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BY FLETCHER \ TOILER. LYHfCHBtHG, VA. TIII HM)U. APRIL 2, tm VOL. VII.t-AO. U(i.
terms.
p„ -I „„ an:'*d*naro.-V. ■»!'
jy I\ir VP* ,„j f„. ali*-lim« ill u «.* mouth,
r riptjoa w.l, « • mod (but si tue .Us.treti.rn
* t.r^rr-'n.ilsli.rrrs: af or .. - I ..d
of lh* .. w,m ti..cried at SO cents |«r
A‘?l*ri«*,?he first time. '.ml -‘7 I - "• nt. for-ach
M1*" t0 from a diataum mu.-i In. paid i'.r
or the payment as.um.-d by
^r.^^ Porw...n l.yncl.bui *
Chancery Otd«f.a..«e vecJi.K tw....,u.r«aro tti
. ,,-tl for MX •iollHf'*
‘ tr Ml letter, addt arsed lo 'be Editor, must be post
'p\nirt & LOMIHIJS
PU1T.KB
3>AiT S'* «0DJ>3>
B 1S T' o. fttiiig. " r i/’r'i nsaurline.i of
if fcan-j Hiticles, amongst 'Isons are l.ie Ini
«>» >u6 • ...
(lend Ititiinlei
Silk ‘>0
Head rule's
.3iiu do ;
;„r.nl Clia'n*,g-rca/ t n
fifty u
Mii'c al Work Bum,
(superb) j
)) >. Sourt Boars do |
\iabaattu Ornaments .
Hu. I ok slands
dotibbi barrel
j),,. single do
|,t*rc»»*+ion L<xli'
11wilii Hj»% tuiel*
i tl.igttr \\«iit*r, i^rcul^
vmi'ty I
An* i«i*'('°
i i:nnt variety
Odors do do
Sci»»'>rs<sopi'rior)^iTid
variety t
pen knives. (Ivogei •■)
rea, ■ gre.it raritl‘1
Pmket do do do do
1 I,ess Men
Ho. Boards
(trait or Checker
Hoards
bestir Boses .great ra
ndy
J.,h Stand do do
(ados or kcito
Dominos
Jlumrr’s Cottles, run
uui sizes
Leather do do do
Ki ictile < lasps
Parse do
S> ilad Spooii' ot. l’ork“
Mustard Spoons
Spirit ca Acid Proven
Snuff Bose*, irreal rari
dy
Lnuu nit: a <j*or
• •(I J?iZ»*N
Ros«, Luvnidcr < >■
rang*? HiiwiM waieis
> (ry sui>
VtgelMb'cfl"«i«r»
V in*-if»*f • >1 Kutige
tn'ecian l.iijutii iinnga
Pomatum*. great * at le
ts, in puis and roll*
Uazort.olrl ILngliili
Dr) Pudars
00 ti blades to 1 hail
die
Jeweller’s Brushes
Nail do
iYar! Counters for
whist, tiiiiom kinds
Knglidi Dice, beautitul
Iv ■!y, lor Miniature*
Cl IKON ipiabl v,
fliHHP
Cim at Milfoi'isiir pails
ittto or H i lt»*f, gf'ttt'
in t.
Oil Cymeni
Oil Kiiudi
t\ at' li Klb'-mit*
Belt do
ji'ercit-sion Cans
I’iani and Cut C»la.-s
Smelliog V i.ds, great
1 V.11 lei S'
'.'.•eklut’s
l.iiilie-' Us i .slim >,sery
a nod
I'll lies
I 'smog < .lues
-'ss'ui (I Canes
Hiding Whips, variety
Pitney Sill!♦**
Ii .tucy (iliiss Pictures,
small
Cologne f*»r LitdiesTui
ItMicH. tmniinlui
I'oImi t o Imix»*h
powder Puff’s, several
kinds
I .intty Soaps, great vj
rici y
UftiiUtmrn’* dressing
! Boxes, tirautiful
I Vigtit 1 a pel#
| Pin-( u itions
Tlni mounters, grea
l \.nifty
I OilU«, 4-c. &o. Ac. 6ic
I
ToiiCMiier with a '•reat variety ol utlicr arnclc^
iiul herein nieoiionmj. My «lor,k ol Vleilitim*,
»»ow on it it in Y, is I In* largest in the State, a^
ilim variety hel rr than any house n* tlie I’liion.
\lI the hi licles on olleieii at the very lowest
prices I.OIVKL# DAY I VS*
March 16._
Virt.li Dru^-* and Aiedieinus.
jPfTJhe subscriber has lately received rtSM ALL
JL additional supply of FKESH DHU'^ A
MKDICIN F.S, which makes his ASSOlH
MF.NT very complete. lie receives SM \LI.
supplies almost every week, hv which mean*,
his stock, though not the I. AfUi Id/I.is al way
FKKSH ami sufficient to meet any orders
fhat he may h« favored with.
THOMAS J nCVAL.
N. B. Prescriptions faithful1’, attended to
by Virginia Bred YOUNG GF.NTfX M KN.
Jan.
FOR SALE-,
A VEKY handsome little I arm, upon the
^J^hend waters ot Appoumltox, in Bucking
ham. This land i* in the neighborhood ot Clo
ver Hill, bet remarkably Well, procures t
baccootthe finest <pml ty. an l lu-* p hi it .1
very large orchard ut Wfcll Svlncl-*., ,1 « 1 if.
tract contains MO acres—Persons .ii-k.n .<•■! to
buy, will apply t*» the suhsenn^r or Col. S ;ttij
A. P.ltteSOn, M ho fives ndj.in.Uit? the prctiiises
SAML. P. CHKfS H AN.
March 2. f*
WrK hflVtt fhi* <J..y received a r.H-'n of
highly finished Leghorns, m• *• • ii luwo
charged than anv imported »lns **••#» son.
McKKf-:, no inn -onu co.
an 5,
WISH to s» II my house and lot, situated
near the bead of Mato Street, 100 fi*ef »•
;{j)ve seventh alley, and running thence south
‘3 degrees,wedst 8 poles, thence not th 38 deg.
west TO feet, thence north 32 degrees, east 8
Dole* to second street, thence south 38 degrees,
cast TO feet to the beginning. 1 be said piece
of ground being part oftbe lot* known in the
Ulan of the town bv No- 85 and 225. Oil this
lot theie is a convenient dwelling house, and a
roost excellent garden. There is likewise on
die lot h good tobacco manufactory, with the
screws and all fixtures necessary to carry on the
busine s extensive’v. There are few lot* in
l,*wu more convenient or desirable than this, if
is situated on main street, in a pleasant part of
*ruv,,» ami in one of the best neighborhoods.
