The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-03-28

Oh the deatn Oh tbe Denigerent Nlcnoias-n0
prospect, no symptoms Of peace. On the con-
trary, the cause of Russia transferred from
the late Emperor to his son, has become
doubly conseerated in the heart Of Alexan-
der, and his first manifesto substantially
proclaims the fact TO the world. The war
will still be prosecuted by Russia, and per-
baps with pew impalse of energy, unity
and activity, under the auspices Of the new
Emperor. At all events, the sagacious Louis
Napoleon, acting upon this conjecture, is
making his preparations for desperate, pro-
tracted and Napoleonic struggle. England is
bewildered; the peace conferences at Vienna
are contounded; all Europe shares in the ap-
prebension of q long and general war.
We are neutral-this Eastern quarrel is no
affair Of ours; with regard to the destiny Of
Turkey and The European "balance of power"
orr policy is non,intervention; but there is
"another balance Of power" which it be-
hooves the government at Washington, of all
things, to keep in view at this crisis. The Par
liamentary declaration of Lord Clarendon
comprehends the most "happy accord " be-
tween England and France, in reference
not only to the Old World, but to this Western
hemisphere. Their alliance and their policy
are to secure their own ascendancy-m military,
naval and commercial--in all quarters of the
globe. In this comprehensive view, the pos
session or control of the island of Cuba is as
essential to their balance of power'' in the
West as is the right Of way by the city Of Con-
stantinople to their ascendancy in the East.
II Sebastopol and Constantinople be the lock
and key to the Black Sea and the Mediterra-
mean, Havana and Cuba hold the same relation
to the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean
Straits. Nor is it less consistent with the
"happy accord" Of the Western Powers to put
check upon the territorial and maritime ex-
pansion of republican America on the one side,
than it is to arrest the advancing strides of
despotic Russia on the other.
It will not be disputed that England is jes-
lous of the growing commercial supremacy of
the United States; it is manifest that she ia
ambitious to retain her boosted dominion of
the seas, whatever else she may sacrifice. It
were absurd to suppose that her benevolent
solicitude concerning the island Of Cuba rests
upon any other ground. Just in proportion
to the maritime strength which the pos
session of the island would secure to
us is England opposed to its severance
from the crown Of Spain. Louis Napoleon
is also ambitious. His colonial government
in the Pacific ocean; his diplomacy at Domi-
MICA; his "happy accord" with the policy OF
EDglsnd, East and West, very forcibly indicate
his desire and his purpose to share with her the
ocean and some of the convenient corners,
loose islands, and waste places of the earth.
England, in happy accord" with this idea, has
identified his policy with her own in regard to
the balance Of power in both hemispheres.
The two Powers, in this relation, stand as
the guardians and protectors Of Spain. Under
this protection Spain has become very insolent
of late, and from the outrages inflicted from
day to day upon our citizens, public officers
and commerce, by the authorities Of her favo-
rite colony and her vessels of war, her sove-
reignty and regulations over Cuba have be-
come to us little better than an insufferable
nuisance. The correspondence Of Soules mis-
sion TO Madrid aflurds neither relief nor hope
Of relief Spain refuses to Fell; it would be
the sale Of the national honor p she refuses to
modify the local laws Of the island; she refuses
to listen to overtures of commercial recipro-
city, and she has had neither the time nor the
inclination to settle our outstanding balances
against her. The creoles Of Cuba conspire for
a revolution, but they are discovered and put
down. The flibusteros within our own shores
conspire for liberation; but they are detected
and dispersed. Spain is secure in her colony,
for with the rumors of instruction and inya-
sion, the fleets Of England and France voua-
teer for her deliverance This is but a fore
taste Of Lord Clarendons happy accord"
Since the return Of Mr.. SoulG, the Spanish
Premier, Signor Luzuriaga, has signifed the
generous readiness of his government to eater
into negotiations for the settlement Of the Black
Warrior outrage; and the Washington organ
of the administration jumps at this declaration
and proclaims it an adjustment. The protec.
torate Of England and France frightened our
imbecile administration. 1t would punish Spain;
it would Insist, peace or war, upon general
settlement; it would have Cuba at all risks:
but it is afraid and has been afraid of any risk,
on account Of England and France. If they
were not in the way, the firing into the Ell
Dorado, we suspect, would have been followed
by the bombardment Of Havana; for it would
have been as easy and quite as popular as the
burning of Grey town. In fact, the Ostend
policy itsclf, for all that we know, would have
been adopted by our warlike President but for
the inconyenient protectorate of England and
France, and that terrible Nebraska bill
We bave had enough Of this. Now what is
to be done? Does the administration think to
escape the judgment of the American people
by simply accepting the offer of Senior Luzu-
Iiaga to negotiate upon the Black Warrior
casey IL will not do The dodge is