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...consider the question, does Cuba in the possession of .Spain seriously endanger our internal peaee and the existence of our cherished Union ? Should...divine, we shall be justified in wresting it from Hoaiu, if w? possess the puwer. And this upon tin; very same principle that would justify an individual...

...prosperity of Canada, and then imagine them winding up their report with this clause—If it be so—' then by every law, human and divine, we shall be justified in wresting it from its present owners.' The American who penned that sentence must possess a copy of the Scriptures unknown...

...existence of our cherished Union ? Bhould thia question be answered in tho affirmative, then by ever law, human and divine, we shall be justified in wresting it from Spain, if wo possess the power." But it appears the National administration does not endorse this policy, and...

...gives new importance to the celebrated Ostend Manifesto, from which the following is an extract : " After we shall have offered Spain a price for Cuba...in wresting it from Spain if we possess the power." Mr. Buchanan's Record. The Richmond Enquirer thus endorses Buchanan : — " In private as well as in...

...for Cuba far beyond its present value, — that is, one hundred and twenty millions of dollars,— and this shall have been refused, it will then be...in wresting it from Spain, if we possess the power. Under such circumstances, we ought neither to count the cost nor regard the odds which Spain might...

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...to disregard the censures of the world, to which we have been so often and so unjustly exposed. f " After we shall have offered Spain a price for Cuba...justified in wresting it from Spain if we possess the powef ; ana tliis upon the very same principle tliat would justify an individual m tearing down the...

...possession of Spain, seriously endanger our internal peace, and the existence of our cherished Union f " Should this question be answered in the affirmative,...very same principle that would justify an individual m tearing doum the burning house of his neighbour, if there were no other means of preventing the flames...

...to sell the sovereignty of Cuba to the United States, "then," say Mr. Buchanan and his associates, "by every law, human and divine, we shall be justified in wresting it from Spain, IF WE HAVE THE POWER!" Had the recklessness of the Southern policy confined itself to the continent, it might...