The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-11-08

tendencies, we must hear all parties:
The peril which we have just escaped in Cuba, |
and which was threatened by crowd of Rdven- |
turers, who, like others Of the same class wished
to renew the horrible scenes which these countries
witnessed soon after their disc6very-although pre-
tending to connect their plans with iuAory aspira-
tons, and with the name of liberty, which this
century has heard SO much abused-induces us
to-day to occupy ourselves in citing some of the
particulars and occurrences that have taken place.
Since the middle of the last year all the plans, all
the dreams, which were formed away from the
Island for the purpose of subverting order and of
disseminating among a part Of its pacific inhabi-
tants the seeds of seditOn, were known to our
superior government in their minutest particulars.
Then followed the progress of those miserable
schemes, and knowledge of them was derived
from the very sources of evil or acquired from the
most refined loyalty No precautionary measures
were apparently adopted Some persons, however,
whom we are aware of, were permitted to evade
the dangerous situation in which they were about
to involve themselves.
If to the Justice Of the cause and the possession
of many elements of strength be united knowl-
edge of the plans of the enemy, and the profound
confidence Of the inhabitants, what more is to be
desired than a careful circumspection
Such was the state of affairs when the time ar
rived at which it was said the sublime enterprise
was at last to be realized, in the conception Of
which the annexation leaders had expended their
talents, and in which they were to figure notable
champions from the taverns and sinks of the cities
of the United States, together with some others
well known in the cOckpits of this Island. For
these purposes they had succeeded, by artful frauds
or in other manner, in obtaining certain loans
for the first expenses. Violence, sack, the division
of property, and every scene of rapine and de-
bauchery were the guarantees of the payment Of
those advances, and which excited the covetous
hopes Of the adventures who began to collect at
Round Island, or who were entrapped at New
York and other points. What is strange in an ex
| pedition, the members of which were promised
tba IA.
scribed is that it should have supported hundreds
of starving persons, emigrants from Ireland Or>de
luded adventures, thlrsting for gold, whether in
| California or Siberia. Thus was composed the
brilliant host which lent its services to the exped
tiOn, and in which some madmen found their lllu-
sions. How cruelty would they have been unde-
| eeived They did not, nor could they know, in
| their derium, the weapon which they were about
to use, and with which they would have annihila-
| ted themselves. To their hidden manCeuvres, which
they believed secret, were added other public and
Ostensible ones-taking advantage Of the public
| press of the neighbOring nation of the North to
I prejudice opinion by means of decetful machina-
| tlons, dlttusing calumnies on calumnies, exciting
the passions to the last degree, and taking advan-
tage of whatever incident migat excite differences
or interruptions between the relations Of the two
Governments
And what was the course pursued by our Gov
eminent? The same dignifed, Just, impenetrable
and cautious course as before-mOre cautious than
is generally beeved-much more so than we can
at present Judge of, because there are precautions
which do not make themselves visible, which do
not ditfuse noise, alarm SURPRISE but which are
Notwithstanding, on occasions the most efficient
For the tar-seeing eye of an active authority,
which constantly watches over the sacred interests
conhded to it, it was not easy either to avoid be-
slowing attention on the dangers which such
PROJECT might occasion, nor to excite in the con-
tented feeling OF the country the fear and confu-
sion consequent on military movements and which,
in country to which commercial transae tons give
part of it's life, might cause irreparable loss.
The manifesto of Gen. Taylor, making known
the conspiracy to the public, changed the situation
OF things. The Inhabitants of the Island listened
with establishment to the news that such temerity
could be attempted but the solemn character Ofthe
disclosure and the magnitude of the danger in ap-
peaTance, at least, being extended in the public
| mind, required that the authorities should give
some signs of precautiOn, which, tFanquilizng the
/ Jew who might have betrayed a pusilanimOus
spirit, revealed the loyal sentiments of the great
| majority, and strengthened public confidence.
| lheBe polite reasons, more than real necessity,
| caused the movement of certain bodies of troops
towards the department Of the centre, without pre-
cipitaton, and with convenience and ease.
The instantaneous effect of the publicity of the
plan of the invasion of the Island was the eXalta-
ton of its Spanish nationality and its proved 10y
atty to the Queen of Castillo In this capital as in
the other cties in the villages and the plantations
all endeaVored with exceptions, to offer them
selves to the authorities and the following corpo-
IhLlOLhS p6EsOLlsS OC3 dliNUSL simultaneously put
forth frank expostons, couched in a language of
/ energetic enthusiasm, which was afterwards imi-
tated by others: In Havana, the SOcieddd Econo-
MICA, the COJegiO de Abogddor, the merchants and
planters Of Cuba, Trinidad, Puerto Principe, Hol-
| gum, bagamO, MatanZas, Villa Clara and Sagua.
The inhabitants of Trinidad, whose coasts were
| supposed to be open to invasion, and where the in
famous adventures proclaimed that they would
find followers TO second them WED with each other
| more than ever in disprOving the assertion-gy-
| and GYit IS
particular ones, spontaneous, unequivOcal and de-
| e1ded, of their fidelity, Among others, we cite as
worthy of example, Seniors D. Jose Mariana Borrell,
who gave his splendid horses, with their correspond
ing equipments, and supported two men for the
artillery service, besides paying and maintaining the
expenses of five horsemen in the valley of los In
genlos, and sentinel placed on the hill Of Palma.
| rego; the most excellent Don Juan Guillermo Be-
quer, who placed at the disposition Of the Govern
| ment the sum of ten thousand dollars; d. Gsto
German Cantero, who bound himself to support, as
| long as circumstances might render it necessary,
the large body of troops which might be formed in
the province, together with all those individuals
retired from the army that might take up arms, and
| who, moreover, raised and paid in a short time
twenty mounted men of the party of one hundred
/ which, divided among the principal proprietoFs,
| and commanded by Don Pedro ChOpeTena, was
| destined 10 guard the negroes at the mills in
| the valley, and also raised four mules to
| carry loads Of munitions; ID. Felix lZnaga,
who offered himself, with his person and resources
and the entire commercial house represented by D.
Juan Francisco Altun, who, at his private cost,
paid more than two hundred dollars towards the
expenses of barracks, and lastly, not to tire our
readers, the RegdOr, d. Gegorio Bulneta, who, be-
sides his efficient services like those of all the others
ofthe place. gave aspacious locality to serve provi-
sionaliy, as a barracks. Beyond Trinidad there
was an equal zeal displayed by everybody in soil.
citing to be employed, and in placing their resources
at the disposition of the authorities. Between the
towns Of Trinidad, Puerto Principe, Cienfuegos,
Villa Clara. Remedies, rapid lines of commuuiea-
tion were established through armed horsemen sus-
tanned by voluntary subscription. Apart from these
examples we could give Others who, in person and
verbally or by writing from the places of their resi-
dence fastened to ratify their loyal sentiments and
to demonstrate by their acts the faith of their hearts
The officers of the urban companies of Villa Cara
wished to be occupied, all the individuals of the
corps Of cavalry militia wished to be among those
commanded to march; the commandments Of theil
squadrons coded to the state the salaries which ap
pertaned TO them; the retired officers of the army
even those in advanced age, like ST. d. Rafael Dc
Arrange, formerly captain of artillery, placed them.
selves at the disposition of the government, with all
their primitive alacrity, in order to lend new serv
ces to her majesty. The thousands of licensed in.