The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-08-21

Tire apuointme cf Don Jos de Ia Concha
10 the goverDment 81 Caba, is a sign 6caat in
dication OF an enife henge OF policy on The
part Of Spain towards tois country. This I'M
portant news, arriving on the rame day on
which Mr. Sckles returned t. Europe with of.
fetal replies 20 the dispatches of Mr. Buchanan
and Mr. Son]e, relative b. the late movements
in The Spanish peninsula, confirms the imures-
sion which row seems gener ally to prevail,
that il sort If mutual understanding has already
been established between the representatives
openly given out by the friends of Gea Pierce's
administration that The views of the latter with
regard to Cuba will be modified to suit the al
tered aspect Of affairs in Spain, SO that, for the
present at least, all projects for the acquisition
Of The island by purchase or by torcibie seizure
viii, be coidly looked upon and discouraged.
That there are other means Of arriving ut the
same end, and that those meaus have entered
into the calculations OF our government in the
considera ion of the instructions sent back
through Mr. Sickles to our ministers ct Lon
don Paris and Madrid, future events will de-
mos strate.
We have always regarded the project Of pur
chasing Cuba as visionary and impractcable.
Degraded and dishouored as Spain may have
been by the profigacy Of her court and the
corruption of her successive administrations,
we never yet could W llingly admit the suppos-
ton that they would be so lost to all sense of
shame as to be parties to SO disgraceful bar
.oD Whoo rn3or thn Polk al mi nj a, rat ion thu
offer Of one hundred millions made through Gen
Saunders was Indignantly refused, it was not
likely that any other proposal Of similar
character made under les favorable circum-
stances-that is to say, after the suggestion of
the employment OF force as the alternative
would be listened to for nomeat. Such
prostitution of the powers entrusted to them
would have long since brought Sartorius and
his colleagues to the miserable pass in which
they now find themselves. What was difficult
then has become impracticable now, under an
administration which processes to consult only
the honor and interests of Spain. EsparterO
would never consent to barter for money oae
OF the brightest jewels Of the Spanish crown.
What other price he may attach to If, if willing
TO ALLEVIATE it at all the progress Of events in
Europe alone will decide.
With government established by the unan
mons choice OF the Spanish nation, and sympa-
tnizlng, IN political feeling, with the people OF
ibis country, all ideas of bostile action with
regard to Cuba are, Of course, equally ont Of
the question. Such government will not only
find it ctngenial to it inclination, but to its in
terests, to satisfy every reasonable claim that
we may have against it, AS an evidence of its
desire to conciliate the good feeling and friend
ship Of the people Of Cuba, the new ministry
send out as Captain-Geberal. Don jose de Ia
have ever exercised authority in the island,
and hose course in regard to the slave trade
has always been marked by desire TO dis
charge the duties Of his high Office in q man
ner calculated TO soothe ami soften down any
causes of irritation that might aris., from
time to time, between Spain and the rest of
the world. He was the first Governor Of the
island whose character and conduct placed
him beyond the reach of suspicion. The APP
pOintment of such man. at such a time, is
therefore an earnest that an end will be at once
put to the petty insults aai annoyauces that
have created 80 much i'll blood and angry feel
ing between Spain and the United States.
Whether, therefore, our objects with regard
10 Cuna are to be attained by q complete and
thorough eformation in the system of aggres-
sion lately pur sued ty its government toward
American interests, or whether the island il
ultimately TO fall into our possession in man
ner which will neither lower the dignity
Of the Spanish people nor subject us to the
iDputation of employing force for the purpose
of wrestling from weaker nation one OF its
most valuable possessions, both Spain and the
United States can only beoetit by the new line .
OF policy inaugurated in the person Of General
Concha. II Cubais to continue dependency of
spain, there is certainly 10 one who will be
more thoroughly disposed 10 rry ont the condI-
itions upon which alone the United States will
conscbt to relipqush its designs upon it. Fit is
to be acquired by this country in the ma lner ia
which we have limited ju.t now, and which has
not as yet assumed a sufficiently definite
form TO be mere spec fically alluded to, the
administration Of Concha under the new
regime viii have paved the way for the
more ready assimilation of Cuban and Anne
rcan feelings and interests. Most Of the
prejndces and i'll blood that have beeu So
carefully fostercd Wy the late Spanish officials
ID the island, viii nave by that sime, if not @ho,-
~ disappear, q. NJ !, ast have become greatly
modified. In the meanwhile the mother coun
uy viii have benefited largely by this i'm.
'roved state Of things. Having no longer any
b stile designs to apprehend On Sc. part of the
United States, she siil be = hled TO diminish
! be strength ~ the military md naval force.
which he is now compelled to maintain for the
defence # the Island. The amount of revenue
which she draws from It viii be proportooase.
y incieas, by his reduction If her presenr
nI-rl * nAiturc 50 that In tod of hein.r