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THE NEW-YOBK TRIBUNE. NEW -YOliK, TaUR-SDAY, a Y 23. California sail into tlie^XJnion ‘ solitary and alone/ asking no favors and defying all ene mies, rather than that she should he used to tow in or he towed in by anything else. This would induce us to vote steadily to separate her.Admission from every other question, had we a vote to give on the sub ject. But the question of her Adtuission in this way or another is one of form rather Crovernment of the Territories from Military to Civil would protract the period of their Territorial pupilage a number of yeans, is entirely gratuitous. On the contrary, tve believe New-Mexico would be sooner pre pared for Admission into the Union if a Territorial Government wove now accorded her. A n d any insinuation tfiat a regular Civil Government will afford to Slavery ad ditional facilities for making a lodgment in the .Territory is nothing less than a direct impeachment of the integrity of the Presi dent, by whom its Executive and Judicial functionaries without exception are to be nominated. ' As to the partisan aspects of this question, or of any such question, we have strong conviction that ‘He that would save his life shall lose it.’ The party which tries hardest . o 1 .L* 1 ^ • to makc capital out of these sectional sti’ug- tbem. we luvite careful attention to what i j -i • j x • i -n-i x i xi. i-i xu x , , ^ i 1 , : good than evil, securing advantage or incur- ' gles will lose most by them, while that party he :^as to offer on tins subject, and then to . . . X hazard for the cause of Freedom by the following comments: T • x- rv x- p x* _ 1 , • xT. -I ,• ! such organization. Questions of practica- I n order to determ ine the relative m e rits i r j x -i x i i. xxi j bility and of detail cannot always be settled GDhe Territorial 4 |ncstion 8 and the D i- verie P l a n s o f A^ljusimcut. \We have preferred to let the discussion in Congress of the questions connected with Slavery and' the Territories go on without ' much comment on our part, but that seems impossible. Our able Washington Corre- .pondent • J . S. P.' insirts aot only on can- ! i\altei-oposUrons'oon- p va, 8 ing them with pointed reference to our , her Admission may he esssn- otrn views,-but his letter herewith given tjalij objectionable. But voting apaujsJ her refers especially, if we understand its allu- ! -beoanse we could not 'shane the sions, to a private letter we recently wrote j him avowipg that wo could not perceive any ! such radical di&reuee between toe proposi- ; anybillorgauislngtheTerrito- tions severally known as but if defeated on that, it does not fol- Mr Clay's as would justify aU the agitation , thenceforth oppose m ,, and ercitemeut which were manufaotoed : Territories. That mu.^t or evinced in -Washington with regard to < ^ probability of doing more +Ht'iTvv \\/rv /»ov»iaTni Q •.r/iY>r.iAn t*A TTrraAT* i *• •' of two rival propositions, we must first de- ; termine what is absolutely and entirely ; right; and we understand J. S. P. to agree : with us that the right course with regard to ! the pending questions would be to ■ 1 . Admit California into the Union with ' her Anti-Slavery Constitution and her boun- ! Varies as she has defined them. ; 2. Organize the remaining country ac- ’ quired from Mexico into one or more Terri- ' tories, securiug 'them from any possible in- ' trusion of Slavery by the shield of the Wil- | mot Proviso. off-hand in a chimney corner five hundred miles from the Capitol, and they who de nounce their j^Kepresentatives in Congress frr doing what good they can, after vainly trying to do more, will be very apt to do them injustice. We cannot doubt that the long-threatened but at last realized irruption of the Texan officials into New-Mexico and the imminent peril thus created of subjugation or civil war, has materially changed the aspects of the general question, and rendered a prompt o'\ X 1 T 1 XT 1 V . i and thorough settlement of the question of . 5 . Declare and establish the boundaries > v x- i ttt x x - j w, . , X V • 1J Boundary essential. We are not .satisfied of IN ew-Mexico m such manner as to shield ^ *' her from the prg^nsions and encroachments ; with nods, nor winks, nor whispered assur- xxuz xx.x^...y aneesthat the matter shall be made right, of Texas without paying the latter any com- i , i i j xi • V. V ° 1 ■ r-r > hfinn.nsA wfi hn.vA had these assuranees tor pensation for her preposterous claim. [If j we give up to Texas ajqd Slavery all the ' some time, yet we see clearly that it isn/i “ “ xi- ' 11 “ 1 .1 ' right. That fatal order from the War De- eountry between the Nueces valley and the ^ ^ x x x n i ht x x • x r 1 in- n J X T--T-T_i i .,1 1 partment to Col. Mimroe not to interfere in lower Bio Grande, to which she had neither , n- • i. . « x-u at at • j ...I • xM XT rxt. AT I any collision between the New-Mexicans and hrie nor possession u n t J t e a r a , of f t . ^ ton wosted lUrom Mexico, we give heraU , ^ that she should have the face to claim and , ^ official reversS. W e know weU more than she is justly entitled to.] that