The New York herald., 1851-09-30
TEE CUBAN eUEsTIoH IN EUaePE.
Cplnions Of the British Press.


States papers make mighty uproar about the
slaughter Of these 6fty-two vsgabendixing advsn-
tuiers, thus engaged in an expedition by which the
% lives q pe.a%ceSbIe hundreds Of thousands were
perilled. AL New York, say the accounts, was in
fermeIt, and New Orleans blazing. Meetings
were called or excited to be called, all over the
the Union, to devise measures of vengeance against
the people, who were only defending their o Tn
enter into the Cuban question, which can be more
appropriately discussed on another occasion, which
win shortly present itself But We may take leave
undoubtedly is, that the ffty millions of dollars
which he has offered the Spanish govern nent for
the purchase Of Cuba will not buy 1t without the
consent Of the English government and the reasons
why we may explain to him hereafter.
IFrom the London Globe, Sept 81
Cuba has been invaded by fresh batch of buc-
cancers; /; and this time they have brought down a
terrible retribution on their heads; Fifty-two Of
Lopezs folio were captured and shot the 50 ne
morning. We attach very little credit to q narra-
tive of the mutations said to have been inflicted
on the remains Of the prisoners after exec alton.
Two things only seem quite beyond dispute--that
the Spanish authorities determined to give the
uaily to cool the courage of future sympathizers,
and that the populace of New York have been
thereby stimulated to fever heat of excitement
and Indignation. There are probably not dszen
men In Engls nd Who will not agree with US that the
sufferers on this occasion have been very rightly
served. The desperadoes of all nations who assem-
bled under Gene al Lopezs flag, knew perfectly we'll
the danger that they ran; they were taken in th
commission of wholesale robbery and murdee, and
nobody has any more business to complain of their
treatment than of the equally summary Justice
which would be done on any rovers in the Chinese
or BOrnean seas. The Viceroy of Cuba has mat
this violation of all international law BY deter
min alton to stretch the law his own side to its
very widest limits He has exercised most bloody
and unsparpg justice; still while We fully allo Y
that it is justice after all, We greatly fear that it
will turn ont lmDOlltIC uQuueStlOQablV n
human.
From the British Army Despatch, September 12]
The attention of this country for the last thirty
Eve years Of peace, has been occupied by events
near in their interests, so various in their character
and 60 rapid in their succession, that objects at
distance from the sphere of Immediate action, sp-
peared frequently to have lost their due magnitude
and importance. Every political chance not direct
~ affecting the affairs Of Europe have passed away
as an obscure underplot in the great drama, the
play Of which is liberty, real or imaginative, Of
which the catastrophe is still in suspense. Tbs
scanty portion Of public discussion which had for.
merly been bestowed on the events which have a..
intervals taken place in the Spanish American CO.
lonies, presents striking illustration Of this re-
mark.
From the days Of Montesquieu to the present
time, successful revolution in Cuba has been the
speculation of successive phlophers, the favorite
vision Of enthusiasts, the hope and object Of
practical st tatesmen. To exaggerate its imp lance
would be difficult, if we take as the measure ofthat
Importance, its necessary inaue fence tho condition
and happiness Of Large portion of the inhabitants
Of the West India islands-still more, if we take
into a,count its remoter .es and the close
connection of the destiny Of America with that Of
Europe, and more especially Of England. No
wonder, then, that this a. this time excites
some degree of interest in this well in other
countries. IL seems quite evident that the present
revolution in Cuba is not entirely the effect Of par
ty intrigue, or of temporary and casual burst of
discomfort; but that, proceeding from causes in
their nature radical and certain though gradual in
their opera it has extended itself without previ
Gus concert over the whole, more or less, of that
large island, has survived the trials Of dee sts and
Of civil dissentions, and, in all human probability,
can terminate only in one Of the following results
either in the independence of the natives, such
an alteration in the system OF the Spanish govern
ment as may induce them to acquiesce in the future
supremacy Of the mother country the mos. efecta-
al steps should be taken at once; their absolute
and uncon titi ,nal and permanent subjugatioa is
far beyond the power Of Spain can hardly be doubt
ed by any one who considers the present weakness
of that country, and compares the strength rela-
lively with her distance from the seat of war, and
the and conduct the contending parties
Whatever may be the comparative probability OF
the two results which We have stated, it unques-
tionably becomes this country to adopt and to sis
tain steady line Of policy consistent with national
honor, and not to be warped either BY sordd view,
OF interest," or by any vague notions Of undiscrim'
The mere recital Of the name of Cuba-the vas
extent Of the island its mountains, its forests, an
its real fabulous riches, have in all ages capi
waited the imagnaticrs Of men, and inhamed th'
defed more forcble by the consideration, that rich
this favored region Is in the productions Of the
tropics, and possessing all the natural facilities Of
internal traffic. and Of foreign commerce, they have
been depressed by system OF goveramen: not
more harassing to the governed than inei ient for
its own narrow purposes. II would have been no
credtable symptom Of the state Of plblic feeling in
England, If i. had been altogether unmoyed on
aue sfian forcblv applvinO itsaH N an mi Al
sentiments and lofty prejudces nay, If its tenden-
cy had not been rather favorable than otherwise to
the cause of the patriots. B1. on the other hand,
when 1t is taken into sccoun, how prone to change
is the genius Of the present age, and how fearful
are the uhtried chances Of struggle which sh lkes
society to its foundaio through island nearly
500 miles in extent, and involves thousands Of all
ranks, habits, coors, and conditions, In q bloody,
desultory, and apparently interminabe warfare, We
may well rejoice that the government OF this coua-
try has not suffered itself 10 he far infected to
foment contest Of such CD Lcter by any assist
ance or encouragement.
We are no more the psnesyrists Of Legitimate
authority in all times, circumstan4ss, and situa-
tions, than We aret advocates Of Just revolution
In the abstract We should regret that the Cubans
were subdued before they have secured to them
selves change Of system-the removal Of absurd
and oppr essive restrictions their Industry their
trade, and their private enjoymers. If these con-
cessions had been spontaneously oHeret by the
mother country at an earlier period, they would
probably have concilated the colony. lftheseeon-
cessous sh ,uld be extorted from Spain the price
Of future submission, to Spln herself they will be
productive Of equal CT even o. greater benefits than
to the Colonies.
But the time for concession is rapidly passing
away, and IL IL be allowed iss altogether, Spain
may expect 10 solve the problem proposed oy many
Of her Intelligent writer's, whether the separa
tion Of her West india colonies from her dom tnon
will ultimately impair OF ens1re her welfare. IL
would be as rational for the Pope TO issue his bull
in the nineteenth century, granting certain degrees
Of the Pacific to the public Of San Marina as ills
for Spain to attempt, In the government; Of her CO.
Ion les. TO adhere to the maxims of the sixteenth
century. The system could not resist tae fOr,s Of
public opinion, though Charles was on her throne,
and though her armies were commanded by Pi-
zsrro OF sn Alva To presume In enforcing her
own despotsm uDaded, Is 20 miscal:glate her owa
resources, even 10 infatuation Far better wo ild
IL be for Spain, instead Of pushing her system Of
government on the Cubans further, to profit by oar
experience long past, and TO substitute, IL too
late, for eIor Ike those by which the North Ame-
rict colonies lost 10 this otry, the coaci
liatory measures by which they might have been