The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-04-03

island Is not for sale. The second proposes TO
make It as repulsive as Hayti, conquered by
war. Abolition touches the vulnerable point.
II Is the arrow in the heel of Achilles. Abolish
slavery in Cuba and what can we DO with IL!
| The South will not consent to the annexation
| Of free negro rendezvous for their fugitive
slaves nor will the North consent that slavery |
shall be there re-establshed. Or what Will
avail its restoration with the existing 100000 |
slaves turned free, in addition to the 2O0,0OO
! fee blacks now in the island? What would
Cuba be worth, as free gift to the South, with
a population, to begin with, of 100000 free
negroes, against an aggregate of 100000
whites, such as they areg
We have had the cry Of 'wolf," "won," so
| long and so often from the Cabinet organ at
Washington, that it has ceased to excite any
further alarm than the boy in the fable But
here we have the wolf himself before us. The
| Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs says his
government "has finally decided" to put an
end to the institution Of slavery in Cuba.
| Meantime the warlike defences Of the island
against insurrectionists and flibusteros are to
| DC blTeuKbu6ucu, uuu Suoo ~ INV w ~ S~A~~'
| II would be .sthe sale of the national honor"
These are the temporary safeguards. The per-
manent guarantee against any future invasions
or designs from the United States 10 this policy
Of Africanization, upon which the Corses have
"fnally decided"
The question then recurs, with redoubled
force, "what is to be donef" How are we to
prevent the fulflment Of this scheme of Afri-
canization, upon which the abolition aristo-
cracy of England and their affiliated traitors Of
the North rely so strongly for sapping the in
tegrity of the domestic institutions Of the
South, and the peace of this Union? We see
no other alternative of safety than an extra
session of Congress, and the recommendation OF
sach o line of action to the two houses, as will
if adopted, bring Spain and her protectors,
England and France, to an immediate settle
ment As we have urged again and again, We
now repeat, that we may dictate to Spain aid
her allies our own terms Of a permanent adjust
ment; whereas, by postponement, even till
next December, the game may be lost.
For rs or against US, the present crisis, from
all appearances on both sides of the Atlantic,
determines the manifest destiny" Of Cuba.
Will the administration be content with the
poor expedient Of sending Mr.. Dodge to Madrid?
Let them rather make clean breast of it, con.
fess their sins and their imbecility, admit the
danger, and, urging the necessity Of action,
throw themselves upon the mercy and the pa
triotism Of a new Congress, fresh from the peo-
pie. Let Mr.. Pierce call an extra session, lay
his case before it like q man, and abide the
result. What has he to lose?
Mr.. S0ULEs History OF HIS MISSION TO SPAIN.
The art of diplomacy seems of late to have
entirely changed its character. Secresy is no
longer looked upon as one of it's indispensable
conditions. There was time when nothing
short Of ministerial permission would have I'M
loosed government officials tongue. Now
we find members Of the same Cabinet, diplo-
matists of the same legation and generals Of the
same army rushing into the tribune or into print
to assert their Individual independence of OPT
MON and action. We have recently had some
curious illustrations Of this fact in the deser-
ton Of his colleagues by Lord John Russell,
the denunciation Of the late head of the English
Board of Admiralty by Sir Charles Napier, the
exposure Of Lord Raglan's blunders by his own
generals, and the bitter castigation Of Louis
Napoleon's grand political mistake-the Cri-
mean expedition-by, if report speaks true, his
own cousin and heir
Alter these notable examples we are not sur
prised to learn that Mr.. Soule is preparing
history of his mission to the Court of Spain,
with o full exposure Of all the secret wire-pull-
iDgs at Washington, by which his efforts for
satisfactory adjustment of the Cuban question
were crossed and thwarted, together with
the various interesting and spicy cpl
sodes, in the shape of court intrigues,
court amusements, court INVESTIGATIONS and
of modern diplomatic missions was diversified.
Judging by the ability, hveliness Of imagina-
ton and caustcity displayed in Mr.. Soule's
official correspondence, we anticipate prodi-
gious success for his book 1t will be read by
every one in the two hemispheres who takes
the slightest interest in European politics. No
man-not even excepting Louis Napoleon or
the late Emperor Nicholas-has been more
talked about, more written about, more villifed,
or perhaps more misunderstood, than Mr.. Soule.
Such, at oil events, is his own impression, and
he is justified in endeavoring to set himself
right with the world, the more particularly as
the executive at Washington does not seem
over anxious to aid him in the effort.
As business speculation, we do not know
anything more profitable to which Mr.. Soale
could at present turn his hand His book will
prove perfect mine of gold to him. With
such card to play, he could well afford to
despise the salary of Ambassador to Spain, even
with it's prospective increase, accompanied as