Washington telegraph., 1851-10-08

Az Honest JUpGMEHr.-The following just and
.:Hc.ctory defence of the Administration, for its
sa, Ion in relation 10 to the Cuba movement, we
o.. IT, from the Georgia Citizen, published in Macon
aSN ,S's editor, whom we know well, is Democrat,
-, man who has the neral courage to vndcate
~. r;cht and oppose the wrong, regardless of party
Enties, whenever he finds occasion for exercs
;nr his right Of opinion:
"s I'm. AND THE ADMINISTRATIONS Everybody
r.o knows anything of the opinions Of the editor
,b;s paper must be assured that we are not a
ooE,lImorebuster," our neighbor of the Savannah
N.rs so ,oittily expresses it! We have never
,'.n tho supporter of Mr.. Fillmore, either as
did ate for office. or the President of the
IT",sd States. When this chief Magistrate,
t.u.ver is wantonly and maliciously assailed, both
Nth and South, OH account of his course touch
49, Cuban affairs, we think it full time for the
n,.s, press of the country TO speak word in his
behalf. n, ,.,,
=, the North, for want Of energy and vigilance in
a,,nr.ssipg the movement in the United States
.a,;n,t the Cuban Government. These are Free
.sas,s and AboIilionists who do not desire any
f,her extension of slavery, to which it is proba-
Il. This movement would eventually lead. On the
o,t.r hand, the peculiar self-s,yled friends Of
Chan emancipation, IN the South, are denounc-
"Isma,iou against the fitting out Of armed exped-
,o,s in the United States against Government
with which we have a treaty of peace. Some of
,bs newspapers have gone far as to call
Mr. Fillmore the friend Of COnGhd, the Captain
General of Cuba, and to charge upon the Pres-
du, that he has been the of the cold blood
cd massacre of the fifty -ono patriots at Havana,
uber j, is well known that Mr.. Fillmore has al
ready dispatched or two vessels of war TO in :
oure into the circumstances of that atrocous affair,
and is doing all that becomes him, as the Chief
Magistrate of the Union, to do, in the emergency
Wby aud wherefore is Mr.. Fillmore assailed in
this lashionl Look at the character of the assa-
ants and YOU will really understand the whole
matter The assault comes from the Fire Eating
Press Gaug, and their partizans, who have tried,
in Savannah, Macon and other places South, TO
make capital out of the Cuban moveme ut for their
desperate cause. They wish to make 1T appear
that the Union party are opposed 10 Cuban in
dependence, aud that they, the Fire Eaters, are
the only true sympdthizers with the oppressed
Creoles of the ..Gem of the Antilles Certain
yentry of this city had the assurance, the other
day. to start subscription to raise money from
those Opposed 10 the present FreesOH Admins
tration," to buy powder for fue- de -joi demon
stration, in favor oil the Cuban patriots and in
honor of the murdered victims. We are happy
the Union men of the city found no countenance
from any except few fdctious and malignant
spirits who have more Zeal than bra,us and that
al the meeting on Tuesday night, there no
response to such uncaIled for insult to the Pre-
sdent and his friends. The truth is, we profess
10 be as good friend To Cuban independence as
any body, but we have yet to learn that the rash
and violent measures which have been urged and
advised by unprncipled editors and politicians,
give them any right to dictate TO others upon the
subject, qualities them to pronounce upon the
sincerity of those who 10 not come up to their
standard of patriotism and philanthropy. We do
not care, at least, to be classed with those, who
by intammatory appeals and exaggerated publica-
lions, have allured many gallant spirits to an
nglorous massacre in the streets of Havana. we
would not have drop of the blood of these
victims conscience, for worlds nor would
we care to bear the maledictious of the surviving
relatives and friends, as our just recompense Of
reward for aiding, by singing false and syren
song, to allure our young counirymen TO doom
horrible! And if there is any personal or polti-
cal capital to be made out of the whole operation,
they who have made the investment are welcome
to all its honors and emoluments."