"•a situation is health* , water convenient, and
>a every respect a desirable residence for a pri
v;He family or n mno &1 business. ! will make
b ring accommodating, and will take neg» jcs in
part payment. For particular*!, application
may lx* made to the subscriber living on the
premise*, or to the Kditors of the Virginian.
6AML. LOVK.
Feb. 12
New !
I'xir.irl A la Mounelinc,
Hungary Water,
Articles of IVrlumery,
Ji: :t received *>v
Ti-JOS. J. Lil!V*L.
OCt 13.
POKTli V.
A 1 HOUGH I or I III liOSK
How much of memory tlwillj amidst Ihy
| hhinin.
Rose ' every wearing beauty f„r thy dnw.
er *
The Bridal day—die festival .(hr r.mdi -
Tlmu I nisi Ihy par l in each, -ibnu dulelie-l
flower '
’Therefore w ith thy soft bmafli come Hunting
hy
A thmisrild images of |,ove and Grief,
Dri llin', fill'd willi token. nl niaitnliiy,
Deep thoughts «f all thing., U-uldul an I
hriof.
Not such tliy spells o cr those that hail’d thee 1
first
In the clear light of ivlen's golden dav
There thy rich 'eaves to crimson gloi v hoist,
Link'd with no dim renn inhrance id ch-'
cHy.
Ron* ! r..r the hnnquet gathered, and the
hier;
Rose 1 eciUuiteil nnw tw Innuati hope or
pain ;
Suiely where death is not—nor change, nor
fear,
Vet may "e meet thee, joy’s own flmvei.a
p .a in !
CTCI MBKK Curumi.s mtivu— Vtn mg tin
vurieties of this sp»Tips ot plant*-, live
Karly G*cei» (bister,
Karly frame,
f .ling Green I in kri ,
Long White Turkey
lj mg Pi ickl>,
White Spined,
Short prickly,
Small girkiu, nr Went India.
Soil—In »ur etiolate, cucumbers will grow in
any soil, though not win, the same degree of vi
gor, provided they he supplied with a *tifQ hue
cy <»l heat, light, wale- Mini air. It is an object
with many maiket gardei.i m and others, to
produce cucumbers at an early pei e»d, and I'm
I this purpose artificial heat is necessary. for
| early forcing, Abercombie recommends .1 monld
j or compost, of the follow in;* materials: one'
[ third ot rich top spit earth; from an upland i
| pasture, one half ofvege able mould, and out 1
; .sixth of well d composed Imrsc dung, with -
! small C|vi;i 111 it y of gaud.
.Vor/v—A bei i rombie recommends “ the .chop
i prickly for very early fruit, and the ongp.,cl 1
i ly kinds for the chief early and main suimitr ,
, crop* ” McVnnit prefers “ flu- •» .« o cu am
tier with black pnekb s, as hist t r tnrm^j
\\ hen lii tor table, it runs h om n t » aim im a
es long, and, when rit4?, runs . about cighteet
• I twenty inches long.'’
Chtiice of sti’ds. — " It i? nlv. -M- A.bef i
comhie olis.-rves, *• to have see.! poni two, »
least, to four years old. a prrfeiemto uewe j
-eed, winch i apt to run luaunaidly in vim
and the plants from i» do not f,iio.\ t, ,,r so so.,
n* r *0 shun l.mtl v 11 ■* n.o«. f. « in seed •' ,-1 g,. 1
| tcr age But when seed I os U»*en In pt mm j
than four years, it is sometime l.mud o be to*
niucu weaken'd. ' Mr. At ui'ftrnog says, “ 1’
debate has long existed, n<i me preference 1
be given to old or ncit seeds, and which, bk -
1 niauv others, appears to fie mteniiiiiable. I h i
’ Aiiht! Ib»2!er Mini his loflmvers flunk 'hat th J
i most vigor- u« plants ot all *u< i n * and kind!
..net i.* best, nid, aeemdin,- v, pref.u n- nj
j .-reds, ! ecan -e more likely In mod.ice n' .i that]
j old on s w hife, on the ohtei .d, |l • 11 npp.J
n -iitsiii mitani, that plants may I. . loo min It
. igor, a* well a- to little; and’th.r, lo-n. vel
* an exrc-s o| vigor exists, according *0 a.I vegt J
• aide analogy, 11 shows it-.(-j| (>.,• produ. tim)
id tern* and leaves, not in that of ll ».\ ers and
1 It nit*—whence they (.include, tln.l .- d iniiim
j her *#*< (Is, (like those <>l all the rest ol i) ■ > w tin
\tjitftcra family,) or* betcr 'ban 1 \, ..e. hum!
[ levs vigorous 1 he be t practical use to hr made
i of t a is controversy , is to bow old ed* in the
j spring, when vegetation is ne t powerful;
1 and new one* m July, when 11 !» t;i,.s to a«
bate.”
Air. i. ft s ivJ> \ on tv i<!i tit h.tvp cin
cumbers a mondi enrliet tinui He natural
ground u ill In iug them, ,| , tins — M.ike a liule
and put into it Inn dung ; let u - hole he under
a warm fence. l*ul sis niche, deepot fi e i ich
eilltli on the dung Suw H pm cl ol -t eds in
this fnm • arlti : and cover at ugh wiii ■ bit of
carpet, or sail i loth, having lii.i list d son;,
hoops over this linle bed. Befoie the plants
snow toe rough leaf, plant two to a li He ll .wed
poi, and 1* I a. many pots in this w.:. a. you'
pleas' li ve n lai *er bed ii a iy to put I no |i.i[s'(
linn, and Covered with earth, so lino the put-'
may be plunged into the earth up i . tl eir • .n '
Cover Ibis bed like the last. Wien die plants*
have got two ruueli l-aves out, they wi'l . i
to make a sluiot m the middle. Pin h that ..
off. I.et them stand i i this lied till your > m mis
hei ■ sawn m the natural ground came up ; i‘ ui
make some Ii ties in good, rich land, no I tali
mg a put at a time, turn out the ball, i. d fix P
in flu: hole. 1 hese plants will bear a o
sooner than those sown in (he nmural e' an I .
and a upiare yar.l > Olliain thiiiy- six put , m .
wi I ol i .orse,furnish plants for thirty si* hi'!
ol cucumbers, which, if well man ged, will
keep on bearing liil Sept.
