Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1863-05-23

Government to assume that attitude. Hear
President Buchanan The elect of fourteen
Slave and five free States. in his Message
Of 1859: .....
"The island of Cuba, from lis geographical
position commands the mouth of the Missssip-
pi ard the immense and annually increasing
trade, foreign an . coastSise, from the valley OF
that noble river, now embracing half the sover-
eign States of the Union. With that island
under the dominion Of distant foreign power,
this trade, Of vital Importance TO these States,
is exposed to The danger of being destroyed in
time OF war, and it has hitherto been subjected
to perpetual injury and annoyance in time OF
peace. Our relations with Spain, which ought
TO be Of the most friendly character, must at
pdys be placed in jeopardy uhiie the eristing
colonial goternmeat Of The island shall remain
in its present position
Here follows an argument intended to
show that Spain ought to be as ready TO
sell Cuba as we were TO buy it, with a dis
claimer OF any deSi 10 acquire the covet.
ed island otherwise than "by honorable
egotiation"-and an assertion that we
have always been scrupulous in our adher
ance to the non aggressive principle here
enunciated, closing with this signigcant
hint:
This course we shall ever pursue, UNLESS
circumstances should occur tchich tee do not nom
anticipate rendering a departure 'front.' clear
y Justy!abte, under the Imperative and ruling
iaW u SELF ypreservahon."
This is but fair specimen OF years of
most offensive bullying Spain wi regard
to Cuba 10y Presidential MonifeStoes, Os
tend Circulars, Democratic National Plat
forms, etc, etc, wherein the morality of
Turpn or Jonathan Wild, Was proclaimed
in the diction of Macbiavelli. Ahab was
perfectly willing to pay fair price for
Naboths vineyard; aud if "circumStanc
should compel the stronger party to use
force to overcome the repugnance of the
weaker, who could fail TO see that the blame
rested entirely On the latter2 When "the
imperative aud ruling law of "self preser-
vn'Ion" conslruins A. to clutch B s pock-
et.book, who shall justify b > mulsh stub
6ornnessS The Flaw of self preservation
has no force for him; he is to submit 10,
but must never appeal to it. Is it strange
that our country finds few friends in her
day of adversely?
Great Britain, it is notorious, would like
10 connect and consolidate her American
colonies by the acquisition of Maine, or at
least OF so much of that Safe as is watarcd
by the st. John and its tributaries. With
this she might by railroad bring Tvron.o
aud Hamilton within thr,y.six hours of
Halifax, and immensely diminish the cost
and dmculties of defending the Canadas
The Imperative and ruling law Of self pre-
servation' dictates the acquisition afore
said; aud she contends that her los, of the
valleys CT the Aroostook, etc, ia based on
a mlScoDception of natural landmarks by
the negotiators Of the treaty of Paris which
closed cur revolutionary war. But let US
suppose Queens Speech to hold such
language WIN regard 10 the cesSion of a
part OF Maine to Great Britain as that in
which President Buchanan in successive
Messages pressed the acquisition of Cuba,
aud who doubts that our EmbasSador al
The British Court would be instructed to
demand his passports and quit The soil of o
country wheteln ours had been SO grossly
lnSulted2
American arrogance, National and per.
Sonal, has for years been the wonder and
disgust OF Continental Europe where Byi
t'sh arrogance had previously seemed scarce.
ly bearable We have relieved our mother
land Of stigma by invoking . greater up.
on ourselves.
When will our trials end! When shall
our Natloual sky be radiant with the
brightness Of calm and cloudless day? When
the sins which brought these troubles upon
US shall have been forsaken-when the
pride which made ns an offeuse to the ma
lions shall have been chas,cned into humili
ty-when our people shall have realized
that every wrong is peril, query Injustice
u source of calamity-when we shall have
sought Gods pardon through justice anC
mercy to His poor-lhen will our woes give
place TO more palpable but not more rea
manifestations of Divine compassion
Whether this shall be next month, mex
Autumn, next year, or still later, depends
on ourselves. Enough for US to know that
when chssiisements shall 40 more be needed
then will this distracted land have rest aaC
peace, and garments rolled in blood b.
common among US no more.