The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-05-07
Tnc pre.,dent,s ProcI.mation,

ders has omitted to read carefully the proclama-
ton 1t nowhere speaks of the persons connected
with any previous invasion. 1t deals in general
terms. II declares that men who wage private
war are to be looked robbers and plunderers.
Who those persons are is not known The Delta
therefore throws away great deal Of serviceable
Indignation in the defence Of persons who have
never been attacked. 1t admits that the Presi-
dents duty called for proclamation, but it objects
to the style. 1t is too much after the manner of
st. Giles. "For our citizens to commit murders
and depredations on the members of nations at
peace with us, or combine to do it. as much call
for punishment, as if committed within our own
territory" Such is Mr. Jeifersons opinion, and
he cites Vatte:
il sovereign, enrol them in foreign country
without the permission of the sovereign Those who under
take soldiers in foreign country without perm
sion of the sovereign and in general whosoever the
subjects of Others violates fthe sacred rights Of the
prince and Of the nation 1t the crime which called pla
gat. man-hef There organized St1e which does
| not severely punish it. [vattel
That the Cuban leaders of the suspected expe-
dition influenced by high motives, will not be
disputed; nor that the young American officers
who may enlist in the new adventure are actuated
by chivalrous feeling, will doubt. But
the great of the soldiers are foreigners, just
landed in the country, without friends or means,
men of desperate fortunes, and willing to hazard life
in any adventure.
Are these leaders guilty of any crime We think
they are They are setting on foot military ex.
petition, without the authority of any government
| They are about 10 wage private war. If captured
they are not entitled to receive the treatment Of
prisoners OF war; but are amenable to the severe
| law which permits their instant execution. The
case is very different from that of Greece, or Po
land, or Hungary, or any other people struggling
for freedom. As yet there is no movement in
Cuba, is there any proof that the people desire
a revolution. When they have struck the first
blow-when they have organizc1a Government
then those who go to their aid, send them the
means of continuing the struggle, may well feel
that they have aided the cause offreedom. But as
| the evidence now stands before the world the in.
vesion is that of party of Adventures, without
| the sanction of any Government whatsoever
| The denunciatons levelled at the President will
!" hurtless fall" The People of this country.
though they sympathise with every Other people
struggling to be free, will not countenance an ex.
petition like this, got up without authority of law.
Genet, when he attempted to enlist men in the
service of France, at least involved us only in a
breach Of neutrality. But the adve rers of TO-DAY
would disgrace the United Statesr he ewes of the
civilized world. We appeal to thu al learning Of
the Delta, whether the setting on foot of hostile
expedition, by private persons, without the sane.
lion of Government, is not by the laws of nations
an act of piracys
| Last year we came out in favor of that expedi.
ton, because we were led to believe that the peo
Pile were ready for the revolution. That thew had
commenced the war by furnishing the money with
l which to purchase arms, ammunitions, etc. etc
But the result proved too concusively that this
belief was altogether mistake.
We give an extract of letter written to us from
The seaboard of Georgia:
By the time this reaches you, the second Cubs Exned
ton will have started to try their prowe. They have poured
on us from various quarters of the interior of the State
Mostly think, from Cas- county. A large number en-
camped at Burnt Fort in Camden county to embark nj tho
mouth of the Sata. H. and G. are engaged ma po,s ~
place steamer drawing thirteen feet water in her prone,
moorings. Ten. who left the company arrived here on
their way to Savannah, becoming dsgusted as they said
with the want Of order among the majority, who had in
v0lved them in several dcuie. with the inhabitants on ts
way by punderng the plantations Most of those whom
saw Of good appearance and well dressed
The Delta makes PERSONAL appeal to the senior
editor of this paper, to know whether his son, who
was engaged in former EXP edition against Cuba,
| is a robber and plunderer." That has nothing
10 do with the question at present under discussion
The President, in his proclamation makes no allu-
sion to any former expedition, nor to any person or
persons engaged in it. The senior editor of the
Crescent is free to confess that his feelings and
sympathies were strongly enlisted in behalf of the
former expedition against Cuba; not because his
son-Has drawn into it, without his knowledge or
consent, by representations entirely groundless but
because he was induced to believe by the repre-.
sensations Of the Delta and other prints, which
seemed to occupy the position of confidential or.
gans to the expedition, that it was set on foot by
the Creoles of Cuba, and that they had furnished
the arms, the money, and large number of men
" to carry on the revoluton.' But when it turned
out that the Creoles of Cuba had nothing to do
with it, and refused TO give the invaders any coun.
| tenance, it gave very different aspect to the
| question.
As the Delta has made this a yersonal matter
with the senior editor of the Crescent who always
feels lively interest in the affairs of the senior
editor of the Della, he will return the compliment
by inquring how Cuban stock stands at the present
iuncture of affairs