The southern press., 1851-07-30

added that the government u not bound in it,
proceedings ~ consult the opinions aud inter
ests of the country.
Outrages 20 great and 80 frequent, reasons so
many and 80 strong, suffice mol merely to Jus-
tify, but to sanctfy, in the es es OF the whole
world, the cause Of the Independence Of Cuba
and any effort Of her people, by their own exer-
tions, or with friendly aid from abroad, to pat All
end to the evils they suffer, and secure the rights
with which God and nature have Invested man
Who will in Cuba oppose this indeteasibe
instinct, this imperative necessity OF defending
our property, and Of seeking in the institutions
Of just, free, and regulated government, that
welfare and security which are the conditions on
which alone civilized society can exist!
The Pcnlusulars (naiives Of Spain,) perhaps,
who have come To Cuba to marry our daughters,
who have her. their children, their affections,
and their property, will they disregard the laws
Of nature 10 range themselves on the side Of n
government which oppresncs them m IL oppresses
us, and which viii neither think them for The
service nor DO able, with all their help, to pre-
Won't tho triumph Of the Independence Of Cuba
Arc not they IN intimately bound up with tho
happiness and interest of Cuba, ns lhose blood
nativcs OF her soil, who will never bc abIs 10
deny tho name Of their fathers, and who, In
r'sing up to-day against tho desp otism OF the
government, would wish 10 count upon their
cooperation as tho best guarantee Of their new
soc'al organization, and the strongest proof Of
the Justice Of their cause
Have they not fought Ia tho Peninsula itself
Tor their national independence, for tho sunport
OF the same principles for which we, tho Hpu. of
Cuba, proclaim, and which, being the same for
men In all countries cannot be admitted In one
and rejected in another without donp TREASON To
nature and to the light of reason, from which
they spring?
No, not cannot be that they should carry
submlssiveness to the point of preferrinp their
own ruin, and the spilling Of the blood Of their
sons and brothers, to the triumph of the holiest
cause ever embraced by mana cause which
aims to promote their own happiness, and to pro-
tect their rights and properties The PENN
suars who adorn and enrich our soil, and to
whom the title of labor gives as high right as
our own to its preservation, know very we'll that
the sons OF Cuba regard them with personal Of.
fection-have never failed to recognise the in
terest and reciprocal wants which unite the two
nor have ever held them responsible for the
perverseness of the few, and for the iniqu;ties
ofa government whose internal policy alone has
labored to separate them, on the tyrants familiar
"oAtH-IO ulslue ana conquer.
We who proceed in good faith, and with the
noble ambition OF earning the applause of the
world for the justice of our acts--we surely can.
net aim at the destruction of our brothers, nor
al The usurpation of their properties and far
from meriiing that vile calumny which the gov
eminent will endeavor to fasten upon US, we do
not hesitate to swear. in the sight of God and of
man, that nothing would better accord with the
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piness OF our country than the cooperation of
the Peninsulars in the sacred work of liberation.
United with them, we could realize that idea of
entire independence which is pleasing one to
their own minds, but if they present themselves
In our way as enemies, We shall not be able to
answer for the security of their persons aud pro-
pertles, nor, when adventuring all for the main
object OF the liberty Of Cuba, shall we be able
to renounce any means of etfecting it.
But ii we have all these reasons to expect
that the Peninsulars who are in nowise depend
ent on the government, and who are so bound
up with the fate OF Cuba, will at least remain
neutral, 1t will not be supposed that we can
promise ourselves the same conduct on the part
OF the army, the individuals composing which.
without ties or affections know no other law
nor co lsderation than the will of their CON-
rnander. We pity the lot of those unfortunate
men, subject to tyranny as hard rs our own,
VINO, torn from their homes in the flower of their
youth have been brought to Cuba to oppress
us, on condition of themselves renouncing the
dignity of men and all the enjoyments and hopes
of life. If they shall appreciate the difference
between free and happy citizen and depend
ent and hlreDg soldier, and choose to accept the
benefits of liberty and prosperity, which we ten
der them we will admit them into our ranks as
brethren. But If they shall disregard the die
tates of reason and Of their own interests, and
allow themselves to be controlled by the insidi
Gus representations of their tyrants, so rs TO re-
gard 1t as their duty TO oppose themselves to us
on the held of battle as enemies, we will then
accept the combat alike without hate and with.
out fear, and always willing, whenever they
may lay down their arms, to welcome them to
our embrace
10 employ the language of moderation and
)ustlce-to seek for means of peace and concia-
uon--to invoke the sentiments of love and
therhood-behts a cultivated and Christian
people, which finds itself forced to appeal to the
violent recourse Of arms, not for the purpose of
the social order and the lives of fell
low beings, but to recover the condition and the
rights of man, usurped from them by an unjust
ana tyranncal power But let not the express
'''" Va o"i Pfogress aDu wishes encourage IN
our opponents the idea that we are ignorant of
our resources, or dstrustfu of our strength
All the means united, at the disposal of the
Peninsulars in Cuba, against u.s. could only
make the struggle more protracted and disas-
trous; but the issue in our favor could not be
any The less sure and decisive.
10 the ranks of independence we have to
count all the free sons of Cuba, whatever may
be the color of their race-the brave nations of
South America, who nhabit our SOIL and who
have already made trail Of the strength and con.
duct OF our tyrants-the sturdy islanders of the
Canarles, who love Cuba as their country, and
who have already had an Hernandez and
Monies de Oca, TO seal with the proof Of martyr
dom, the heroic decision of their compatriots for
our cause.
The ranks of the government would find
themselves constantly thinned by desertion. by
the climate, by death, which from all quarters
would spring up among them in thousand
forms. Cut short Of means to pay and maintsin
their army, dependent on recruits from Spain to
NIL up their vacancies, without an inch of
friendly ground on which TO plant their foot, or
an individual on whom to rely with security,