The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-05-28

the RrovidAnos Republican Herald, May 20
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Cow ouitman. Gen. Henderson,, Col. o'Hara. Mr.
OSuyan. and others. who charged with getting up
expeditions axsinst the island Of Cuba are sGmsaxed
by the wing papers as pirates Tins v . hAfsh appeiis
ton, and ought not to be oveIhasly applied 10 men o.
the character aud worth which the individuals named
are known 10 possess. By the present law OF The United
States, is made offence 10 sci on loot an expedition
in ibis couptry against friendly power and ms Jaw
like the rest The under obligations TO car
ry into effect But lei II be remembered lbat these men
have been proved to have set on foot any such ex
petition when they have been. II will be strictly 10
order TO inquire into the motives which could have ~
duced them TO violate a law OF the United States ms
law is aud II Is TO be strictly constructs az
making an act criminal which Otherwise was not No'
ing is than for the people OF one country TO
render aid 10 the people OF other countries not only IN reg
ular warfare, hut when struggle taking place 10 elect
change 10 their organic condition Crusaders and
knight Grants IN foreign countries have been lar more
numerous Than Tue at home, whom Inc inmiabie pen
OF CeTvanles has mmortazed 1t Is not crime except
by special statute provision, for the citizens oil couh
try 10 60 Of IT. sngly in company. with OF without
AIMS and munitions TO lake part IN war, civl OF ioI
eign which being waged IN ioIegn country OF De
that country and another. The country against
which these emgrant begerens direct themselves may
the aggression be sufficiently Serious regard sucn an
inroad cause of II may be a mere marauding
expedition; but without statute even that wouid OF
cognizable only BY the country invaded Where pro,
hbiory statute exists, those who violate 1t will DC held
to strict account by public opinion a. well as oy lhe
law for the motive and end OF the operations we have
such statute here But il does prohibit any number
Of persons snsly, and without the form OF an expedi.
ton, from meeting al place beyond the jurisdiction OF
the United States, and thence proceeding at their own
risk of The consequences, 10 the aid OF another power
against its enemies, or OF the people OF ano'her couny
against their rulers The adventures may violate Their
duty citizens but they do commit an offence agans
the laws OF their country.
But surprising proved that the individuals named are
within the Of the WI n VIVA, ma 'e chaac
ter which they have heretofore sustained! In country
now containing the living actors in the drama OF the
testimony TO be persuaded that some of the most esna
BILE OF fellow. citizens have suddenly turned asde
from the reputable pursuits OF fe to become robbers ana
pirates for the spolalion Of foreign countries! 10 we
listen with any creduy the suggestion that man IKE
Qatman, who possesses immense wealth, an enviaDe
military reputation won IN the fields Of MexIco-wnlch
may be easily furnished in unfortunate CUBAN cam
pagn-a high position in the regards OF nus own o!aie
and endeared domestic relations, has been suddenly sm
ten with lust OF gain or OF power. wncn draws nun
away reckless OF results 10 stake all hs interests ana
hopes upon an unhaowed design which would rank
him with hghwaymen! Is il likely that John L. OSul-
van, OF the most talented and accomplished scholars
and in all respects, intellectually, morally and socially
one of the nobles men Of The and bent on
TO render him par,icpasr IN spoiis OF ioIegn
waatony invaded regardless OF his hgn standing anu 2,
reject with such an unworthy conjecture II y no
vastly more probable that these our counymen who have
much honorable reputation to lose and 30 niue 70 gam
by OF the kind imputed to Them are &C
tuated by the sentiments which fired the patriot re-
pubcans Of the Old World 10 hasten to the standard Of
American luuepeDuenCcs
accused pirates, were Lafayette Kosciusko Sleu
ben De Kaib Pulaski JONES' Lord Sterling, and the hos
of those generous allies who have inscribed their names
In living letters upon the tablets OF Ainencan history
These friends of America came not always singly, but
sometimes with companions bent on the same object and
sometimes furnished with the equipments OF war Ihey
performed precisely the same act Tor the deveance OF
our country that of citizens now charged
with designing attempting to perform toward people
far less able 10 help themselves. and suffering under des
pc tsm of the most inolsrant description In the one
the of devotion TO the OF liberty was hailed with
the applause OF the world in the other. II 70 marked
/ down high crime and msdemeanor at law, to DC
visited with OF its severest penalties Would Lalay
have been less dear 10 the American heart II ne mac
TO the rescue through network OF penal laws
But the immediate reply will no doubt be that in the
OF the American revolution, the patriots who rem
dered aid from abroad made no movement toward tins
Of the drama till the colonies fairly started II
their career and had assumed nominal stand among
the nations Of the earth. This is true but does no
alter the principle upon which the assistance was rem
dered Il certainly cannot be less criminal TO asss,
than to assist Them in rising Nay. if il had been 10
aid from abroad iii far from certain that the revolution
would have reached its glorious termination In the cast
sarly spread over all affairs connected with revelation
airy movement But suppose that such movement hsi
been planned, and only be executed through assist
ance from abroad. account Of the insslar form O
Cuba. the vigilance OF the old Spanish tyr ants
and the almost mpossibliy OF making preparations ant
collecting mutations and that some oil our counuymen
instead OF being marauders and pirates have sat An ea
the urgent request Of the ampled islanders 10 com'
over into Macedonia and help them"and we have cas-
which. whatever we may think OF the feasibility oil th'
promised aid redeems the from all unworthy impu
tations upon their motives and designs Ii our father
of the revolution had been in the position that th
Cuban patriots n and had asked aid from ID,
gallant spirits OF the Old World requisite Tor rsol
against the oppressors what could have abaed
ot his esteem for the noble list OF operators whom
E we have already named Nay, would not their names
have been crowned with greater gories from the prompt
OF the aid when there was more to fear and less hops
of a final triumph 'e.A
No not predisposed to will misunderstood
the purpon OF these remarks The object OF them Is tC
deprecae hasy condemnation OF men Of high character
and honorable repute the community, before 1t poss
BILE for them to explain themselves Dfhou dsr,msnt Il
Me Cuban patriots rhoS present safety u IN silence
Let us wait Tor their exposition We have no doubt ha
they will place themselves in the night position before
their friends and before the country
While we are writing there Is rumor OF further intel
gence from Cuba OF the seizure OF many OF the prncipa
men. II there be any proof of their desire Tor ndepend
the iron collar and the the neck, called tn
gaote will be likely dispose OF the accused The des
posm Of the island is badly alarmed and the signs in
dictate TO common observation deep seated dssfec,o
among the inhabitants.
: The Two sRoTHERs--I is not many years since tw,
young men, without means, started in life. They wer
both brothers, and both printers Both subsequently
their Drofesson-after having earned puhIj