Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-09-30
For hc Enquirer,
THE LATE MASSACRE AT

!, s with extreme surprise that have just read the
nens ns the Richmond Mig III. late massacre at la
.a which contain atrocous as they are re-
ul-ive 10 cvcy generous Impulse not before aware
ha, Spain and her mcnas oi ranny had an organ IN ms
State aud that vi these organs could be conducted ny
nalv: nf Virginia. But much mistake their character
in the heart %: Firgnlan such sentiments as those
altered by the Richmond Wing find any response Iii
erv easy ir The n;s: VI round table, with ling IN fin
r accourd in dressing and slippers, and armed with
a,nSc qui call brave men, assisting in struggle Tor
civil liberty lrccbooers, pirates Sc bnt he VIII hn,
trouble getting acaucscence of any true American WIN
cpithcts thus unJuslltiably used.
alions Of grief for tie noble dead who undo the nl
ncc of generous impulses and in an hour OF nagnanous
nthu ;ias Joined in noblc strife against the cohorts OF IT,
ranny have the nppant illusions Of this Editor OF the
Ehig c'ting and disgusting the public sense and inst
~ e pu lc sympathy with the grattous assertion thai
lie brave men who butchered were allowed trlal be-
fore lh,ir bIcery, AID en in tunes as mild as a"ait'ng
.cu;!c,ngn he nmatGs that they should be the sovereign
earth for the hearts which now bleed i9r 'Ieif
lJss. 1ney had trial" quoth he! One Robert I'nnict
nad :hc appearance Of trial from Great Britain. but the
rave 0 Crlltcndcn had not even The senbancc
+ one their rights had vouched TO them the slight
csi protection which trial is intended 10 Afford was such
protection the vuturc gives 10 its poy covering and de-
ynurins it, If in addition tho half nakedness o teon
and hanj-cui they subjected 10 the m9ckcry %
Spanish trial. before pcJndiccd tribunal compns
Cd Of minons, half monkey and hall tiger wh"se verdict
yls n certain as il was blJudthirsty.
Probably Mr. Johnston viii also defend the absence OF any
Consul Havana ask for captured Americans the rights
y: civilized man, Perhaps lie ri2c reasons why
n, ,nn nf s.nlc should mantle chcci u anieri
.n when he hears of the ships Of his Government
,.as been fired with mFnny, Notwithstanding his own
s,Dcs and stars on led from her masthead But Mr. john
,nn had better himself the trouble. The people "t this
country will whistle hs suggestions down the Wind win as
i. .sitancy, The Lion shakes the dewdrop from MS
u1nc md rcpuae his doctrines entirely us they exc
the Butcher Captain General whose crime he 81 vain
~ attempts The people OF this country nf Ike
air which is seldom heard save when speaks IN zones
m thuner Ii is part Of their character TO rrattc about
the inception Of contest when lis course has been marked
by atrocities which throw the horrd orgies Of Dlnon an'
Barer in the sadc They have sympathy with the pc
Ii nai.rc who human being is neinS broken upon
t!a wheel advances with mncng step and affected tonr
and begs the victim mot 10 make noise Lac Telegraph
has sped with lightning speed the news Of the alociy OF
Havana The '!iord deed shall b. blown into every eye,
and The cry for revenge will BE- both long and out aey me
patriotic press Of the country is cchc!ng IT, Despite hi
Spanish atniiics Of the editor OF the Wing Ills lnro'ef'eh
ventures his Captain General will ne taught To kn3" ha lie
the days work for his Island thai has ever e
been noted annals of Spanish cruelty and CRIME: me
cry Of al armG" vii! not save him now ana let hh oA
well that Republican flag docs not ere long oit from he
fortress Of the Moro Cuba may not be ours 10 oay an
hour or year. but come i; will. This contamination Is
one no icss inevitable than 'tevoutly 10 DC wshsi
II III, organ which NJ Johnston conducts is to be made
the apaogi, for tyranny uas there arc al ie1s' Soi t1
tiers o The party from winch derives ITS name wio W" De
excused (nE concr;ng in ia unnai!onal vc nave psen
nt those whr nave been taught 70 believe '"at w W"'
Wn. was synonymc for sv'EraAF WIZ ever! ca III 10
civil liberty the world uvcr ii! ~ap?os:i a' VIII ~:
v. III, md uttered those sentiments wnich "lc tans
lated into Spanish and read NJ tie head oi the army .! 'a
nerved the OF every soldier 10 strise stronger o' o'
the naenn5le rights which Nature and Natures G,h c,
titled him thai he uttered that which induced deep and
earnest Au,n 10 fall from cach Wing p had lhught
tia. when the great statesman OF Kentucky with al his
power AMI all eo9ucnce urged the cause 81 he u!eeS
who su1gr. bravely against the hosts VI MS Mose
oppressor, and caused
st, srrc1 lighters TO asle IN iheir sais!u. ~!
BbzztrIs. Il, tie Ii. oi Clay
That he was u announcing the wor thoae great and 10
era sentiments in which every Wing OF the count'y most
fully co!ac'de r these nngs be rot "hisgery trust my
cornec.i,n humble i a with that party may cease Ia
IN. :nau ce OF Henry Clay uphoiins Inc cause ol
G. ,cia liberty If il is possible for R.pubcansm to cease
70 &c Ia. champions of human eedom and ii sdesais's be;
come it, only supporters will TO be Republican
vii, bec, me Fsdeaist" This doubt; expresses the
unjted = .nion cf ll!e Wi.ss OF the country.
The Richmond Wing may a,!en' 10 leaf away the au'e
and the cypress from the amened suffers who were oi al
Havana bur will hardly ucceed in s unse'ins work.
h massacre OF Havana will De fear. ,v nbese a
that Of the ino and long there IA ir ACsf,can heart
Is bea, for the cause O. freedom, an American eye 10 dro?
,sa upon the graves OF ts defenders ths praise VI