Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1850-06-08
Affairs Of Cuba.

in the work Of enforcing the law and oul
treaty stipulations with foreign countries
The law las been grossly I'M r1Fn1erstood
by thousands of u citizens-and the dntJ
which it imposes uponthe President is i'm.
perative, a1d cannot be disregarded. The
President has takenan oath to see the laws
faithfully executed, and we hope he will dc
so, no matter how strongly oil wishes ant
private feelings may lean otherwise, in Q
particular case--tile emancipation of Cuba
from the calling despotism of Spain, fol
instance.
On the 9th ut. the courtroom of the
u s. District Judge (Betts) at New York
was crowded to hear the investigation in
the case of Mr.. Tblon, Secretary of the
Cuban Junta, in that city. who had been
arrested on process issuing from the u. s.
District Court, The arrest was under the
act of 1913, it being charged that, on the
25th of May, 1850, he did "begin, or sci
On foot, or prepare tile means for d military
expedition or enterprise to be carried on
from the said United States against the ter
ritory or dominiono Of some foreign prince OF
state, or some colony, district or people
with whom the said United States are at
peace, and more particularly against the
territory or dominion of her Majesty, tile
Queen Of Spain, to Wit: the Island OF
Cuba"
Mr.. Tolon was admitted to bail in the
sum of $4,000.
From the charge of Judge Belts to the
Grand Jury in relation to the subject, we
extract the following, taken from the Balti-
more Suns report:
After defining the laws relative to such pro-
ceedings, and instructing them how to act in the
matter, he stated that, as a criminal invasion had
been set on foot against a peaceable and friendly
nation, it was their duty TO investigate the whole
matter, without having any specific complaint
laid before them. It WASH high misdemeanor to
organize a military enterprise from this country.
It was a crime to prepare the means for or to in-
duce an expedition, under the provision of the law
of April 90, 1925. The Jury should make inqui-
ries whether any movernent bad been made, or
pecuiiary aid obtained in that city, for the ptlr-
pose, and indict all parties who had not only par
ticipated in the invasion, but all persons promo
ting or encouraging the same.
A despatch from Washington, dated the
27tI, ult., to the Baltimore Sun, says:
At an informal Cabinet meeting, last night, an
animated discussion occurred about the Cuban
affair.
Orders were despatched to arrest all persons
connected with the expedition, as soon as they
land upon any part Of the United States.
Orders have been transmitted to the U. S. Dis
trict Attorneys at Mobile and New Orleans to
put the law OF 1918 In force against Gen. Lopez,
should he make his appearance in those cities.
The Washington correspondent qnde-
pendent) of the Philadelphia North Amer
lean, referring to the fact that the Presi-
dent has promptly fulfilled every obligation
under the laws, in suppressing the late ex-
petition to Cuba, intimates that there are
other and even higher duties, III regard to
the treatment of our citizens residing there,
which he may yet have to perform and
which he viii not shrink from, be the con-
sequences what they may. lie says:
The spirit evinced in the reply TO the applica-
ton Of the commander of the steamer Ohio for a
better anchorage, when recently at Havana, ex-
hibits neither a friendly nor a discreet inclination,
and the system Of military imprisonmentwhic
was threatened against all foreigners, is not pre-
ciscly the mode of volunteering which would be
most agreeable to American residents. Ii the
Captain General Of Cuba, misled by mistaken
zeal. should attempt, under the mere influence of
suspicion or false report, TO visit his wrath on
any citizen Of the United States who was follow
ing a lawful pursuit, and who was not engaged in
the revolutionary movement, there is no power
in this Government which can prevent the loss Of
Cuba 10 Spain, even if there was every DISPOSE
ton on the part of the public authorities TO exert
its military force for such a purpose.
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