The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1860-01-10
From the Detroit Tribune
THE FILLTBUsTEUISN OsI THE PRS.
iDESTS MESSAGE.


The American people should look fairly
at the positions taken by Mr.. buchanan. in
his message. in regard to Spain. Mexico
and the Central American States fnr those
are, in fact, the most significant portion,
ot the document There ie no doubt in
our mind. that it is tie deliberate purpose,
of the pro-slayery leaders to acquire new
territory soactrhcre. adapted for slavehod
ing States. They decide upon this plan
for the two fold purpose Of engaging, the
nation IN war, from which it can only re.
eede after conquest, and thus turning at.
tenilan fram domestic topics, and because
an extension of our boundaries is apt to be
at first thought popular with the reople
1t seems incredible that So grave policy
should be undertaken to satisfy po!itica!
emergency, but such appears to be the fact
First, Cuba. Mr. Buchanan is in favor
of procuring this Island by Honorable
negotiation" No person shonld be deeei.
we'd by these terms Spain has authori.
tatively declared that she does not desire
10 sell Cuba, and We all remember with
what ill-feeling Mr. Sldcll's bill, presented
to the last Congress, was received in the
Spanish Cortes. 1t is then no Use to ta i,
about negotiating with Spain for Cuba. for
she will not sell, and having shown her dis.
position SO fully, she very naturally looks
upon any offer for the purchase Of her e.
voriie proviuce. as an affront in Itself
honorable negotiation" then, we may
safely conclude, means something else
Aud We are the more confirmed in tbs
opinion from the quiet malevolence that
pcrvades Mr.. BrcLanan's Message, when
al!udlng TO Spain. One of bis princinal
objects In dwelling at such length upon the
African slave trade and lis horrors was T.
hold Spain responsible for its continuance
on this continent And no person can read
the subject matter Of our differences with
Spain, aud not be impressed that the i'm.
portance assigned them is quite dispropor-
toned to their real magnitude. The Gu
ban programme eventually looks to a for
chile possession Of that island. This Wa.
the purpose that Mr. Buchanan long 400
when not SO much hampered by official dig
nifty, avowed.
AHy intelligent man reading that portion
the message relating to Mexico must see
Just how matters stand. We have formed
treaty with the Juarez government And
what government is that, Il is govern.
ment whose almost sole possession is sin.
gle Mexican city, Vera Cruz, while persons
hostile to ITS continuance, are in power in
the City Of Mexico, and all the rest Of tba.
country. Juarez has few troops and H.
money, and of late when his friends have
attempted to push his cause bv battle thew
have failed in almost every instance. Tbis
Is the power with which Mr.. Mclean has
negotiated treaty granting Us what W.
coneede to be important commercial and
military privileges, but which has no power
t. enforce Its grants This fact is conceded
oy the terms Of the treaty, which give Us
power to enforce its stipulations against the
enemies Of the Juarez government. who i,
Is thus Intlmated. will enter more than =
protest against the concessions made. I, i
PLAIN therefore that the Juarez treaty is but
a mere pretext for armed intervention bv
the |. 5 in the affairs of Mexico
Are the people prepared for this we
have had one Mexican war, and We Lnov
that although the Me1icans were but noor