The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-03-13
THE UNION


From The Psnnsylvanan. Mssehii
Cub. and T~ylorsszn.
II little curousis II not that the present cabinet
cannot be made 10 speak word Of explanation about the
peculiar understanding between i and the governor Of
Cuba, IN hushng up an atrocious insult to our flag Al
the Rey case, there is onecitizen or foreigner
safe on soil II man can be gagged, pinioned, and
carried OF by force from our whayes, Rey was. and
questions asked asked softly that nobody minds
them what security s there for any man under our boast
ed starsl Senior Pidal, the Spanish Minister OF State
lauds General Tayors cabinet in the open Coes for Its
loyal devotion to The Crown OF Spain, and declares that
he has officially rendered NE Mana; q re Queer 70 ia
such information 10 me Spanish agents prevented Cuba
from accomplishing us independence.
II only wanted one side more 70 make this triangle Of
nfamy complete We had allowed Spain TO carry OH heI
victims from the open streets Of New Orleans, and mos
obsequously crushed inquiry We had turned spies and
nformers 10 help her keep Cuba 10 chains and now we
have compelled our TO kss the dust before
her. in silence and submission.
Il will be contradiced but tits solemn and disgraceu
truthand whoever will watch the course OF proceeding
will be convinced oil its infamous verythat our consuls
in Cuba have been warned not 10 be so forward and per-
empory when our citizens are imprisoned. and to be
courteous and condng 70 the Spanish officials a the
peril OF their Offices Mr.. Bush, the steward OF the
Childe Harold, OF New York, was kept in prison Q
month because bundle OF American papers was found
in his state room. Mr. Campbell, our consul at Havana
exerted himself to have Bush liberated from this ie
gal imprisonment; but for this and his efforts to ex
pose the Rey affair, he near being superseded
When has it ever happened before that an American
President made his government the cringng tool OF
brutal European despotisms
The cabinet will have another struggling people
to insult and tamPle under foot, and mark you) they
will not fail to find plausible excuse or dong the black
work
DOMINICA The settlement Of whites on the east end
of negro ruled Hayt contendng with the blacks foI
lie and home The negro emperor Is waging against
them war Of determination; and the unhappy whites
hold out their TO these shores for aid against out
rage and massacre They offer their extensive wastes oi
fertile lands their unmatched and picturesque fields Of
cocoa and coffee in exchange for aid and rescue. The
noble coffee plantations, the heathful hills, the mahoga
nv wales, the tobacco vegas OF inexhaustble wealth,
from which the blacks killed of the whites and then
abandoned themselves invite and will richly reward the
bold adventures who rush San Domingo to the
hadpressed Domincans from being slaughtered in their
homes.
vineyard but we much fear that the administration will
find some presext for letting the blacks have their way
unmolesed until after they have murdered off the Do.
mnicans AS in the Of Spain, they will reserve all
their aid and sympathy for the assassin and help need
be, to tie the hands Of the victim.