New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-01-21
TIE SCHEME TO GET CCBA.
Cere,yob4ero. Of TIE N Y. Tribune.

t@nsloiy resolved themselves theih' elves into
Committee of Ways and Means or The oue.tiou Of
Cubs. Some propose to buy it, some To get il IN
der false pretenses some 20 se IT under the Mani
fest Destiny dodge, some steal it in mean wsy.
and some TO take it bold ~. highwayman fashion.
These various mel .nods will each have their ad-
Socstes in the Dis cussions already commenced in
Congress. TIE sovereign people can be consider.
ing the EsrJus points here presented for themselves
while the discussions progress. 1t is hardly worth
whe for them to wait TO read the speeches thereon
p,ey Will be variations of the same tune, a tune
that may be fairly denominated the political Rogue
March.
Ii may be a relief for the public TO understand dis
tincty in advance that this Cuba demonstration "a
not real, but is merely political movement set on
foot for double object. The first is 10 attempt TO
embarrass the Republican party in the Free States
and the second is 10 concliate the ilbuserlng ele
meut. wounded by assaults on Walker and his pl-
ratical cOnfederates.
The Sham Democracy, it ia well known, is in
straits in the Free States. The party Is broken
aud demoralized. If something ls not done TO ar
rest Its dsntegratOn, ii Is plainly to De- seen that
il will be utterly past recovery everywhere win
this view pressing upon them, the leaders have
held solemn cOnclaye here 10 decide what shall
be done. The result is the sprnglng of the Cuba
que stion upon the country Ia It's present form. 1t
is not done with view of obtaining Cuba. Ii Il
not because there is the least chance OF obtaining
Cuba now or at any fixed period in the future;
for every public man of intelligence sees and
knows that, in the present temper OF SPAN, and IN
the existing attitude of other great European pow
ers there is no present hope of the acquisition oi
that island The real object of springing the ques-
ton is to start public discussion that may IN It's
various ramfcations and bearings, by some posi-
bility somewhere or al some time, embarrass the
Republican party The chance is small, but it is
deemed better than none. We cannot say that the
attempt should be unguali6edly condemned Some
reasonable consideration is due to the schlsmatlc
and failing condition of the Democratic party.
There is an evident necessity for it TO do some.
thing TO save itself Suppose we admit, then, that
1t may as vel deMasOgue Oh NuOa DIS VA any
thing else.
There is another consideration that prompts to
the movement which is partly political and partly
personal The fhbuster element Is Just now al
odds with the Administration This comes about
after tbs wise Everybody remembers the Ostend
Manifesto of that famous diplomatic trio, Messrs.
Sonic. Mason and Buchanan. Everybody does not
know how it was brought about. Soule was
the father of the movement. lie devised the
scheme of the conference, got up the meeting, and
wrote the manifesto. Mr.. Buchanan's natural re-
pugnance was conquered by the manipulations OF
the willy Frenchman. His magnetic force and basil
lisk eye did the business for the face Pennsylyan-
IAN But, as Mr.. Buchanan was moved by Pren-
dental considerations, it did not answer bis pur-
poses for Mr. SOule TO be understood TO be the au-
thor of the manifesto. Mr.. Buchanan accordingly
re-wrote it, and il exists to-day both in its original
and i'm its copied form, the difference between the
two beng-nOt much
Dir. buchanan repented him and reapsed shorty
after or at least he declined to coincide Win inc
ardent and fantastic views of the real author OF Tue
movement and to cooperate with nm, under MS
lead, in his QuiIotic scheme to seize upon Cuoa
while France and England had their hands full IN
the Crimea. Thence arose, first GOODNESS, ana
then hostility Mr.. Buchanan became President,
Turned Soule aud his Ostend doctrines adrlft, and
reapsed into his normal condition Of antihlbuster-
ism He has been harrassed by Scue with his yarl-
Gus flibusteriDg enterprises, from that day 10 tbs
For Mr.. SOule is the real man who stands behind
Mr. William Walker and furnishes the brains that
sustain all the astonishing achievements of that de-
predator and creates such CONSERVATION in the
columns Of The Washington Union and in iiumbug
dom generally lest the French and English and
American fleets in the seas of Central America
should all be insufficient TO withstand the titanic
shock threatened by few dozen ragamuflins
launched upon that country from the Bay OF Mobile
and the contiguous waters OF the Gull
But there is something more. MIR. Soule is the
II.
and he wants the latter's place III the Senate. To
be sure there are other candidates for it, Mr.. Sand
ige,among them. But Mr.. Soule has his own aims;
and he H. of all others, the man to believe that
thing can be done which all the rest of the world
knows cannot be done. Mr.. SOule Is man of
sensations and surprises. He fiatters himself that
10 man can play the loon better than he, who,
while he dives direction disappOlnts the OBJ
server by coming up in another. Mr.. Shdel rec0g-
nizes the position OF things, and wishes 10 cOnci
ate the flibustering element for his own purposes.
While his hand was not seen, he was yet prfncl-
pal mover in the getting up of the Senatorial eau
Gus on Saturday night last, AT which the Cuba
movement finally determined ON as party
measure.
At this point may be observed another phase ol
the personal bearings Of this transaction. Mr..
Douglas was present The Mr.. Douglas, who
was so heartily welcomed and lonzed by Mr..
Soule and his friends, few weeks ago, at New
Orleans. The Mr.. Douglas who, few days ago,
entered the Senate and upon whom, at the time,
Messrs. Sidell and Benjamin resoutely, and
almost Extensively, turned their backs, while he
WAS receiving the congratulations Of his friends.
This same MIR. Douglas entered Nr. Slidell aud
Mr.. Buchanan's caucus, and outfllibustered them
BY proposing to get up another Black Warrior
affair, and make it pretext for seiziDg Cuba, in
wardly grinning defiance 10 them Ia outfllibuster
that delightful proposition If they could.
Such, in brief, are the political and personal
reasons for presenting the Cuba question in it,
present FORM 1t is not expected, or at least it is
not possible, TO drive the project TO vote at this
session Ii is the short session, and but little time
is left TO mature ard pass the appropriation bills,
and this gives the Republicans the control of the
question. But the subject viii be got ready for it's
fullest spread at the next, provided the majority
like the looks Of the discussion and the drift Of
events.
OF course, those who have contriyed this notable
rra..n1 n ~. yot,s 70 noun 80.