The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-09-05

and you assent to your owa degradation. Shall it
be declared TO the world that msrcan citizens who
dare to fight the battles Of freedom in foreign
lands degenerate into pirates! First convert your
ia, ional eagle into dungcock, and then interdic.
the press OF your country feom iudu gng ia that
patriotic strain which has nourished IN your youth
the ohiyarous courage you deplore and condemn
You must LII infully meet the question, whether
the City men shot in Cuba were or were not Amert
can citizens; If they were, your character as ma
ton compels you to revenge them no interpreta
Of the constitution can tritter away the rights
OF American citizens. Rosmnus sum may be again
repeated IN their case To nge the Insult would
entail war with Spain, and that war would per-
chance iraw both France and England into the
lists us allies o. spain. These tinyenciss may
he family Swallowed upon the distant horizon; but
the American nation would be unworthy of irs repu-
tation II 1t surrendered principle for expediency
sake
time Dation like ours to incur the consequences OF
conflict with the European pc xers, and
expose your commerce to the plumber of privat
yet perchanee when war does not arise, the co IL
at the map Of Europe, and you will see that one
hation check mates another. Russia cannot
move south without calling out Franco, France
cannot touch Spain without Austria's consent
louses of Europe. On this continent you are faux
cd tor fifteen hundred miles by the British posses.
soDs, but 50 ripe are the people for the change,
that wi, hin six months after war declared you
tress here ard there might hold out, yet for all
practical purposes you would DO substantially IS
iers U! the continent. Cuba would be another ac-
QUESTION not less certain to fall to your shareyour
ocean steamers would protect your coast. and no
LII ton would have the te nerty to land inv adiag
army The social harmony Of England rests upon
the yearly supply of cotton you furnish her. Cease
Your exports and her mills are silent, her opera
lives idle, hungry and desperate. She has sold her
self to mammOn, and she must submit to any con-
0itons you dictate, while yOa control the supply of
cotton. France is divided into naif dozen differ
ent camps-dlstracted by internal dissensions, aud
cons tantly on the brink Of civil war, she would
neither have the capacity inclination to play the
game OF England or Spain-and the latter country
would only be formidable as furnishing flag to
priysteers.
In this brief sketch have merely reproduced the
thoughts Of citizens who crticse passing events.
They are puzzled to comprehend how an Ane-
rican citizen lose his rights, why an Ameri.
can consul should have allowed American citizens
to be shot, unless he had attended during their
trial. reported the result to his government, and
received final instructions Powerful governments
exhibit their vigor in the exercise OF PARDON but it
is the characteristic OF weak and oruel Ones like the
Spanish and Neap0litan, to be merciless, aud eager
to shed the blood of the captives, least during the
delay, the voice Of humanity should interpose from
afar.
The sole mn obligation has fallen upon the Ame-
rican nation of vindicang this side OF the Ian-
sapguinary doctrines Of colonial despot. b.