New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-08-01

I VOL Oes"cru ocAicO anu uor To'oibu prov.
ince, though under other circumstances hs
would have been glad II SEQ it effected. Mr..
Van BureD, the desigusted candidate Of the
Democratic party, took ground against the
project ut least equally decided. At once, a
"hank movement was resolved on. The negro.
traders and blacklpgs of the South resolved
That Mr.. Van Buren's nomination should be
: defeated, though large majority Of the dele.
gates were pledged to support hun. Trey sur
rounded, oyershadowed, buI!ied the Conven.
ton, aud jugeled the candidate of the Demo-
cratic masses out Of bis nomination. james X.
/ Polk, n ffth-rate Tennessee lawyer, but q
facile tool of the Slave Power and fully com
united to Annexation at all hazards, was NOM
mated, and by the help of two unfortunate
letters from Mr.. Clay and the perversity of a
handfI of AbOitOnlsts, was elected. Prom
ises were made to the Democratic masses that
Annexation should nevertheless be resisted
unless Free Labor should obtain an equal
division Of the Spoils," but nothing came OF
them. When John J.. Hae--then Demo.
cratic Member Of the Housc--prop0sed Ill
vision of Texas between Free and o'tYe
Labor, and threatened in default o. II TO
oppose Annexation, he was kicked ont Of the
parry. and his pane taken off the Democratic
Congress Ticket on the eve OF the election.
Annexation was forced through both Houses
~ the heel Of the Session, and tie slave
traders If Virginia, who bad their expresses
al ready, hurried them off to all the negro
breeding Counties with instructions to buy
largely in advance of the general receipt of
tue news, aud made a good tang of it.
Annexation led to war with Mexico. Every.
BODY knew It would. In fact Annexation nas
war with Mexico, as Messrs. Gay and Van
Buren, lad long before demonstrated. NeXco
was poor, weak, and easily overcome. IL was
soon evident that We should q qnire still more
territory Of her on the conclusion OF peace.
The President asked Congress for .3,CO0,oOO
nhereWlth 10 negotiate. TIE House voted 1t,
with a proyiso, moved by Mr.. David Wilinot
of Pa, that the territory 80 acquired, brIcg
now Tree, should be cO.secrated To Free La
Dor. In other words the rule which had
gwen Texas to Slavery should be allowed TO
secure our further acquisitions 10 Freed in. las
was no party measure. The mover was
Democrat, and every vote but three IRON the
Free states was cast IN the affirmative. though
the House was strongly Democraac. Here
was lair notice given that as Slavery had
clutched the whole OF Texas. Freedom claimed
the next slice and meant to insist on II. She
has insisted. She is insisting to-day. That Ia.
sistiog is the prete1t for the present Eeo'ilion.
II fhea, orr politics hare 6eoa stet,onai,ed. 1t
has bcca through The constant efaofions and dg-
gressiOas not Of Freedom bit Of SIarery-na Of
the North, bit of ,eh0f calls itS,y The S0rih.
| VIII not speak Of the Ksnsas-Ncbraska
struggle, though should be glad 10. Suffice it
that it was the same thing over agaln-
Slavery insisting on neW concessions; Freedom
struggling to hold what was clearly her own.
And she did hold 1t, no thanks 10 you OF your
party!
Only word as to Cuba. That IFS acqus.
ton ha. long been IA ogect OF Keen s.,. eboid.
ing DESIRE and OF Democratic diplomacy, all
the world knows. The INDUSTRIOUS sum OF QUO
Hundred ard Twenty Mdhons has been Officially
to bid for it. Judge Rost, Confederate ennis
sary at the Court of Madrid, stated the simple
truth when he told the Spanish Minister,
Calderon Collnutes, that the South wanted 1t
solely for political power-In order 10 mabe Of
il two or three new Slave Slater. The autli
remembers that memorable Osteud Confer renee,
wherein our three ambassadors at tue pr.nc.
psi Courts of Western Europe, James BIZ
chanan. John Y. Mason aud Pierre Sou T.
met on purpose to issue manifesto wticn
CLris.eldum at once Reproduced Us more
shnmeiessy prcfl'gate and pratIeaI than
uything that bad appeared since the Partition
of Poland. lis pgrport briefly was" We
want Cuba; il is essential TO us; we arc WIl-
ling to pay rouDily Tor II; and il Spain shall
ever undertake 10 abolish Slavery therein. so
viii take 1t at all hazards" That yiilaiuOus
manifesto presented us to Europe as nation
of highwaymen. When it reached one II The
lesser Courts, our Ambassador tlere promptly
branded it as forgery; but /. would Not sieg
blaudcd. We suffer in good name to-day b.
because of it; but il made james Buchanan
our last Democratic President. TIE poor I'D
soul a,owcd his willingness, ii be could acquire
Cuba aud put down Abolition, 10 die aud lot
Breckiur lgc be President. If he awaits tho
contamination OF his desires, he Will I've 10 De
q good deal older than Mrthuselah.
II our politics have become " secti"al.ized,'
,,hose IS The J;lah I have given q RAPID re.
vie,v of the essential facts. They need no