Col. Munroe had no different orders up —±iere,tnen, we nave luuym view wnat , advices when Maj. Neighbi ought to be done, according to our judgment, , Mew-Mexico as the Commissioner and we presume that of J. S. P. If we had the power to do as we liked, there need which thinks most of doing right and least of making capital or preserving its unity will come out best. W q speak from general principles, and without having attempted to cast the horoscope of this particular question. Wew-ffHexico am i h e r l* c r il. The Evening Post, which never, within our recollection, has made one hearty, earn est effort to save New-Mexico from being subjugated to Slavery by surrendering her to the dominion of Texas, now asks: “ Of what use will it be to exempt New-Mexico, ther the eastern quarter of New-Mexico—for or rather the eastern quarter of that is the true statement of the jurisdiction of Texas, if we do not protect the invasion of Slavery ? While we are the question, Slavery is rooting itself in Ne , as The Tribune confesses, and settlei idebyplfl matter—^from tb lot protect it froi Slavery i w nu0 we a r e ----- ?^ery is rooting itself in Ne ibune confesses, and settleun madeby planters with their gangs of negroes, in tl from which, according to Mr. Websti Lve rigor lat the e: very region the laws of nature have ^ W e are not aware that the extension of the juris- is is any evil except so far as it is d settlements are of negroes, in the Qg to Mr. Webster, isly excluded them. be n© question as to the expediency of doing this or that other thing. Unhappily, how. ever, it is abundantly notorious that we have no such power. Gen. Cass, Mr. Dickinson,’ and even Mr. Webster, stand pledged not to vote for the Wilmot Proviso; and with three such States as Massachusetts, New-York and Michigan divided and neutralized on this question, in a Senate composed in equal numbers of the representatives of Free and Slave States, we are sure to be beaten there. diction of Texas is any evil except so far as it identical with the extension of Slavery.” The case will be just this, that if we leave New-Mexico to be absarbed by Texas she becomes instantly, inevitablyj by the mere fact of such absorption, a slaveholding re gion—slaveholding in every foot and every inch of her area this side of the Bio Grande, even up to the line of N. lat. 42 ^^—slavehold- ing by a fundamental provision of her State Constitution, over which New-Mexico her self would have no power, and upon which the united exertions of all her people can ! was in Mew-Mexico as the Commissioner of Texas, coaxing, flattering and bullying the People to submit to her jurisdiction, and Col. Munroe was not only looking quietly [ make no impression. Such extension of the on but he was proclaiming that, even in j domain of Texas will be virtually adding a case of an appeal to arms, he was under in- j new region as large as five New-England structions not to interfere. A pretty sort States, and now as Free, to the Slavehold- of Government that, and especially of MiUta- 1 ing area of our country. • ry Government! And now we are informed | Now if this region be absorbed by that the line of New-Mexico must strike j Texas, but erected into an independent terri- East from the Bio Grande at a point nearly tory of New Mexico, as its ancient bounda- +.WPY>‘h'0’ TYiilpc rtJinQ^A TTil T^ o c a 'haoQ 'naa “fh a v A la _ ______ _ _ f x . . . ____________ tt . ^ m ________ j._ twenty miles above El Paso because there is a slaveholding settlement almost as high „ , « . 1 1 1. C11 while we are fighting about this Southern Senators who do not want Stoery , ^ extended, and frankly say so, oamrt be ex- | assurances that peoted toYOtofor fte Promo of Ereedoni j j. Texas and Slavery are abeady working into New Mexico—^un der that very system of non-action, do you mind ? that is commended to us as'so much more preferable to Mr. Clay’s plan. We don’t see it. ‘ 0 ,’ says J. S. P. ‘ we can buy off the ‘ claim of Texas after the Omnibus bill shall ‘ have been defeated, and we will.’—Such assuranees are easily given, but we would when Northern Senators stigmatize it as britating, unnecessary and even unconstitu tional. That would not prevent our voting for it whenever we had a chance, but it is too clear that it cannot be carried through the present Senate. The Senate will not do as we wish it would; the House (we trust) will not do as our ad versaries would have it. The two branches confi:ont and counterbalance each other, and i rather have some old ones redeemed before thus the whole business is brought to a stand. In this dilemma, the President—a Southern man and slaveholder, but a fair and we believe impartial Executive—comes forward and proposes a medium course, which is not all we wish, but is far more distasteful to our antagonists. “ Let us,” says he in substance, “ admit California ex- ‘ actly as she is, and leave the Territories as * they are to await the progress of events, ‘ A s soon as they are ripe for it, we will ad- ‘ mit them as States, with such constitutions * as they shall see fit to form.” We consider this, in the actual state of things