The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1851-09-02
Truly yours,
GILMAN "A COOK


ceW, remarks as follows:
| "Ne scarcely know how To- construe
ilese letters. We do not think that tho,
charge wlliul tcscrlion or lrcachcry unoI
Lopez; but we do think they clarGc uno,
nun want OF plan and foresight, and an.
houice, further, that reliance upon the us.
s'stance OF the Cuban Crcolcs, is Il, best =
leeble hope. We confess We suspect ,herc
is some point and force in these implied
statements.
"1iad thcro been any actual trcacharv
anu wIliul dcscrton on the part of Lopcz,
'hc merry Kerr, and the chvalric Cri,tcndcn,
would not have failed 10 have written TO
that citec, in terms OF manly and indpnan,
i Remuneration. 1t is nonsense TO suDpuso
that Lopez behaved ,trcaclerousIy or IN bad
falth. n man has only TO look at his posi.
lion tn see this. Tho late OF Lopez is M the
contest, and now the soil OF Cuba must bear
hI'n conquerOr, or cover him c0rpse.-
lie has no alternative between death and
victory. He is cut off from escape from
Cuba lie IS, with price upun his head,
surrounded by yalI that Spain has OF power in
Cuba IN Snch position he nerds men,
and every soldier is invaluable to HIM. Bad
iuilh or trcachcry would be the worst Of
folly or insanity.
but the lcttcr Of Adjutan, Sanford gives
key to The wlo.c matter. Crttcndcn and
his party were assigned the duty of bringing
| up portion OF the baggage, IA necessary
| peril"us and honorable duty. Discharrinr
thus duty, encountered with The bapnanc. Il
| Span',f, iorcc inlervcncd between lhcm aud
The inaln body "i Lopez, ANA comlnunica-
ton was temporarily broken off Before it
could bc resumed, az will be seen from
Havana letters we publish to-day, IopcZ
had some hard fighting, and could not COM
municatc with Crl,tcndcn. When he did
communicate, and Crltlcnden started to ION
hn, large Spanish force again intcrvcn-
cii, and the unfortunate result was as Adiu
tant Sanford has skctChcd H.
"Ihat Lopez should peril whole force
10 60 TO detachment was impossible, and
contrary TO all rules OF reason and OF war.
And yet on this II appears to us, must any
complaint sulcly rest. Kerr makes none;
Crlttcnden, so far as many of his friends IN
this city know, (and they have letter
from hinn,) makes none. ]rcuchcry or
bad faith cannot, therefore, from our pres
cnt lights, reasonably be imputed to Lo-
PEI.
In reference TO another matter. aid from
the Cuban Crco!cs. 1t has been long
known that they have no arms, ard certain
ly till they have these and a respectable
American force in the field to encourage
them, general outbreak on their part is
not to be expected. If Americans 30 to
Cuba, they must, for the present, rely upo
'hc.T cWTtrWs Y .u~ta.ii > - W I!i-n1
II .ru,r.' IL - ,l,S ~ iu:.i,..:,,-.s 4 rrl-
- brave man iucEs /! Uu..iiuu,.,l..t, ~ ,i,n
.,l inIriy EN-. .,,,
Sidcd for. he meets ihem w.iicul ,error and
without snrDrrsc - lourna.s;s Ne ann
y ss".c ."s.s 'y.'.. r.""-t c+s a., ct.n,inf --
q, ... i '.i-a
tt. -. Ht!l be sooner reached nv !, pro
-" ''.au nca"wnI r,t..f.r- ,s,-,. sia.
p!"a,nU -...,. s."ti caicu,atur, than by
needless forays and iIor,lcred expeditions
This view, we have every reason 10 believe,
now prevails among the cmigran.s who
will soon land in Cuba and III calncr and
more thoroughly dlgcstcd views we dare
prophecy more solid aud successful re-
suits
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TIE RECENT EVENTS IN IIAvAxA-We
are authorized TO state iha. the stcau-frigatc
Saranac will be despatched forthwith from
Norfolk for Havana, with Cummod r.
Parker, of the Home Squadron, on board
TO inqn r. wo has been instructed into
al circumstances attending the capture ami
execution ol the American citizens recently
shot Il, that place, and 10 ascertain II proc IS
under which they were put 10 death, for
having been, as alleged, engaged in an
armed expedition winch invaded The Island
a full investigation will also be had into
the circumstance Of firing at the United
States Mail steamer Falcon by Spanish
crui SER
| AT the same time that these steps are
| being taken, renewed and rigid instructions
Will be is sued to I! c civil, military. and
naval officers oi the Gove-nmcn,, to take
| all legal steps, and employ all the means
at their command, II check and break
| up any armed and illegal expeditions from
| Tue United States against the territories OF
| friendly Powers, and to cZc any vessels
and arrest all persons who may be con.
| ccrncl ,hcrcIn i, being the fixed deter
| mnaton Vi the Government To maintain It's
treaty obligations aud To enforce the laws
/, OF the land, the recent violation OF which,
N the case OF the expedition OF the pampcro,
has led To such lancnlab!c results.
Th: Saranac was waiting II, Norfolk for
the purpose OF conveying Gov. l"ichcr 10
| Vera Cruz, Oh his way 10 resume ls
diplomatic duties at the c!iy OF Mexico;
but her present mission beng ol such
pressing Importance, she VIII depart
wilhout him, and another conveyance w.I
be provided tor that gentleman.
The Saranac Will leave Norfolk either
this afternoon or to-murrow.-Nat
lnlcliigcnccr r, Goth inst.
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We stated on Friday morning, tha,
when the steamer Pampcro touched at Key
West, the u. s. Judge and Collector were
sup the reef We did not understand c
n.cuning o! that phrase. Judge Marvin has
been Tor some time IN this State, and MIR
Douglass, The Collector, III Virginia.
We learn, that the sailors OF the u. S.
ship Albany, AT Havana, were thrown into
a state ~ great excitement, on learning,
that the liiIy Americans were TO be shot
They waited upon Capt. Randolph to
get permission 10 land and prevent the
execution; they desired Inn to open his
batteries upon The town; and when The
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