The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1851-09-17

we nave Sasrn too4N some additional par
icuisn Of The ia'e Cuban expedition. The mas
Interesting II which. lecauc The mos, su,hes
iir. ~iIl he found in the de-psieh Of Commando
chades r. Plan. commanding the United state,
ship AlbaHy, lhfn Q, Havana. who visited ,h<
pisoners at the easle. The infwmalion con.
tuned IN ihe statement Of Capt Plat was obtain,
cl from cApt. Kelly and I.iruis. Order and Ba.
kef. who were among The prisoners.
Lsrez. whea isk~n. was wandering 10 The in.
irsior, alone aud nearly exhausted with fatigue
sai hunger. and was erreuseJ on the morning Of
The II inst. IN presence Of 5000 Spanish troops,
and large eoneeurse of eiiizens. Fer thres days
previous 10 his sailing Of the Empire City, H.
VIVA had been the scene Of jubilee and rcjoicing
guns vere fred. iorei-hsht prsces<ions formed.
and The prinril~I holdings illuminated.
% lhose engaged in the er petition, over one
hundred are nov Imprisoned in Hsysss. Their
e,npinions have probably all been either shot
o. Prrished from hunger.
The ~sals Of lhis expedition shoald satisfy an
ihai the people u cuba are no, prepared Cor ev-
olalion they are neither disposed 10 strike the
blow themselves, nor 10 assist lhose who would
strike for them. This, We think. would have
been the general opinion from the ouisss, had
there been none among US who had determined
that Cuba must be ours those msniisss
destiny men" who cannot he satisfied with Iibcr-
y a, hone. but must make erussdes 10 impose Il
upon all their ncishhom.
The crcolcs Of Cuba may he acowsrJs and
craven hearted !" but VIC consider no evidence
that they are such, that they did no, Join
hand Of desperate invaders 10 overturn their roy-
smmest. Brave mn are sometimes prudent,
aud may net choose 10 devote themselves TO inc
viiabIc destruction. as would have been the case
with all those cub,ns who allied themselves 70
ilesrPsdision Of Lopez.
We trust VIC have due degree Of sympathy
fsr those individuals who have been deluled from
their homes by falsc representations, and lament
the severe penalty which they have been made
10 pay for their inJi-crclions But Il was an opsn
infraciion Of law; an attempt 10 invade coun
Try with which we were 1t peace an act, indeed, I
Of piracy; and vas done in defiance Of procla-
nation issued by our own Government, which
gave timely warning. The punishment inflicted
ly the Spanish Government may be severe but
not more 50. perhaps, than, under similar clrcum-
stances, would have been Inflicted BY any other
nation. The reports which were circulated rcla-
live 10 the muiaiion Of the bodies Of the Slain
were not true respectable citizens who were
present at the executions and who have since ar
rived at New York, declare that they were wit
nesses ofthc respectful burial Of the bodies
The New York Commercial Advertiser. speak.
ing Of this enterprise, says: /. Il was conceived
IN wickcdness and folly; il has ended in igno-
miny and death 10 the invaders, and has en,ailed
misery and irreparablc wo upon many an inno-
cent family. No man Of right feeling would, for
accumulated worlds Of wealth, exult in having
advised and aided the enterprise; or, having aid
Cd it,.can now look upon its fearful ruins with.
out pangs Of most painful rcmorsc or regret. Let
Us hope that the past viii he lesson for the fl.
'urr, and that the utter fllacy Of the allegations
that the Cubans were ihirsiing for independence
living been thus tragicaly demonstrated. all fur
'her attempts 10 lead our Young men into such
aslaugh,er-house will he abandoned; and, seeing
sL.s.
'aa' the Cubans desire no revolution, but repel
U'e'gn aid for such purpose when thrust upon
'nem. TT common humanity he heard on behalf
Of the flower of.our land, that their lives be not
sacrificed in fruitless efforts to raise those who
fe olutcly refuse to be raised"