The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1850-06-06
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sion, General Lopez left the following Al
dress to The American People, the publ'ca.
tion Of which was to be withheld till the
/ intelligence of his actual landing on the
/ Cuban shore should have arrived. tie de.
/ sired as to communicate to all the Amerl.
can Press. friendly TO the cause Of Liberty,
Ia, request that II should be inserted IN
their columns We cannot doubt that all
our brethren Of the Press will, at once, lay
| !, before their readers, and are sure We
need no, invoke for il an attentive perussl
Iii viii be- found a condensed summary
IN the wrongs which have goaded the PEG
ple 10 the revolution which has now been
auspiciously begun. " o. Den"'
rreenen Of America!
/ In an age when the despo,lsms of the
Old " orld are fast crumbng Ia the ground
in spite of the myrlads OF bay 10y
which they are vainly propped. 1t cannot
be that one of the most oppressive and cor
run, of them all should continue, any
longer. to maintain an unnatural dominion
over land almost in sight of your free and
happy shores.
Two years ago sought your ever open
hospitality. in consequence OF the prema'
:urr discovery hy the spanish Government
of then projected insurrcctlon IN Cuba
under NV command Not IL VAIN did
and my companions IN exile rely upon var
sympathy and succor. III such a cause ,
and chyarous band of choicest sp'rils
from among Yourselves. ardent with the
same noble enthusiasm that warmed the
hearts and ncrvcd the arms OF LAFAYETTE
aud kestilsko, have now followed me, {"
uufnh the ilag OF Freedom on the ialrcst
and nohic,t Island of the globe-m no
sense as invaders. but as brethren appealed
to hy brethren; as a generous, invoked hy
n suffering people, IN the nalnc OF. that
Liberty So sacred and So dear to every
American heart, to afford the requisite nu.
cleus around which will glad, rally the
long impatient patriotism OF Tuba Il o.
It, no,oricty ,uperscdes any need OF
proving the truth which might be aticsted
bv clouds of witnesses, that tyranny "as
never more hateful in itself nor more hated
bv It's victims. than that which no" ai'icts
the lAld where rest the ashes OF { olumbus
\ weight of taxation such as has never be.
fore, in any age OF country, horne down
the energies of an equal popU. 81, is the
least Of our evils though we are made to
behold it employed in riyctlng our own
chains. in pamperlug the Injurious vice of
u foreign court, and IN iattening lnsataic
swarms of proud and corrupt officials of
every grade, scut Us from across the ocean,
destitute alike OF sympathy with our people,
of interest ia our country, and oi care Tor
any hing but the maintenance at their do.
miuiou and the increase OF their cNtoriiou.
For the benefit of an agriculture three thou.
sand miles distant, our very bread Is made
dear luxury, by a duty of ten dollars a
barrel upon Your flour. The Cuban, IN.
deed. has neither country, guarantees nor
rights He holds his property his personal
liberty his very existence ou his native soil,
at the mere pleasure of n master whose
ahsolutism is more than Oriental. TIE can
scarcely Journey out of sight OF his home.
extend his hospitality fora night To a friend,
assemble hi, acquaintance for the most IN.
noccnt purpose of entertainment. without
the ~eryle necessity of first obtaining a
/ paid permission from some nelghhorIng
petty tunctlouary OF the all pcr,adnh- DIES.
potsm All the yearly millions of his
money which 20 Ia Madrid, do not suffice
to purchase him a single representative
there nor can he with IMMUNITY even utter
aloud whether in the form oi complaint
under suffering. or of petition for redress,
syllable tending to attack the corrupt in.
tcrcsts OF his tyrants, or to expose any of
the denominations OF their system. His
sons have no career possible to any degree
OF talent, enterprise, or ambition. HIS
daughters are not safe from insult and per
sccuton at die caprice OF AN lusolcnt gov.
crnor He knows only Il Press iettcred
into utter scryility by the scycre>i censor.
ship; a Religion fatally tainted in It's min.
str, through the influence of corruptiag as.
ISOLATION with government so corrupt, and
a Justice VIGOROUSLY veual, while niallibly
ruinous If it can cntangle him within Its
grasp As a general rule, no office in Cuba
Is humble enough to be accessible to the
Cuban brbcr, and extreme subseniency
ahordIng the only explanations Of It's rare
exceptions On soil capable of sustain
Iug ten millions of prosperous inhabitants.
he beholds, IN n diminishing population. the
surcst proof of mlsgoycrnmcnt aud while
that whole system, thus reckng with cor.
ruption through all the ramiicaton, of an
u,tcrl, dcmoralized administration, from
highest to lowest. is enforced bv the visible
Presence of the soldier at every turn, and
the invisible omnpresenee OF the spy, it is
rendered doubly odious by an habiiua in.
science on the part of our official masters,
AS national caNe arrogaling an affected
superiority over the subject degradation of
the Creole, or Cuban born, which is in it.
self a moral outrage. felt by all aud per.
cepiIble in every society. a hundred fold
more intoerablc than the aggregate of all
our other countless material wrongs
II is not merely the cannon and the bay.
onct, but an atrocious policy more potent
than either, which have alone thus far, Free.
men of America. sustained the tyranny
thus briefly sketched, against the general
indignation of the people OF Cuba. Spaii
has thus fnr succeeded in paraysng her
victim, not alone by a system of severe and
vigilant military police, rendering il scarce.
~ possible to commence the requisite or.
ganlza'ion for Instruction. hut chiefly by
means OF the perpetual threat Of another
and bloofter San Domingo, il she should
dare to stir. In pursuance of this truly in
formal ralrul utiou ,vh,lo sho b.a st,d,ou xlv