The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-09-11
Proclamation OF the Cuben Junta---Loss Of
Eunas but not of Resolution.

We give elsewhere the grand erpos5 of the
Cuban Junta, Of the recent plans, arrangement,
contracts, hopes, failures and resolutions coa-
nected with the proposed revolution in Cuba,
projected and ended in the course Of last year.
They eyince high purposes, great sacrifices,
considerable sagacity, vast amount of indis-
cretions and sacrifices, and magnificent fail
ure. The object Of the'Junta like Santa Anna
in his abdication, is to prove that not its MEM
bers but somebody else, ought to be blamed.
| They are the victims Of local divisions, iudi-
vidual ambition, and misplaced confidence.
They trusted their cause to an American chief,
and they feel that they would have been just
| as well off TO have managed it themselves.
The truth il, the cause Of Cuban indepon-
dence has served in the United States, for the
last ten years, to excite considerable public
| interest, and has alternately inspired hopes
| and alarms for the safety of the people of that
island. Precisely the error that the Cubans
have committed over and over again, has been
committed by their responsible advisers and
directors in this country in the present case.
Without expressing any opinion upon the con-
duct of the chief to whom the Junta refers, il
is obvious that the grand mistake Of the reyo.
lutionists is to be found at this very point.
The cause Of Cuba must be entrusted TO her
own people. 1t is they alone that suffer the
evils Of oppression-they alone ought to be
nerved TO the effort of revolution. The existing
| government has right to enforce It's laws, how
| ever severe, and even to iniict its extreme,
its arbitrary and inhuman punisbments upon
its own people in subsection. So long as the
suhjectis thus in submission, tyranny ever
performs its legitimate work. While this isso,
revolution against such government may be
sanctioned by justice, as it is by all the tradi-
items Of the American character.
But this revolution must spring up and be
directed by the CUBAN people--by those who
have cause to complain whose interest II is to
put 10 hazard their Gown lives, their fortunes
and their sacred honor Ala from without
must be auxiliary. The Cubans must not look
10 the United States for inccptivc measures or
actual invesion--the United States must look
TO them for all this If we render assistance
il should not be to Juntas and societies and to
individuals, but TO De fqcto government. the
creation of those who believe they have q right
TO overturn the government dc jure which op
presses them. The right of revolution must
be- determined by the measure OF injury and
wrong inflicted by the dominant power in the
State. Compared with Europe We hold to easy
rules on this subject. Governments with US
exercise their powers by frail tenure; and it
is urdenable that the people Of this country
regard the present Cuban system "a utterly in
deiensihle. But this is no concern of ours
We have no RICH. to intervene un III those who
are oppressed signify their determination no
longer TO submit From tho people OF Cuba
in open repeiion-irom the people Of Cuba
risen into power IN opposition 10 the existing
rule--do we derive the right TO render them
aid.
They can repeal, by such an sct, our neulraIl.
y ays-thry can open hi. fa2s. to u, and