when it was submitted, a fair and just proposition. It ought to satisfy those who pretend-to doubt it that the President is truly National in Ms views and purposes, and that he does not and never did pervert the great power of Ms station to any section- ries, the prayers of its people, the Treaty with Mexico, and every consideration of jus tice and policy conspbe to dictate, even pro vided we cannot, as we would, apply the Wilmot Proviso thereto, we shall at all events gain this—^that whereas, with subjugation to Texas, Slavery Extension over New-Mex ico is certain, with Texas excluded and bar red out of that territory, it is at most but a remote possibility. Waddy Thompson, wri ting for slaveholders and endeavoring to reconcile them to the Compromise, asserts that Slavery never can go to New-Mexico, any how—rmeaning that Slaves can never be profitably worked there. That, however, is the fact with regard to Mr. Clingman’s we put much faith in new ones. At aU District in North Carolina, yet we see events tMs buying off, of wMch the neces- what a reckless Propagandist the position sity is thus admitted, is an interpolation on ; o f that District in the same State with a the President’s plan; and if J. S. P. may i region like seaboard Texas has made him. interpolate, why not Mr. Clay ? | Now is it possible that The'Post can see ‘But the passage of the Omnibus will not j no difference between the absolute, unequiv- settle the Slaveiy agitation.’—^You never j ocal, inexorable establishment of Slavery in said a truer tMng than that! Neither Mr. 1 New-Mexico by its absorption into Texas, Clay’s, the President’s, nor any other plan ! and its exposur-e to some faint possibility of can stop the Slavery agitation s© long as | such disaster by organizing it as an indepen- Slavery shall not merely exist but insist on ' dent Territory, even though we shall be un- ©xtending its dominion. With Cuban in- > able to apply the Proviso ? Can he be an vasions, Haytien conquests, and New-Mexi- ' honest, single-minded opponent of Slavery who can see no difference in the premises ? We invoke the judgment of the candid. The Post, with its usu?,l recklessness, pro ceeds ; can subjugations imminent, he must be green indeed who expects any abatement, even, of the Slavery excitement. On the contrary, it is morally certain to swell and spread till it overrides and overrules every thing else. If the South were as wise now as were its great Statesmen in 1787 , when they joined al purpose, certainly not to favor the Exten- j heartily in excluding Slavery forever from sion of Slavery. The earnest hostility of I -j;he Territory Northwest of the OMo, there the notorious Propagandists, to Ms plan is might be a lull in the tempest; hut the Euler a high eulogium on it and on Mm. We j of Nations would seem to have other designs, honor and thank Mm for proposing it and ' and they \vlll he accomplished. This Slave- for Ms general bearing throughout the ex- * ................ eitements and alarms of the Session. ; Mr. Clay has brought forward another, i more comprehensive, elaborate, less simple, ' but not radically hostile proposition. It | agrees with Gen. Taylor on the great ques tion of the instant and unqualified admis- | p . suspect he is right In tMs. If _ sion of CaUfomia into the Union with her ! Messrs. Clemens, Yulee, Mason, Sebastian, “ chosen Boundaries and her Anti-Slavery | &c. see fit to vote against it, it is dead of Constitution. It agrees with the President’s i course. Is it best, then, that we, who want also in the virtual negation of any express j to gee California admitted as promptly and proMbition of Slavery in the Territories. It decisively as possible, should make an on- differs from the President’s in proposing to ! giaught upon it in such manner as will tend substitute a Civil for the existing Military I to sour its friends against' us against our rule in Mexico and the region stretching | time of need? Shall we needlessly quarrel W e s t of it to the boundary of Cafrfornia.— ^ t h our own friends liom Kentucky, Dela- I t differs from the P resident’s in proposing | j^^yth CaroHna, &C. whose votes T to sMeld New-Mexico evermore from the | shall need and shall have for California any j While Northern men are c i^ng o u t‘Never pretensions and the efforts of Texas to sub- , t),jt whose cordial,zealous cooperation j surrender!’ the Territory is being stolen jugate her people and absorb the better por- , jjj ■j-jjg gjjal struggle is well worth at least i from us. The new Slaveholding Colony, tion of her temtory, wMle it proposes to pay • (jiyiiity ? It does seem to us that much of I wMch has just turned up on the Bio Grande Texas ------ millions of dollars in considera- . the present rancor against the Omnibus pro- j some miles above El Paso, has been made tion of the surrender of her pretensions to ' jg^t, evinced by those who are enraptured i there under thJ authority of Texas and by j with the President’s, is not wise for the j virtue of her claim to absorb New-Mexico. cause of Freedom. It may be well meant, ' I f we wait another year before settling the but we think it is often affected by personal i boundary, Texas and Slavery will, in the aspirations. Let the politicians profit by | natural course of things, be in possession a the example, of the People, and keep cool. * hundred miles further up, under this same There may yet be a demand for agitation and excitement, but when there is it will be impelled by something broader than the dif ference between the President’s plan and Mr. Clay’s. Any a!:‘;;unjpti«n that a ili.inge of tiie idr. Ulay’s plan, which professes to make a lexnent of the qttarrel respecting the terri- tea, and Gen. Taylor’s, which makes no settle- nt at all.” That is not so. We see many points of dif ference between the two, but they are not all in favor of the President’s plan. His is preferable with regard to California, while catching bill now pressed upon Congress vre do n’t like tbe waiver of the Proviso in will make a hundred Abolitionists oftener volved in either. But on the naked quos- than it catches one slave. But is there any tion of leaving New-Mexico as she is, with- use in throwing up rackets to warn the wil- out a civil organization and without protec- fuUy blind ? i tion against the encroachments of Texas, or ‘But the Omnibus can’t p ass/avers J. S. .organizing her with conclusive protection ITT . 1 !. !_ Tis i against Texas and even without the Proviso, we should decidedly prefer the latter. And as The Post, which helped elect Polk and Dickinson and tacitly supported the War in Mexico, sees fit to talk of “ apostacy,” we shall violate no courtesy in expressing our decided opinion that those professed Free Soilers who disagree with us on this point care a great deal more about making per- s«nal or party capital than they do about preventing the diffusion of Slavery. that territory. And it further proposes to abolish aind prohibit the Slave-Trade in the District of Columbia in consideration of an net giving to the South more effectual provi sions for the recovery of Slaves who have escaped or may escape into the Free States, as stipulated in the Federal Constitution. Mr. Clay’s plan is therefore in substantial accordance with the Presidents on some of the most important points; on some others the contrary. We dcciclodij prefer to see policy, and when we do settle the boundary, her ‘vested rights’ will contrive to get pro tected. It would’ be far easier, more profit able and every way agreeable to us to pursue the very couv.se The Post now takes, if we cf.nld do it without conscious trc.adiery to Freedom* We, too, could cry, ‘ No surren der.’ ‘The Proviso or Nothing!’ and the mass of our readers would shout Anien, and npver tMnlc nf blaming us for the loss of :Nev/-Mexico if it should thus be sacrificed td Slavery. But we better know our duty, aSfd not count the cost of doing it. There has been no moment in which we has-e postponed the preservation of Free Territory to anything else,- nor hesitated to subordinate any other‘question to that of the triumph of Freedom. Ai’Ctlc E3cpedltion-;-'rhe Search for Sir John Franklin. Tbe American Expedition in search of Sir .Tobn Franklin, tbe Arctic navigatox’, wiil sail to day. Thi^ expedition coiisistB of two vessels^ ranked in Navy nomenclature as brigantines; the Advance, 14-1 tuns, and the Rescue, 91 tuns. These vessels have been provided and fltted out by tbs generous munifi- cence of Henry Gi-innell, Esq. of this City, at an ex- pense to him of more than $30,000. The Govern ment has also donejnueh toward furnishing and di recting the affair. The Advance is two years old; the -Rescue is new. Both vessels have been putin the most complete order for the services in which they are engaged. Strengthened in every part, double- plank^,'protected from ice and cold, furnished,' with extra boats, spars, sails, &c. they are in every respect ready for the rigors and dangers of a Polar Winter. Mr. Grinnell has taken great care to fur nish the officers with all the references and author ities lhat could be had, either here or in Europe— all the charts, records of voyages, &c. Which have any hearing upon that 'part of the world, are on board. Appropriate clothing has been furnished in abundance for the men; and provisions of the beat kind, and of a character suited to the climate, suf ficient' for three years, are on board. The whole is under the comeftand of Lieut. Edwin S. De Haven, an enthusiastic and excellent officer of tbe XT. S. Navy. Lieut. De Haven has devoted much attention to that portion of the world whither he is bound, and has .the advantage of all that can he known of it, except by personal experience. W e believe the general course and operation of the ex pedition will be as follows: Proceeding direct to Baffin’s Bay, the ships will touch at Disco Island, a Danish whaling station, on the coast of Green- laiad, m lat. 70®, where fresh water will be taken on hoard; they then sail north-westerly into Lan caster Sound, and through Barrow’s Strait, with the intention of exploring an open sea which is supposed to exist between P arry’s Islands and the ” Pole, spreading westward toward Asia. If they get through Barrow’s Strait, and tbe