The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-12-28

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CUBE Il iAifly before Tie psopls- What Pmsse
Smith, the slsvs trade, end he Cuban diplsaa&is
oorrsspsndsnes osulS not aseouplsA, Win be sAiasd
BY the debate which sprung up Last week in The
United States Senate.
n 10 unnsesssary 70 say that the CUBE question
10 . difficult one. II 10 environed by No incoa-
siderable perplexss for those who are soon 70 have
the conduct Of our Affairs in their hands and WILL
whatever may DO hoped feared, be spproA cached BY
any discreet administration with no small caution.
There viii be, Of course, strong desire 10 satisfy the
ambition Of our people; and there can be NO doubt
that the desire Of acquiring Cubs, and tho convc-
ton that it will soon b ours-President Fillmore
tothe contrary notsithstanding- been for some
tine growing and spreading in all circles. The ns
tural sxpsnsiveness Of our Repubtc-that dssire Of
increased territory which is and has bsen the beset-
ting sin Of man from the smute inglorous Ampden'
to Napoleon, from the days Of Asyrian empire to our
own--a hearty contempt for old Spain, hearty
hatred Of her colonial despotism, and hearty SYM
patty for Creole wrongs-al together, have worked
up our people very generally into an Undertaking
shortly to be ours.
But when we como to consider tho ways and
means by whioh this result is TO be accom-
plished, perhaps 1t will not seem 10 entirely or
speedily certain. The publication Of tho Cuba
correspondence by Mr. Fillmore, has oertainly
considerably increased the inherent difficulties.
That publication has appraised the European world
that Cuba is an object Of our most ardent desire;
and it is not 50 clear perhaps, what the Earopsan
world viii think Of this announcement. Europe is
. very complicated machine. It is very far from
being easily understood, - easily managed, a.
our hemisphere. Our energies are devoted, almost
exclusively, to material progress There 10 no real
strife among our people rs to the form or tenden-
cies Of our government. There are NO great class
interests controlling the management Of affairs
there are religious feuds Of centuries Duration
there are no hereditary controversies depending
from age to age to smbitter and perplex the divi-
sion of parties. On the contrary, thssbusiness Of
administration here ID reduced to very small com
pass.
Europe is just the other way There, the govern.
ments are everything is agreed as to the
future, and there great class interests in the
State and in the Church, arrsyed in bitter hostility
to each other. Now. it is far from being certain
how the great governing authorities Of Europe will re-
gard 50 important step in our progress - the &C
QUESTION Of Cuba-for Cuba is plainly enough not
Cuba alone. With Cuba comes an immediate and
immense extension Of our naval force. With Cuba
comes certain longing for other conquests and set
Elements. With Cuba comes n direct and inevitable
commingling Of European politics with our own.
This is in truth, tho real significance of the Cubs
question. 1t is European question. Louis XIV.
said, tho Pyrenees exist no longer" So, once
embarked in this controversy, and the Atlantic
exists no longer No longer are We divided from
the European hemisphere There Is at once d.
rect INSTRUMENTATION Of the passions, the afee-
tiops, and the interests Of both worlds. Tha this
must come before long, was probable Cuba renders
it certain.
Now, how will Europe regard the acquisition Of
Cuba by our Union Z VIII Spain, under any cir
cumstances, be induced to part with Cuba WEI
the commercial necessities of Eogland outweigh her
undoubted political Jealousy of our power Win or
will not Louis Napoleon, who 10 in truth the most
despotic sovereign of Europe, consider this good
opportunity to win laurels for the French marine
What will the great ayistooratic classes Of Europe
say to this formidable extension Of the power of
hateful democracy How win tho Catholic world
look on the transfer OF the island from Z faithful
power to one whose tendencies may be feared to be
hsretical? How will the Russian Gar regard the
aggrandsement OF his near neighber on the north.
west coast! AL these questions 1t once present
themselves, and he Is m ignoramus, mountebaak,
or klave, who pretsnds to answer them positively
and dogmaticsly.
| Az for taking Cuba by 6ib,stvisn,, or, in oths,
words, piracy, it ia rank nonsense. 1t never car
succeed, and never ought to. Lopez and his 1850
cstes in folly had some excuse, because they were
Spaniards; but 1t 10 gross absuydity to suppose that
in our time this can be done, or that any Ameri
can ft to command an expedition Of this kind
would risk fair position ut home TO run the gaunt
! let Of Spanish garrote or an American peniten.
tissy. Cuba, when acquired, whether psaceably OF
for,ibly, must be under the stars and stripes
any ether course win lead to more mischief than
would remove.
How, then, is it to be done for, to recur 10
what we said ut the sutset, it is certain that q
strong desire exists on the par. o. our people to
effect the object, and equally certain that, what
with their ignorance of Europe, and confidence in
their own energies, they neither soc, nor, if they
saw, would recognise the obstacles that exist. II
will never DO, therefore, for the administration
to content itself with folding ss hands, locking the
wheels, and letting the Of state take it's course
| Something must be done. What shall that some.
| thing be!
The course In plain. Ii Is to take rueh asure.
shall enlist tho material interests Of Europe on
the side Of our acquisition Of tho island There are
great and powerful interests in England, France
and Epsn which might with proper care, DO certain
y engaged our side Of the question. The into
rest Of the Engllsh and French fnancors is peace.
Satisfy these fnanciers Of the Inevitable destiny
Of the island-sAow them that al the prccsdsnts Of
history, the foeblsnsss Of Spain, the growing and