I'miuiug —To force the cucumbers nio ear
ly hint, Abercrombie direr). to •• «tnp tl run
ners as s-ionas the plants have made it, ■ mugli
leaves . is the hud that produces the runnel i«
disclosed at the base ol the seioml n.i ;u h il
it may lie cot ntf or picked oul ; or j> me r in
ner lias alread y slarled, it may to- piuehed oft'
close, 'fins is called stopping at ilie lint juhu
and is necessary In promote a •trongi r, sin. ky
giowth, hnil an emission uffiuitful hitetal.; .mil
hom lliescthe prolific runners will tie succe
sive y produced, i he vines, without the pro
cess of slopping, would generally he In.ill wea
ker, and so deficient in fertile runners that they
would sometimes extend two or three I «*• I t\ i * 11 '
out showing fruit Win II plants, w h cli have
been nitre stopped, have i iiendrd the first run
tiers to three joints without showing fruit, they
are to be again stopped for the purpose of
Strengthening the plant, and d'-posing it for |
li-aring As fertile runners extend, train them
nut regularly along the ur'uce, fastening them ;
down neatly with pegs."
Upright training —Cucumber p'ams being
climber, by means of their tendrils, some bran
jchy stick* being placed to any advanriug run.
tiers, they will ascend and produce ^ait at
din Her from the ground, of a clean growth,
11i' f 11ntii spots ninl w ell flavored, " M*. J VV
| ol I'oilailHplua informed Dr. Mease, that lie
| cl" '' '.i d the ground near the tmnk of a Peach
tr* e. unit sowed some cucumber seed which
cam** up veiy abundantly lie pulled up all the
plants toil one, and permute,I the i me in run i.p
the live llbui " one hundred nod fifty cueuin
bris, 1 tit* numerous creepers with winch the
j encumber abounds, and the result ol lliiseipe
rinicnt, would , eu, to point nut the climbing
nature of the plant and the great advantage
arising tom pi mulling H to at arh itself to a
I > mi e oi * rep, instead of confining it to the
... . f/foirt. Eiicyc.
f'ruirif ,il mi at mr r troy—" The ground being
due ami •no,oil, , Ini- il into squares of ,i left
*(ie c, one of each. dig a hob ahull fourteen
Ho lies deep til! ihi w itb well rotted dung and
s wi,ii ii live nr sis i 'icuinbe; seeds : rover these
with mould an I, when they me md taken
'""El* ^ar. sell ,1 iw , to each lull, and draw out
the t'cmaim(,)i 'line sowing cannot be safely
mad, in our climate till the UUb ,,t Mac. Km
the fall ami nicklmg crops, you niusl sow* the
first „r term,,l w eek io July ' | Armitruutf
I b o,e cu, umbers, which are sowed as l„te
ns Itilv, '.nil util require lopping ue cutting oil'
the riiiuici s n< lief,in* directed, for at tins s, as
no vcgctaiiun will be h »- v'g tons, and there
will l e les, ,1 nger ol tile plant running too
much tn % ine.
ttn.-iiiK I’nnlifrom f.t'l n 7 —Instead of rai
sing i-ncoinhii plants loin seed, they may fie
r.,i„ d from catlings, and thus kepi on from
year In yeut in the following manner : l ake n
shout that is just ready tor -toppii ,. cut i' oil'
just below the joint, behind tin* ioi.it heturi
who h th, '1,0111 should linve be, n mopped; then
* 111 *ni"olli the Inwei end of tin* shunt nr cutting
and Mick il into fine leaf or oilier rich mould a*
hunt an i u'h deep, and give ir plenty of heal, <U
-dad, il ,i.i lie rays of he sun till il be fair
Iv Struck, liv dh‘s method, as well at by that
■ il lav in lumuibers may In- propagated
CTK I'MIil.Hs lNt'HE\SKI> HY I.WI'.HS.
As soon <i' several flower Intils apic al on a
plant, hen I i hetfectuid or third j nut of a branch
■a low the h'os-otn fa-ten It firmly into tin
ground, an I rut oil the capillary point of the
plai.t . it sine 1 ilv itk' S root, mill must he sep.
ar. lied fro i, toe pure at stork ns each roof has
only In s I pplv a lew fi nits w ill am 11 i shin cot, |i
save- I II 111 laliour lind ' iuie and I'l.n d- a e m
-lai. supply for eight, lively,, and in nc ,mollis
which i- m,‘ o liable t<, Hcgemniie as it limy
wete rai ell I,am a variety of seeds. ’
[ Hhruiiuj i II i a ,,i I,
to aw i; si,i d.
II deleft nine best summer fruit fimn good,
pro,luefive plants, which perinil Io , ouliaue in
full ginuili nil they herimie yellow I ||„n pm
fbetn from Hie vine, and place them upright on
end, in tl,, nil sun, far two nr three week'
win n I he v si.iv lie cut open noil the see,I
iva-lted not f,om the pulp ; spread il to dry and
harden ; tl, n pul il up in papers or hags fm f„
1 itro sowing It will remiiin good Ibr mans
vears ; an, ceil nf three nr four yern s keeping
is piefeiuMc loi early ftame erii'i8.M
| . li,rrromhu .
1NSMTS.
' 1 he flv. which is ollen itrsfru tiio to rn*
nimlier*. me|»n mid pumpkin, may he killed
hv ‘ piii.kling a mixture of lolmcen water and
»* d p? finer over the vine. ” Dorn Pan/' :
*'f»i ioUh* die plants with h Mrcng infusion of e*
•h r leave* : that of hops .inti of \\ dnitt I n c . t% \
|i!(e\vi*e .emmuiended ; or, Suspend a diamond 1
ml tin d *jie e of r l-ifc imirr, shingle, r»r otln i
piece of >\ i oil by fi thread, tied to i.ieend id a
-hck in th** ground at a small (list nee from tin
loll * i I lift t the paper -lia'I lung direi t'v nvei
•he foil Mol near the plants 1 lie mr t*y run
stand v vibrating • lie pap* r nr shingle. will have
a t. ndtoov to prevnt iu*ectH from alighting on
the plan’s. The “iirenf wa v, however, is to en
close th i ll's with fuiin s coveted with gauze,
<>r other < om of h light feature.
K<»(» IT. ANT.