ice will per mit, they will go up Wellington Channel, or if that be closed, westward to Cape Walker and around Melville Island. Should they not he able to get westward in this direction, they will return to Baf fin's Bay and attempt to penetrate at Jones’s or Smith’s Sounds—the latter is the extreme northern point of Baffin’s Bay, in lat. 79'=’. Should the ves sels get into this supposed sea, and advance west ward, they may, if deemed expedient, go into the Pacific through Behring’s Strait, where they will communicate with our Pacific or E ast India squad rons, which will have orders to render all needful information and assistance. This is the general plan of the expedition; but Lieut. DeHavenhas discretionary power to alter this in any way which he may deem most conducive to the success of the enterprise. W herever the vessels touch, the most rigid Bcxrutiny Will he made, to discover any - marks-. of Capt. ITranklin’s visit. If they fall in with any . British vessels engaged in the search, they will commnnicate with, and, if necessary, aid them. In case the vessels should not be able to get through Barrow’s Strait, it is probable that they will return to New-York to winter. They are expected to keep in company if convenient, but should the in terest of the enterprise or circumstances compel, they will part, previously agreeing upon a ren dezvous. The staunch vessels and their noble crews leave with the hearty good wishes of all. Lieut. De Haven bears letters to various British officers in the Arctic Seas, among them one from Lady Frank lin to her husband. The number of men on the two vessels is 36. The officers a re; Lt. Edwin S. Da Haven. Commanding. Polled MidiMpman S P. CXriffin,A.cUng Master. W m .H .M u rW g h , T. W. Brodhead, •’ •• B.R. Carter, Paised Arsiitant Surgeon. £ . K. Kane. Asiistani Surgeon, Benj. Vreeland, Midshipman, W . S. Luvell. Boatswain, H. Brooks.. . Lieut. De Haven commands on board the Ad vance, and Passed Midshipman Griffin on the Res cue. Dr. Kane will pay particular attention to- matters of Science, Natural History, Temperature, &c. hut these investigations are not to inter-* fere in any way with the legitimate purpose of the expedition. Unless the vessels are spoken off tbe Grand Banks, it is probable that nothing will be heard from them for several months, the only means of communication (by sea) being through English or Danish whaling ships. Should opportunity offer, letters will he sent overland by traders of the Hudson Bay Co. Whatever may be the result of this expedition, as connected with the fate of tiie gallant Sir John Franklin, it is one which reflects the highest honor upon the philanthropic citizen who projected it and upon the officers and men engaged therein. The attractions of a Summer voyage along the hays and seas where the sun shines for four months at a time, exploring the bare rocks and everlasting ice, with no companion but the white bear or the arctic fox, may be all very romantic at a distance; but the mere thought of a W inter residence there, frozen fast in some solid ocean, with, snow a dozen feet deep, the thermometer ranging from 30*=> to 40° below zero, and not a glimpse of the blessed sun from November to February, is enough' to give a chill to all adventurous notions. But the offi cers and men have weighed all these difficulties, and are ready to encounter them for the sake of their noble fellow sailor, whose fate has been so long a painful niystery to the world. M ichigan C onstitotionai , C onvention .—The Allegan Record of the 16th contains the Ollicial Canvass of that County, from which it appears that O ka T own is elected a Delegate instead of F. J. Littlejohn, as the Detroit Free Press and other Michigan papers have announced. The vote stands, Littlejohn, (F. S.) 235; Town, (Cass,) 253 ; JobnR. Kellogg, (Whig,) 167; knd scattering, 2. Little john is thus defeated by 18 majority. He loat the County in 1849 by 109 majority, when running as the Whig and F ree Soil candidate for Governor. Vote in 1848; Taylor, 274 ; Van Buren, 174; Cass 304. In 1844: Clay, 323; Birney, 11, Polk, 299* At the recent election, Littlejolm earned the towns of Allegan, (the residence of both L. and Kellogg,) Ganges, Leighton, Manlius, Monterey, Pineplains and W atson; Town-had majorities in Newark, Otsego and Wayland; and Kellogg in Darr, Gun Plain, Fillmore and Martin, ixcuse for sequestering their rich estates ssiles, loving theirnative soil with a M issouri . —Hon. James S. Green has been nom inated'by the Disunion Anti-Benton Locos for Congress in the Illd District. The Bentonians and Whigs will run separate candidates also. The press of Missouri is filled to repletion with local politics, principally with reference to the ex piration of Col. Benton’s term in the U. S. Senate, and the election of members of the Legislature and Cengre^js. ito i, is only are too wise to •ppressors; IS must T driven bya ■Ehmente: i That thi overthrow the tyrants who expatriai natural. And in seeking this, they i rush weaponlessupon their armed op to be armed, they know their weapons must be'gath- ered elsewhere than in