The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-08-22

..6eeeyy,up uatrossD and the anxiety TO muster de-
AN ,nd,s,nmnate lsyishness OF patronage which has
raised IN win IN the army while u has lowered Its
tone People have been distracted OF late by alarms
shont Carst disturbances the detection OF garrisons
the mutlnous bearing OF me artillery and engineer
| wsaKness equally battles the efforts OF the opposl-
l ton. II is The complete apathy and supneness OF
she nation IN Spain that gives the army all It's as
NaoYatlon whatever on thar point 1t has only er
~ vd The substitution OF Prm for 0'Donnen or
" aez For SIC SAKE OF peace, II Is desirable that
,N%oe 'er has power HsQdld retain II. But Prin's
polcy ueer diniculties cannot be SAID greatly 10
dter ir Ni that OF tn, Marshas, his predecessor.
Like them, ne shoots, I'e TRANSPORTS ne goes back
10 The most murderous edicts OF 1921 for sum.
s-eali, strlngent maTslaI law. IN Other respects
IL wou.. .Nxionlzed Spain either ia
in advance made by revo,. II government. And
the theory or in the practice Prlm's govern
yet improvideut and helpless as al fne best
nent may be- 1t can safely be proclaim, stances:
thai SPAN could have under present cifSn Nv sc M
anu ,s M nf rectipa ali it's energies to domestic
organization and REFORM undisturpeu " 1nyarn.
Of t best Toops py sending them on distan'
EXP dihons drain its resources LOT al ., ne de
struggle with kinired race anu rn or ZOO The
cam raise It's members 10 level with che dn culties
on o' the oSner hand there is in Cuba e. insurrec-
| ton which could never rely ON ITS lwn strength
l either for q successful or even 4 sustained.
eiSnrf An island Intended by maj are for an Edey +,
enrnea by civil strife into held Of blood mas beco ne
the rendezvous OF adventures Interested not IN the
Of in is ndss rSS anohs
| the ilibusters CUBA wcdld have lain forever in
its helpless prSytratlsh; With the he. h',ousters
tner viii it ey er oe brought back to That state
of quiescence which is necessary for Its prosperity
time and re- lson ought to have brought about the
solution are cut by the sword OF party warfare
uneXamp led for its ruhlessness IN. the annals OF
mankin1,. The slaves, whom PROV ident law ought
prepare for gradual emancipation, are reused into
my Which e season. own aS w Of t6s
EXPLOITS OF Cespedes, Quesada 9nd Jordan, and Cuba
viii cease to be an apple OF discord either for her
own people or for aliens; and II admitted into the
American Union, 1t viii tYse rank with some OF
those ravaged Southern States whose restoration to
4 something like their former existence constitutes
| the great problem OF American policy.
| Under such circumstances we need not wonder
that Prim should have listened to the first proposals
OF a bargain which, without compromising the honor
| OF SPAN, procured for her. besides relief from
heavy sacrifices, the gain OF considerable material
| advantages. Again and again, from their places In
the Cortes with that frankness which characterzes
some Of them, the present Spanish rulers have de-
clarcd, in the midst OF consciously silent Assembly,
that "fhe loss OF Cuba was but question OF time.
The most fanaticsl member Of the opposition is well
only temporarily crush but not permanently
= subdue, the rebelious spirit of the col
. siasm TO advise the continuance Of a conflict IN
which during the last eight months so many thou
OF Spain's scanty dollars have been wasted vain
Were the mother country to be quit of the colony
without the least compensation 4e Deufls for the
| happy radiance might well be sung In every church
, throughou5 the Peninsula But II large sum--say
only Gl5,O0)000 go 900 000s to be got into the
bargain, II Cuba, which Is SO much worse than use
less is to supply Spain with the means OF confronting
her most urgent financial difficulties, and TO enable
her to live from day to day till government can bt
installed capable Of giving her resources fun de
| velopment, the Spaniards cannot be too thankful
dealt to mat long suffering nation this severing
one OF the last links which bound IL to the destnies
OF its transatlantic possessions would have done il
| come deverance The last French campaign IL
herico ought TO hare made 81 manifest that Mert
Is neither honor nor Droft 10 gain FOR the Polrer.
or the old Continent on Dtedditn1 tcith the AFFAIR
| Of the Ne,r. Those who have no open accounts
| there had better try no new ventures, and those
| who have ought to deem themselves fortunate II
J | allowed 10 wind them up on the first opportunity.