Arkansas democratic banner., 1851-10-14
THOMAS TRADDI.ES
The End may not be Yet.

For some days pas; detached statemen nts have reached us through oar exchanges to the effect that Concha, the Captain General of the island of Cuba, was pryy 10 the sailing Of Lopez, with his force, from the United States, and that through the instrameniality of ,hs spanish hireliug and hs minlons, our citizens were betrayed into hs hands, that he might glu. his vengeance by the shedding Of their blood. in one of the late New Orleans papers, we see an assertion that when Lopez and his command sailed from New Orleans, their destination was Porto Principe, but Eeeeiv- ing letters from some Spanish subjects. that he inhabitants in the vicinity of Bahia Honda were rIpe for revolt, and not suspecting treachery, be changed his course and landed there, where the army of her Catholic Majesty were ready to sur prise them. In continuation of this infamous plot, we take from the letter of Ioa," of the Baltimore Sun, under date of the sth Est., who was violent. ly opposed 10 the whole Caban movement for in- dependence, the following extract:
 ssWe have received further information from private and spanish sources which goes to confirm the impression, produced by other facts that the Captain General of Cuba was made well acquaiut- ed with the Lopez expedition. and the names of those persons in Cuba who were in tbe plot, some linS before laS TdtBpStO lcIL NtW OfitdflS, anu that he was well prepared and desiroas 10 receive the invaders. It IS certain that he knew ai what point Lopez was advised by hls Cuban patriots to land. Tn re can be no doubt. in fine, that while Lopez going on 10 execlte his part in the plot, and acting his part m perfectly good faith to all whoga be enlisted with him. his com -plotters Tn Cuba had no design but to betray him and his force. They aud the Captain General of Cuba encouraged hum to come 10 Cuba, and some of our public officers look care to throw no inpedi ment n his way"
 If the above be true, which the correspondent of tbe Baltimore Sun asserts with 30 much conf dence, 1t gives a new and more ser,oas aspect to this Cuban massacre Of American cit,zens than II has at any time previously assumed. For if the highest civil and military authority ID the Is- land really plotted with thos: who were correspond ing with Lopez. and urging him to hi out an ex petition from among oSr citizens, and who III good faith and froln the most disiaterested motives, went to aid what they supposed and believed was a Cuban revolution for liberty and were then murdered like dogs it is of the most daEunable acts of atrocity am perhdy that the annals oi hss- tory can furnish. This matter mast and eA j. probed to the bottom during the next Congress. And fl t urns out as asserted in the above extract We eayy not the American who will not demand that the most amp'e reparasion he made, for lie inul aad cruel imposition PEacticed through the agency of ;be officers of the SpaaiSh Csawa aPon those ef oJr citzes.s whose blood has bcen merei- lesSly shed. was done in the case of tbe gshsat uue- hearted Critiendsn and hts e0npasrIots.
 The ldea thai while our own Government had adopted he most S;ringen. measures for tke oeser vance of neutrality, and to sePpress everything like military expedition against Cuba efnanating fFom among us, tbe Captain General of he Island should be prlvy to the falSehooas written by sples in his Sery,ee toLopeE with yiew Of inducing hlm get ID the very expedition that our own gov eranent was sn good faith trying ts keep down. is 80 rvoliiug to every fee.lHg of humanity. and c6n sltutes so base aa act of Iesshegy a. r give she xhole a,at.sg the scmo!anee Of hetloa. The Spani- ard is as prorefos. fye hss 'rsaehery. nosoroaS for his cruelty and reyengefal disposition and ths sS Inc on}y taing that forces upoa us the eoaysc- lion that probably | m-@-ss true as stated by ihe carrespaniea. of lhc San Dreadful vii be the relfsa,'oa ef saaia, if istafe and authentic ac- counts confirm what we pabfsh ia the abose ex- tract. w