Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1839-09-09
MORNING HER.A1D.


more than ordinary measures TO get all the iacts ana
main features Of this interesting affair as fsiiy ana
rs accurately as possible The extraordinary iaori-
cations that have been put forth by the journal
Cammerce" in relation to this important case, re-
quire to be promptly exposed and refutcd. The
whole affair is Of too serious nature to be treated
with levty to be made the subject OF the ridicu
lous inventions, overdrawn and exaggerated state
ments, and catch psnAy falsehoods, to which the
Journal Of Commerce, copying from some penny pa
per- has given credence, publicity, and sanction 1t
is matter Of the utmost moment; affecting the
credit and character Of the Spanish government, of
or 40 human beings
In order therefore, to arrive at the TRUTH and the
full details of the affair, we have despatched two
highly intelligent and competent correspondents, for
that purpose, to Connecticut; one to New London,
and to New Haven, to obtain all the facts Of the
case letter from each Of which this day lay be-
fore our readers, promising that all information
is obtained from the most direct and unqaestionable
source. In addition TO this, S,nor Ruiz, the owner
of a majority Of the negroes board Of the LAmis
tad called personally, yesterday and furnished
MS with full and accurate information in ection
with this curious from its
down to this time He states that two thirds Of the
account in the "Journal Of Commerce. is bat It's
of fasehoods, without tae least foundation fact;
calculated to inure all PARTIES misead the public
every Important point, and to make entirely
false issue in that Of ITSELF upon the strength
of its simple facts, sufficiently complicated to create
great deal Of i'll feeling, and difficult in arriving at
q correct decision its merits.
Senior Ruiz states the character and conduct OF
the negroes totally different from the statements
published and endorsed by the 4" Journal of Com
r.
bly, ignorant and brutazed creature the rest Of
them; that the speeches and declarations reputed to
have been uttered by him, all pure invention from
beginning to end; that he made speech what
ever; and that if he had, there who could
translate what he said; the cabin boy knows nothing
of the language, asserted by the " Journal and
had he been able to tell Mr.. Hyde, according to
the Journals" account, Mr.. Hyde knows nothing
of Spanish, and the boy cannot speak English. The
accounts therefore, in the /" Journal Of Commerce.
must be locked upon, by all who DESTROYS Of un-
derstanding the real merits Of the case and Of get
ting at the facts, worthy only of derision and
tempt; and as impudent attempt the part Of
the conductors Of that paper to palm off upon in
tegent community, the most infamous fabricatons
in matter that deeply concerns the character the
credit, and the best interests Of all classes of
citizens.
Senior Ruiz informs US, that ne hrst met these ne
groes in the fields close to Havana; he saw /
them and examined them for two three days |
before he made his purchases; and then
he did not purchase the whole Of those that |
he found there. He did not inquire whether
they were Congo negroes, or Mandangoes or where
they came from; he they were stout bodied
men and he bought them he then took them to Ha-
vana, entered them according to the laws OF the
place, got out his bill Of lading, and shipped them
under the sanction of the authorities Of the place
These are the topics and points upon which the
who'c a fficuhies Of the will hinge. These
the pisets upou which the decisions turn. Senior
Ruiz says that he has idea Of the Spanish
minister claiming them from this government as
property; bat he believes the minister will clam
them as murderers, TO be delivered up and sent Is
Havana fer trial, for numbering Spanish ship
ter, on board Spanish vessel, in Spanish waters
And as we see, by the papers, that Senior DArgaiz,
the new Spanish minister, has arrived at Washing
ton, the presumption is that they will be demanded
forthwith aad therefore that all these difficult intr
cate, troublesome and long mooted points will come
up at once be met, and set at at once and fore
yer.
In the meantime the abolitionists are making inn
exertons to get the negroes set free they
raising subscriptions, collecting money, clothing
and feeding them; employing the most able counsel
riding over the country, by night and day. to get i'm
terpreters who converse alike in their Ian guare
and in English; rummaging over musty records, old
statutes, treaties and laws, in order to get peg to
hang DOUBT uron" in relation to delivering them
up. Some Of them they will endeavor TO have used
states evidence f tried here) in order to prove
that there was no legal authority for shipping them
on board the LAmistad. The cantng semi abo.
ton papers, like the I" Journal Of Commerce." and
the american" and Post" are AL eBdeavoring
TO mis-stsfe, misrepresent, and throw difficulties
upon the matter in order to get the black muir
derers set free. The Southern papers have
articles proving the proprety Of the surrender
Meanwhile, the negroes getting fat and lazy;
perfectly Indifferent to the disposal &c be made
Of them. They only do two things the coast
cf Africa; that -, eat and steal. On board the
LAmstad, after the murders, they did little else
but eat and steal They quarreed with themselves
about the food they drank up what little liquor there
was on board; and then. although having entire pos
session Of the vessel they began TO steal individual
~ every thing they could lay their hands on and
cram the articles into bags. After this they RUM
mayed and searched parts Of the vessel daily. One
day they would fad thing, and another day
another at last they opened a locker and found six
oemiJohns ct wine; these they drank IN two DAYS,