American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1851, 1851-09-06


SATURDAY AFTERNOON, SEPT. 9.
We have to-day delayed our publication in
hopes of receiving the news by the Empire City,
lust in at New York.
re- AT o'clock, nothing received.
The Death and Dy,ag Words or Crit
81 American and i scorn to kneel to any being
save the God who made mel and always face my enc
miles,"
This was the ohivalric, high-souled, and re-
Agious language Of that man of valor, and martyr
in the cause of Cuban liberty, Col. WIN. s. CRIT
TENDEN. as ar # ~
To that patriotic and brilliant American jour
nal, the New Orleans Delta, edited by Judge
Alexander Walker and Dennis Corcoran, ESQ.,, -
the first native of the Old Dominion" and
the latter of the " Emerald Isle, the lovers Of
liberty and the haters of despotic tyranny
throughout the world are indebted for grazing
its columns with this sentiment Of the glorious
martyr.
The gifted and undaunted Crittenden, to-
gether with those other brave spirits Victor
Kerr, James Brant, H. T. Vienne, $3.50 Stan
ford, and their compatriots-in all fifty-it is
known was taken prisoner by the Spanish troops
and condemned to be shot. They were brought
to the foot of the Castle Of Atares, near the
city Of Havana, for execution. Here they were
commanded by the Spanish officer to kreel Nth
their backs to their e1ecutioners! It was at this
awful moment, standing upon the brink Of eter-
nifty, about to be ushered into the presence of
his God by the agency of Spanish bullets, that
the indignant and intrepid Kentuckian uttered
in manly voice the sentiment above written.
1t is sentiment which viii find response in
the bosom Of every votary Of freedom-will be
embalmed in the hearts and consecrated in the
affections Of all lovers of genius, heroism and
the rights Of man. 1t is destined to grace and
adorn the pages Of historic yalor in all future
ages. The hero is dead-he fell a victim to
Spanish atrOoity; but his strikingly eloquent,
singularly beautiful and heroic language is des.
tined to Ave. It is an undyng sentiment. Il
will live G2 2'ss 7l
Whilst the earth bears plant or the sea rolls wave
TIL Time shall hde-untn Etsrnityp
King Solomon has left upon record, for our
instruction, the truth, that /" words fitly spoken
are like apples Of gold in pictures Of silver. !"
The words Of the lamented Crittenden were ftly.
pertinently spoken-eloquently and heroically
delivered. They deserve to be written in letters
OF gold and set in diamonds. They should, and
as certain as the triumphant progress Of free
principles they will, grace and embellish the
parlors Of the merchant princes of the North
and East, and the wealthy planters, the possess
ors Of the productive, broad acres Of the South.
The cultiyators Of the extensive prairies Of the
West, and the honest, patriotic, toiling mechan-
les Of every section of our beloved country, will
cherish this gem of eloquence and Of genius
and teach their children to recite it in honor of
its heroic and illustrious author The day is
not far distant when the freed, the inanumitted
subjects Of Her Catholic Majesty, in Cuba ana
Porto Rico, will have the dying words Of the
patriot Crittenden engraven upon their hearts
and ornamenting their mansions. The blood OF
the martyrs of .Atares, the crimson gore OF
Vienne, of Brant, of Stanford, of Bryce, of
Crittenden, and their immortal compatriots, will
prove to be the seed Of Cuban and Porto Rico
independence. Time is on the wing, and a
bright destiny awaits the friends of free princi-
pies. The ouerthyoU of despotism, and the uni-
CEREAL sUay Of freedoms say we.