Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1851-08-05

deps1dencs By the Liberdting Society of ii
PueH5 Principe La SOciGdrd Leber- $
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July 4lh. 1851. !
Human reason revolis against the idea
that The social and political condition Of
people can be indefinitely prolonged, in
which nan. stripped Of all rights and guar
an.eess With no security Of person or pro.
perry, tp enjoymen, in the present. no hope
in the psure, lives only by the will. and un.
der shel conditions imposed by the pleasure
oil his iyERn,s; where avile calumny. pris-
oner's fenunciaiion, a despoi's suspicion, a
word clugh, up by surprise in the sanctuary
ol honP, or. from The violated privacy Of a
letter, furnishing ample ground for tearing a
man iE5m his hearth and casting him forth
10 die'af desiilution and despair in foreign
soil, he escapes being subjected to the in
sulIing forms Of barbarous and arbitrary.
tribunal, where his prosecutors are them.
selye1 bis judges. who condemn him, and
whsl Instead Of proving his offence he is
I>9'> 20 prove his innocence.
'l.ualion so violent as this Cuba has now
pee'' many yeal s enduring; and far from
4 pplse of remedy appearing, every
day Rddsthalthe policy Of The mother counEI
,ry and The ferocilv Of her rulers will grant
neither nuce or rest ill she is reduced TO The
condition Of an immense prison where ev.
cry Cuban will be watched by guard, and
will have TO pay ,ha. guard for watching
him. hi vain have this people exhibited
'nidness, prudence, and even submission
and q loyalty which have been proverbial
/ When the iniquity of the Government
has NOT been able 10 find any os,ensible
grounds for persecution il has had recourse
10 cowardly arls and snares TO temp, its
vicsms into some offence Thus were va.
rious individuals Of Malanzas entrapped into
an ambuscade of The sodiery, by The pre,exl
oil selling them some arms, under circum-
stances which made them believe these arlIs
necessary for selEde(ence against threatened
attacks from The Peninsulars. Thus, have
sergeanls, and even officers. been seen 10
mingle with The country people and pass
themselves off as enemies of the Govern.
'nenl, ior The purpose Of be,raying Them inlo
avowals Of their sentimenls--to the ruin Of
many persons so informed against, as 10 The
disgrace of military honor on The part Of
those who have lent themselves to so vii
famous service. -E..ls
4 If the sons of Cuba, moved by the dread
Of greater evils, have ever determined to
employ legitimate means OF imploring some
law. or some restraint upon the unbrdlro
excess of their rulers, these lai,er have al
ways found the way 10 lislon such acts into
attempts a, rebellion. 81
For having dared to give utterance tc
principles and opnions which, 10 other ma
lions, constitute the foundation of their mo
!, raj progress and glory, the Cuhans most dis
I lnguished for their virtues and talents hav,
, found themselves wanderers and exes.--
: For The offence Of having exhibited their op
position 10 the unlawful and perilous sav
trade. from which The avarice of Genera
!, ,lO'Dennell promised itself so rich a, har
yestsof- lucre, the Ialler saiialed his resent
: menl with The monsirous vengeance OF in
9 volving them in a charge of conspiracy wit
. The free colored people and The slaves of tn
9 estates, endeavoring, as the las, outrage q
. an immoral Government could offer 10 law
= 10 reason, or to nature, 10 prove the objec
J" oi thar conspiracy in which they impllcs'e
: whites OF the most eminenI virtue, know
y ledge. and patriotism. to have been no olhC
= Than "lhe destruction Of their own race
)" All the laws OF society and nature iran
s pied under foot; all races and conditions Col
'e founded together, the island Of Cuba the
,e presented 10 the civilized world speclac
= = worthy Of The rejoicings of hell. III
a. wretched slaves saw their flesh torn Grol
50 them under The lash, and bespallered wi,
y blood the faces of their execuiioners, wi
:" did no, cease exactlng from their torture
''S denunciations against accomplces. Olhel
:. were shot in plaloons without form Of tru
~ and without even coming 10 understand Il
o. pretexl under which they were massacre
~ The free colored people, after having bee
~ first laceraled by the lash, were then hurrit
10 the scaffold. and those only escaped wi
& life who had gold enough 10 appease the f
III ry Of their executoners. And, neverh
~ less, when the Government or It's folowe
p have come TO fear some rising OF the G
!. bans, their first threat has been that Of arr
10 ing The colored people against them for The
extermina,on We abstain for very shan
!" from repeating The senseless prelenses
'h' which they have had recourse 10 ierrify d
9r' limid. Wre,ches! How have they be-
us able 10 imagine that The victims Of their
ry. with whom the whites Of Cuba ha
" shared in common The, horrors Of mise
''e and persecution, will turn against their o'
OF friends, al the call Of the very tyrani W
ns has Torn them to pieces. If the free color
IS people, who knew their inleres, as we'll
'h' the whites, lake any part in the moveme
.T Of Cuba, il certainly will not be 10 the
Jury OF the mother who shelters them in
Al- bosom, nor OF those oIher sons OF hers W
by have,never made them feel the difference
er their luce and condition, and who. far fit
en pluhdering them, have taken pride in bel
IN their defenders, and in meriling the lille
ba- their benelacIors. 7aGE si-'ai e ..e
ap. The world would refuse 10 believe the h
md tory Of the horrid crimes which have be
hl- perpelraied in Cuba; and would necessar
md consider, that. II there have been no me
in slers 10 commit il is uncomfortable thai th'
nes could so long have been men TO endl
ich them. But If there are few able to pei
he Irale TO the truth Of particular facts, lhrou
ky all The means employed by the Governme
moi 10 obscure and dislorl them; no one will
rm sisI the evidence Of pub ic and official FAC
ses Publicly, and with arms in bis hands,
IN. Gen. TacOn despoil Cuba ol. the Cons'lIuIl