Cuba. Cubans, exiled and noble spirited Cubans, have devised the expedition tofree their homes. Could they have compassed the material of war at home—their birth home—they 'onld not have sought our soil. Driven from home, Is, indivic do battle for id to La Fay- ^ T h e Cubkn Expedltlum* To the Editor qf The Tribune Permit me to say a word in your columns^in re lation to Cuba. The Expedition announced ashav- ing sailed for Cuba, is, in many quarters, denounced as marauding and piratical, because it embarked from our shores. To any one who, like myself, has been on the Island, or is familiar with tl^e character pf the Spanish rale there, by a study-of reliable* facts, it cannot bofdeemed strange that the Cubans made a foreign, free soil, tbe t h ^ ^ r of their organ ization for revolution. ' On a soil -:^ere there is the penalty of arrest and imprisQnm'ehJ.attached;to the association of as many-as three- persons, to discuss political or social grievances, as-relatys 'tofrie Gov-, ernment; and where every vigilance that fear and malice can suggest is on the watch for the slightest display of mutinous dispp.sitio'g, how imposlible it would be for a p.eopietounite their sympathies and compass the means essential.to-a successfulj;evolt against their oppressors I ' Such.asoiLis C!xb%.]^ad people so spied upon, and seizeditp^i^^tfre:|Lrg- tehce of a Suspicion even,' afei tHh-.^dbans'.>.|^t permitted to have in their dew wea'pon ; all their movements: i:h6 right of association, petition and remqns|^^f|-d'enied them, how couid they, except from gather those cannon and bayonets which arejf^'ohly arguments Spain respects 1 The voic® of h a lf a million of Cubans* .were it permitted, might lament and pro- i test iifvajm against the power which ‘ taxes their «weat and blood, and tramples their hearths ahd al tars, to glut the lust of royalty and vice-royalty, which has never shown solicitude for Cuba, save to devise new means of wresting revenue from her. Expatriatad, the moment they are suspected of liberal and generous ideas, the master-spirits of Cuba have their homes in foreign lands. Here in the United States, where in youth many of thei id, and where they drank in an inSpi were educated, and where they drai ation for Freedom, in middle and old age, they j \ m.?Tciiess rule that finds in their bi u an inspir- Americans ^ave gone with them to liberty, can we as a people, iadsbtet ettes, Steubens and De Kalbs in our Revolution, call these men—either the suffering Cubans, or the sympathizing Americans—pirates or marauders ? Men battling in the holiest causes have been called rebels, pirates and murderers, though after ages rewarded their memories with the name of Deliv erers. Crusaders warring for the Holy Sepulchre lore pu-ates, than the men who, in the Nine- Century, with the example of revolution for all around them, seek the delii Crusaders ore pu-ates, Century, w: ____ ^ _______________ Freedom all around them, seek the deliverance of oppressed Cuba. If it shall be found that the Cu bans, as a man, reject this Expedition; if they fail to rally to the standard they have invited, through fear or more mercenary feeling, then let it be said ;he Expedition mistook its purpose; but if it ive a seed spwn in the right time that tl shall I no tmrel party mterlere. This is aU the Cubans ask, and trusting they have God and the right with them, they will render their account to the world. . Q. D. STUART. I f the Invading Expedition he tr.uly a liberating one—if it lie its purpose to give freedom to all the People of Cuba, and not those of a particular color—^we heartily wish it success. But if such he the fact, we can’t see why those among us who are so fierce for the Extension of Bondage in our own land should he foremost in giving money and effort to abolish just such Bondage in Cuba. [Ed. Trib. The Invasion of Cuba. . From the N. 0 . Commercial Bulletin, May 13. The expedition for the capture of this Island is probably at this moment concentrated at its point of rendezvous, if it is not actually afloat on tbe ocean, on its way to “ the Gueea of the Antilles,” and but a short period will now elapse before we shall know its fate. There certainly has been a great deal of tact and good management displayed in collecting, organ izing and dispatching this force from the United States, without'attracting public attention, or doing anything which made them subject to legal pro ceedings on the part of the Government. Nearly the whole of the force have been obtained in the interior, and have embarked as emigrants for Cali fornia, tbe vessels clearing for Ghagres, with no outward appearance inconsistent with their appa rent character or destination. Very exaggerated reports have been circulated as to the number engaged in the enterprise, which has been represented as high as 10,000 or 12,000 men, hut if any one will for a moment reflect on all be seen how improhabie it is, that anything like that number are engaged in the un dertaking. W e were ourselves, however, from in formation on tbe subj^t, induced to believe that there were from 4,000 to 5,000, but it is now stated, and we