The New York herald., 1851-09-30

chiefly ignorant Of our language and our customs.
raging humanity, and contrary to conceptions of
the woI kings Of civilized laws. But now and then
they gained listeners, who ohspgedto converts. sym
pathizers, philanthropists, zealots many attaining
the and noble hearted character Of practical
ftitssteros. Wen pass by the active proofs Of its
progress so fresh they In recollection; and now
since the Psmpcro failure, though II is whispered
absut by those never sympatheticslly interested,
that the end has come and though others, detected
and mourning, keep . broodipg silence DER their
fresh sorrows, yet do all those latter, moved
with the noble impulse for general liberty, as
in s Cuban mug
ever. The end only of the beginning has come
upon us; and now, when the last of the two
thousand recently rendezvouspg here, with hostile
that they could not strike the blow, reflection will
wander DER the excitements Just allayed, and the
mind viii speculate upon the character, the direc-
tion, and the results Of the next Cuban attempt
consequences to all; and none who view the signs
and spirit Of the times dsre gard this question
as one dead and exploded.
'Tis true that the master spirit who rode on the
whirlwnd and directed the storm has passed away
forever. Lopez, the martyr patriot, is to counsel
and strike no more; but he was dilgent man, and
helped, by his vigorous influence, to implsnt in the
minds and hearts Of many that seed whose germ will
of adversely. From a spot on the horizon has
swelled forth the portentous cloud Those highest
in power, with their hands upon the helm Of
stae are forced to regard it of vital import. In
deed. the eyes of Europe are fixed upon 1t, as re-
pete with interest and latent dangers to mon Ar she's
Can any ore deny that as in its origin this meve-
ment was ilputan and isolative, so did it soon
gather around it faction, afterwards reached and
Pervaded the blood Of section, till at last it was
becoming the most prominent element Of the South
ern States platform, So, yet, will those who
guide in national politics have to wrestle with
this great question As ono overriding all else in i'm
portance. And assure you that here, where the
originator Of this wide sprea enthusia m for free
dom in Cuba, is dearly and deeply lamented, there
have ever yet been. When some suppos ID that
after the CardeDas disaster, the spirit quelled,
others, more intimate with the personal actors,
knew that another attempt would be made; and
now, confidently as foretod you of this in 1850,
do ], at this time write that you will yet
other, more powerful, perhaps irresistible.
lou have often seen man of shrewd mind and
winning manners, who, to your surprise, could not
whom, upon nvest CATION, you perceived to be lack
ing in one point he was not quite wise enough to
be honest; nor quite shrewd enough to conceal his
folly; andse you will see that in these recent grand
mistakes of the Cuban authorities, the hurried
butcbery of the fifty ushercd into the next world,
unanOipted and unannealed," and the unrelsntng
vengeance on the last captives-in these errors you
will see that they have sealed more surely their own
island. The hand writing is on the wall, and quer.
Deus vuh yc,d1e, friws demenfdt. Before we had
heard Of the traI sportat OF these prisoners to
Spain, large number of our population, who fell
for their msfcrtunes, and believed their sentence to
be unnecessary and unjust, had moved here towards
some concentrated efforts for their release. /
must not detail them, but one influence was un-
derstood to have been that fthe mercantile men, in
whose hands was the New Orleans aud Cuban COM
merce. Another was to have been combination Of
citizens not mixed up with the Cuban parties, who
were willing to set their faces against any future
attempts in consideration AM for the boon of the
freedom of their friends, the prisoners. Another
that i know with positiveness was to have been
ventured upon, was from-whom would you sup
pose!-fom the entire body Of the active fibnstero
agents and officers, known to all as such, whose
powerful influence and honor to fudl would be
guaranteed, If necessary, by men distinguished In
our courts and our government. These officers had
to say, that ipasmuch as the natives of the Veulta
de Absjo had not assisted Lopez henceforth all hos
tile procee dipgs from this quarter would meet with
their opposition instead Of their aid. They would
PASS the pipe Of peace their friends, the prisoners,
were released. Spanish hnrteu might have rem
dtred this latter all Intellectual but It would have
teen well worthy Of tn. ir csns ieration. The man
sRemept Of these delicate matters was to have been
in the hands Of one OF our most eminent judges.
But now these efforts cannot be made, the sentence
having been executed; and you may hear In eur
city now such cries as " Revenge ON the Spaniard
who killed our brothers," from the herce creole,
and from the more quiet Ameri,an, the earne st
but sub0utd remark, F" ait q Whlle we ii make
clean work the next trip
Men, teo, may talk and write about the purchase
Of Cuba, but il is one Of the most impracticable
ideas afoat. Spanish pride would feel our force
in the bare proposition, and revolt from the
sale as a dictation. And when and where
will you get q Congress to harmoize upon such .
poicyl DO you infer IL from their demeanor OF late
yeaisl The discussions would reviyiy all the dema-
gogues and factionsts, and fan those conbustible
feelings lowering ever around the slavery topic,
pregnant with such dangers to Union, and which
have been overcome with 30 great difficulty. Pre-
tend seriously to introduce it at Washin yon, and all
the fires fierce quarrel will blaze vividly than
Of yore frcm abolitoniss and from Southern ultras
Asl hope for the integrity Of our sacred Union,
must look with dread on any more annexstions.
Tempt not again nor daily with dangers like those
fearful ones that We scarcely escaped. Then,
what's the conclusionl What's to be donel Why,
inevitable destiny will do its work. and the Saxon
will make another stride The tree Of liberty will
be planted on the hills Of Cuba, and the flag Of o
free republic will wave over Moro and Puntal-So,
old Spain, since your last retaliations, look out
from your lofty turrets yet again for the fhbsfsro
The next onset may come upon you rs silently and
as fearfully as has been executed many decree OF
your despotic rulers. The causes-love OF unboun-
ded liberty and belief in destiny yet unrepres:
cd, and the fhbusfro Is not entirely palsied. Az
ter while his arm will be upon you again; moi
alone with i,s wonted vigor but nerved additionally
with your recent stim ulatives
So stands the matter in New Orleans.
JOHN SMITH.