The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-03-26


Provisions were without chnase Of nOmsDt RICE
continued quite firm, with pretty froe sale. To-
eludirg some hss purchased on Southern account
Our spanish Relssxons-souis's R.turp-
sreaa Sensation at Madrid and washIagtsa
--somcthing I'm the Wind.
Our telegraphic dispatches to- day, from
Washington and Philadelphia, In reference 70
the runored reconstruction Of the Cabinet and
our diplomatic corps. are very curious, and
The debate, on the other hand, in the Cortes at
Madrid on our Cuban imbroglio, which we have
also transferred to these columns, shows very
conclnsive.y that the Spanish Minister OF For
eign Affairs, Senior Luzuriaga, is apprehensive
of some impending danger from the indignant
return o. Mr.. Soule to the United States, and
has all at once become extremely amiable and
conciliatory. Who has given him his cue7
The English embassy, perhaps, or Monsieur de
Turget.
We refer our readers to his remarks in the
Cortes. A more peacefully inclined gentleman
cannot be found at this time in any European
cabinet outside Of Prussia. And this is the
even listen to the demands of Mr.. Soule for q
liquidation of our outstanding accounts! Now,
however, Senior LuEuriaga pleads for an armis-
tice-pleads for peace, and protests that Spain
is not at all disposed to chatter upon the indem-
nifty in the Black Warrior and other cases, but
volunteers to foot the bill of costs with her
characteristic magnanimity. All this is very
fine; though it simply amounts to nothing but
a confession that Senior Luzuriaga is very much
frightened in view of the peculiar acts, facts,
and circumstances resulting in the final depar-
ture of Mr.. Sonle from Spain
In this speech Of the Spanish Premier we
have also the origin of that false report in the
Washington Union, that there had been set
Element Of the Black Warrior case. This speech
shows that this reported settlement amounts to
the single declaration that Spain at last is
gracicusly disposed to proceed to considera-
ton Of the subject. Senior Luzuriaga doubt
less, desired to anticipate the warlike reaction
which he apprehended would follow the arrival
back on these shores of Mr.. Soule. This appre-
hension was very natural, after the cavalier
treatment which our Minister suffered during
his official residence at Madrid, and the cool
hauteur and contemptuous indifference with
which all his approaches for specific negotia-
tons were set aside. But, quick as Senior Luz
zuriaga has been to protest his amiable incli-
nations, it is very likely that his protestations
have come too late for the desired purpose.
What does Spain want? She wants an ar
mistice-she wants time. She wants to hold
us On the Cancellation and pacific tack until her
protectors, England and France, are relieved
of Russia. Then she will wheel about, and pro.
test that she owes us nothing, will concede
nothing; and that che deilcs us and dares us to
interfere with her internal or external regula-
tions for the island of Cuba. This is what we
may expect, If our administration shall prove
to be credulous and green enough to swallow
the sugar-cOated promises of Senior Luzuriaga.
But the sensation here which it was ex-
pected would follow the return of our Minis
ter, has come. The publication of his official
correspondence is producing prodigious re-
action, not only against the further continu-
apce of milk and water policy like that of
Marcy, but decidedly against the Marcy Ca.
binet, and in favor OF q new one, upon the de-
cisive platform of the Aix-la Chspelle NANTES.
to. Hence these reports from Washington and
Philadelphia of a projected early re.construc.
tion OF the Cabinet and our diplomatic corps
Soule, meantime, can afford to keep quiet yet
for season, while his correspondence is
working so strongly i'll his favor.
II there were any reliance to be placed upon
the plans and purposes OF Mr. Pierce from one
day to another, we should feel bold to say that,
from present appearances, Indications facts
and rnmors, there viii be a new Cabinet, on the
AiS.la. Chapelle policy, and a corresponding re-
organization Of our diplomatic representatives
to the Western European Powers before the
first of July. Nay more, we should feel pretty
sanguine OF an extra session OF Congress and
of such recommendations to both houses, con-
corning our affairs with Spain, as would fully
carry out the recent bold and emphatic sugges-
tions Of the Washington Union. II these sug-
eestions were intended TO feel the public pulse
We suspect that even Mr.. Pierce is COW inced
that action, and decisive action. is the very
thing desired by an overwhelming majority Of
all sections, classes and par tics of the Amcri
can people. Why then hesitate, and delay, and
preyaricate any longer? Why throw the golden
opportunity away?
We feel entirely convinced we have not the
shadow Of doubt--that some such new Cabinet
az that laid down at Philadelphia, fol-
lowed up by the coll of an extra session
Of Congress, and the recommendations we
have indicated, would speedily re-establish
our forlorn President upon broader
stronger and more consistent popular support
than that which he has lost. As matters now
stand his case is most desperate, and requires
the boldest treatment to save the patient
Poultices and paliiatiyes, soothing syrups and