The Arkansas banner., 1848-07-25
The Po.iiian af rnhn.

Recent iadicafiSos. from various eusrssa wouId induce the belief that siarting events are hout Ia oeeaF in inc Island cf Caha. We imsxine ke beer the low umbiing vcice that pfeesdes tis earth qaAke-ihs matteriag thunder shai prxessss ths storm. The last few monihs have bsen ptli6c ol mighty occurrences oa the continent q EuFore The Genius Revelation has sped shFsaRh As star. nant air of meaasehies, hoafy wiih the sbssss and wrongs of centuries, and the labofed woako og ages has crnmbled inte dusi beneaah her maRisa wand Thrones and regal paEaphsraalia have va61hsd Sg the Vaice of the people hke the scenss at atsairs at the shater's whistle It should not supssse the inhabilanfsof the United States. were the seat eI revolution moved fEom beyond the Atianrcto the confines of our ewn country. An iaa1snas tlat could psrvade the reetsses ef Austrian sns Pfua- sian desPotism can scarcely have failed ie Trodace an equal, f not greater eect upon eoantrenseafce- ly three days saif from oar shores. The Tempt of Liberty, reared by the consnmmats sldll sbd
 natehless wiadosn Of foFefashers has srEt fesh the radisnee of is goy far aihwaT the dstsat ho- rizop The presfige oi this government has sacom- passed the globe, and exercised potent influence eveFywhesc upon the miads of men. To naos who were swayed by irrspreSbe aspirations After free dom, II has acted in msanef anseen, bds a ef. icaeious as the dews d midnight on Ne thirsty and paIched earth.
 Ii need not excite surprise were Ca5s, within q brief time, 10 threw od the heavy yoke of soloaiai vassalage and win her independence Rt he y0int ol the sword, as all the possessions of old Span have rigid censorship of the press thscaghogs the Is- land of Cuba, worthy the Palmiest days of the aHoly Inqaisition." The renders of aewspapers will look h vain into the dall and enfe~bled jour- nsls of the Cub.nos fos any such Revolutionary pians'' as those which their esasia germans ol Mexico put forth io the world with such pornp and tn such pFofasien. The prcsr aye, asd tho lips oi the Iahabant of the .sever-faiihful Ste" are her medically sealed to expressions, hesever vague, sasoring of liberty, or eanvsssing tb acts of Her Catholic Majesty's government Thehalteur and reserve hafaeierstie of the descendants of the proud old cavaliers and dons of Sfaia forbid the disclosure Of their intentions and asprafons to tefs and suangers- It is imPessibishat the inha- bi,ants of Caba could have wituessa for SO many years the progsess of tiis eountryin prosperity. wealth, glory, and happiness, withthe recent ex- ample ef Texas and the brilliant pr6pect that has dswned upon California and New Mxico, without being deeply moved al the spectacle. The smiling and radiant view from abroad must hve suggested the moaotonous and gloomy scene home The goblet of liberty so freely quafed D, their neigh tors must have reminded them of th scanty dFegs dOled out by an enfeebed and raPaeius step-mo,h- CT.
 There never was a time more proTious than the present for Cuba to declare her indpendence and te maintain it with the strong arms sf such of her sons as tired of the hypocrisy, iyrany and neg lect of The mothercountIy, and the si of the thou sands of hardy and adventurous Aaericans who would flock 10 her standard. Spin has quite enough 10 absorb her attention at hne. The re- bes and malcontents within Der ownconknes will leave her neither the power nor theinciinstion to direct her energies against her transAtlantie colo ny.
 Rumcrs have been rife in this eitytor some time past, Of contemplated instruction i'Cuba having for Its primary object the overthrow the vice-roy- al government and the esiablishmenef Caba inde- pendence, wiih the hope oi uiiimateI being annex cd 10 the great Republic of the Noril one of it's galaxy of happy and prosperous Stats. Such re- suit would be alike beneficial to Cub ard the Uni- ted States.