The Arkansas banner., 1849-11-06
Yae IsIana af Cnhn.

A friend of eHfs who hss had sotse opposfanisiee o judging ei The stale of Ise.ns alnosg tss posa- ton 'u he siaed ol Cses. Is q cPsnssi that vast majority atdeniy desue change, and ghas ia .seua or d'faeaa to etiRE II abass Rat as tAe Fsesxh say :" Cesf ie Preaisr Pss gei ccwle s'--she first move is always the Host diflt ait.
 For the following facts aud specaiafieas we gre ihaebled 10 the abundance oi hts ihlosma,son.
 The leading In Cuba ao nat gene -aBlx wish for any sifeiStlnD o the present state of hrs but the are imdIfec, sntsgonism with them on
 hts saIset; aad II IS pretty certain it the latter rise iR ExVoluilon and overthrow ihe teIan oE skg SpaiEs the oheFs, iew in usrnber Ihoagii powerful as to worldly wealth, ~ia qaIefy Aeq.I,ssee. IL moi al all probable ti'at they would side with lie govesameHs during lhe stiaggte. bat they syuiaa remain Reutra, lar as they properly eouid as so In safely. until alt Was oygf. The iadit isus n obsefvdHt believe, tbAt fran eftraHsssaHess over which iAe people have had control, any saissnrt "a l.sEtn a RFrablic confined 10 Ehe haais Aet tfk fsads 8sud s~ astenlsa wIk aisaxffoas fessssis ts tFemseses The eifeain ssancss winch are sdvessed 10, are the iew state of education that prevails anoRg them. aud t.e despotc principles with ~Lich tue many vlsiehs o the Spanish iusbaed in their ideas oi rule aud sovefegnty. The vxsmpie oi Mexico af.d of he South American republicans may be taken as tAe type ol ,heir acton. In the event of thsu ever scaieying their independence.
 Cuba, however, IS glorious coaatry, and with little preliminary instruction tbc of gov rrHmsHt-a etn oi probationary tutefge, as lrfGi- toTy--hef sons weaId bring her iuto the Union, As worthy member es the eoBledeIacy. But coaalTy tbat has beea Tor so long petiod under bayonei gessraini, weuld have to asiearn much before il coald be brought into that state Of subjeeion b law aud orter, withoat which lIberiy Is only another na'ae for iieenieusaess, and goveTnment slsessiiIy degenerate into aiaIehy. Uaiappsiy, lle first aslenf,s at republican Ur representative rule, na almost all cases where the change has been tloaa de<potisln have proved abofliy~. Tte masses have been iii able 10 understand. that freedom does not mean an enstre release from the resl aints of iaw. and that defeated paFiy at eectioa is not boaad " the Pseccpis oi ch.salry any other htgh toaed ieeiing ot false honor, 10 appeal to the sword and mnsket- For an llfustIatI"n Of these ttuihs, we have only to cast an eye to inc history of he dis tointed and otherwise iii-coastrueted republics South ai us ou this continent, where tbeif release ircm the nionarchsi yoke has given birth to thousand wretched pTs,jeeis among the tuFbulsRi and aIuhih,as. Our tnsornalieh, derived fioin an inquesionabie soaree, so far as coo! judgment and indnstriaas research extend. would lead 10 lils beiIei ihai ati immediate charge ln the gvVefnmsns of lie isiaui of Cuba such dreamed uf by the pasriofe CfecIes would De prolific of such eisnents ot disorder as those above signaEzed Thai eiaaRge. to be productive ot permanent good. would al lse oatski hecesstaie sIong hand 10 repress ambition aud 10 resllain the spifs of revenge that would break forth among the long oppressed against sileu so long masters. And this would be necessary not so much oi the sake oi political for A ot socla l.sass. IAe oaly 'aeans o supplying .h.s desider- alum, in the event of Caba's ever achieving her Independence, would be by invoking the Erotertioh e the United States, with view 6E ntiisaateiy ad- ding aneiiieT star to her constellation of glory,
 10 proof of the prontness Of the long eilsiaved Eabaas to seek revenge, we have beess nosiied thaa ths inesi shocking acts of despo;sm are perpefalaA by the inferior delegated aui4aFiies all over the island the recollection ol which stteasured up it Jsaloas easa by tle Creolss. Tlse CaRkaiR Generai Aiecy, Is st6ie has not been so arbitrary As the many petty tyraBls who fill subordinate offices at Mal2nzas and the other small towns aHdi is certainly
 much more liked than his predecessor, o'PonneiI As we are al all times anxloas in treating public questions to hold the scales even, and 10 deal out justice to all. will relate an anecdo,e or two oi Aicoy, winch besides being eredhable to him. will give pretty fair idea Of hls personal character
 We have heard from one well acquainted with all the measures Of The Cuban government, that there is no doubt if O'DoRnell had been Captain General at the period of the late alarm about the secret expe- dition many ot the known coBspirators the isl 8i would have been snnnarily executed, without reinorse. AIeoy seat for them and Was satisfied Aith giving them serious admonition. In one case, he summoned 10 his presence a lady in Havana told her that her Was in New York plotting against the island, and suggested to hei to acauAini hfin that fl he returned, his (Aleoys) daiy would compel fim 10 use the greatest severity. IL woaid therefore be to hs advantage to keep away and 10 resIte permanently abroad. This, II Is said, was the first information the family had oi the young mans participation in the conspiracy.
 " These iacts are somewhat palliative of what Is already known of Aicoys conduct towards the isiler Key. They show that he Is not inherently san guinary man, although occasionally unseTupuious enough as evideHced in the means which he eal- poyrd here 10 violate neutrality. For that, he "ili yet have to pay severely -t N o. PicaySne.