Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1851-08-01

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they suffer the rights with which God and nature
have invested man.
imperative necessity Of defending and Of seek
ing the institutions of just free and govern
men that welfare and security which are the conditions on
which alone CT ylized society can exist Z
The natives Of perhaps who have come
n their affections and their property viii they disregard
the laws of nature themselves the side of
which Expresses them Expresses and which
viii neither thank them service be abe with all
their help to prevent the triumph of the independence of
Cuba!
Are not they intimately bound up with the happiness
and interest Of Cuba those blood natives Of her who
rising to-day against the despotsm of the
wsud wish to count their cooperation the best
anty of their social and the
Have they not fought in the Peninsula ITSELF for their ma
I ios tne 9, the same
the for all countries cannot be admitted
to the light of reason, from which they spring?
No. not cannot be that they should carry ubmissvenezs
to the point pFeferng their own ruin and the splitting of
hottest cause embraced by which aims
promote their own happiness and to protect their rights and
properties The Pennsulas who adon and enrich SOIL
and to whom the title ofabor gives high right
own to its preservation know well that the of Gu
ba regard them with personal aectionhave failed
recognise the interest reciprocal which unite the
have held them responsible for the perverse
of the few, and for the nques of government whose
internal policy abored separate them ON the
tyrant's familiar maxim--to divide and conquer.
We who proceed in good faith and with the noble ambi-
ton of earning the applause of the world for the justice
our actswe surely cannot aim at the destruction OF
from meriting that vile caumuy which the will
endeavOr to fasten do not hesitate to swear
the sight of God and man. that nothing would better A.
cord with wishes of hearts, or with the glory and
happiness of country than the cooperation the PENN
could realize that idea of entire independence which is
pleasing to their minds but if they present them
for the security Of their and propepe when
adventurng all for the main object of the liberty of Cuba
shall we be able to renounee any means of eecting it,
tn hat he poDip-
sulars who in wise dependent the
who are so bound with the fate of Cuba will at least
main neutral it will not be supposed that promise
ourselves the conduct the part the army the
dividuals composing which, without ties affections know
other law consideration than the will of their COM
mander We pity the lot of these unfortunate men, subject
to tyranny hard who, their homes
In the flower of their youth have been brought Cuba
Cypress condition of themselves renouneng dgn
y Of men and all the enoyments and hopes life they
zen and dependent and hrelng soldier and choose
eept the benefits bey and prosperity which tender
if they shall disregard the dictates of and
interests and allow themselves be controlled by the nsid
their duty to oppose themselves the field Of battle as
enemies will then accept the combat alike without hate
and without fear, and always willing whenever they NAV
lay down their arms, to welcome them to our embrace
10 employ the language of moderation and justce-to
ofove and Observation-Disclosures cultivated and Chris
tan people, which finds itself forced to the violent
the lives of fellow beings, but the condition
and the rights Of man. uurped from them by unjust and
and wishes encourage in opponents the idea that
ignorant of resources dstrustfu of strength All
the united at the disposal Of the Pennsuars Cuba
against could only make the struggle protracted
and disastrous but the issue in favor could not be
| the less sure and decisive.
In the ranks of we have to count all the free
of Cuba whatever may be the color of their racethe
brave nations OF South Americs who inhab soil and
tyrantsthe sturdy islanders of the Canae who
as their country and who have already had Her
mandez and Monies de Oca to seal with the proof
trdom, the heroic decision Of their eompatro for
cause.
The ranks of the government would find themselves
stany thnned by desertion, by the climate, by DEATH
which from all quarters would spring up among them
thousand forms Cut short of pay and maintain
army dependent recruits from Spain fill their
vacancies without inch of friendly ground which
plant their foot: individual whom rely with
curity in the field would be for them of
while if they shut themselves within the defences
their tortresses hunger and want would compel them
abandon Them if they carried by of
The example of the whole of Spanish America
under circumstances favorable for them. when they
had Cuba their arsenal the benefit of her Golfers
tive aid in those countries themselves ought them
as lesson not to undertake extermnatng and atricdal
struggle which could not fail to be attended with the
or results.
We, the other hand besides resources have
in the neghborng States of the Union and in all the repub
lies of America the encampments of troops the dpot
of supplies, and the arsena of All the
of this vast New World whose bosom shelters the Island
Cuba, and who have had like to shake off by
yoke of tyranny, will enthusiastically applaud resolve
will fly by hundreds place themselves beneath the flag
liberty in our ranks and their trained and experienced vor
badge of gnominy that still disgraees the free and ndepen
dent soil of America.
If we have hitherto hoped with patience and resignation
that justice and their interests would change the
of rants have trusted to external to bring
the mother country to negotiation which should the
disasters of resolved prove deeds
ton and that endurance have not been the result
ence and cowardce. Let the government undeceive itself
in regard to the power of its bayoLets and the efficacy of all
the it has invented to Cypress and watch In
face its very rhortiesn the sight the spies at our
deon the day when have resolved to demand
rights and by force break chains nothing proven
ted from combining the plan of revolution
independence OF
San Antonio to the Point of Maisi.
We, them provisional representatives of the people OF
Cuba and exercise of the rights which God and
have bestowed upon every freeman his
establish himself under the form of
him. do soemnly declare taking God the ends
propose and invoking the favor of the people of America
who have preceded with their example, that the Island
Cuba is and by the laws of nature ought to be- ndepen
dent of Spain and that henceforh the Inhabitants
from all obedience subsection Spanish
eminent and the individuals composing it owing subms
sion only to the authority and direction of those who while
awaiting the action Of the general suffrage of the people,
charged may Professionally charge themselves with the
command and government of each locality the militia
~ forces.
By vture declaration the free sons of Cuba and
the inhabitants of the island who, adhering cause
cers and untas of government for their organization and
rectUn and for the purpose of putting themselves
of the independence Of Cuba and which have given the
tatve to this movement Placed the imposing attitude
of making themselves respected compatriot will prefer
all the of persuasion those of they pro-
ect the property of neura whatever their origin
they will welcome the Pennsulas their ranks broth
ers and will respect all property
IT, notwithstanding our purposes and aternal intentions
the Spanish should find partizans
bent sustaining it, and have to liberty t.
the force Of of Cuba let prove the republics
of America, which contemplating us that we having
been the last to follow their example does us un
worthy of them incapable of merting liberty ano
achieving independence.