believe -with correctness, that the actual force is less than 3,000 men. The material, how ever, of which this force is composed is probably equal if not superior to any similar number of men that were ever embai-ked for a desperate military co7ip de m a in . A very considerable portion of them arrangements necessary for tran sporting such a large body of men, for vessels, pro- risions, water, stores and equiphients, and the enormous outlay, even on the most economical plan, it will at once be seen how improhabie it is, t ke that m ' ag. W e were ours elves, hi lation on the su b j^ t, induced '.oup de main. A very considerable portion of 1 are the elite of the volunteers who .served in M e x ico, and who, of coarse, have had much experi- I little degree o f discipline a 1 incase W e have heard it urged against the loyalty of ; in the wars of the Soutl ference in religion, which will have a powerful in fluence on the minds of the Spanish soldiery, when the question came up of joining with her etics, and in what, to them, would be a treasonable Even if the invading force succeed in landing, and seizing a city, we do not see that they would be any better off, as they would not be in force to advance into the country or to undertake offensive sinforcem army re al. To “go [y chance— ------ 7-7-”^ ” T ----------- -- -------- — hop'^s. W e close ■frith the .opinion which we have pre viously expressed—if the troops and residents are- anxious or willing to throw off their present rulers, and only want a foreign force as a nucleus around which to rally, then every thing will go on prosper- isly frith the present attempt, but if not— not. If this body)dy off men,en, however,owever, once getsets intonto thehe o m h once g i t will guarantee that, under no circum stances, will they ev( ’ ' ' of “ the tallest” and ; Island, we will guarantee that, under n they ever be subdued, without some desperate kind of fight- selves to the dungeon, the ci out a struggle whieli, hi without precedent or para!) unit them- cord,br the gibbet. With- . ' ai^eno doubt; would b e ent dr parallel. T he C uban ExPEDixiON.T-There are a numher of rumors afloat respecting the Cuban Expedition, a few of which may be partly true, and the re-\ mainder without foundation. It is pretty well ascertained that large sales of arms and munitions of war have been lately made by houses in this City, and that two or three companies have sailed to join the buccaneering squadron. After all their maneuvers, the originators ,of this Expedition will feel rather diminutive should it fail in its object. Another Caban flianffesto* The Sun of Monday says that the Cuban buc caneers, at the moment of starting, decidednot to land at Barheoa and the Island of Pines, but on the northern coast, between Matanzas and Neuvitat. Perhaps they won’t land at all—we’ll see. The Sun also publishes another address of Gen. Nar- ciso Lopez to the people of Cuba. It is in the same strain as the proclamations we have already published. W e quote the concluding paragraph as a specimen: “ The country calls you through my voice! The occasion is propitious; the enemy is impotent; and success is sure; the glory imperishable. ONLY ONE BLOW, and the chains which oppress us fall for ever to the earth! Come to my side, and uphold the banner of Liberty I The star of Cuba, which shines in this flag, shall be raised, beautiful ' and refulgent, ever to float upon the breeze in in dependent glory; ever to augment its pure and virgin light, if thus the sovereign people of th'o iblime North American people shall determine, n e , t mce and possess no little degree of discipline* and nilitary knowledge. As a whole, thq entire body tre probably even much superior to the Yolunteers in the Mexican war. • Much speculation, of course, will .exist as to the j probable chances of success to this enterprise, but : no correct opinion can be formed without a knowl- : edge of all the circumstances coimected with it, . and particularly what will be the nature of their reception in the Island. Our own opinion is that too much dependence is placed upon the reported extensive infidelity among the Spanish troops and the general disaf fection of the whole population. If Jhe invaders are joined by any considerable portion of the Span ish army, and the inhabitants generally afford “ aid fort,” they will no doubt succeed, but if the raaiu faithful, and the population sublime Nor ^ ^ whom the path of our destiny seems to point.’ P entecost at H oboken .