New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-02-21

has rg 10 be heard, sDt ngdt To Jck oct s0une-
What on ilif oOutiB,ut. That would be far. Bat II
sic wanted Cuba vorli take il; sbd in ny j1jg-
meL:, We could rot stop her, especially il she were
backed by FIsnce. LOos at vhs; sic done in the
Crime N war which If just past; more d.struc
tive th.n huy other on account OF the improved stste
OF firearms, and the vtst additions maLe by ne. In
veLrops to destructive implements Of every sort;
var such you read Of neither in fable nor In history
The tabled Of the gods, when Tie mountains were
uphsved and The trees torn up their roots
tons description oftle battle with the fallen angels,
does rot equsl grandeur aud greatness and every
thug that IeItalIs htiog Of Ba!akl.ya AID Ink
eIlnsp, and the taking Of Scvs6;opol
DO these crest e,hievements seem 70 stop her
Not at al After that unfortunate charge Of Ca-ti-
gsrs turposeo she had hardly eiciett horse left;
bot she coLcnded, since that time that she must 90
over into Persia. and box her i4ss notwithstanding
the Example OF the c1aster Of Cartgans guard, the
Er csh made charge against Ten Thousand Persans,
on the plain Of Teherer, compscted and 6Ied the
best way they could be for fighting. They stood their
ground for battle but the Eogish troops came up
i suppose the Scotch Greys that charged Ma
poleon artillery at Waterloo in three colo c1oi
form, ard with but one foriorn man, Lieutenant, 70
break the rank. They charged down upon those ten
thoussnd men. Two Of the leu.enan's cut down,
ond the third killed, from the fact that his
horse csrsened and he lost his swordarm before he
plunged him on the bayonets; but all three columns
made road through the enemy, and they fell before
item Ike ribe-pins. They formed and reohsrzei
through again; and, compared with the nGmber
gagged in that battle there not in tSenty minutes,
many Persans left to tell the tale, as there we're
GreciaDs left by Leonidss st the Straits Of Thermo
pylg. THAI il the sort of Fl lhtsDg they do. Ours is
done with MeXioaps ard IudiaLs.
What else has England done' She has made
China come into her measures. The fact that there
was a vast rebellion in her provinces in the East did
not check her at ell. General HaTdnge, who WAS to
have been made peer, and glorious old Christian
commander he was, ia series Of one hundred splendid
engagements subjUgsted p see after place. until he
eventually died. HIS SUCCESSOR SIR Colin Campbell,
ahead with equal spirit aud Al
strength. The provinces will al be brought in, ard
they viii be made to pay the expenses OF the fight
pre- vention to satisfy herself Eas land will
few other provinces. There Is where her ambition
il; there is where the prosperity Of her empire, in
great cegree, lee She has been going on in tts way
for tuIies, without the horrors OF a. home
upon Der shores, any fear of foreign invasion
and with only occasional civil outbreaks. OF her It
may be said that, for thousand years the temple OF
Janus has substantially never been closed. bloody
Odd bruiser, che has roaned around toe world lnsat
irg biow-bestirg, and whipping anybody and every
bCcy abe chose.
Her feet is give or six hundred ships ter eleven
times strong The fleet OF France il about
ten times large ours, ana suppose she would
join in such struggle just for the grandeur OF the
thing Suppose we get into a fight with them about
Cuba: how We to get men there ! and If we get
them there bow are We to s1ccor them with other men
ard with provisions VIII they not cut off all luter
course If the island vas given to us today, they
could come and take it. or starye us out unless the
climate killed them of; nothing but the yellow fever
would ever IL is absolutely point of weak
ress in NY estimation instead of pOiLt of strength.
Ger temen talk about it, being the key and comm ,nd
ing the Gulf of Mexico the queen OF the Antilles
GEN. ana bsrGly kn0 ~ what all. Al manner OF things
are saia. Why, Sir, does not every man know tnat
OUTSIDE OF the reefs Of Florida there passage enough
for vessels and that you cannot raise such wOIks OF
iortfcatiop there would interrupt the passage OF
yess.s 10 the cbannell So it is on the Cuba side,
where you 90 into tine Caribbean Sea. IL ia utterly
int SupUpep
there mt or ten 4gun ships before how long
do you suppose 1t would stand There are many points
the island where soldiers could be landed. England
keeps $4,000 men IN Canada as her regular compile
ment. She could run them down, and land IN Cubs
these regular soldiers trained in war. Your regular
French Iouaves, Bedouiu Arab fighters, could go
there; and what would be raw troops our green
troops, against them Our troops, of course, would
be Impoverished. We should be driven out OF the
leland, not because our peOpo are not brave and viii
irg to fight, but because we could not stand such
fighting.
Then, Instead of going on in this way, should like
to have some reflection and some thought bestowed
UPON tie subject. II we get Cuba, must certainly
hold it by foitifca ions; aud should Ike to send
Commission there to examine It, such "a we sent out
in the Crmean war to examine the Russian fortics-
.iOns ard the amamt nts OF the allied armies, and
would atd 10 that Commission the Senator from Mf-
sissippi Mr. Davis, for have more confidence 10 his
military ability than ic any man now in the united
States; and would also put on 1t the Senator from
Minnesota Mr. Shields. Let them go down and sur
vey Cuba a. a man would survey piece of lsnd be-
tore he bought it. Let them come back aud tell us
whether there is any CrOustsdt there, such as the
Russians have to defend st. Petersburg. Let them
tell whether there is place wneTe fOrthcatl0n
NAV be built such buit AZ SevastOpol under the
genius Of the immortal Todteben. Let them tell
Us whether there are any places for Redan and
Mamelon tower TO their nights in such grandeur
"a to be able 10 beat back English feet. would
wish to be satisfied on al these points, because when
we come to get i, l shoult suppose we want to
hold it.
Itpoke before Of our going in debt for four HUNDRED
years, to build the Pacific Railroad. l think that If
we should get into war on sccouh. OF CGos we
should be crippled that we should never get oot OF
debt. think l propose fair way OF trading.
man does not buy horse without looking ct it.
do not care for al the popular clamor down South
about buyIg Cubs. They do not know anything
about H. sou talk 70 the people in the SOdth about
it, and tel them what fire country 1t is they are
very wiling TO have IL; but our people have been 80
petied ard so spoiled upon this subject, agsin and
again surfeited, like great child whose appetite Is
vitated by sweetmeas, that they eternsly ~hin-
ing because their stomach IL not as big as their eyes
and they Cannot swallow everything they See.
IaughteGl. They ought 70 have somebody who is
wiling to tel them The truth. When you talk to them
about the acquisition Of Cobs they think il Is all rght
Men say, " Uncle Sam foOts the bill and VINO
knovs that there may not be wlndiali Tor hlmi
"ttat may not draw 8 ticket IN the lottery 90
"nCt know how Il will come cut" And 50 men go or
lust as an sdyelturer without kuowlng anything
about the popUstou hab pursuits, or character OF
thepeople. have heard man RAFT about Caoa, ara
If you landed HIM the Island he would be the most
lonesome poor creature 10 toe world. Imported AMI
can peeroes would palaver ami aober at him. and Sc
percihous Cubans would lock a. bin scoruiul'y and
walk around by him as turkey looks AZ soake IN .
Ialp lleugbteil and the very negroes, uLl'ss Ieu,
wouid not Wait on him. aud they Eonid not wali on
him for very substsnial resscn-they woui not
know what in the world he said, snd he would Lot
know what they sad.