The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-08-06

ened has it now grown, that it must accelerate it's
progress; and now there open upon It new and more
ciples more general and Of more universal appicar
ton, without placing existing interests In conflict.
Cuba, to-day more than ever must reconOentrate
herself in the justice and necessity Of her revolution,
and must bring together new powers for future
attempt Her past errors and disasters asnothing
in presence renewed determination of deserving
and obtaining by conquest the liberty for whichs
she yearns The vaor and the morality OF all her sons,
the union and the constancy of all noble and gene
rous souls promise days of glory and happiness for
their ensaved country. The remembrance of so
much blood and tears that have been shed. the re-
nowned victims who are still waiting for the tardy
hour of their apotheoss, so many family ties rent,
so much grief, oppression and misery-here are mo-
tives, more than sufficient, why the chariot Of the
revolution, once set in motion, should not stop
for q single instant, but that rather, il neces-
sary, and if abandoned by the entire world,
casting everything behind US, and regardless
of all consequences, we should, In one su
preme day of enthusiasm, rush hand to hand agains
the tyrant who degrades u.s.. That Is the most
noble, most worthy and most heroic resolution that
can be taken by the free man of Cuba. To prepare
for that with faith, and in concert, and deriving in
sructOn from past errors, is the first counsel Of an
elevated and foreseeing policy. When the momen
of o bold initiative on the part of Cnbans shal
have arrived it will bring with 1t all the feelings
this country, putting an end to the indecision
which were not only delay, but an insnperable OBJ
have entire faith and full confidence in the indivi
vidual sympathies Of the American people, who
though absorbed to-day in the irritating debates of
their internal interests would not in such case
But is that the whole Is the pointing out Of this
last and highest necessity the only fruit which we
derive from the study Of past and present events
We believe not; and at the same time that our revO
luton must not slacken little in the path which its
interests its dignity, and the urgency of the danger
which encrce it point out, we think that it accords
with our mission and our duty to mediate simulta-
other solution which, while preserving intact the
social existence and the honor, may guarantee
the rights, the independence, and the liberty OF our
country. It would not be the first time that the in
tervention of the high Powers which stand at the
head Of the nations, would have concerted their
common efforts to drive back the monster Of inter-
national discord and conflicts nor would there ever
have been more propitious or urgent opportunity
for settling on solid and durable bases the future
peace OF the world
From Spain Cuba has nothing to expect, unless,
indeed the increase OF the evils and the oppression
in which she groans. Her past acts, and the hOrri
BILE reality of her present conduct, sufficiently attest
| that. Nor are there any extremes to which Spain
cannot be driven by the stimulus of wounded pride
and manifest impotence. She is resolved to close
| the history of her ominous domination in Anne
| RIGA with the perfidy Of the most barbar0us
decree, notwithstanding the protests, always
| false, of her ministers and her COrtes, and
which are due, on this occasion, to suggestions
Of the moment, and to the fears inspired by the
4
other hand, what power has Spain, EVENT. she wish
ed, to keep back the memorable consequences of the
measures already set on foot in Cuba, and which
only suspended-by no means revoked? Or how
can she longer resist the pressure exercised over her
by public opinion in Europe, and by the political in
terests alarmed with the direction taken by our
v0lutiOn, to the apparent and exclusive advantage
| of the American confederation?
Such considerations deserve to be weighed in the
balance of patriotism and Of foresight, SO that not
deceiving ourselves, we may know how calmly to
look upon and to conjure dangers The social .ques-
ton which these considerations involve Is not now
for Cubans in the sphere Of principles, but in the
practical ground of necessity and convenience Spain
has resolved that the misfortune Of the island shall
remain for ever sealed; and it must rremedably be
so in consequence Of her hatreds, her engagements
and her weakness 1t would be, perhaps, sufficient
that this should be weighed and medtated by the
inhabitants of Cuba-to receive at the proper mo-
| and under the outside protection and shelter to
which she may with certainty aspIe-to enable the
present generation to acquire without great risk
sacrifice, the lOnged for good OF political ndepen
dence
But our ambition should be directed to the highest
ends; and after past receptions we should neither
conide anew our salvation to the support of single
prince, to the coOperation of sole and partcu-
| lar alliance. We know how to interest the whole
| world in the providential work Of our revolution,
that it contains in its breast the gravest solu.
tons which the civilization Of the age impatiently
expects and these may be messengers Of peace for
| The murderous cannon would not now be thunder
ing before the walls of Sebastopol, would the
blood of the peoples be flowing in torrents, If the
principle OF political equilibrium which the struggle
proclaims had to be limited to the conservation Of
the European statu quo. The Ang0-French alliance
has an origin anterior to the Eastern conflicts and
signifcancy yaster and more comprehensive in the
destnes Of the universe; and it may be that the
sources Of the Cuban revolution and the threats in
volved in 1t of ACKNOWLEDGEMENT for the American
Union, were the first inspirations of that league
which to day darkens mems minds with the magni-
tude of its extension. At least it may be said that
the refusal Of the Cabinet Of Washington to sub
| scribe the tripartite treaty, while it confirmed
| the tendencies Of its ildisguised ambition, had
also the effect of strengthening the rivalres Of
all the maritime powers, and of making closer, II
not producing, the entente between France and Eng
land in the crusade which they medtated in favor Of
| the political balance Of the two hemispheres.
That treaty, account Of its unjust und restrictive
contents in reference to the revolutionary principle
in Cuba ought to lie the object OF marked censure for
all generous hearts, particularly it appeared to
protect, under crafty concealment the imprescrip-
tbe rights of its Inhabitants. On the other hand,
to be fundamental solution of all the complications,
which may rise in the future it should have trans
formed into principle of foresight that which was
alone an effort OF conservation unworthy OF the high
Powers which conceived it. For the three most power
ful nations of the earth to maintain de tacto though
not de re despotism and barbarity in the middle Of
the nineteenth century, is an idea which is repug-
nant to the most elemental notions of humanitarian
justice and enlightenment; but it also presents pal
pable demonstration Of what the interest of petty
and exclusive policy may lead the most eminent
statesmen to. All praise he to that nation which by
its repulse, able to disconcert the inevitable ten
denotes of the project And il its authors proposed
any other object, they would have succeeded better
bad they. entering upon the path ofjusce and anti
cipating events, combined convention which, while
resolving pending difficulties, would have guarded
against those which the continuation Of the barba-
rous Spanish system in Cuba reserves for the fi-
ture.
Perhaps it was rash to suppose at that time pos
sible the common concurrence OF the three great
maritime Powers in treaty by which, Spain being
Unidentified, the political and commercial indepen.
dence of Cuba should be recognized and guaranteed
This solution, the one most - conformity with the
general interests and the preservation OF peace,
would have been also the one most worthy of all
the lights of philosophical and moral progress Of
which our proud epoch boasts.
The uueStOn bcin1 ulaced on that ground and with