Solan u iii Mt I on ire an—‘ I Imre are two vnm
fie* o' this plant, the w liite fruited and tin* pur
pie. culfv.ded f ir culinary purpose* tin nfiiu '
kind , • ref'-rahh . Hod. when she- d and n • \
hied, approaches, * olh in (lav r, neater to ' it ■
•o a very nice fried oyster, than, peihttps, auv
other plant
*■ I hi* delicious vegetable may he propng.it .
ad hv «i 'ip the seed on n slight tint bed. tin
hegi.ii to • of April, or in Man h ; and toward* 1
in a rich, warm piece of ground, at lh** dis
[ance of two feet and «i half asunder, every
ivav for tin* purple, oi two feet lor the white
kind : and d kept clean, and a little earth h»* j
drawn up to then stems, when about a toot high
they w ill produce plenty of fruit Ur. the seed
innv he sown about the end of Aprd. on a warm
border, and planted out finally, ||, beginumi?
d tune : hut the e will tn tnthei late, and will!
i it iModuce fruit *o abundantly in the Miild e |
■)i‘ Kasteru Slate*, a* by the former method." |
\ Mr Mahon, ]
1-1 ■ M M
EKFOEICii!
K have ju*t received, in addition n> our
larjje dock, n unrulier of scarce hii I deni
able arhc' selected Iron) the Northern mar*
lets of the I ilest i input litmus and made np mi
fir most fashionable *tylc. *ich ns I'm k and
fi‘**'f Coal a splendid van* tv ol \ nil* ev* i i
hade and dc'criptiou of Paiilnlnons Over
oafs. Stirtoorf® Plaid and ( ainhlet Cloaks and
oat'. l,idi«>. (. loak* oirif very elegant) »
lire 1**1 «o fpiots, Shoe« and fine Hals, which
' i'l be Mild on terms win cl» can not fail to please
'I who inny honor us with a call
YV A I.K K ft b CO.
'.mporiuin of I 'ash ions A che , clothing Store, i
f un Street, Lynrtd>m*».
a-li 9
'I rule* field In theClork'N office «.f th* Ifu*tug
i <• n >1 J.ynchb uj. on itfunduy the if*1 day of M ircli
I ' • ' ■* iinuii Wmi.’ I'/e, pin i'4 iilist Jidin W m.I
i •. K< ub.’it I'tirry, John .Scttoolliekl .him N.ith.m H
'!T.'.•.«*!», merrlimit» ai l | .irtrif-r* under the firm of
Srluailfi. <1 nod Thune.i"
Tin* liefiMuJant, John VVnolride, not haviny entered In*
■' 11r < \
in My mid rlie ruieeofifu* court, mtl it itppeuruifr by «n
l idory nudem e that hn w not un i dialntuiil of thi
lUittry <ii motion of the 1*1 iintiiF by council
I* ordered tbut the nid defendant do up.
• r here ut June Court next mid answer the bill
the pi .mt ill ; and that a ropy of thi.- order bo forth
,t i no ried ni 'Kin iu>w-.<ipnj>er printed n» tiie town . I
yu .diM jr, f<r t». » months hu<v< iv Iv, and {Mint'd ut
e front door of’be courtliou*f*i!» the Raid town
Atfopy -Te,.e, J UKNAfill. 1'k.
.Marched w‘im01.
\»OTICK. —All persons having claims a
*4 gainst SpotiWood (Jutland, existing pre
ims to the first day of January, lB2t>, are
quested to make them known on or before
ie 1st day of June next, to the subscribers,
tio are hi* iruMec#, ns tve shall, in a very
k»rf tune afierthat dav, settle our trust sc*
hints and make distribution of what funds
iy then be in hand, among his several credi
according to the provisions of the deed ;
nistituting us his trustee,, and this notice
\|! be plead in bar of eny claim* which shall
i| he before that time made known.
ROB CUT RIVKS, sen.
ALEXANDER BROWN
S PENN
lemh 5 »4»
PANAMA DOCUMENTS.
INSTRl'Cl lO.NS-Ufc.NK UAL.
(comlch* i>.)
2. To the other landing principle wlti- Ii hs»
h* i»n tinted, that of allowing the importation
ntn, nr the emportithou (rout the ports of any
American nation, in the vestals ol ovary oth
er, of at! produce and mnmifnchires, ilia intro*
duel ion or exportation ol vhioli i. adin tied,
tiy law, both the native and the foreign vessel,
an the c »rg •» paying the same dutie- amt
•••ha gc*s, Mud no other ! o Pre-ident attaches
the greatest imp 'it im * Vo 1 will piexit,
in yi»ur conference*, will an rum* .liiPnf ant
•« al proportioned t . its high value, and to fti
libembtyin which it ii conceived. It; recip
rocity t* parted .out, wh o it cnui v to he
adopted hy all nation •, we c.ifi -iu!<elv gee
any thing beyond it, m the way »d improve
nn in, to the treed nt and interests of ilmir
mutual navigation I he devices ot maritime
nati mi have hi* n vartout to ntytimt nt t tin if
• n oim , i»i i he e up* n«». of other pow »*rs. When
there has hern a pa mv** im qub scene* in the
operation of those device*, without any riisml
to countervailing i- libit ion, I lime suce.et,
tin- tome11no been v • i v great But fiatuins
are now too en'ightnied to submit quietly to
the selfish » ff ,i of anv one powei to enfingg
by its own < parafe legislation, a disprupm
t ion af«* share ot navi;, at ion in tiled mutual intei
course. I ho-c tl it* hi* now met by oppo-ite
eflin Is ; restriction b geisn inenuii. until tin
discovery i nt last in ide, af.ei a long If rtiu n!
vexati »u« amt ii ritiitm acts and inauu ivies
on both side*. I tail tin cuurve of selfish legusln*
tion, ultimately, du*> uni ilTrCt the dttlr but on
of nt •iitiino powei. whil 11 it i attended with
(lie certain evil of putting nations into an ill
Imiiioi with each oilier. Ixpcifoce at lagt
y tear In • that, in • vet v \ iew, it i* belter to begin
and to continue in ihe emeu of lib*o lily, tliun
m thm of a narrow and restricted puli- v, since
the most tli.it can tie said against the forme?
