The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-09-11


,. From the Nav Orleans Fiesya.s. sept q
Cuba.
The citizens Of the United States throughout the whole
country have been made 70 thrill with horror at ths nait
ton OF the crueltes practieed BY the agents o. E
governments IN Europe. on their for lib.
erty The sentiment Of indignation which followed was
worthy Of them, and the regret mas sesn openy p.o
nounced b many .ha, d;, nnsv Ss voass Of freedom
IN the NORTHUMBERLAND fields Of Hungary. against the i'm
ps sas q austria wh Sna aaos hans distance o
out shores irresponsible In power and as
unspanng cruelty as the oppressors OF the gallant
Magvar race. That government is Cuba, appendage
OF Sol disanf constitutional and representative mon
archy There hourishes complete despotism ever
stained the annals Of civilized man, and in the general
paoas camsra. and relentless Captain General, afro
cities OF Almost hdeous character perpetrated, I'M
known TO the world The who is guilty. or is sus.
peced OF political crime, entering the gloomy prisons
OF Havana, rarely quits them alive Lasciats ogni spe
or leave all hope behind, like the device Of the
.lnferno IN Dante, may well be liked On their doors
we shall give for the information Of our readers
Few Of the citizens OF the United States are aware OF
!hs tyranny and oppression which are exercised BY ne
ngs of the old Star Chamber under Charles the First oil
England. were mild and humane in comparison with
those Of the Spanish colonial courts The laws relative
10 he esatss 81 deceased foreigners are most Infamous
II foreigner dies in Cuba Dtestae, his property seized
by order Of the judge Of the dead" and the Costs
made to amount to equivalent 10 the proceeds
Of the estate Thus the heirs are cheated out OF their
rights In cases where will has been made, the heirs
fare little better.
such barbarous and supersous laws as the following
should exist this republic II fall from bis
horse severely hurt the law requires that he should lie
there until the authorities are sent for Not soul dares
approach for any went to his relief and the
should die the person standing near would be seized and
into Jail there e remain until he proved he had no
presnmes prisoner guilty until be proved innocent
be burden Of the proof being altogether the latter
once knew FrenchmaS who was run over BY cart and
dangerously injured. No one burst approach him, not
even the man who drove over him, and there he was al
until the authorities arrived, who resided three miles off
But assistance came too late-the man died In these
cases, should any the accident happen he is
rested for the purpose Of being secured witness. and
the deceased persons estate be not enough pay the
funeral expenses the witness is made 70 deray them
The extortion practised BY men in high office is open
ana unblushing We assured that a few years ago
the lieutenant governor of Cardenas ninety miles from
Havana, being in want OF private funds actually in the
OF his power picked out certain individuals
caused them 10 be arrested groundless charge and
ned them two or three doubloons each From his judg-
mentthere appeal The lieutenant governor, like
despotic sway When walking the streets, If he should
meet any individuals who failed recognise him by
covering, he raises his cane and knocks of their hats.
nofYVuo
strangers "A man who invoiuntarily stood by an un.
fortunate person that committed suicide seized and
imprisoned seven months, on the charge OF murder He
was at length liberated the unanswerable evidence
that he adduced Of having just arrived in the country
when the person alluded destroyed HIMSELF and that
was the first time he had ever seen him.
Cardenas contains about five six thousand nhabi-
ants, where there Is considerable OF American mer-
chants and American planters, having estates in its vi
portance, and has almost as much weight as Maanzas
Some ago, consequence of negro instruction,
several Amercan English. and other foreigners residing
there were seized and thrown into prison. They were
placed in the stocks The American consul, Dr. Frank
lin Gage, his duty, interested himself for his
coun.rynen, his conduct being characterized by great
activity. Failing in his ntercession with the local
thores, he wrote to the Secretary OF Staie Mr. CAL
houn, under President Tylers administration Mr. Cal
houn replied that Of should be sent thther
afford our fellow citizens protection But alas for the
issue: that the last either consul prisoners heard
Of our government in the premises These men were
and made to- pay extortioaaie Jail fees. DR. Gage
quesed permission to supply of the prisoners del
caely Organized man. with mattress but the governor
the stocks, closely locked between two negroes.
At the period Of this instruction il for
Spaniard 10 60 10 the lieutenant fiscal he is called
who attended the inquisoria examinations and bride
him 10 arrest any against whom he he Spanard) had
apique The mode adopted was TO force miserable
negro prisoner implicated IN the outbreak to denounce
the individual as having taken part displayed
some sympathy in the rebellion For this purpose the
negro was spread out on mat and logged numerically
tons, was exored from him. to insure the convc-
ton of the innocent accused Punishment OF extreme
nature sure TO follow, and thus the most execrable
judicial murders were committed
For the zeal displayed by Dr. Gage in behalf OF his
tellow-ctzens, his ert9udr which expected from
Spain was withheld through the representations made by
the governor Spain refusing to recognise him. his APP
pontment was ~ matter of course annulled. Since
that time only commercial agent Of the United States
has resided there and the consul at Maanzas holds
troll over the agency
We have already spoken OF the silence that pervades
society in Cuba, relative TO the acts OF the government
These acts brooded by the oppressed Creoes
only in the nvioabty OF the domestic hearth Still il
is generally known through dark hints occasionally
thrown out that certain rich and otherwise influential
Creoes who suspected OF being disaected to the
tenure Of the isand by Spain, have been seized at the
baths OF Juno Mecca, and never after heard OF. In
connection herewith il is stated that boats have been
seen late al night pass the guard ship without being
oars, when a heavy substance has been heard 10 BE-
plunged into the wafer. What that substance what
was the mission OF these boats there in the dead OF
night what the intent OF the actors in these mysterious
operations was whether wicked or charitable" are
matters that have been explained and perhaps from
the gloomy and ausere character OF the Spanish colonial
government, never will be explained But taken in
nexon with the arrest and the total disappearance OF the
unfortunate Creoes above alluded to, they suscepti-
BILE OF Interpretation calculated TO freeze the very
blood OF their friends and immediate relations We
called DIE STATE Of aegs, or under mauia law for about
twenty ve yearsa fact unparalleled in the history OF
civilized nation.
The foregoing few OF the facts which have been
ELECTED through the agitation Of The Rey affair, and which
nave come 10 M through sources of undenable veracy