbSn W can subdue and cultivate for century
that TIE acquisition of great, rich island The Cuba
would involve an enormous increase Of our Military
and Naval expenditure, aud general misdlrectlon
Of our National policy and ASPIRATIONS at war ~ith
republican purity and simplicity. The acquisition
of Cuba would largely increase the annual cost Of
our already prcdigal and needy Government, while
it would scarcely add TO 20 much as it subtracted
from our annual revenue. Ii would thrust ne into
the mdst of the possessions in the West Iudes Of
The great European States, would soon involve us
in Pro Slavery TIbuster raids upon Hayti, and
e1po.e US 10 dangerous complications and frequent
wars If Cuba were freely offered US tomorrow,
with the hearty assent of every European power,
We should urge its prompt ard positive refusal.
But ID dream Of Acquiring 1t 10 defiance not only
If every impulse, every Instinct, Of the hsughty
and sensitive Spanish Datop, bu, OF the stern deter
miDaiIon of both France bid Great Bnt,n-s
cetsI min alton hth We base justified by proc aim
ing that neither Of them " ould be permitted under
any circumstances 10 acquire that lslasd-ls sheer
maduess Far better strike for Incia at once, or
propose TO revoutioLize ireland by the aid Of the
plot'ers whose recent arrest has excited 50 much
good nstnIed ,urpse on both sides Of the Atlantic.
Had Commodore Vanderbilt, dudlg his pleasure
cru,e t. Europe, stopped wtek TO lombard aud
carry by assault Gibraltar, he would Rot have
acted more sbsurdly tEsn do those VINO shall favor
mr. SLdeDs proposition with any idea that it is to
h sd to the acquisition Of Cuos. Bat I,ok at the
project N Its true light Of politicians dodge-a