is, 111 a i if mil, « • iiducts to the > .nne end, \vi' h
out. howcVi'i, to* unpb a- ni ioc dents to \- h'-ch
1 the other (b ully l ot meviIably leads I ’-i ir
is a Miupl" (t in ft,-principle ill. (pr-'CMl ld>
ei 'v ol i»a\i.;.r i w Inch confers on it a *trone
reeoinim n-t.-'i It irndeif miie<es<ary nil
difh'ult and vi • .lions xi rudoy into the origin
of III- e nil n'» ol a mixed cargo. fi dispenses
with all pen.lilies nod forlciluies, (ienotiiired
lor what is otlen both an ignorant ami innocent
violation ot <'u-toni iiotis law, in the intro.Im
lion, perhaps, of a *io ;tc infeidieted article n|
Silirdl value which i. nnidp, hy aib lian Mil'll
latioti, to Mint i tie whole cargo, --f immense
value. It sets *ip a r ule at once plain and in
telligible. It icf'erx ihe foregner, fnr wha( In*
may lawfully d. , to an ohicrviitiou ot ihnt
w liicdi Ihe native nrlualiy doe> II opens eveiv
American poit to rveiy Ammican vessel, on
In* saute cq • a I I ••run, no tn.it I er in w hat di iant
s. * • tu i col * i pi • ■ may have $mi£bi mol <>ai -,.d
the in In w-lli which she is laden. This pnu
• i|»b* of lecipn d freedom t»l navig-lion, bhe
t!i it' I ihe nt- t bivoie-t nniion, leaves « \eiy
State which adopts it, »t liberty to impost* such
i mo i«m* duties a- it - necessities or policy may
dictate It only liohli nut that whatever innv
i ini- n cd sli.dl exi mt alike in the national
and the lorci e v *•.<•!. and also that the carru
h liter rd impmla nn "l expoifntion, gtiail lie
ch.it ;»• d w Ul» the one dnbex, whoever may be
the proprietor, cr in whatever vessel it maybe
oiden IV i haps it m*y he proposed too rr.
to the intpositioiMif |> eciselv Ihe same rate ni
duties, oil % ss. l and c .igo, in all the pmi-m
Ihe Ami-in an nations, lint that would he hi id
nn * id** It would subject each stale to incon
venient restrictions on ifh powei of taxation, m
stead of leaving it free, as is best for each, h.
consult the cil cumstanre- of its own pecid iii
position, its habits, ji< eonHifiitnm "f govern
uiciit, and the fi'ting snmces of levemie tor if
self. As to the foreigner, he I no pretext to
muiplain when the s uo# mea-ine >s apple d ft,
Itim and the native.
Ii may perhaps, he ol., •eted that the marine
ol the ol lie • Ami-jn an ni'ioim i- yet in lit, initio
« v , til it ours has iimi • f\rent mlvani i s . nod
H at they cannot lie pi- p m il foi tin r« ci|.ro
- al lilt* tty ol navigate n until they have ma.b
.nine furl her pro/;i •-•-m esoihb-liing then j
I h* cblVerence in the i ondi mil of the marine;
of the i e- perilve ( modi i< - , *s unird in j he sup
posed ingumeiil, f * • i-• i»11y exivls. lint how ik
It |(» be remedied 7 b iSV-lein Wliirli vltall
ana al * n.'l os-un ii' . aial w Idch will, tin i -dor#*,
provoke retaliation ^ th one which d-aling
iil»erabv by ottiei will h-ad them to lueamue
out liberality in • • * u» n y Iho- alternatives
have been already doCo sod ; and it has been
shown that the first system is ii"V< r iirreKsful
except fi oni • tie Im lea a nee /»f foreign po Wei k
t. . conn lei vail t*. w hich is not now to lie exp»«
led in ihe j i • « lit watchbi! xfa'e ol lie inai itnne
world It we me to await Im the commence
me- t of the equal at d lr eml *i\*icm, until al!
iiaiio is shall have bmuglit up Hieii retfiertivr
| in ,i men i vfii mid abreast, 11 may lie considered
n i iidi'li ill ly, duel lull ter, postponed. Il
Hu nett ‘tale would build up lor llic m-elt r*
powe lid mm me-. : ey inn.I seek lm Ihvir ele
meuts noi m a nai iue ■*. conlracled legislation,
II, II ral / d I V I e i'<iilnlerin:Iin/J legislation, hut
0 nil. i uaii •• in tin a» undniu e <v excellence
01 111. i i materials f i hip'iuildirg,iii I l,e sli il I o (
their mlnc 1 S and the 1 he plies-ol their man
iihiulere, in I lie uninher ot lliejr seamen, and
lliejr hardy and enterprising dm, actor, formed
hy exposure ineveiy hraneh ol sea luring life
by adventures on every ocean and invigorated
by a liberal, cheerful, and leailess, competition
with foreign pots* rs.
Hath of the principle' which I have been dis
co-,mg are pro* di d lor, though semmvh.it
mine in detail, in the second, third, fuiirth, and
filth articles of the lieliirrtnenlioned Iri-aly
with the led’ ral loll ol the f erilre ol Ann rien.
1 hey niav servi as m«d»ls loi those which you
are now anthori-ed to propose ; and you will
consider yourselves empowered In agree In
articles siuiiUi witfi «H the others of that i
I lean, a copy of « accompanies this lei I
ter.
Is possible that von inny not fool I lie- Mm
liters In th« other Am.an Stales pri pared lo
agree to the second I" wcipl* ; that they may
he unwilling to stdi c ube to it in the est'nl now
proposed they may not be realty lo allow, lit
the same i ale of duties, a recipi i cal liberty of
exportation ami importation, without resliie
(ion as to the place of origin of'the t ,u go, the
ownership, or ilestii aiion of the yes-el. Von
will not fchandmi the effort lo establish that
principle, in H« wiliest scope, until you haveci
h ion ted i very no of aieummit At pel suasion
and become pri hilly satisfied dial its ai|o|dion
is wholly impracticable. II you find their op
position to it UII) leldine, you w ill I hen propose
a modification of the principle, so as to make
il at lea I, cmpreiiend the productions Hod
niHimlnetuies of all Ihe American nations, in
cIodine the West India Islands Wheneolim
iled, it will sl.!l have great |iraclical benefit;
all vessels of the several Ameriran Power*
will enjoy under it a reciprocal lifjcrty of e»
porta'ion of whaievet American productions
ami manufacture* comprehending the pro
duce of the sea. i‘ allowed by llm separate
laws of each, at the same standard of duties
(u» tfce vasstl and Bet cargo If the reeewalng
to'* * »' ' ' * ■ - i|i|M»n »f tlm piiiu‘1 |r inr«
greatest Intif will, of course, ••lelnio it
in this more restricted operation. I » w kt< h
mat lie added, h• ** strong COfisidei atioil 01
favor ol i'* embracing, at least the American
States that there i* great mmilai ity in ilia pro
do-a et various p *rts «d than), ami, cotisa
qtl<*n'ly. «| great difTp nlty in inn ing article*
having a coiinnon rltHiaider, and striking r»i
Sfmhlanre tn din count fie of (hair respective
origi 1, amfsubjecting them to diff* rent iates
ol idy, a*'h- y hupprn In lie imported Id dif
ferent vrg-eD, or Handed together in ho Mima
vassal.
