The Nevada journal., 1851-10-11
Cuban Symparby,

Atlantic states IN the cause Of the in
surroctionists in the Island of Cuba, is
certainly most extraordinary manifes-
tation,n and is astonished "that 80 much
excitement and mock.patriotic sympa
thy should have grown out Of tho move.
ments Of q small band of desperate men,
whose controlling motive was plum der.
The .difd also disclaims the fcelin +, Ct
ANY great concern for the cause Of the
CubHns,n which seeems to it 'an unh0ly
md unjust prosecution Of the long nur-
turcd scheme in which individual for
tunes form tho chief consideration, and
policy the next controlling interest"
Now it may be great lack on our
part that We cannot, with the staid and
,lignificd Alta, divest ourself Of all sym
pathy for the cause of the Cubans, and
look on with nonchalcnce upon the sf-
forts of people almost at our doors,
who arc trying to free themselves from
despotism which, every one must nd-
mit is immensely worse, in every par.
ticular, than that our honored fore a.
theirs resisted. We judge tho Alta has
refined notions Of tho duty Of an oppress-
cd people that taxation without repre-
sentation-thc appointment Of foreign
and partial governors, judges, and off
GERS Of every description tho most op-
pTcssive restrictions Of commerce, busi-
ness, travel, even socinl lifc-are oil
highly natural and that if native Of
Cuba finds himself ineligible to any
office Of honor or profit under the 60
vcrnment, his business and property
taxed, and re-taxed to exhaustion, HIM
self deprived Of the liberty Of speech
and opinion, continually dogged by
spies, and liable to lose his property and
head if he INDUCES in the luxury of
grumbling at this state of things, he
should still be quiet, and never hope or
struggle for the right of self-government,
for such wise, virtuous and influential
mentors as tho Alta never can feel ANY
great concern" for his success. If the
Alta is right in this, every people that
ever struggled for freedom were wrong,
and the powers OF the old world who
now hold in abjcctness tho millions Of
their subjects, now issuing oppressive
edicts, and now decimating province
for refusal of obedience, are righteous
and just, Nero, MetterAich, and George
III are saints, and we have been mista-
ken oil along in revsrencing Washing
ton, Franklin, Warren, and their CO.
rsvolutionists rs men who struggled for
arighteous cause.
Now, in our untaught nature, We find
= feeling that prompts us to sympathise
with the struggles for liberty Of any
people against any despotism, and while
We glory in the brilliant history Of our
own country. we bid God speed to any
other section Of the world that wishes
to achieve similar destiny. Conse"
quently, we discovered ourself looking
on with increasing interest rs the Gu
ban affair developed itself, and the tri-
umphant idea that another star was
about to be added to the constellation
Of republics had gotten pleasing hold
on our mind, when we are brought to
stand by the enunciation of the worthy
Alta that I'VE of the Pacific" should
regard all these things through another
medium. 1t may be go, but wo cannot
believe ID and we shall still feel an
interest" in cause which we believe
to be holy and just, in the effort Of q
people, intelligent and capable, to OBJ
tain self-government, and rid themselves
Of heartless tyranny.
There is not doubt that the whole
native population of Cuba desire ear
nestly the destruction Of Spanish rule.
They have cause enow, Heaven knows
and if they cannot gain their purpose
without the assistance of individual
Americans, we hope this will be rem
dered and we shall be no more willing
to admit the epithet Of pirates to these
than we are to consider it just if ap-
piled to La Fayettc, Pulaski or Hos
ciusko.