The New York herald., 1851-07-31

already been introduced from the United States;
and the late proceedings at New Orleans are clearly
significant of further supplies of men, as weli a. OF
arms aud munitions of war; provided they can b1
run through the gauntlet Of the government feet
of observation, which will, doubt, be forthwith
replaced alon he Gulf and island coast. Here,
however, are ymptoms and materials enough TOR "a
serious re g ution. If it anything, IT means
everyth e. And il the authorities of Spala should
be driven to the extremity of liberatng all the
dawes in the island, and turning them loo upon
rAeir masters there might be for some apore-
tensions of another San Domingo massacre. Bat
we have no such apprehensons, nett ler Of : pain
nor of the slaves. However the contest may termi-
nate we presume the slaves will have but little to
do with it. They have always been tractahle All
do,e, comparatively, ia Cuba; art obs1 1el.s -
their masters to be their first priaciple, aad
the first necessity, oftheir social happiness.
But though NATURAL it is not necessary to antici-
pate this last extremity OF desperation Ol' first
objects are to know what is this insurrectioa'
What the provocations, How far does IL extend
Who are the parties implicated in il! Wat pro-
gress have they made, What prospect of success!
And what follows, if they are successful! Taese
points we have, in some measure, examined Wnlt-
tion against the policy so long pursued by pin OF
burdeIing them with taxes, and excluding them
from all of the numerous oi es of the isind civil
and Undergraduates, We say, the i1Jiscee OF
such a policy the present Captain General of the
sand is at least not responsible 1t IL, perhaps MS
misforrune TO have been sent too late HIS enlarg-
ed and liberal views were alre ldy beginning to be
eit: he was in the fair way of Introducing such re-
! III htrh
predecessors might have secured the loyalty of the
creoles and the quieude Of the island for long pc
riod yet TO come; but which, introduced now, after
years of hard taxations exactions ercesses and ex
clusions, only serve to justify the people in rebel
lion. The Queen of Spain, however, may congra
tulate herself on the presence of so able and ttth
fal officer in Cuba at this juncture. If military
foresight, ability, and courage can suppress th !
outbreak, Gen Concha IS admitted to b. equal 60
the task
In any and every point Of view this outbreak ia
Cuba is of the highest political Importance. Ii
may be failure, a izle, mere wilto'.the wispi
but if it fail, it is not the eud, but the oesu
ming of the end. Our insttutions-tho happy effect
of institutions; the genial, beneicent, and fra
ternal character Of our institu.ions-are known il
Cuba; the experiment has commenced in the Isl tnd
/ they have broken the ice; they viii have al
and sympathy; and if defeated now, they will try il
again. 1t might be best for all hands thai >paic
should continue the sovereign Of Cuba. No doab
our administration is Of this opinion. But boxing
to the past, the future aud to the circumstancs
the peculiar circumstsnces-inyest this Cub
! question, and these present revolutionary move
ments, it cannot be very long before, in some form
other the only alternative to the United states
will be the annexation of the island the miin:e-
nance Of its separate independence. If Spain is
dispossessed the island must be oars, it must be
free. But Will France and England, meantime. re
main idlel We shall see.