The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-06-13

OUT garments and the faded regalia of the party.
The Escape or the Cuban Fuibustcrs-
Progress 81 the Insarrcction.
we have heard 90 repeatedly from the
Spanish authorities and Spanish svmpathizers
that the instruction in Cuba had been trampled
out that the information Of three important ex-
petitions being atpresent en- route for Cuba will
be received with something like ACCOMPLISHMENT
by the people In the face of all these rumors
SO industriously circulated In the Spanisb
interest we have read from time to time Of
fresh relays of Spanish troops arriving in
Cuba, and the query has Professionally arisen if
there is no instruction, and the insurgent
leaders are continually surrendering what can
the Captain General want with these troops
The answer is very simple. The instruction
: of the patriotic Cubans has not been put
down. and the trouble really is that Spain
> cannot, in her present embarrassed con-
dition, spare 1.-THE of the troops
wanted in Cuba. How far, if at all, the
discussions in Spain have been fomented by
the patriotic Cubans we cannot say, but it is
pretty evident that they are at present taking
active advantage Of them. The various fili-
clustering expeditions sent in times gone by
from ports of this country against Spanish
dominion in Cuba were more or less failures,
from the fact that the well-meaning leaders
deputed good deal to noisy adventures, and,
between both, the necessities of strict secrecy
and despatch were impossible. Gaining ex-
perience from these disasters to their cause,
and with no encouragement OF heart, the
wealthy Cuban sympathizers set a movement
on foot whereby the conduct of expeditions
was placed in the hands of earnest, respon-
|sible men, above suspicion in every walk
|of life. From that time forward their
cause has prospered. With abundance
|of wealth at their back, and honesty
and determination to administer it, the
Cuban cause stands, probably, nearer to the
goal of success than ever in the history of the
present movement. 1t is no small tribute to-
the capacity of the Cuban managers that they
have been enabled to elude the prying not
only of Spanish spies, but also of American
officials who, under the orders of the State
Department exercise all possible vigilance to
prevent the sailing Of expeditions, bearing men
and matfriel for warlike use against Spain
Notwithstanding all the precautions it would
appear that three steamers have escaped,
well furnished with arms, ammunition and
the much-needed medical stores, and with
a probable total Of three hundred picked
men, all Of whom have seen fighting
service, and most of whom are fitted
for various grades Of command. Should
these three expeditions safely land in Cuba
it may safely be predicted that cruel old Spain
will find q bitter, stubborn fight before her.
Spanish arrogance and insolence are express
sions the world over which convey the idea of
humbled pride endeavoring to sustain its pre-
tensions by every means within the scope of
Misrepresentation pride which is never
happy except in exhibiting to the weak the
which Spain inherited from
the Cloths and had ingrained upon it by the
Moors. In combating such Power, whose
continual decline in Europe has been revengedI
upon it's colonies by repression and extortion
in the shape of grinding taxation, it is not
astonishing that the free American people
should sympathize with the Cubans. OurI
government finds itself tied by international
law on one hand-and certainly the Spaniards
cannot complain of any loosening of the knot
SO far as the Secretary of State is concerned
but the immense mass of the people are at
heart on the side Of the patriotic Cubans in
arms to pull down the flag of Spain from above
the fair Queen of the Antilles