The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-11-24

.y,,vss~, NJ nj. nav. ros,t,ou We cannot coaceve Of
anything unbscoming than the d'ceas ss;n las
,s,ly 40 nroIrcs a.. smcabe settsment Of the persng
dicultes 1t ia perhaps, well that ne nss apInxed US
o. bis Intentions We ssS ~ NJ discretion and how
forum II is cooler beads are 20 conduct
negotiations between the two countries.
1t is to be hoped, however, that the govern.nsat
win accord an extended leave Of absence to LIEUT.
Davenport, and permit him to resume his position
as commender of of the company's ships, in or.
der that he may return to Havana in che Cherokee,
as the fact OF his not doing woula, bcysnd doubt,
be regarded by the government Of Crta as . tri-
umph, and as an apology made to thsm. If, how.
ever, on the contrary, Lieut. Davenport request be
refused, We hope that the grounds of the refusal
viii DC given in writing, in order that the public
may know Whist arc Che sentiments and feelings Of
the government in this important matter.
The insulting treatment TO which the Crescoct
City has been subjected her successive vsite to
Havana, and the recent outrage committed By the
authorities OF the island on the American b ark Cor
nelia have in connection with the position assumed
by France and England relative to the Cuban aues-
ton, produced throughout the country deeper seat
ed feeling with regard to the acquisition ofCuba than
was ever before prevalent The fNibss:ro senti-
inert has given place to a different and more uni
versal feeling, which will not be SO easily put down.
and which will sooner later ensure the transfer of
the island Of Gaba to the territory Of the United
States
IL has now become matter Of serious consdera.
tion whether the acquisition Of Cuba by this
country would not become European question;
and while We think it is very likely that it viii
sumo that Importance, we do not consider that
any reason Why government should not resent
nd ut he ;po, lie,
to flag, the violation of our treaty stipula.ons
and the law of nations and the injury inflicted on
orr mercantile interests by the Spanish authorizes
of the island.
In connection with this subject, which il daily as
sumipg more and more Importance, and drawing to
crisis, we publish to day large portion of tho
correspondence which took place between James
Buchanan, Secretary Of State under the Polk adj
ministration, and Romuus NJ Saunders, our Minister
at the Court Of Madrid relative to the offer Of Presi
dent Polk to purchase the island from Spain, for
sum of one hundred million doars-an offer which
was peremptorily declined While this negotiation
nding, We published the facts exclusively and
their truth challenged and denied by the admi.
pistraton and other journals OF the country, who
totally ignorant of the matter, and who attributed
the whole of it to our own invention. What We
then stated is, however, fully confirmed by the OFF,
cial correspondence which publish day.
The authorised publication Of there documents at
the present time is probably owing to the appear
ance in Spanish paper Of this city-la Cronica
a report taken from Madrid correspondence in a
German newspaper, to the effect that the present
American Minister ut that Court, Mr.. Barringer,
had renewed the proposition Of purchasing Cuba,
but that the Spanish government had declined to
receive it, and would not any consideration CON-
sent to part with the island The truth of this
statement is authorisedly denied by the National
IntHigenCe of the 22d inst and it is to this fact
perhaps, the publication Of the Buchanan correspon-
dence is to be attributed.
The question Of the acquisition of Cuba, either
by purchase ri ct arms, will undoubtedly be
forced on the incoming adminst, alton, in shape
or manner. We know, from the conservative ten
dency of Mr.. Pierce's character, that no Mi6us.eo
expedition will be permitted by him to leave
these shores; but how he will manage to get rid of
the question when brought up in another shape, is
more than can divine. II is quite possible, how
ever, that the incoming administration will 6nd it.
self occupied with similar question now coming up
as to the acquisition Of islands the other side Of
the cor tinent, the consideration of which may d.
vert public attention from Cuba. In that event the
crisis will be deferred, and the question enter
argely into tbs presidential canvass Of 1885, in some
such way as that Of the annexation of Texas
tered into the canvass Of 1874. OF one thing how
ever, we remain perfectly confident, and that is,
that the incoming administration will not initiate
the weak, vacillsting, undigni6ed policy Of The pre-
sent, but maintain the honor of our flag, and the
rights of our citizens from oil insults or injuries
The News from Francc-The Re-establish-
ment OF the Empire.
What we were the first journal Ito pred,s--and
that at time when most, if not all our contempt
raries, said that Louis Napoleon would be hurled
from power in a few months, if not in a few days
what we said on receiving the news of the coup
d'Gtat, and have since, again and again reite-
rated-kas now come to pass. The first steps
towards the formal establishment of the En-.
pire in France have been taken-the consum
nation will speedily follow; and the Empire will pro-
badly be proclaimed the second Of December, the
anniversary of the coup d'etat-the anniversary
Of the proclamation of the Empire Of Napoleon the
elder, and the anniversary of the battle of Auster
litz at which three empcrors anded, and the al
Hes-Austria and Ru:sia-lost, in killed and wound
ed, more than 40 600 men, besides many thousands
Of prisoners, forty standa, DIS, and one hundred
and fifty pieces of The day will be cele-
brated with all the glorious pomp and circum.
stance OF war;, and all the souvenirs Of that deci-
tive victory, and all the "reminiscences of the glory
of the victor, and all the grandeur of the ancient
empire, will be awakened, and the spirit of Napoleon
the First will be deemed to be present at the gor-
gsous pageant Of Napoleon the Third
The decree for the revival Of the Empire has been
adopted by the Senate, and accepted by the
Prince President Of the republic, and is to be SUBJ
uittnl To the nearla in the folln Corr