New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-05-27
The Cuba Explosion.

If the Expedition from this country in
tended to revolutionize Cuba has collapsed
and run away, as our adyices assert, we
trust salutary influence on public senti-
ment will thereby be exerted. The impu-
nifty and seeming triumph which attended
the robbery of Texas from Mexico has gen.
Grated a deprayed public opinion among
our people, which puts Conscience entirely
aside in matters of National concern. A
band Of Western adventures wrested Tex
as from Mexico; we first recognized them
as a nation then admitted them into our
Confederacy then adopted their preposter-
Gus claim to be extended to the Rio Grande,
and invaded territory still remaining in the
undisputed and peaceable possession Of Mex
leo made war on Mexico and beat her
badly for resisting this new aggression, and
took large slice more of her territory for
the expense of so logging her, compelling
her to cede it and accept pecuniary con-
sideration therefor All this having been
done, at first with the connivance and
afterward by the open exertions of our Peo-
pie and Government, who believes that we
can stop here? Though the bloody instruc-
tons should return to plague the invent
Or they are none the less instructions for
that. The tiger has tasted blood, and no
longer crouches at the word of his keeper.
The i'll employed, precariously subsisting
population Of our cities are eager for new
Annexations, new Conquests. Their ad-
venturous spirits revolt at the idea Of dig
ging and delving for few shillings per day
when tropical Islands and luxurious Prov
inces are to be had for the winning. They
long for plumber and renown, and are par
ticularly prone to embark in the liberation
of all (white) mankind from every yoke but
their own. They want to carve out speed
lily way to live fat all the remainder of
their days without working and of course
they have deadly horror of all aristocra-
cies and oppressive Governments.
We would say nothing disparaging of
the Cuban Exiles among us. They doubt
less have wrongs to avenge on the Spanish
rulers of their island. We have no doubt
that Cuba is badly, harshly, Oppressiyely
governed; and that her native population
would generally prefer to shake off the yoke
of Spain. But so would the African slaves
of those Creoles prefer to shake off their
yoke; and if we are to help any Of the
Cubans to liberty, why not all? Why lib
crate the White Creoles and leave the Blacks
in far severer and more hopeless bondage2
If Liberty is the impulse, why not obey it
consistently!
We believe in the right and the duty of
afior6ing aid to oppressed, suffering, strug-
Cling Nations. But to justify such assist
ance, they must first eyince disposition to
helm themselves. All know shat the Slaves
of our Southern States would generally pre-
fer to be Free. Would that justify Euro-
mean invasion of South Carolina or Georgia
10 free them? Who does not knew that the
Southern Whites would string up to the
first tree every man caught among them on
such an errand, and that public sentiment
would generally say served them rightY
But revolted people, holding possession OF
the territory they claim as their own, stand
IN different grounds. La Fayette, Koscius-
10 Pulaski, did not throw themselves into
our Revolutionary struggle until Bunker
HI, and Boston and Quebec had proved that