It von find the principle still objac ed to with
ttiat ^iiiodihiMti n, yon wnl lastly piopove i»
"t It'ha still graater restrict ion of only furnish
••tf. tin* iu » which tilt it II he ohweised between
an* two of the Vine icmii Nations Who inn* «•
giee to it, in regatd to thri mutual navigation
w hen euiplnved n transporting I heir esoeiiiva
produce .ind manufacture*. Under tin- loun
I 'V prop, se t hy the I Oiteil tales on Hi. dd
1H1 .> £se- l»h %oi. ..f the law*, pug*
^-•11 to nil uaiinns On 'hr 3*1 of July ll »•
*Mine year, i w uw< ng' afied on the ('miveivi p
wiiii iSrrnt Britain, ^see Oth vol.»of the
l*HMr *H)d ) Suhseqii' ntly, it was applied to th**
N**tfu»rln <ds, ihe Impetial Hanseatic Cine ol
II iinhuig, l.uhac mill Bremen, ll»r Dukedom ol
oldenheig, Norway, SaiHinin and Kustia, [see
Hi’t s I if Session, HH'h Congress, puge*1] li
w s iiKo emh.iared in our Treafy w ith 8w den,
til lHl<» f*. , t>!It vol of flm l.aws, png,* B pJJ J
«t»d ha. recently brim agreed fo hy C>>|onthui
In the event ofn concurrence m the |»iin* f*l
• n tiis more limited import, the fmi s* tmi.t
and third articles of the b'd’.jreuirntioued Con
ve.iium with Git til Britain, will (uruisl m»».
" ' '•'«> n« loiiQtveti in ttio draft of
lltnsa to wliicfl \ mi am It tit h . I | , agree
I'm .i- three article rinliiirr other mihjee/-.
hrNule ilia |ui ic-ipl*, lull the) uir tucli .4 f
huv e either n dh cud < ntiiiexinii \\ ill. it, ,-r hi
neci'MHi'v to give full arnl cmnpleto « If, c I
if. Ill ih m • Hung the terI'ifIIIjef (if (hr V
American Slides with winch went* in iiimii
mill l ere.tflei a 1 niii'inm nil iiitei coitr-c, yo.
will see the propriety of rmploying, in an\
n a ly which you may conclude. inch terms a
inav embrace w hat- ver territ*itie*. insular or
i'Hi!inant'll, may nppe »aiu to each, upon the
lei hi mu f ion of the-pi men 1 war Dutiug its fu.
lure prog 1 e«f, post. sxioii nun lie won or Inst,
which, as tli* chs* may lie, should hr Compre
hended or excluded hy those (• 1 ms.
In December, 1 8&i,atli* thru Presid - nt nl the
United Slu'cs, m hit annual Message, upon tin*
opening of Cuiigicsn, nniioiinced, ax the prim i
| le appln ihle to this < onliueiit, w nat ought
lirrmher to he Misit'ed upon, that no l ump,»,(t
nation ought to be allowed to plant tipo. it w
I’ldoniex It "as not piopt-Mil, hv tlmt prim 1
|de. In disturb pre exi ting i uiop Hii t ..loni. s
already e-taldtilieil in America ; he |ir in<*ij»|
looked (orw • • * I, no' ha* k wai d. Sevei at of tln
mw Aim-iinm States have: given intmiaimu. ,»f
thru com mi tire 111 tin pi in iph , and it ix he
In veil that i* must Command tin? issrni of fin
i ill pat lull wen Id.
Wh 1st America w»* * com pant 11 vt ly, n bntmd
le x waste, a 11U illi aluiosl unpeopled doo-H
claimed, atiil prohahly firtt setiletl with c ivil
zed men, hy the Pm 1 npeon Power* who I *
covered if, if they could ag 1*© among them
selves a-% to the limits of (heir rrsper tivr |ei 11
lories, 1 licit? was no Ametican S it • he ot-po-c
«H1 whoxe could lie utl- < led b , »|»*e%
tiiblifeliiuent of new c olonic- fiui now 1 h*
rax is entirely altered; hum the? V*rh» s
tern Itiui’s nl the United ilatei, in North Am
ric n, to < ap« limn in south Am* ri- i, no ft.
Atlantic Hi 1 an, wi'lt om* or two iucutisid inhle
exceptions , uni from the same t'.ip,* (f» the
fifty first depine «d Noith latitude*, in N't iih
\inei ira, oil the Pacific Hee.in, w iihou u\
f* xccplioii, tint u hole c -a-tx and c ount l ies hi
long to sovereign lesid u! \m rinin Power*,
i here is tlieii f-ire, no 1 a 111 within |iu drs
cnhttd linrts in which a new fMtropean »,y
could he now introduced without violating (-,©
tei ritonal 1 iglitx ol koine Ameiicjiu Slat An
attempt to establish mn li »i colonv. and hy tu
estahlishim nt to aCeptire sovereign i i/'ht* fm
any luropenu P »wer, must In* te gard- d a* an
inadnns ibh ent roar liinent ll any p «t lion ,,f
Ih* People of „Kiii ope, driven by opp|. * mu
from their native cn.utry. 01 actuated by the
desiie of improving the r ood'll 01 of tlicintelve-i
or their posterity, w h to imgrat* t«» America
it will no dmiht he the policy ol all the new
State*, us it ec *1 hax l*e< u ourx, to ntf- rd them
kin asylum, and, hy iinloi a lii.tf ion. to extend to
nu ll ol them as are worthy, the v tine poll ic41
pnvileges wliicfl are enjoyed Oy flu* native # h
i/.en. Hut this faculty of em gratiou caiiimi he
allowed to draw after if the right of the l .ui •
pcnii State, <d which such emigrants shall hav
been natives-, to accpii.e sovetetgn powers n
Americ a. The rule 1* good by whir It one, in
judging of Jiimftiei' conduct nr pre enxioti , is
advise I to re vrise positions What wnul Ku
1 ope think of an American attempt to pi r»
I hen? an Aincu icini colony f I f Hi fit ide wuuhl
he provoke-1. end its power exerted, to repn *
nod pmu-'i h'icli #1 pieuimptuous act, it ih I.
