The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1851-10-08

True, under existing iaw,ea1aAs II. dutv q,
Government to prevent the formation withiH
our territory, of any body of men having de-
sign upon the existence of Cuba but if that
body is found, and escapes beyond our bounda.
ries before any knowledge has reached the Go
vernment, they are then beyond its control, and
any attempt on the part of our Government to
offer resistance to such body, by way of aiding
that power, is contributing to the maintenance
of tyranny, and, as consequence, at variance
with the letter and spirit of the constitution, al
well as in direct violation of known and esta.
blished rights upon the high seas. When We
consider the position of the administration and
the Wing party upon the subject of this Cuban
mocratic party, there is room for much and seri.
GUS reflection. Almost universally, and, indeed
so far as we have observed, without an excep
ton, has the Democratic press Of the nation
thrown open its columns to the free and abun
dant expressions of sympathetic public, in be.
half of their murdered countrymen on the island
of Cuba, whilst, on the other hand, that of the
Wing party has been the fruitful source of the
most unrestricted calumnies and unmeasured
abuse.
Yes, even more the conduct of high pub.
lie functionary, who is employed and sent to
Cuba for the purpose of looking after America n
interests, and protecting the rights and liberties
of American citizens, has been such as to stamp
his character with infamy, and yet he is justified
protected, and defended by the administration
and its organs-and this, too, after it has be-
come a settled conviction in the public mind,
that misguided countrymen were entraped
by the plots and Vaccinations set on foot by
the corrupt hirelings of Spain, who would have
deluged Cuba in American blood, in their ca.
gerness to encompass native patriot, who no.
bly, fought and died in the cause of freedom
and oppressed humanity. The memory of Lo.
PEI should be dear to every lover of freedom
and history, if it be just, will vindicate him
| against the conjoint attacks of Spanish and
American tyranny, brave and noble monu.
ment to freedom, and unfortunate martyr ia
Spanish intrigue, cowardce, revenge, cruelty
ana murder let, strange To believe, there are
men in this free and enlightened government
who justify and commend such conduct in ,
neighboring province, the history of whose go
vernment has been history of the most con
sulnmatc aggression, tyranny, oppression, plum
der, piracy, and murder.
| What is the cause of this great difference o
sentiment' The same difference existed on tn,
subject of the war of 1879 and the war will
Mexico. Will some of our candid cotempora
ries explain to us how it is that the Democrat,
party is always with the country, and on the sid,
of liberty. whilst the Wings always with he
enemies' In the war of 1912, they were with
Great Britain. In the Mexican war, they were
with Mexico and, in the Cuban difficulty, they
are with Spain; and, in all instances, opposed
to the general sense of the country. If any
doubt could have been entertained of the sue.
cess of the Democratic party at the next presi.
dental compagn, it must be completely dis.
pelled long ere this, by the anti-national and
anti-republican course of the present admins.
tration and the Wing press on the subject OF
Cuban independence and universal freedom.