The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1851-10-24
REMARKABLE DISCLOSURES CON.
NECTED WITH THE PLAN OF
THE CUBA INVASION.

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| We find copied into the National Intelli>
cencer the following succInct statement, by
the editor oi the Cincinnati: Commercial, oil
facts connected with origin, merits, and
motives of the late Cuban foray. as person.
ally revealed 10 him. To the enquiry,
which naturally arises, why has this ex-
pose been made at so late day, lie ans
wers in The last paragraph and the answer
embraces the significant avowal that the
bond spectators ",ciU eadeavor TO get up
another hunt: :"
From The Cincinnati Commercial.
The excitement gotten up by the Mrasion
of Cubc and the melancholy end OF all
engaged, having subsided Tor the present,
it may be proper for US To explain to our
readers the reasons which controlled the
course AIKEN by this paper on that sub bjscl.
Previous 10 the tilIns out Of the eypedi.
ton. we were called on by prominent men.
engaged in The enterprise. tor the purpose of
securing the Influence Of our columns
This led 10 an exposition, on thfiI part, OF
the plan of the campaign, and the means
BY which 1t was hoped TO carry il OUT
Among those we cOnversed with on this
subject, was Gen. HameI's son, new no
mure. We name him. because he told f..
Il. Campbell that we protested against the
whole arrangement, and endeavorsd to
di~suade him from engaging in ii. There
are others living with whom we had better
success, and would name were it ne cessary
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tion were, that The INVASION was unjusilfa
BILE, and ,te plan of the campaign shove,
the ignorance OF the protector.
Money was to he raised. and the bonds O
The Cuban government thai ,cas 10 be hav,
been disposed Of, II Is SAID, TO immens'
amounts, at ten cents on the dollar. Thr
was 10 engage the interests OF speculation
and certain leading newspapers. Leading
presses throughout the country were TO bt
secured. and It was thought the others
would be their echoes, until politicians took
up the subject; when the moneyed inter.
est, The press. and politicians ,could force The
Government INTO the measures OF The secret
clique which were then urging II forward,
and fancy letters ,cere TO be ,criiLen 10 keep
the ball in motion.
Wills, these temptations were TO be held
out TO the money interest, the press, and
politicians, the officers who would engage
in the spe culaiion were to receive sugar and
coffee plantations. ,rith The siares on Them
The me hod by which these plantations
and slaves were to be Obtained was TO con-
fscate the property Of all The Cubd"s VINO
did no, ON ~ the enreIprIse While these
prncely offers were male TO officers, the
soldiers were to receive five thousand doi-
lars, and all supposed degraded enough to
listen 10 such propositions were promised
The smiles and grstulations OF the Creole
girls.
The plan Of the campaign. as lsid down
10 MS. Wa From eIgh, thousand to fifteen
thousand men from the Unied 5 a'es were
IN land some fifteen miles from Puerto
p,incipe. VII IRE there are many bays and
,ule,s tc .h .liei vessels no, only iIom
tor ms but from observation. Why the
plan Of campaign was changed, and Lopez
landed q, Bahia Honda, we do no, know.