The Arkansas banner., 1849-11-20
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 The London 7imss. has long article on the sab. Jcet of the receat attempt ou Cuba, a portion oi which Is founded on very incorrect data Bnt sheFe x much jastice and little Iibegality for thal journal, in tse extracts which ws give below, and particularly in the concluding paragraph.
 IAe ExpedaieR te CEba.-1he deiernliHatieH of President Taylor allow the expedition sgainsi Cuba to leave tbe shores of the UnitedS States which we stated last week. has beea fully carried into ef ieet Hut the arrival af the CslsdSsia oa Toesday. we are informed ihst the vessels composing the petition have been seiIed, the men gefcibly dis banded, and six of the leaders arrested There is law in the States which makes fttlng out such an expedition ugaiut friendly power, misdcmeanor; and that iaw the President has enforced. All that could he asked and expected ef the Government to stop the expedition tt has done; and 1t has been b. It's authority for the present. completely put end to No government of Europe, however, anxious 10 respect the rights of other nations coad have ia such matter acted with more vgour and efficiency
 Whether the CBbans are justified iu being dis connected with the Spanish Government. and in attempting to get rid Of il, not in possessiap ot facts to enable Co foFsR opinioa We should falsify the whole history of freedom, were we to contend that revolt is never justifable. At the same time, oppression must be sewers. and there must b. other of redress. The exclusion of the whole community from the cortes--the excla- sion of the Creoles, from all officers of place and trust--the exhoEbtant taxation they are subjected tothe severe police regulations for those who are allowed no legitimate means of reEnouRtrance--the prohibition 10 send children to the United States to be ed0cated-ars certainly grievances of ordi- nary magui' udr; but must be the spot, we rnust see how the laws are actnaliy execaied--we must ascertain to what degree redress is denied and we must be convinced that there Is probabiay of gaining great good. before recourse should be had to the last extremity Of taking up arms We repeat that we are not in possession of the necessary facts Nsna Axf Cubans justified in endeayoring to separate from Spain; and without that knowledge, we shalt net initiate some Of our contemporaries and al once pro- nounce such an attempt wholly iadefensible.
 Should the threatened insurrection take place, and should Spain, worsted in the contest, secure help from of it's European neighbors, jealousy of them might ihduce the Government of ihe United States to interfere. Any attempt on the part oi either France or England to get bold of Cuba would compel il to act with the Cutans. Or should the revolt succeed, and be followed, would no, unlikely be the case, by negro reteiiioD-shouid anarchy sirn ar to that of St. Domingo prevail in Cuba, then the United States Government, for the sake of its people settled there, might take the island under it's protectioRs Unless one or other ol these contingencies arise, are Inclined to sup pose that the United States Government will not in- terfere, and will leave the dispute 10 be settled by the Cubans and the Spanards themselves. At the same time it seems highly probable, that one oi other of them will arise. Should the Spanish Gov ernment alter it's policy very materially, and try to cOaciliate the Cubans 1t would still appear highly probable that Spain is destined at disian day to lose Cuba. the last remnant of her great American emire, and probable that Cuba will ulti mately be annexed to or absorbed by the United States. We do not speak of that the designed result of any schems of policy, but of the o events--as the natpral consequence of the growth of population in ttsenew world. to which the Gov. erwnents, both of Spain aud the Uaited States ma, be opposed, without possessing the power to pre- vent 1t.