The New York herald., 1851-10-16

ID 1t that corsttutess crime, 20, prohibited By
may go farther. When the crime is appalling
when IL calls for ore rigor-when il is more rare
or more frequent-when the criminals are not nu
merous, and conse luently expose themselves, or
when they are in eat numbers, and hope to CON-
NIT crime with impuuty--let a, call poliy TO
aid, let az call logc, and the principl.s of cri
mnal legislation, and We shall that if the num-
Der of the pirates had influenced the Governor of
Cuba, who has only been severe, withou going be-
yond the penal prescriptions that have been adopt
ed by the legislation Of all countries. Look at
this contrast. While the papers of which we are
just now speaking accuse Us OF nhum inity, other
foreign journals have maintained that had We used
our strict rights, instead Of shooting the fty pi-
rates we should have condemned them to the ig.
nominy Of the gallows.
The invaders of Cuba-are they pirates or not
Happily, it sufces Us to look at the English papers
In order to prove that they are su,h But il was
still doubtful, We would ask what are interns-
tional rights, and what is pirate? pirate is one
the tag Of a civilized State. Who gave to Lopez
and his followers hagl If the governmen. OF the
United States gave 1t to them, it would also hsvs
been obliged to have given them its protection !;
II with it they would not have been called pirates,
what right had they to any consideration when in.
vAding foreign territory, and attempting revolt
against legitimate government. And if they
have been seized as Firaes, as thsy were such had
We not the right to defend ourselves against them,
and not only this right of defence, but that of pun
ishing their attempt And then, what imports it
that there were ten, or fifty, a thousand or two
thousand, who had been takenl All must have paid
with their lives their unheard-of zeal. great
quantity Of blood has beea shed, il Is true ; but
much more would have been shed if we had not
been severe, because the impunity OF the first expe
dtion oigina ted the second
Severity, We have said in one Of our previous
numbers, is in such cases, necessary and the fact
q pilot for the purpose of disemba-king on the
island, gave good grounds for the execution of the
fifty pirates, for without that circumstance the
islam would not have been invaded.
What a,tonisbes US most, is to see some papers
of o nation which never knew practised clemen
cy in cases similar to those which have lately hap
pened 20 as, accuse us Of inhumanity. When have
the English ever allowed pirates to 20 unpunlshsd!
When have they showed any cemency for them
From the captain to tne most humble ships boy Of
pirate vessel, all, without exception, have suf-
fered the penalty of their crime when they fell into
the power of the Eoglish Blood was not shed. il
is lot shed. 4" But no less than ifty have been
shot it is remarked Of us. Yes, fifty; and We
presume that there will be more, because all the
pirates have not been yet arrested But the Eag-
lish have, at one time, hung more thaa fifty pt
rates, and they cannot reprosch us With the execu
tion of the fifty in Havana. IL is twenty years
since that an English vessel, having seized one Of
the pirate vessels called Mussuluans, which in
Tested the Antilles, and attacked the ships OF every
nation on tie high seas, executed all who
board. The pirates numbered seventy four men,
English have said, if they had been accused Of
cruelty They would have had recourse TO the
laws o1 universal conscience, which assIgus death
to the crime OF piracy, and would have implicitly
vindicastd themselves. Then, following rhe same
course. justify ourselves completely, looking at
the ex. mpes set to us by England
We have been clement at other times, and that
is sufficient. for continued clemency is oked upoa
8s weakness. Aud could We appear weak ma
top, ard see new conflicts arisel No; from to. day
TO TIE future, those who believe in protecting tae
pirates eho assai Cuba, must undessand that those
who embark IN the enterprise risk their lives, aud
sell them at the lowest price. II in the Southern
States OF the Union they rail aims, US it is proof
of im potent despair; and if 1t is changed into
gross insults we have efficient means of protection
il the patriotic spirit Of the attacked nation.
Prom the same paper, septemberI
An envoy OF the Ameri,sn governmen: has gone
to the island Of Cuba, 10 take Information on the
events which happened there, in order to be capable
OF forming on them an impartial opinion. What
CT that! 1t is either ridiculous boast, or gross
insult. What means thatl is i. to inform the
place In Cuba during the invasion Have they the
n entlon Of judging usi Do they threaten usl the
fscts are reduced 70 fcE things. some pirates
die bsl ked IN Cuba; fifty OF then were cap,ured
they were hot according TO law, and their bodies
received burial. That is all. But let Us suppose
hat other things had happened; let suppose that
their death had been more igr ominous, tnat they
were shot without previous trial. sod that their
emsns had been dragged along the ground, as has
beer ca,umniously stated in several papers Of New
Yo.k and New Orleans What is there sstonis hing
u that! Who can condemn oar manner OF treating
pirstesl Are they piratesl Did th,y belong 20
any nationl Under what dag were they protected
And sbst is il TO u, on the other side, whether
tie information Of the American envoy be favorable
NIT ourselves to his sentence Can we hope from
him anything to justify our conduct 1.-THE e..
verr uent of the United states had desired TO pro-
ceed N the main question, az the government ef
country where the rights Of nations are respected
would have done, 10 place Of sending nov an in
stector TO the Island OF Cuba they would have sent
bim 20 New York and New Orleans, u prevent, at
ess for their honor and not to lose toe conceded
esnizstCn, at these points, Of piratcsl xpedition
against o friendly country. Such was their duty
a duty imposed upon them by the law Ct nations;
BY civilization, morality and honor: Wtat,hey do
they are marked, and TO be beyond the con.
alterations that every government owes to itself
aid those which they owe to others.
prom La Espasna Of sept iil
The unanImity which reigns ia all the Spanish
Eress in respec. the manner judging the events
n Cube, and the conduct Of the government Of
Arlington, is for w guarantee Of the successive
results of this Important question. The Spanish
ministry have now to look at this subject In o d.
plom attic poirt Of view. The conduc. The govern
uept is traced. The departure Of new expedition !
of pirstes from any Of the ports Of the American !
lion, must be considered as an inevitable epss !
lence sud we say that, because vo DO not kno the
steps already taken b. cur government for re- !
que tirg just repsrstiop. The general curiosity
on that important event, in which interested
the moet ncb1e sentiments Of people who aspire !
only 10 be respected by others having been ala od
hlk With pleasure ir reading the r.anfssocs
bieh appeared, the day before yesterday, ir the
paper which 10 eonsiderod to b tho organ ofthe sd
u Distrstion We have never, for single n omeut,
dout ,ed the frmness and the patriotism Of The &C
!u.l sdvisen Of the crown AZ the opening of the
Psiliancnt, they viii be sble 10 give 90 extlsus-
ton. permitted BY tho state Of the past events.
After eli the hs ionsl aud fOroign rrcss have spoken
81 thss iestion. having placed the scandal before
ptrhsps interpreted BY tho Ango-hmerican mer-
Il ants sgn Of weakness. Fortunately, We sre
OF " that case, and We thould desiro that
he orgGs of the government manifest, as soor a.
y ssbe. their seatiInents without violating the
Iules OF prudence.
(From the same pap~r, ~ Sept 10
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