—The Pentecost cele bration was held on Monday at Hoboken, in true German style, notwithstanding the unfavorable « weather. The morning was rather cool andlo'srer- ing, hut at tbe appointed hour the different societies began to assemble in the Park, in front of the City Hall. The Society of Gymnasts, dressed in uni- ■ form suits of white linen, with caps of the same, took the lead. After them came the Song-Unions, in citizen’s dress, and then the Drib Battalion of the Socialists, in a handsome uniform, consisting of a blue blouse, with leather belt, white pantaloons and black felt hat, with small red plume. The latter company carried the red flag of the barri cades and the American colors. A detachment, of Germans with the national tri-color of black, red and gold, brought up the rear. Two fine hrjpis bands, playing marches and national melodies, ac companied the procession. Two or three trips of the Barclay-st. boat were required to transfer the crowd to tbe green shores of Hoboken. There, the procession was again formed and marched along the beautiful wood-paths around the headland, to the Elysian Fields. The turf was thick, green, fragrant, and studded with flowers; the trees were only half leaved, but the dogwood made a fine show with its blossoms. Spring, belated as it is, was very beautiful, and there would have been no bounds to the enjoyment of the day had the weather been favorable. The Elysian Fields presented a very curious and picteresque appearance. Families and groups were scattered about under the trees, or seated on the rocks; here and there tables were erected, displaying the favorite German refreshments— beer, wine, cheese, brown-bread and sausagesl The number of boys perambulating the woods'with boxes of brown, weedy-lck)kiag cigars, was im mense, and so was the consumption of the article- Scarcely a word of English was to he heard; we- recognized on one side the broad, hearty Saxon dialect, and on the other the Rhine-tongue or the more correct and formal speech of tbe North-Ger man. One of the stands, which was supplied with genuine Rhenish wines, some of them from the- lower slopes of the Niederwald, was called “ The- PerpetualLamp,” and bore a burning light in a lantern. Another, called the “ Philadelphia Lager- Beer Hall,” was constantly surrounded. The barrels were soon emptied, and the slices of bread and Btrong-smelliag; Limburg cheese disappeared in a m o st m ysterious manner.- A great m a n y of the families brought thefr dinners with them, and. messed in companies in a very agreeable manner- The tribune for the speakers and the music wa» adorned w ith fresh houghs,, and draped with the banners carried in the procession. On the trees- near, were hung four garlanded tablets, bearing the following m ottos, in English and German: 1. Nature revives: let your harmony revive with her,, and grpw old. „ ^ defeat, W( It must e question as to succj 3 narrowed down to this, • (llectedthat the t igain, we understand, calculation: feason, for it is asserted that at least a portion of the naval force will join the invaders and assist in their protection and descent on tbe Island. i ’hro protection anc W e do hot see how any extensive a could have been made for the Spanish the invaders, without the fact be< ui^ements troops to loin the invaders, without the fact becoming known to the authorities of the Island, and we therefore pre- arrangem _ ______ _ .well known the jealousies of the local authorities have been for a long time aroused on the subject, and they na,turally will have been on.the quivive as to all attempts to corrupt the some of the leading officers may 1 ed ■frith, but it does not by any means iollow the rankandfile would joinii Tupt the army. It is true officers may have been tamper- not by any means follow that B rankandfile wquldjoinin any tresBonable move of the kind. Beside this, however, we have no in stance, a t least in modern times, where the invad ers of a country have been joined by the defending force and resident population, and *we see in the present instance no reason and no inducements for the foi-mer to do so, and though the latter may be very willing, or even desirous of belonging to the your new Fatherland, forget not your former Through Night to Light: through Struggle to Victqtyv 4. Spring has come; let it* spirit penetrate your heart*. A .cloud, which had been gathering behind the Eights, threw its shadow over the woods, soon after the arrival of the procession. Tho drop’s be gan to fall, slow’ a t first, but gradually thicker a u i faster till a fresh May shower began to drench the- assembly. Up went umbrellas and coat-collars; those who had trusted the mild morning and cOme- off in thin clothing and umbrellaless, fared badly. The rain lasted for an -hour, ■winding ijp with a smart hail-storm. The Gymnasts, in.theirlight xmir form, set off on a run through the woods to keep themselves warm, but, finding this rather dull work,, they crept underiihe tribune and sung “Liitzow’s- Wild Chase ” in chorus, till the hoards shook. The infliction of the rain was patiently borne by the crowd, and the reappearance of the sun was greet ed by prolonged cheering. The exercises were spirited and interesting.—- After an appropriate introductory speech by Herr M ettek h ic h , and the singing of some fine chorals by the Music Societies, the first Addi-ess Was de livered by Heir Forsch. Its many eloquent and enthusiajitic passages were greeted by the audi ence frith hearty applause.- After some farther music, the meeting adjourned for an hour, during whichintervaltheheerfoamed andthebrown loaves . disappeared with Rouble velocity. The; afternoon boats brought u reinforcement of, several thoasahd persons from the City, among whom were anum-