Miin- that it should he lecollected and felt, thn
Ami* »leans, tnetm. vis detrended from Pm.,
I ean*, hav. aim thru -eiisihili:ie. and diet
I IglllM.
To prevent any mirli new l;'.urnp> n Col
ni'H, ami 10 w mi n ! mope befoi ehan.I tint the v
are u<M hereafter to hi* admitted tfie I’m <tdrnt
leishe# you to propos' M j ini dr< l«i«iion of
iheseveral Ainerumi States, each lion ever,
iicting for, am! binding only itself, (hat, wmi m
the limits oftheir resp* rtive lenitorn n t new
l.ompean colony will hercaftei he allowed t«,
he established. It is not intended to rommil
the parties who may concur in that declaration
; to the Support ot thn part eolai hoondHrlcs
which inny be claimed by any one of fhttn ,
not i it proposed to commit lliein it a |O nl ir
sistaiireiigai'iKt'aoy fiiiuie attempt to plant a new I
I ,o i ope a ii colony. It in believed that the mor
id « fieri alom* ot a joint declaration, emanating i
fmiufln authority of all the Aiuei ican nations
will eft cluallv serve to prevent the cff.ri to
establish any such new colony ; but if it 'houid
not and the a'tempi Rhmild actually he made {
il will then be time enough for thn Ainerirm !
Powers lo consider die |n(i|n ii iy of iiegotishng
between tlmiiMcIves, mi l, it uece va» v, of a
doptmg in concert the measures which may h*
lu-nnutirv to check and prevent it. Tin* rea
p'd v\ Inch in due lo themselves, as well m to
Km ope, requires I hut they should rest in con
fident e that a decimation, thus soJemr ly put
forth, will coinmHiid universal deference fi
will not he necessary to give to the declaration
now proposed the ini in of a Tieutv. 4i may
he signed by the sevetal Minister* of the Con
gress, and promulgated to the world us e vi
dences of the sense ot all the American Power
Among the subjects which must engage the
consideration o( tiie Congress, scarcely any
has an interest ho powerful and commanding *
that which belongs to Cuba and Porto Ku o,
the former especially. Cuba, from in position,
the present amount and the character of its
population, that whir hit is capable of sustain
ing, its vast, though almost latent resources, is
at present the groat object of attraction both to
Europe and America. No Pow er, not even
Spain itself, ha>, in such a variety of founv, so
deep an interest in us future fortunes, whatever
they may happen to he, as the United States.
Our policy in regard lo it is fully and frankly
disclosed in tfct beforttnentioued note to Mr
1
Middleton. It is there staled, that, fi,r „or
srlve*. we dr.ir* no change in thr pots.,, ton
hi political rondiil'm ol that island ; and that >«
cuuhl not. with inilidrrriirf, see it transferred
triim Sprin to in* ulhri f'.ii opran power. VVr
am now id ng io ■ r its (rentier or rime ran n
lo tilth r ul li« new Aitieiicnn Spurs, h the
prri. nt «ar should much longer continue, there
are thiur rnnriimnf, into some one ol which
t i • e land inn* tall during its further prngtrtt
and all nt them il»» r*i the most particular
and scrim I onsid eatioii The liist ix, it* m
depen Uikp, resting ai the close nf'ilig war up.
on its 01*11 unassisted rraonrres tonianuam that
independence, Silly. I s independence, with
thr .tinraoiy ofuther l*owrts, either of Kttrope
[ ot oi America, nr both. \id,3ily It, r„n.
quail and attachment lo the dominions nfihi*
repuhlie tjf Colombia or ,M< neo, We will
now examine each of thoir pr> die iitieots of the
■ •land, id the uldei in won lithe* have been
stall d.
I. I' Cuba lititl the nlil'tv, within itself, of
maintaining an mdeprmh i t set -gore rnmaut a
gaiiisi nil ,1 - an lilts Irotn without, oi williio, »t
should pri tS'v In see it in that state ; because
I we desire the happier t of other* s< well ns our
! srlve , and we brltevr that ts in the g,.
neral, unlit likely to tie s cm ad by n lot al g ,
j einment f|n tug lug directly fiotn, and iihnt -
i lied m feeling, inteieil, and syuipathy, with the
| people lo Ilf gnvri Ill'll. Kill a mere gI our a'
the limited extent, mm,il cunditiuu, auddiscur
dinit eliHiactei ul its pnpalatiini, mutt rontiui a
nil o( it. ompetenc*. tit present, to suiinm
"'Ilf;'''''.nt ii'iituted l>y (hr mhei Power*
And I Pm pieninlo e pr'tod an attempt at
. . ... ihotilil to* so lor attended will
tieei > i in liicak the roOueiicn wltli
'i|nin, mir pm linn ol llm to alnlai n the
r» will milt it neighbor* in ihr In ini
Stale*, nml in .ome olhei direction . won I live
in eQiltitiiial dread » I Unite tragi, scene* winch
weie limerl) elhibileil in n neigh hot inf
1 I mil, (In population nl w Inch w.uld be temp,
led.li iheveivtml nl thu, Indepemlence, Jv
employ all Km mean* which vieinilv, aimilaiil*
m ingiii and *vii,pnlliv Cllllhl supply, |o fn
nn and .tnnid tc 111*11111, linn, in mder In
..dmmill *n nglh In llieir own lanur
»■ A gua milled independence ol I'ulin, nl
III myli il mlr In n-lieve the i and fieni |lie dan
c » w ICII hue I.. JitvI nuliced, w,*n| , ,u|,
lilule other* unite* loiniidahle, ami which it
i> " Inueit, me aliiinat in |u"able Who ihall
he the guaientvlug l’owei*f .ilinll they l e
esrlii.ilell American, «, mi* d, partly .Ai'ni u
• ail mid pailly I’m ,pea / Wh.l *1,1.11 he ih.
