The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-07-20


Nothing has innspired IN addition @ what we
haVeafeadg puhlishedon The subject Of the alleged
ahdactian Of Rsy. by the connivance, or under the
difeeofs Of the Spanish Consul 1t is strange thai
with lhe precise details with which the public have
osen enlightened upon the progress Of the affair,
rom IS conception IN the brain Of the Governor
General Of Cuba, down to The last moment Of the
departure Of the schooner with it's ctim on board
through aii the masqueradines. iostings and de.
vices By which Che scheme was effected in this
eltg--there has been no authentic cause Of COM
plant made out or presented before any public tri-
ounal Perhaps some explanation Of this anomaly
may be found in the fact, that some who speak in
the most excited terms Of the groasness Of the out
rage do 80 cOnfsssedy on rumor, which they con-
iess il not authentic and some in the very whirl
wind Of their indignation profess that they DO not
and will not believe that the facts are truly stated.
But i il nevertheless strange that with much
knowledge as is ayowed Of the particulars Of a
great crime, involving the most sacred individual
rights and the inviolabily Of our national terri
tory nothing has been presented in shape TO call
ior the interference Of the law or the Executive.
No charge has been laid against The Consul or the
parties accused Of being bic confedeates in this
conspiracy against the liberty Of resident, and the
sancty Of our soil, Nay, the only attempt we hear
of to draw the attention Of the courts to the case
has been On The voluntary motion Of the Consul
HIMSELF and though parie, the result is singular
comment upon the excited language out Of doors
andin the public press. Recorder Genois, man
Of undoubied probity, and whose Amencanism is
not to be suspected, has examined the documents
presented by The Consul ia his justification, and we
are told expresses the opinion that no offence
against the laws Of this country has been commit
Ted. The only legal authority among US which has
touched the question az all, has thus leaned toward
the exculpaton Of the Consul, upon state Of facts
which has not been made known to the public.
The accusers, therefore, have the advantage Of
having occupied the public ear with exact details
Of highly criminal act; to which there is opposed
the indignant denial Of the accused, and the testi-
mony Of an unimpeachable witness that he has
reason 20 believe that the whole affair is mistaken
Or misrepresenfed. Underthe circumstances, the
public evidently has right to be relieved by some
decisive measures to bring the facts to the test Of
public investigation The parties who know that
the unfortunate Rey was entced by false pretences
from the shelter Of friendly roof-that he was
forced, by open violence, TO sign papers which COM
mted him to acts fatal to his safety at least abhor
rent to his will-who can show that he was
drugged, bound and carried nsensihle on board Of
the vessel and carried of the protection Of this
country, to be made the victim Of judicial ven
geanee in another; they who can prove these
things are bound to make case which will bring
the law Of this country TO bear the offender and
compel him to disclose his defence. Surely, among
the many who are justly excited and indignant at
the laWess wrong which is proclaimed to have
been committed, there are men Of influence, learn
ing and energy, to define ~ law and to have those
who have broken it brought up to answer for their
ohsnces. The tribunals will do their duty it is
for the parties who know facts or have Just
grounds Of suspicious TO make appeal to the laws.
This is due to the public mind, which is deeply
agitated, psrplexed with a multitude Of rumors,
making out case Of daring violence, and excited
by urgent appeals to their humane sympathiss for
prosecuted man, and their national resentmen,s
for violation Of their soil by foreign authority.
We hope no time will BE- loaI in putting the affair
into 8 train Of legal investigation. There can be
no want Of the materials, if half be true which IS
currently reported as positively known
One Of the city papers yesterday indicated, as
follows, very clearly, that it has access to high
sources Of information " With Indignation mant- /
ling our cheek, we now enter into the details OF /
the infamous affair. promising tat ne do not pouch
for their aHtheatieitq further than that they come
from sources, which have never yet betrayed us !
into error" And then it sums up the whole with |
the following melo. dramatic paragraph:
Indeed, we are assured that when the proper
time arrives, an abundance Of proof can be had
about the Introduction TO the sick Rey Of his neiD
PbYslcian-hs first not being good for him = an
abundance Of proof, too, about the carriage which
was TO convey him from his lodgings; of the
threatening poignard drawn against his person;
the dinner at the restauTat the tying OF ReY's
arms behind his back the bullies who conveyed
him on board the schooner Mary Ellen the clear
OF that UeSsel The 3D. INST for 81 Thomas and
market, and her sailing the 5th for Havana %
What the abundance Of the proof is as regards
the sailing Of the Mary Ellen for Havana, we are
not able to say; we only know that to swear 10
such fact it would be we'll to be informed Of the
arrival Of the vessel at that port
Another pap9r, even more violent than the pre-
ceding, concludes with the following dark and
mysterious sentence:
The material for thorough investigation, and
The detection Of the eonspirators is convenient and
abundant. EUerG Thing Is kilolDn But where are
the State and Federal authorities Again we must
pause for their action"
Such mystery is hardly pardonable in those who
have just been denouncing mystery. If eUery thing
Is kBown, why are moi the necessary affidayis
made Those who have the proof and fail to fur
nish It to the proper authorities the persons to
be censured. We cannot call on the Spanish Con-
sui TO prove a negative. Let those who know
every thing :" come forward and tell every thing,
and have every thing sworn to, or forever after
hold their peace.
--sos-
OLYMPIC THEATRE.- This evening, will be acted the
Lady and Devil" " The Rendezvous " and The Spec
TIE Bridegroom ''-thTee Comedies in one night
p" hesitate SeAu5sr would not subject"
BATHIN0-rhan Cleanliness, by frequent and thorouah
Bathing, there nothing conducive health and
noihng the neglect Of which Is culpabe There is