The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-04-22

THE ENGLISH POLICY WITH REsPECr TO CUBA
OONsIDERED.

THE ENGLISH POLICY WITH kESRxer TO eUbA
Considered.
A Cuban ycntIeuan Of high standing, Who VAS cca-
demned to death Ia Havana for his revolutionary sym
pa hes and who was Afterwards scot 70 Spain, from
wi made hs escape the United States hs sent
us the following interesting commurass tion:-
SIs-That which request you 10 publish TO thc>
world in the pages your widely Rad Herald ~i
hope to those who nger their existence under the des
potism of authority which Is fast eru,nong away.
Hwss a noble act ct humanity well as policy that
induced the Executive Of this great country refuse any
and al participation in the ripartte alliance which the
governments of Great Britain and Frame sought 10 i'm
pose upon America, in reference to The three powers
above mentioned totally and forever abstaniug from
taking interest in Cuba If France England had
any thing to hope from Cuba.
1t noble act for those sho az that time directed
the foreign policy Of the two great European powers had
but object in view when framing such proposition;
and it must have been sent the Atlantic with
sadly deficient icea Of the sagacity constantly display
ed by United States uinisters but, uckiiy there
shrew dness enough to detect the intent aud philanthropy
ugh-lsavng self interest entirely out of the question
another the Observation-Disclosures, it is, aot
for instant-of snch bond OF union with European
! powers.
1t wa noble act-which prevented the puisatious of
many whose hearts have been long see led in despair
from sinking INTO either hfeless apathy maddening
goon,-wbch ted OF hope to comewhieh carried sweet
sounds the liz enirg ear~hich Ell quietly and
calmly the fact that the course OF events VIII be wsue
| for.
say that the powers Of Europe had hat ooe object
although IL Is almost unnecessary for 20 state
that bect was, will assert it, simply toat IL nay
ST lid record against them.
An old fable tells US that fox was once unfortunate
enough lose his tail This fox had excellent idea OF
the comfort Of such adorpment in the months
of summer when the flies troublesome and fans
He knew, also that 1t would be Imagined
by the other foxes that there must in his De
thing radically wrong about his system, even though
the root of his tail remained he rooted all the other
| foxes cut Of their stumps and proposed that as a
tail really weight 10 carry and even excessively
nconyenien in high winds and dust that each repre-;
sentative of the fox should consent 70 the loss of
his .'whisker" We further informed that this
position carried in the negative and that such cum
ming foxes as were blessed with tails continued TO carry
them unit. they DROPPED of.
Put down Great Britain and her contiguous neighbor
for the without tails and the gro wing of the
Western World the qusdruped adorned according to
nature Her tail is growing and ali the diplomacy of the
Eastern World won't stop many hundred years are
loomiDg-if the globe lasts ong-ere a smile may be
drawn between her and the repete and long gorged
tions of Europe We all recollsct what Rome
And now for the object which England and France had
in view if it must be told Cuba is near America. Its
freedom would be of untold iDpo lance to the young
giant would harbors iol the protection Of her
Southern shorespopuation for the consumption in that
Southern Land of nterdiced northern goods"
Great Britain is fox without a brush, because the
dstresses OF her tropical colonies in Western waters
render it matter of impossibiy for her to gain one
voice asserting 10 her OF RUE IN Tue event
the Cubans freeing them selves from the oppressive yet
fading yoke The OF want TAXATION
blown by the trade wild from Jamaica and they fall
.hicky and inteilbly upon the herrt ct in
Cuba. England viii not be considered when their hour Of
| freedom
France also, is reynard without ornament, for
with her at present colonization is dream not TO be
thought o. What earth have the Cubans got 70 do
with herr How easy It Is TO relnqush good NC have
i not got.
able pay without reputation, any claim OR hen whc
their fostering parent Spain has been oblgng enough 70
contra ct for them,
), Is England when she tacty admits her
sel6sbness Does she keep her orbs open when
she shuts her handss We win argue the point.
Nobody, up the present tine has formed doubt OF
Great Britan's sincerity in, her constant watchfl
ness for, the suppression Of the slave trade That
year many million of money wrung from tn,
sinews Of her own oppressed and starving Popul- ion
many valuable hieaud nobody has imputed the Foley
of keeping many cruisers to policy alone. o. tilis
point It better to give credit for humanity though
tauw soms DOUBT upon Enasnds hanthsepy Tar
in that act she would have sacrificed to her ssishness
pressing, those shores the hdeous, blasting every
day traffic in human blood. Fearful the alte-na-
tive tie signs and groans and wasting Toll OF hCneds
rson with the feeling tina. from her inability 10
sst Cuba (spy because her assistance would be
asked she could not With any degree oS satisfaction,
conceive the idea that Cnbans able TO govern them
elvesony perhaps borro Sing additional strength add
support from their approximation to the Western World
Oh, England shame thee for attempting to bind with
bonds of neyerenong anguish those who yet will i've to
| be free.
There hills and valleys in Engand-bones OF peace
and comfort but her diversified scenery does present
beautiful picture the evergreen mountains and
valleys Of that southern country lolhed it
is in the luxuriant yerduie Of tropical vegetation.
Cuba TO is istheiland and their hopes exile
directed to the homes where they fret drew the beautiful
soft air Cuba is the garden OF Gower destined for
European kin gdom, and ultimately she VIII gather her
own
Great Britain forge.s that the hearts of those who
Immediately present where torures 1licted, and
where despots, contemplate and cowardy, at present
hold sway, bleed more lrouseiy, naturally more
constantly than do the hearts OF those who make n eo
quent speech any morning paper and then go their
comfortable homes forgetfu that there Is slave in
existence that brutal torare haI dens and destroys
| them
Selfish England One of these days the Cubans will do
their duty and you must find other pretext than
the suppression Of slavery for your gradually decreasing
| naval estimates. H. GAIIANO
NEW YORK. April q, 1858.