New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-08-25
Cuha and the United states.

Cuba and the United States.
The people of Cuba, we are unquallhedly
told, ardently desire Liberty and lndepen-
dence But they have never SAID so, and
those who make the assertion in their behalf
give us no adequate evidence of It's truth.
On the other hand, the swarming of the Ha-
baneros in tens of thousands to see our unfor-
tunate countrvmen shot down for having
bravely done and dared for that same cause
of Cuban Independence-the fendlsh exult-
alton of this vast Cuban mob over the lmmo-
lation, and Gfreport be correcD their brutal
manglng and dissertation of the dead bodies
of the victims. indicate frenzled hostility on
their part to our cOuntrymen and their errand.
That Ia Cuba there are persons, and even
classes, who lOathe the Spanish rule, Is very
probable-almOst certaln,-but that ma
ioritv of the People do so is not proved. 1t
does not appear that the Flag of lndepend-
ence was floating over a single spot of Cuban
soil when our countrymen lately landed to
raise it. nor that it ever had so hoated even
for week. Those Park orators, there
fore, who quote Messrs. Webster, Clay,
&c as authority for the doctrine that
our citizens have a right to migrate To
foreign lands, where rar already erlsts,
and take sides with one or other of the bel
ligerents, must know that this doctrine has
no bearing on the case in hand-that they
are deceiving and misleading the ignorant
thousands who hear them. There is no
law Of Nations, no usage of civilized States,
which authorizes our citizens to invade the
territory Of nation with which we are at
peace and there seek to ncite a revolution.
Those who do so take their lives in their
hands, and must look well to the edge of
their weapons, for behind these they have
nothing to fall back upon.
The Spanish authorities OF Cuba have
treated our adventurous contrymen with
extreme severity The Spanish character
VIGOROUSLY tends that way. But the laws
of Nations authorize the putting to death OF
men taken in arms against Government
with which their own country holds amlcable
relations, while no civil or other war exists
save by their own act. And our country
men have been fully warned on all hands
that to be taken in Cuba in arms against It's
Government is certain death. 1t does seem
to us that the seduction of three or four
hundred brave and ill-informed young men
into such an expedition as that of Lopez,
in the face of the Spanish thousands of
we'll trained, well armed troops, abundantly
supplied with artillery and munitions, is
culpablc, criminal act, for which the authors
should be held to legal accountability
We think the authorities of Cuba have
probably weakened their coustry's hold on
that island by the summary execution of
our misguided, unfortunate countrymen-
that the Indignation which will be excited
BY the PORTRAYAL of that severity, and still
more of the brutalities perpetrated on the
dead bodies of the fallen, will manifest IT.
self in new and stronger expeditions until
the Spaniards will ultimately be driven out
of the island, though at fearful cost OF hui
man life We regard the execution of the
alleged pirates as even more blunder
than a crime. But the case is not entirely
onesided Suppose few regiments OF
Haytien volunteers should land any day on
the coast of South-Carohna or Alabama
with the avowed purpose of giving free
dom and independence to their black
brethren in those States, and suppose they
should be overpowered and captured, as
they certainly would be-what, think YOU.
would be their fate Does anybody ina
CINE a single man of them would ever have
a chance to die by disease
AS to the abuse heaped on our own
Government by the Park gas-pipes, 1t can
disgrace none but themselves. The Adj
ministration is but doing its sworn duty In
endeavoring to prevent invasions OF foreign
territory by our citizens. Ii has repeated
ly and earnestly warned those citizens to
keep out of Trouble in Cuba-it has done
its utmost TO prevent their leaving the coun-
try on any revoluuonizing foray on that
island. If any of them are sacrificed to
Spanish vindictiveness, the Administration
is suiltless of their blood. Can its frothv
revilers say as much for themselves
The Park demonstrations have primarily
and mainly grovehng party purpose The
Rynderses. Tom Cars and Lie Purdys of
our city have been some time cut OF office,
and are ravenous for spOils. They kept