Hinmiill olllieir ir«prctive cnti ihulmin in ||„
pml,cling Inrrr, inilnaiy and naval, and ! •
the nl he i iihii n- neee»*ary l> npi oh| die |,„ k
Uiini miii'iil ? H In, ah a 11 have the ciinmim,
in lhal lorce 1 Will nnl Ilia guarantying I’uw .
eis, not in I'.niiiinaiid, eniailam continual up
prehension* anil jealouiias of ihociiuimnmlm,'
Power T THe candid imisl own that the*,-nr
perplttsmg qut Him * , ai d lhal, opi.,i ih<
wlmle, allliiiiiyli all thought ol llmi in ,hficnli,„
III independence should not pm hit),*, I,,
diunnurd a, abaolotely iiindiiii*»it,lef nn'lei any
piunlil' t in mil*,mice», It mum he agreed In be
on. , In which, Il itaaenl i* u| iniulelv yielded il
..itlucianlly, l,aiu ..I u foreseen and
uiicoiilrol iibli* r\ruin
•b \V»ih r<(N|M*cl lu Ihr c uih|iii^i and rgiti* v
i 1 **•<• island lo I'nlomlna m Mi am,, u
■lliiuld Ii. iL-iuiirke l lhal, il ih.il he aiicmpln'
III" wlmle eliaiat e- ol lb, pie mil war e ill In,
Uimi.ly Ininged Hnl„ , I.he pari fihr
icp.ililics, Ihe Simleit ha* hern In, md*| ei,
ill III a d tell guv I Him III, and lliey have had
on then a, Ur, llm jua.il , nl, . | (l), (l„.„d|,
*yiiipniliu » ul n Urg, p , non „Hh« w,„„| and
rhu»e ".penally nl he pen,,I, nl (he l/niled
Sine. llm in ill* flver.l of a nn,Mary eider
pn»" ilnecle I again.I Ia, il will become a
Wai ,.l conquer. In aucli a nn,, whatever may
the " .nl of lhal enlei |.i i*e, Ihc hdere»t* of
other powrr., now muli.il, may be *eri
■nil all', el, d, and liny may |,e called up
•III lo , trim III liupoilaiil, du |.-S( which they
1,0 «' Ubc I ly to negli I.l. The ia.ue of
‘"‘'•i " hn»e gieal influence njioii Ihe
'll Inure and Haliilily ol oner in tin WcM I,
die*. Naiion* ol k.iirnpe may (eel thrinselrat
r. I| .ire,I m iciM pin,-1 nobly, Inane.! a course
I even I ■> lo w’ntli they cinnot In u.dlflei ciit
It liny alinunl I'linl llieir inlerpo.iiiuii merely
m me object ol p., venting uny change m n„
• si ling inil„ I tiling*, in leprcllollm iilandj.
the L. Slate, lm finui being nml. i any pledge ui
.."> n|i|ni.e llinm, imghl hull liiem.i j. e*
con'• hi y III lilt'll incliiuilimi, lehielanllv drawn
by a nn lenl id rv- nl. I., I heir aide In cun
snlet iiig such mi cnleipiisr a. tin. bent .uppnc
ed, Il il lie ilndri lakeli, llieir ouglillo lie in:
1111*11,111 an I lie Ihi taie uauiiiuilli.ii, f,,y|( j,il,i
the iiiennsnl (.oluinbin .I Ali'*i, u ,.. a.Vom
,di Ii |l„ ohj.icl ; and, seem,illy, llieir power lo
prihi-i ve and deli ml Ihe liiqttitdinu if iamb'.
W. I live not me uain net e ■ ny |„ |„,m ,k r(,r.
lain judgment nn Ihe hr*l point We ought n»
|iu *e s, lo enable us lu h,u„ such a judgment
u know ledge, first nl ihe hirer, miiilai y ami
naval, which Ih, ii |inlilies can **|iply In the u.
jii I ii I m 11 , secondly, tlinl which hjiain i:hii e*
nl II re I.IHIICI , and, III,idly, what imrlion nt
the inhiihilanl* ol lli" uland take pail ua the
u e and on Iw-nlliei side ol Ih, belligerent*
Although we hnv, not this inloriiiaii >n m am
I’"' ■«'*, »l know «hut Spillll Ik ill HI lull pot
• I'.tim, null ,1 veiy IontiiUtrable mililriiy
I" , lIlHI :h • fai l', i I* I'lltly .Mil'll,!: ngth
I'linl, nCuiplM lie Mum (Janie, dinned „l
iiiukl iiiipngiiali e, amt i,ii„.r <iroti^ uoliit in
l he if'mill; Ill/M ill Ifiu, Ik, the lint born, Iron,
*'|.* 'on,went ill America, all Inn mi ml unit ul.
her «dibit* will iiuw lie runcmii tiled un the
iiiutl i ffluahle of her remaining Aineiican pot*
'"I i that In this i ml -.In: will apply her
an. hi nn, winch lint I e hiiherlu ii,u’ much
di.liaqudby ll.i uiiuiiiiul,. i | her belligerent
ff nii.in in North and HoiiiIi Jtineiiea, i icla
kively in ibin moti important point , Him in p»
• uccuur she will , ailu i op from her van wreck
the rendu- of her once powerful army niKif
rope Hint America , and there it reanoii to be
beve, ilial il - lie should liol be openly aasittarf
by any ol the ti iropean I'l.eir*, the may re
I l ive .rum them covert tint ineipoiilible aid
Huh nil these ii-.iurees and favorable cir*
< uiiisiam ••• combiin*d, it must be ndmitteu
| tliHf lie conquest ol Cubit is v iv ditficuli, if
loot impra* to able, u iihotil txte hive and poir
''* I"I in» nns, both iuivhI aud tnditnry. fiui.se.
condljr, il«* cilhei Colombia 01 M» xieo potest
kucIi meiiiis J We doubt it They have both
to create a matin*'. A single snip ol the hner
iwo frigate , end three 01 f ur vessels ol a
smaller grade, badly manned, compose the
whole naval force of the lulled Mexican
Slates 1 tut of Colombia is not much gi rater
nor better manned, but the means of liana,
porting and defending, during its voyage, (be
military force necessary to achieve the con
qutsl, ar<» absolutely nidi-pti sable. May more;
it would be the Inst degree rp^h and imprudent
to throw ao army into Gulot, uniis the two re
publics possessed and could retain a naval tl).
periority ai least in the O'tlf of Mexico, to
provide for those contingencies which ough' al
ways to be anticipait d in ttie vicissitudes of
w.i And, in the third place, it is well kin.wo
that the inhabitants of Cuba, far from being
united in favor of irvadnn. entertain great ap
prehensions as to their future -atety iu -uch an
event, and they especially dread > n invasion
from Columbia, on account ol the character of
* portion of the troops of that republic