The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-10-11
The cuban Invasion.

preparations.
Madrid journals of the nth state that cabinet
council had been held OH Cuban affairs, and that
the ministers afterwards received Nj. Martin, edi-
tor OF Spanish journal in New York, who had
brought over dispatches, and who gave informa-
ton as to what had taken place in that city. The
next day Nj. Martin had an interview with the
Minister of Foreign Affairs 1t was said in poiti-
cal circles that important instructions had been
sent OIL on the subject to the ambassadors at Lon
don and Paris, and that 5000 men were to be for
warded forthwith TO Cuba The HeraIdo states
that the affair continues TO cause immense sensa-
tion IN Madrid. and insists that the American gov
Nrnment must, for the sake of morality, civiliza-
ton, and honor, put an end to such expeditions.
From the Correspondence of the London Morning
Chronicle.
MApRID, September l3.-The ministerial organ,
the OTden, intlmates, In conformity with my pre-
vious information the subject, that it is intend
ed to adopt very energetic course of action to-
wards the United States, both as regards the en-
lstments allowed to go there and the insults Of
fcred TO the Spanish consul at New Orleans IL
says. on the latter subject
ell the invaders of Cuba have been exterminated
with valor, the i'll conduct of the dwelers of New
Orleans shall be equally repressed. There is too
much patriotism in the blood of the Spanish peope
there is too much tact in the thoughts of the ad-
visers OF their queen there is too much right in all
the acts that circumstances prescribe, for US not
to expect moral victory, in whatever reclama-
tions are undertaken, that may be q worthy sue
cessor OF the material victory obtained by the army
and the faithful islanders There is not a single
Illumination in our history of twelve centuries nor
shall there be one in the history of the nineteenth
century. Let the ambitious traffickers of North
America thus understand ito
The Epoca proposed last evening that, as this
was question on which there was no difference of
opinion here, general meeting should be called
10 consider il, with view of nghening the 90.
vernment by unanimous expression of the ma
tional feeling on this head. The Nacion sthinks
that demonstration of this kind, seconded as it
would be throughout the peninsula, would have
very good effect
Two official documents are published to-day
about the Lopez invasion; the one purports to be
the substance of despatch from General Concha,
OF the 18th ultimo, mentioning the affair between
General Enna's force and the invaders, and the
capture and shooting of fifty of them; the second
is short despatch of the same date, in which he
says that Lopez. with less than two hundred men,
was going in the direction of Artemsa, pursued by
several columns of troops, of which he had pre-
vousy sent in that very direction, and that he ex-
poets that the whole of the invaders would be speed
lily exterminated.
From the Correspondence ofthe London Daily Ns,os.
MADRID, September 1.-THE news from Cuba
continues to occupy public attention, and every
scrap of news furnished by foreign papers is anx-
iously commented upon. Great activity prevails
in the War Department, and the cabinet has de-
termined upon sending an additional force of eight
thousand men to the Spanish Antilles. The Span
ish press Is unanimous in condemnng the conduct
avail themselves of the fact that partial movements
have taken place in the island to hint that there
exists dissatisfaction to certain extent, and that
sweeping reforms are necessary to prevent such
dissatisfaction from spreading itself
The Clamor Pubiic0, while recommending that
additional forces be sent TO the Isle of Cuba, hints
that this will be au excellent opportunity to make
amends to those officers of the army who have been
unjustly put on the retired list account of poli-
ical and party grudges 1t ia not, however, very
probable that the government will avail itself Of
the advice thus ingenuously given. Senior San
Martin, the editor OF the Cronica, Spanish news
paper published at New York; had arrived in Ma
drid with dispatches from the Spanish plenipotcn,
tiary in the United States. He has had several
long conferences with the ministers and urges the
necessity of sending considerable achievements,
both naval and military. The Minister of Foreign
Affairs has sent circular note to the different gov
of Europe, calling them to afford
their moral support in the present crisis.
From the Paris Constitutional.
If the American Government, as is announced
by its last acts, is resolved TO do it's duty, no
easincss need be felt to the fate OF Cuba. 1t ia
for Spain in her turn to do her duty. She cannot
rely on always finding at Washington Govern
ment which piques itself on observing information
al obligations; the example of Mexico must not be
lost on her. She will be wrong in solely relying
OH the treaty which secures to her the possession Of
Cuba under triple guarantee of the United States,
of France, and England; let her strengthen her
authority by giving satisfaction to the complaints
it is only by good government that they can be
From the London Times, September Odd.
The spectacle just witnessed at Havana is one
that must win some compassion from the just,
well as sympathy from the interested or the weak.
A number OF men, who had fought with courage in
the open field, and many of whom had since wan
dered, for days, wounded and famshed, have been
publicly executed as pirates that is, robbers and
murderers, declaring, with their last BREATH that
ha1 tbA,.
indignant population in the work of their deliver
ance Such spectacle is rare among civilized
nations and in civilized times for the simple rea-
SON. that society 49, then, too strong for buccaneers
and marauder6 to ply their trade with any hope of
When, then, such incident does ac-
tualy occur, the heroes of the tragedy gain some
thing from the strange and incredible nature of
their crime. 1t is difficult to regard them
mics Of the human race for that Is the definition of
pirates, simply because the class cannot be said to
exist. and it is found more easy to believe them
something more familiar and creditable-patriots,
deliverers, Quixohc enthusiasts, knights Grant or
something of that kind. In this instance, the
crime for such it undoubtedly is, derives some CO
or from the well known character of all Spanish
government. 1t is common belief that an island
rescued from the yoke OF Spain, and annexed to the
great American federation, must be the better for
the change, and emerges in fact, from darkness to
light, and from slavery to freedom. We may
charitably hope that a tinge of political romance
gilded the dreams of these unhappy adventurers,
anu lbat really tney were seeking u
crown of glory, we'll as houses and lands, sugar
mills, live stock, negroes, and other valuable com
modites.
But when the iimsy veil of political romance has
been withdrawn from the crime, it is evident our
compassion, If we cannot withhold it, is due rather
to the folly than to the fate ofthe criminals. Com
passion is much more justly due to the unfortunate
authorities who have been driven to rigor from
which in the first instance they had recoiled; who
made to suffer the penalty of their former for
bearance in the return of the very men they had
pardoned and released; who kept on the tenter-
hooks of fearful expectation, in the presence of
avast and aggressive power, teeming with maraud-
ers and synpathizers; who are compelled to
maintain large naval and military force against
unseen foes; in a time of peace; and who, having
tried in vain the alternative of mercy driven
to the other alternative of justice, and forced
to endure the stigma of apparent but unavoidable
cruelty. What could the Cuban authorities do2
What line of conduct can the Americans themselves
suggest to State condemned to suffer periodi
cal invasion by lawless bands in time of peace9
IL the Governor of Cuba and the Cuban authorities
had no other interests to attend lothian the plea
sure Of the Americans, of course they would dis
band the royal forces, and leave the island, with
all its valuable property, to be shared among the
first body of American citizens that could establish
itself at Havana. Or, if this we're too manifest a