The New York herald., 1851-10-16

out it the House was equally divided. We believe
that he acted with the wings on that occasion, and
from that period commences his career as one Of
the most Jealous and active wings of Pennsylvania
The Late Cuban Expec iti0n and the spanish
Press.
We publish, in this days HERALD, a number Of
extracts from Spanish papers, official and other.
wise, which contain comments on the recent inva-
sion of the island of Cuba by the expedition under
the command Of General Narciso Lopez The
general tone of these articles is one of bitternes,
towards the United States, our government, and
citizens. Indeed, some of them are very abusive
and warhke; and were the Spanish government to
be actuaed by the spirit which pervadesthe writer's
Of them, wa: bet veen the two countries would be
probable. The Haalio goes so far as to say that,
it is, war is Inevitable, sooner or later, and
draws glowing picture of the havoc which Spanish
privateers will make On our American commerce.
Since that article was written, the aspec. Of the
whole affair in Madrid has changed.
We regret very much that our Spanish cotem-
porares have lost their temperin commenting upon
that i'll advised and much to be regretted inv aston,
and tha' they should do the govcrnmen. and people
of the United States so much injustice they have
done in their sweeping assertions. The editors of
those papers who have thus denounced our whole
country by wholesale, must certainly be ignorant
of what took place in the United States for year
previous, in reference to the invasion Of Cuba, or
they could not have written as they did. II they
lad but possessed themselves of infor nation within
their control, they would have found that the
government at Washington had used precautions
to defeat the expedition, and to preserve in
good faith our treaty obligations with Spain
The administration are, perhaps, open to the
charge that they did not do enough-that they
did not prevent the sailing of the Pampero. II
must however, be recollected that it would, under
any circumstances be almost impossible, consider
irg the immense length of our soa coast to prevent
band of men from departing from our shores, who
were deceived by false reports as to the disposition
Of the Creoles of Cuba, and each Of whom looked
upon himself as hero-asa chivalrous knight, who
was appealed to by a suffering people to aid them
in throwing off the oppressor's yoke, and who va,
determined to that appeal at the risk of his
life. These men may be termed pirates. II
they were pirates, they assuedly would not
pay such scrupulous respec. to private pro-
petty, as they did after they effected landing
There is 10 charge against them of appro eriating
private property TO their own purposes-of forcibly
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or Of abusing women. On the contrary, it is well
known that what they got they pur ,hasea and
literally raid for, and tha. when they entered the
villages, guards were plsced at tae groceries, with
instructions to shoot down any man who should
dare to enter them without the permission of the
comma anding officer We say this in Justice to the
invaders, however so much We may have condemned
the invasion. We never justified that and do not
now justify IL. 1t cannot be justified. We are
not, however. so uncharitatle as to impute
wrong motives to the invaders, er to term them
pirates. They assent that they left the United
States with no other purpose in view than tha. CT
hberating people whom they we're led to believe
wanted change in their political system. They
were deceived-grossly deceived; and they paid the
peral,y OF their rashness. Fifty Of them wers shot
in the public plaza, a great many were sent to
spain, and numbers died, eitter in action or from
exposure and hunger in the woods.
The charges which the Spanish papers bring
against the people of the United states are equally
unfounded. If it were possible to canvass the
public mind on the subject of the late inv lson, we
arc perfectly satisfied that there would not be found
one man in ten who favored II at any time. II was
not only unpopular, but it was denounced In the
strongest language, by the press and by the
people, with but few ex ;eptiops. Americans are /
law and order loving people. They are ready and 4
prepared, at any time and at all times, TO defend
their rights and their honor; but they will not /
violate the law, or the treaty obligations which /
they have entered into with foreign nations throurh
the government Of their choice. This IL charac
ierisic Of the American people. All assertions to
the contrary are gratuitous AMI unfounded.
AS TO the threats Of war, they do not friyhten /
US much. war would unquestionably iniure
US, but lot to such extent as our Malrid /
eoi'mroraiies seem to spprehend. The Spanish |
must bear in mini that, according |
TO the law Of rations, the crews Of their |
rriyateers should be composed to the extent |
Of two-ihirds or three fourths-we forget which /
Of her Spanish subjects, or they would be |
liable to be executed as pirates. The whole com
moTcial marine Of Spain would not be sufcien. to /
orm a force great enough to do as the immense /
iamage they speak Of; neither would England or /
France be inclined 10 aid spain in a war against
he United states, at least under present crcum.
tan.es. But should they DO 50, they would suffer
more injury than we would. They would become
,ur enemies By that act, and there Is ne man with
lslf an eye, who cannot see that such position
would be disastrous TO those nations. The Amer-
ans despise all such threats Of Europcaa alliances
gaipst the United States for any purpose, and
his TIE world will soon know, If any attempt be
made TO carry out the much talked OF intery enton
lespotisn neglected to do SC at time When II
hight have been successful-wksn we were a weak,
nd comparatively powerless nation. We nov feel
urselve, cspstle Of dstying, as we do defy, the
hole world.
But what would Spain gain BY q war with this
nj Ia ar flv |
hat she would lose. Her commerce, half of which
connected with the United States, would, In the
let place, be destroyed; and in the next she would
ertsiny lose Cuba. In conclusion, lot ss say
w words TO our Spanish eOtemperaries. Cen
emcD, there will be no war between Spain and
be United states lfsuch q calamity should Sccur,
either England nor France, for their own i,tsrest
Ike, will take part in II. You may retain Csts
3 long as you can. Rest assured there will be ~