The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-10-13
MISCELLANEOUS.


Now that General Lopez has time Ieect on his
ready brought four individuals on The capd 10 espate by
their lives the mprudence OF moment. lei him learn on
to be feard The old too easily deceived by the
pledge OF hoao,s He should have sho, Ceruti
Cafdenas or the week has been but repetition Of
bloody scenes -Four unfortunate Creoes, who in the first
flush q victory Imagined that the happy day Of
had dawned, or single impudence have suffered the
ignominous deah--the vile garrote Others held
in duance Ignorant Of their fate ard subjected to oil those
refined crusitss for which The OF CASTLE ein
aeny Distinguished How long must this military despot
ism last The remaining prisoners captured at conoy
!" ceunt MiraseI-whose advent a short time ago wns
heard Of wrongs on Tuesday The loh. for SPAIN
thus proving hoY fallaelon' Is the hope Of those who con
services il the campaign OF Caenas aud bis cold blooded
ssInation Of the four anionnae who were left bc
hind viii no doubt entiie him TO new honors and greater
enown"--jIarana correspondent Of dhe NeW York SUn
One Of the four Creoes mentioned by this correspond
ent was Benigno Hernandez. He was respectable
planter of independent MEANS and lived in the neghbor
hood OF Cardenas His presence in that city on the day
OF the landing Of Gen Lopez was purely accidental Al
Ter the ski'mishng which took place in the morn
lied the principal citizens Of Cadenas for the pur
pose of planning his views and his motives TO them
IN one Of these visits he fell in with Hernandez at the
house o friend of the latter The General hal pre-
vious acquaintance with either and the conversation
the same effect as had TAX place between him and hun
dreds Of other citizens natives o the island and old Spain
We assured by Gen Lopez that Hernandez seemed
very careful, during the whole interview, 10 say
nothing that could commit him Indeed, he was much
more so tan many hatiVe CpdnTus, VINO IeceiVtu the
General in their houses with great demonstrations of
kindness and good will But victims wanted TO
inspire terror 10 the discontented." Hernandez was
Thought TO be suitable one He was a native Of the
island and planter, and belonged to the class among
which the discomfort chiefly prevails be was respected
and honored by his neghbors-he was the father of
famly-he was innocent. The more outrageous and in.
human heeed Of vlany. the valuable the example
The last crcumsance---the innocence of the victim
than any other calculated to insure the object
aimed by the bood-thirsy proconsuls who rule and
ruin in Cuba For what is more awful than reckless
aud remorseless despotsm which ampes under foot all
laws human and divine, and acknowledges no disiinc
lion between virtue and vice, innocence and crime' Her
nandeZ met his fate like man, with calmness and for
tude protesting the last his entire guiltessness
Another OF these victims a barber. The only
charge brought against him that he had shaved Col
Pickett For this henous offence he suffered death by
the earrote vile"
And yet this is the government with which told
this republic bound TO live in loving fellowship and TO
protect against revolutions for which, it applied
TO individuals would render comianonship with thieves
and murderers a vrtuous and commendable association
We deny that there any such obligations imposed upon
us Ii is OF such governments that ot Cuba that Vat
tel "As for those monsters which make themselves
the and plague OF humanity. they like ferocous
beasts, of which every Of honor and feeling has
right TO purge the earth