The New York herald., 1870-06-16

70 70 see and hoped TO see within h2 own day, tho
,nS nGent power at the lsihmus Of Daren. aud that
Whoever travelled 10 the North Pole should mistake
the Aurora. tAppause.) Were he to speak accord
any s 70 ms sympathies and his wishes from his heart.
Cuba f0 at aSs@sn he wOs say ss "
tnat t the course taken in carrying on this
ssraIns %1s ~ ,Ss esOn eaa retarded was
CONSEQUENT cDasg .n annexation to this country. lie
iKnew too mat At the outbreak or the CUBAN
those Of high officials OF the government who Were
nov now @ cnarged WIN being in the pay OF Spain. He
House that Secretary Fish was innuenced by - q 1s.
sire to get . retainer for his son.lnaw. and was
that statement had never been Denied IL mad been
publicly denied. He read the published correspond.
Spanish Minister, and Mr. Edwards Pierrepont
49, Mr. FITCH rep.l OF Ney., said he hal never seen
ina that contradiction and had had no knowledge that
me statement made had been contradctel. In the
race OF that contradiction he could do nothing more
than retract what he had stated on that point.
Mr.. BUTLER said he was glad to hear the retrac.
ton, and II ne had time to follow up the other Sian.
ders on honorable men he had no doubt there would
Mr. Caleb Gushing had written an argument for the
spanish Minister and had also written me Presidents
snasln sssalge and ta, he was In the pay OF both she
Cushing never knew OF that message until after IL
mad been read IN the House, and ne had never
celVeu doiar Tor services from the Spanish minis
Yer, directly or indirectly, on ant 0ccason-Cuba.
Chile Peru or anything else He believed that II the
10 embroll the United States In war with Spain
they would by this time have CUBA and an.
neXed to the United states. What had the Cubans
~ New York been doing9 Had they been deprived
Oh sending arms to their friends in CubaS Not at
the government that II they choose TO bus arms and
ammunition ana munitions OF war, so long as bel
on any vessel from New YORK or aa1 any cooh Pu na ,ne
states port, ana send them under the American dag
ane esa ana Of he sSn Of u they got within
Mr.. RANDALL, tdenl.l OF Pa.--Has the government
ever said so on The recOrds
Mr.. BUTLER--yes, sir; we said so when we passed
the Neutrality act.
Mr.. RANDALL-No generalities.
Mr.. BUTLER-we said so at all times. We say so
now, and | VIII agree II they want arms in Cuba 10
send them all that they Will pay for.
Mr.. RANDALL-when aud where has the govern
Mr.. BuTLER-It said so over and over again.
Mr.. RANDALL-WhereY
qsSTshteR; Sr ;x,.,, ncorn,,uv, o, uaou.,,..
(aughter).
Mr.. BUTLER continued to state that under the
same law the Cuban Junta could send all the men
Wat Wat they S could ,s ge' m m snip from GsIon o or New
touched, with the full knowledge ana Without the
Interference OF the United States government until
the snip got within marine league OF the Island
OF Cuba. They could have exercised bo.h
powers, and sr could. because that did not
aimed against ndlng armed expeditions, and had
from the very outset They had been got up for the
u
with spain, He quoted, to sustain this statement.
paragraph from the New York sun or October last,
he sa ought % TO 9e goGa ] Os
commended that paragraph TO the gentlemen on the
other side OF the House, who asked so many ques-
ttons, with the adage, ''Fools often ask questions
which honest men cannot answer" lLaughter.I
MIR. RANDALt-Foos are sometimes honest, which
you never are. Qaughter.l
Mr.. BUTLER, not noticing the remark, went on to
say that the resolutions reported mad just escaped
being ANYTHING at an except mischevous They
Spain. II gentlemen asked whether he was not will
ling TO have war with Spain, he would say, as q
su'' as Statesman ''ss Se was not "Isi ssicaase as
Spain was just In a position to desire war. She had
n aSv hs n9 wn 5
If Spain could get into with the United States
on fair pretence the eject would be 10 rally all
her people around her government. II would unite
!, theih in common band OF patriotism and would
give the Spanish government prestige at home. All
already lost But the effect on the United States
s n neaq new bopSs pfs
would have TO be issued that would be sold abroad
at forty or fifty cents ON the dollar. lie did not
ma H i i as now Gm but s a % he very a
out In meeting. That being the condition OF things
would they not be the verest-he would not use q
wise to give that opportunity TO SpalnY
Mr. LOGAN, pep) or ILL.,, replied to Mr.. Butlerin a
reference to his suggestions about the OF Cuban
bonds. Once there mad not been a stronger advo-
sentatives than the gentleman from Massachusetts;
and now lie was on the other side of the que stiOn
and inslnuacd Chat Cuban bonds had influenced the
votes OF members. Cuban bonds, he asserted had
no influence Oh members. Gold was far better for
corrupng purposes than bonds, and II anything had
been used on either side 1t would have been gold.
The insinuatlon was low, contrary to good manners,
contrary TO good faith. 1t was an act which ought
not to be recognized as the act Of gentleman (Ap-
plause the galleries. which called forth lecture
from the Speakcr. Mr. .Lo5an went on 10 say that
he meant no personal offence, but that he was per-
"A
sets tBu.ler) going of, without authority, hunting
up witnesses IN an attempt to throw dirt ON tho
regulations OF his fellow members. He was aston
lsed to see hun Bntcr, the friend OF humanity, the
friend Of good regulations the friend OF liberty. un-
sion, OF blood and carnage, and in opposition to
liberty and freedom. attempt to class lus brother
Leaving this subject Mr.. Logan proceeded to advo.
cate, In an eloquent and inpassioned strain, tho
cause OF tree Cuba ,I ana to reply TO- the argn-
the argument that there was no war In Cuba, he
wanted TO know what the thirty Spanish gunboats
forY Was II to 20 fishing Off Cape Cod? tf4aughtcrt
There was war in Cuba aud all that was asked was
who are captured in battle shall not be Dutchege,i gar
roted burned on dsemboweed, but shall oe treated
as prisoners OF war; He thought he co6Id give the
reason why there was such oppo.tion to the recog-
s sSed Il W & wi & ssaase nos Ien e@ Slg se1se sses
seas s asf ha a2 ~ as sos & g cS5 n
when 1t was to be tuned owe. " tne cubans for
hundred mi lion dollars. That was W. NIX M IN we
cocoanut-the meat in the egg. Wou.1 the gentle
man from massachusetts, say that that was not The
tactf he tAir. Logan happened to know some!slng
OF the scored workings and the object OF all those
great appeals that lie had heard TO DAY. AS TO the
Presidents message, he said that Il General GRANT
had not been up in Pennsylvania nshliig when
the message was written lie would not have
signed 1t as readily as he had done.
He (Mr. Logan WAS sorry that the President
had signed 1t. II was a bad message. 1t did not
state the law correctly. ana he was sorry to see tho
President put upon the record mlsstailas the law.
He appealed to the House. il 1t erred at ALL to let ir
err on the side OF humanity aud liberty. And 70 his
fellow republicans lie appealed not 70 lot the demo-
Gratis beat them In favor OF liberty. tApplausc.)
Mr. BANKS took the floor to close the debate.
Mr. BINGHAM trep.) OF Ohio, appealed 10 Mr.. Banks
to give him al opportunity 20 oder substitute Tor
| the resolution OF the minority.
Mr. BANKS declined to yield.
Mr., DAWES, (repl OF Mass, submitted that II was
hardly fair for the debate to be confined to members
| OF the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Various suggestions were made to Mr.. Banks "a