New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-03-07

clothed with the functions Of an American
Plenipotentisry, and advancing this imPudeus
proposition, was not summarily elected, after the
exceeding distlste that Spain hsd manifested for
the alienation OF Cuba under any circumstances,
must be set down to the very great good nature
Of the Spanish Government. If q man calls upon
you in your parlor, and insists upon having your
chandelier or your carpet, because be lie highly
pleased with the pattern Of those articles, it
would seem to be quite enough for you to tell him
that you decline the transaction II he persists,
you have nothing to do but to kick him out.
Mr.. Soule pressed for what be wanted in every
conceivable way, bot Spain very obdurately de-
clined TO be robbed. At length orr very charm
ing highway diplomat finding thai the Queen Of
the Antilles could not be obtained, either by cot
sawder or by holding pistol to the head OF her
keeper, sullenly turned away to be.hink himself
Of some other plan to accomplish his object. A!
bis instance. we presume-st any rate, while he
was obviously Illuminating over his baffled hopes
our Secretary of Foreign Affairs wrote him let
ter advising him to confer with the other men,
bers of our Diplomatic corps in Europe-Mr.
Mason aud Mr.. Buch.nan-for the purpose of
seeing what their joint labors might effect.
Neither Of these gentlemen having any pet job Of
piunder on hand, il seemed to be supposed they
would have no objection TO hitch teams with
Soue, and help him up the hill Of his difficulties.
Accordingly the three me. together at town in
Belgium called Ostend, and afterward st AK Ia
Cbspelein Prussia There they fraternize1, and
copcoc.ed the document which We publish in an
other part Of this mornings paper
This manifesto s ostentibly addressed to " VIM.
81. Marcy, Secretary Of State 1t is really ad-
dre,sed to the fears and cupidity Of the Spanish
Government 1t was written for the latitude and
longitude of MADRID, and carefully calculated for
the meridian of London and Paris. copy there
Of was unquestionsbly in SIR. SQule's pocket Fhen
Louis Nspoleons understrapper snubbed p 4 a:
Calais, and sent him back to London. This copy
we doubt not, was duly laid before the Spanish
Government, on Mr.. SOule's final return TO Madrid,
with every accessory of diplomatic and dramatic
effect which that eminent artist could summon to
his service. Mr.. Buchanan, of course, took an-
other copy with him to lay before her Britannia
Msje.ty's Ministers in London. Mr.. Mason, with
out doubt, likewise took transcript of this pOr-
tentous missile, and held it up to the startled
gaze Of the modern Napoleon. Thus was brought
up to a proper elevation, loaded aud discharged
this diplomatic lancaster gun of the illustrious
triumvrste, its balls whistling and rafting about
the heads Of three principal European Courts
while our Administration at home was diligently
engaged in repudating the whole business. How
the affair was treated by the Government under
the secrecy of it's diplomat. seal, may be seen by
Secretary Marcy's reply TO the Os!end Manifesto
which reached us by telegraph last night, and is
printed herewith.
The reasons set forth by Messrs. Buchanan,
Mason and SOule, for proceeding, in case Spain
refuses to sell Cuba to wrest the Island from
her by force, are those which would justify any
act Of national robbery whatever. These gentle
men more than intimate that the possession of
Cuba by Spain endsngers our Cherished
Union" Yes the Union 10 in danger be-
cause Spain holds Cuba We did think the
DisuDien buebear was intended wholly for
home consumption, but it seems not. 1t is, like
Brandreth's Pills or Townsend's Srsapsrills,
alike useful in every extemporized political dis
order. We know that if We want Wimot Pro
v,o, we cannot have it, because it would endan-
ger the Union; that if We refuse to set blood
hounds on the track of flying negro, We are en-
dangeriDg the Union; that if We oppose the fur
ther spread Of Slavery we are endangering the
Union; that if we do not stop discussing the sub
ject of African bondage and doing forty other
things, we endanger the Union; but, till now,
We did not know, nor did we dream, that If Spain
would not let US have Cuba, the Union was
to be dissolved. But 90 il 10.
If Spainwill not cell Us Cuba, we must steal it In
order to preserve our national existence Such
is the proposition Of these diplomatic saees; and
We confess that, in all our experience of political
absurdtles, We recall nothing equal to it, We
trust the renowned Soule, the only one of the
sheared triad who has got home from his search
for wool, will lose DO time in ascending the ros-
trum and demonstrating the position that the
Union is in danger if we do not get Cuba. Let
US know, we pray, who will dissolve the Union
If We don Z get Cuba; who threatens to dissolve
the Union five don get Cuba; and also on what
day the Union will be dissolved if we do no. get
Cuba. We are all impotence to know in what
quarter of the heavens the impending danger
hovers and when We may expect it to burst
on our devoted heads. And while the hon.
orable Mr.. Soule 10 about this duty, We
also beg him to explain the grave inconsistency
in which he has been involved by this manifesto.
Before be went to Spain he declared in one pub
lie speech, if not in two or three, that Spain
would not sell Cuba, and that ii was idle for US