Year: 1859

follow in his train with fear and trem-
bling When he nails o dog they leg
him, and nip him, and down they get
him until he is throttled to death, and
there is a nation blotted from the map
Of the earth, or if after worrying him
and crippling him, and wounding bim,
they send him home, it is in pain, to
work the balance Of his days to pay the
expenses Of the fight


Well, Sir do not know the Senator
from Georgia's idea about II; but take
it that in making up a fight, there ought
TO be some sense about It, as there is
about anything else There ought 10 bo
some reason forit Now. Sir, tho Uni
ted Stntes comparatively is a bull terri
or that is as game as ten thousand H.
ons, and superadded to his natural
pluck, he has the spirit Of the seven
devils that were driven out Of Mary
MagdQlcuo. Do You suppose I would
hiss him on the old bull, if I thought
anything Of the dog2 and ! know I love
my country better than I could any dog
! do not want to makeu up fight Of that
kind


Sir these men who are so ready to
talk about fighting, very often arc the
last men to do it, Whenever ] see a
man out in a MUSTER field or courtyard,
clustering and talking about his will
ingness to shed his last drop of blood, 1
would rather see somebody who would
be willing to shed the first drop
Laughter If we get into this war,
we must 90 through with it at all hazards,
at every expense, and at every loss
Our commerce, our progress, everything
would be loss and ruin to as. We, with
our insufficient navy, should be utterly
unable to cope with those two powers
They do not seem inclined to fight us;
they were willing to share fairly with
us. I suppose the talk about fighting
Just means this, and no more; men
know that there is in this country
deep-rooted popular sentiment Of dis
like, an inveterate feeling of hatred, to-
ward England-I mean with the lower
orders Ii comes down traditionallv
from our revolutionary war. 1t was re-
viyed by the last war we had with her.
1t is a safe thing in any ignorant crowd
to curse England, and you will not find
anybody of any party who does not back
you. ! suppose it is a popular theme
for defamation; but / think it is timo
we had quit it. believe it is the pre-
vailing, dominant feeling with the ig-
norant portion Of our population
Whether it is just or unjust, will not
pretend to say, but it is an element in
the American character; an element
like their ignoring the rights Of a
Mexican or a Spani0rd. 1t is q feel


ing they have. They hate a rcd coat
and a Britishcr Mr. Dallas and Lord
Napier may have as many suppers aud
feasts as YOU please; they may talk
about the same language, and reading
the same Milton and the same Shaks-
peare, and about common blood and
fraternity and ali that Very well, that
is Just as nice as two ladies who hate
each other like the Devil gossiping
very pleasantly over tea-table.--
T Laughter That is what it amounts
10. Folks do not feel that way 1t is
as harmless, and just about as foolish
as the ovations to tho success of the
Atlantic telegraph That was another
ono Of your schomes--a dead failure.
tits said, now, that it is doubtful wheth-
er Mr. Buchanan ever did get that mes,
sage Of the Queen.


have seen it stated that so far from
any of that sort Of conversation passing,
it was a trick of trade. The stockhOld-
crs got mp the messages, and they we're
conveyed us the Governments, and the
shrcwd ones got out, and the soft peO-
| pic cot bit Those not in the trick were
| left in the lurch. Whether that is true
or not, I do not reckon any message was
ever sent Two years ago, the Senator
/ from Louisiana, who is so enthusiastic


now about Cuba, predicted repeatedly
that we should have great results from
/ this telegraph. told him it would DO
failure. I pointed out that you were
contributing money to make a line Of
/ telegraph both ends of which would


belong to England; and I soid that,
| throughout such an extent of ocean
shark could bite it in two, or a whale
could knock it in two, or it would be


cut in two in running over the noun


tains in the sea- Practically, in my


mind, there was no chance for the


thing.


Now, Sir, you are here after Cuba


II seems to be a favorite project of Mr..


Buchanan. I have not the time or abil-


ity to say all that l want to say or to


say it in such a style as I should like


TO be in trim to say it, ! think Mr..


Buchanan is hardly consistent upon this
subject. When he was Secretary Of


State. he wrote about it to Romulus NJ
Saunders, our Minister at Madrid
rough. coarse, North Carolina mana
gentleman, though but I reckon, from
his manner and his walk and his lCok
(for he was ugly, although ho was olever,)
the last man in the world to send upon


such an errand. So keen and eager was
Mr.. Buchanan, then to get Cuba, that


he wrote q letter TO Mr. Saunders on tho


subject. I will not putitin my speech


but will ask somebody 10 comment on


it who can explain IT, Ho told him to


approach the Spanish Government not


in the ordinary diplomatic way, by notes


but 10 talk TO the Spanish Minister in a


sort Of quasi unofficial conversation, iu q
friendly chat. ado not send notes, be-
cause they may bind tho next Govern


ment against us, but make tho suggos
tom" and be told him how, 90 the most
delicate and the most iusiuuatine and