Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-10-04
ANOTHER WITNESS UPON THE STAND.

Since we had, as we thought, in the preceding
columns taken leave for the present OF the merits
Of the Cuban enterprise, we have met, in the Mis-
souri, Republican, with an article taken from the
Cincinnati Commercial" which had escaped our
attention on its appearance in the latter paper OF
which we subjoin the material part. We have, TO
the trouble of comment upon it, contented our
selves with marking by Italics the passages bear
ing essentially upon the origin, motives, and merits
of this Cuban oray, as revealed to the Editor of the
Commercial, who states his facts with circum-
stantiali'y and a precision that leave no room 10
doubt Of their general accuracy:
FROM THE cIscIssATI comMxRcrAL.
The e1cemen, gotten up by the Lvason Of Cuba. and the
melancholy end all engaged having subsidized for the present.
may be proper for explain to readers the reasons
which controlled the taken by this paper on that subject
Previous the fitting out of the expedition, called
by prominent men, engaged the enterprise for the pur
pose Of securing the influence of columns This led
exposition their part Of the plan Of the campaign, and the
BY which it hoped to carry out Among those
conversed with this subject Gen HAHERs son,
more We name him, because be told E. r. CAmP-
that protested against the whole arrangement and
endeavored to dssuade him from engaging in it, There
others living with whom had better success, and would
it necessary. The that influenced us in
position were, that the invasion unusabe andhe
plan Of the campaign showed the ignorance Of the protector
Money to be raed and the bonds Of CUBAN Gov
EasMEsT THATwAs TO hare been disposed of said to
immense amounts, at ten cents the dollar This
engage the interests Of speculators and certain leading neus-
papers Leading presses throughout the country
secured and thought the others would be their echoes
he
iares the Dress and nnEcans nn,4 rcs ae
into the of the secret clique which then urg
ing forward and fancy letters 10 be oritten keep
the I" ball in motion.
Whilst these temptations held to the money in
teres the press, and politicians, the officers who would en-
gage in the speculation to receive sugar and cee plan
tations ,vith the slapes them.
The method by which these plantations and slaves were to
be obtained to conscae the property of all The Cbans
0ho did Join the enterprise. While these princely Of
ers made to officers the soldiers receive
and all supposed degraded enough listen such PROPOSE
tons promised the smiles and grauaons of the Creole
girls.
The plan Of the campaign, laid do,ca to u.s. was From
eight thousand to fifteen thousand from the United States
were to land fifteen miles from Puerto Principe where
there many bays and nes shelter vessels not only from
storms but from observation. Why the plan of campaign
changed and Lopez landed Bahia Honda we do not
know.
It stated to that the Spanish army Cubs, num-
bepg from twenty to thirty thousand men, had been tam
peed with, and ,could desert their standard as soon as
amercan troops landed the soil of that Island, and that
all the officers Of the Spanish navy the West India station
to be feared in the interest Of the patriots and in their
pay Little said about any reliance placed on the nha
bitants of the Island joining the liberators.
IT, ak.o~
h in theexeme and urged, what every welnformed man
knows that spaD like England and every other monarch
cal nation, sends the troops Of the mother country in
distant province, where they have sympathy with the
habitan and the troops raised in the provinces are taken to
the mother country to protect the throne that the officers
the Spanish feet the West India station were from span
and could not be expected sympa,ize with the Cubans
consequently if the leaders of the enterprise in CORE
spondence with the officers of the fleets and armies Of Span
they certainly would be betrayed and that the Cuban Govern
ment had spies in every considerable city Of the Union and
well informed Of their movements.
We told those of the patriots who convesed with us that
the Government Of the United States would suffer an army
organize in territory to invade that of friendly nation;
to which itwas replied that the would go in small de-
tactne the first detachment to take strong position
the mountain which approaches within few miles of Puerto
Principe where they might the landing Of their friends.
We replied to this that the Spanish army Cuba would cut
off the detachmens in detail before it would be possible for
them concentrate and that quarters could be expected
by prisoners, because left the United States
for the purpose Of invading country peace with u.s. they
renounced their allegiance, and the Captain General Of Cuba
had proclaimed that all taken such an enterprise should
ceive quarters.
To this it replied severally, "IknoU it, and viH ask
no quarters" our motto is death victory" Our
on this question is known
may be said this expose late day. and now
useless, the expedition being ended In reply this will
say that the Commercial stood firm against the enterprise
when almost every other paper in the Union wavered 1t
never what furnished by telegraph has published
the glowing accounts Of victories to be found in other
papers, The editor refused sell the blood of his fellow
citizens, and warned them against imposition strong
we're it not that the holders of bonds the Government of
Cu6a TO 6e WILL ESDEAvoR TO GET ANOTHER HUNT.
Advices from Havana to the 2Oth ultimo report
all quiet at that place. The United States revenue
cutter Duane had arrived, having on board Mr..
LETcHER, our Minister to Mexico, who was to pro-
ceed to Vera Cruz on the 22d, in the United States
steamer Sdrdnac.
Ten more of the wounded prisoners connected
with the Lopez Expedition had been captured in
the mountains and taken to Havana
IMMIeRATIoN.-The immigration from Foreign
countries into the port of New York during the