Washington telegraph., 1851-09-17
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Ngw YcRK, Aug. 25. 1851.
The Cuban matter -, Of course, the princi2a!
subject Of conversation this morning. To read
some Of the newspaper reports, stranger would
suppose our citizens to Be in . condition Of boil
ing indignation. ono and all; but such an i'm
preston would be very erroneous. The phrase
"A sseeting in the Pors" carries with It an idea
of an immense multitude too large to get inside
Of any building however large, but for Tho most
part there il = deal Of moonshine IN this notion.
Certainly the meeting in the Park on The night
Of the day that the news Of the ''massacre" ar
rived WAS . small one, and there was nothing IN
it calculated to lead a spectator to infer that
ninety .nins huudreths Of the New York voters
c.rsd enough about the object TO step odt Of their
tracks to favor it. Perhaps the contradiction Of
the reported barbarity Of the Cubans TO. Tho per-
fosated bodies Of the ~liberators," did something
70 stake down" the public indignation. More
:haa ono American passenger in the "Chcrokee,"
witnesses pf the execution of the fifty adveutufers,
asserted positively in the evening PaYsrs that the
story Of insult TO the bodies Of the prisoners was
entirely untrue. went aboard the ''CherUhee"
before al her passengers had Iefs her, ard ono sf
shem related 10 me Ill the Particular Of the exc
cution and burial Of the uufotupate expedtionists
at Havana He was strong in his ccnsure Of
SPanish exaction and syraaay on the island.
"But." said he. '.your city papers exaggerate the
matter. There was no indynty offered TO the
bodies. They were placed in heafses much better
looking than amy in New York. and respectfully
entombed." a.
The meeting in the Park ON Fddsy hight vas
not attended by more than four hnndred people,
and oven with this small audience all were not
in favor of the objects Of the call. While the
ftli6asters were addressing from platform OPP
poste the grand entrance to the City Hall, another
crowd listened in high glee to some loaer other,
half crazy or half drunk, hsrrangueiug upon his
private wrongs. the national debt, and the rise in
the price of putty. One speaker In this lot vig-
orousy denounced tbs expsditionists as seeking to
violate our good faiil with nation with which
this country is at Pesss. mention these things
that you may not be m;sled in your appreciation
Of ",he public pulse in this city. There were
number Of sxcitabie pirits marching through the
streets OH Saturday light, with music and shout
ing, and at two O'Clock the noise had not entirely
subsidad, 5u: &c Of do men are but drop in the
bucket Of the $685. ,00' who irhabt here.
/ do not mean to 6ny that thousands Of people
hero condemn the summary course taken by the
Cuban authorizes. hut decidedly object to the
misrepresentation that we are all carried away
by wild wrath aud Indignation because few adj
venturers cast their III upon the hazard Of = die
and died indeed. II lamentable to see people
SO imposed upon by heir rulers as tho Cubans
are, but if they don't fl the oppression suficenty
to help themselves, q even TO cry ''como over
and help u.s." don't know why We should fret
our gizzards about then. Personally l am loser
by the restrictions put Iy the Spanish authorities
upon trade and free communication with Cuban
cities, and should be glad to see the people of
that island throw of the Spanish yoke. as think
that neither Spain nor any other foreign country
has right to a single foot of land in this hems-
phere. At diuuer table, on the day Of the re-
ception OF the news by the Cherokee, an English
man had the effrontery to assert that 'h was
evident the American people wanted to seize on
Cuba as they once attempted to do on Canada,
though they disowned it when the effort resulted
in a miserable failure" Nothing could be more
untrue than this, but supposng that it correct
why should the English in the face Of their most
unjusti6able aggressions in India, expent their
gas upon 'American thirst for the acquisition Of
terrtoryT
Beyond doubt, preparations arc rapidly pro-
crossing under the of all this js5oy to send
several hundred recruits to Gen. Lopez from this
city. II is certain that there \ number Of
wealthy residents constantly at work not only to
keep up the agitation but to sood supplies to the
"liberators"