The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-09-05

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! TIE stfu1le of Lopez was brisfs bot brilliant.
We doubt If history can show it, parallel. All
his operations were confined to . space Of about
twenty miles; an overwhelmingly superior 'forcs
hsmmsd him in, an Indifferent or hostils pass.
aasy ofsred neither supplies nor rsinforcensnts
his msn were daily wasting with famine and
thinned out BY battls; those who remained were,
unused to long marches, worn down BY fatigue
with swollen feet and weary limbs, and yet. fol
more than two weeks, this little band, eves Nm
daunted and victorious, met the forces Of Spain
and, It hast, whom treble, quaeruple their num-
Der Of the wsll.appointed troops Of Spain were
dead Or severely wounded. they were conqusrsd
only By famine, it, wsariaoms weakness, and The
appalling lack Of ammunition. Never was con.
test 70 desperately urged; never was victory X
dearly bought. 1t ID at last but an insloriou'
triumph for Spain, for famine and want of am
munilion did what her soldiers could not do
conquer handful Of raw Fecruits; and the vic
tory reveals her weakness, and shows how easily
under calmer and better provided expeditions
the freedom of Cuba might have been won. Hat
Lopes doubled bis force, and sufficient amnuni
ton, today he might float proud banner from
the hills of Cuba.
The deed is done. Crittsnden was the first
Lopez the last, Of SPANS sacrifices to her osnde
pride. The Cubans have sealed their own fate
They held back ingloriously from q contest which
was Justly their own, and did mot even give brea
to those who came to achisve' their freedom. Th'
gloom of Spanish misrule again settles, dark
heavy and hopeless, upon the beautiful but i'll
fated Island and the world gives them NO sym
| patty, because they made no effort
However men may judge the wisdom or politi
cal propriety Of the enterprise, none can question
the earnest, -chivalric and disintsrested views q
the gallant young men who enlisted in the cause
none can fail to admire the surprising galantr
with whichfshey breasted wave after wave Of tn
terrible disasters which rolled in upon them, o
the dauntless and brave defiance with which the
encountered odds, which made the unequal con
test desperate and hopeless. And they were IA,
troops, mere boys, who thus put to shame an
drove back in defeat the undaunting chivalry I
Spain!
And, however men may, in other matter
Judge Lopez, he appears to us, in his struggle fd
Cuba, q brave, unselfsh man. He was rash, bu
he periled no life more fully than his own. H
was improvident, but none met the consequence
more fully than he In all his adventures i
behalf of Cuba, he revived the spirit, the uncal
culstng courage, the dashing galantry, the me
tlesome exploits, Of Knight of by-gone chivalr,
4 In the midst Of most desperate and gloom
contest, we have seen him practising noble cou
i tesies and generous humanity to a relentless TO
sending back wounded prisoners, under an III
respected flag Of truce, to scornful and rsveng
full opponent. -
If we may credit the accounts Of the last ar
melancholy scenes Of his life, manly resolution
dig niied composure and mistaken confidence
the goodness Of his cause, invest them with
solemn and touching glory. A gaping crow
looking with cold curiosity at the ignominious ia
Of one who had periled all for their freedom; q
armed soldery surrounding him with all the pom
and hopelessly numerous array of power; Il
scaffold and "the vile garote," and the brut,
executionsr and himself in the garb of the grav
and fslon's fate before him, a soldier-he migl
well have felt anger and impatient bitterness
But in all that scene, he was calm and somethir
Of hobleness was in his presence. 1T would see
that, beyond the gloom Of the scaffnld, he saw Il
light Of fame and honor falling upon his memo
as fearless soldier and true patriot, and Il
thought frightened the brief path to his gray
ais last words were, "Adieu, dear Cuba!" Al
who knows but at that time he had vision tn
the Island he loved SO well, would not be alwa
darkened by Spanish misrule, and that in his ov
fate she should find an impsrishable theme for b
sons, and triumphant inspiration for her fire
dom? Whatever his faults, whatever his "a,
ness, whatever his improvidsncs, we believe
has proved conclusively his life. strong devotion
Cuba, and we forgive them all to tho marty
hero who died in the zeal Of patriotism and /
! faith Of freedom.
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Hovossa Correspondence Of the Cresces
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: Execution of Lopez-Hs Last Wor1s-One HI
, dred and Ety.fve Prisoners to be sent to
Coast Of africa
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