The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1851-09-10
Faa - Naisasi Iz,sl.issnau.
THE ISSUE or TIE CUBAN CoNsFI-
RAEF.

Wmh what slnrrEisy and ezsnesiness
ne have rndeasasrd d guard onI eann-
IL Is.n she mishsr. which has naH
sscond tine helallen il. 0f having - saale
Ts.--~a tsfnrs the uorid IN conjunction
u i'll ille successive unlawful and eflml.
i 1 e1aFls 10 invade snd oFefinEn he Cor
eminent of re leland f Gnhs--as much !
and as unLispu,ea > lrsIilaEy Of The King
dom Of SPAN as Long leland Is Of the
Slsle of New YoIk-our readers viii Dear
wslneSs. We have NOT failrd 10 our daly
10 place lie ns;iet in a true light brfofe
Iisem: - exI ose the mo p eyal nj deiu-
sinn. IN rig I'D TO the morality and legal
liz 81 such enterprises: 20 exhibit Their
danger Is well as their wiekedness; and
ID demonstrate their incompslibilliy with
lie duties and obligations. in regard 20
them. of al persons claiming the cll-rae-
TER al eiliLens of the UIiled States. Ii.
III these elIoris. We had had the general
cooperation % tie press e Tie United
STAT :. iiis.ead Of aequiesrenee in these
PROJECTS by SINE. ani positive enc0ur-
agcnenl Of them BY aaaiher part, The
great national mischief might possibly
have been ayeried. Though, ahen We
consider Inc very general feeling ON The
subject il some parts Of the country, and
especially in The Ciiy Of New Orleans
ami is surrounding region. t,he almost
entire desolaii0h of which would be one
Il lhe inevitable consequences Of the COM
plets success Of these desperate enter
prIses j when we have seen money Ia
vishiy subscribed. troops enlisled. the
foreign leader of The enterprise in b0ili
cases haranguing The People AZ public
meetings in The midst Of uprlarioas APP
plausc-and even Officers Of The United
States Government connising al these
enterprises. or 50 enthusiastically The gene
ri fi,rore as 10 be deferred from attempt
ing lar become incapablel 10 execute The
iIws lorbid.ling their fitting nut from The
ports az The United Siates-we feel salis-
lied lila, The power ol The Press. could il
have heen rallied 10 The rescue Of The Ma
tional honui, might have been esvnef in
vain.
Stimulated hy The most exaggerated
siories Of The value Uf The great prize re-
presented 10 them 10 be within The reach
Of saior sud enterprise. band Of mex
per;cnced youths, mixed M with few
veterans, and portion. still oaag. Of
persons who. on tile haiile.liellIs nf Mex.
lcn. became iamiliarized with blood and
carnage- composing altogether i body of
men ii ardent courage and heroic NO.
lence"-had been taught, by certain pres
ses favorable 10 The enterprise. il mol &C
tually interested IN il, 10 believe lhal By
cnli>ting in il they had placed themselves
Oh The high road 10 fame as well as fo--
tune.
How lamcn,ahle. alas The sad reverse
af AT that they had been lhus taught 10
expect. instead OF being rpcefveu -wiss,
a;en arms by People who were To look
arun item IS The instruments Of del vcr>
anee. or being joined in mass by thou
sands at limo, las the manufactured
Telegraph Reports and Pfoclamaliuas had
promised 10 ii.enl.) M hand WIS stretch.
ei forth by tie peasaniry to welcome their
advent. nor, as the accounts run, did 4
single man If tie Government lurces 90
nter to them. What punishment is mol
duc-scnertl condemnation n least-lo
those authors OF all tile frauds and ,lccep-
lions, who arc responsible Tor lie aecu-
niuiaed horrors with which they have
overwhelmed those deIudcl young men
Who looked upon them as rracles
10 say that we deeply lament The IN.
iiaSay fate Of The persons who, Vi Inns of
Ire most cruel deception. have lost their
l'res il the Lopez expedilion-noi u
speak Of those oher adventures whose
f4,e is yei nnasrer,ained-woalf he but
fsehly 10 express the abllnrrenee, which
we lFns, i natural to us. III deeds Of rrnci-
II and sangaiaary Violence. As truly do
we deplate lie event. is. before il hap
pencd. We fresaw and deprecated il.
Most sincere is or sympathy wllh the AZ.
sfr:tion 0f the wives, The parents. The
brothers. and The sisters whom This event
III. beie4red u The objects Of their pride,
hope. AMI affections.
But We must mol saiirr ourselves 10 be
hiinlei by The tears OF commisera,ion 10
tie eGarmiiy oflIie crime, not SO much .of
these unfortunate victims, as Of those, far
| IS inaocent than they, who, first blind
tpl,lihg tier dupss, led them 10 The edge
2 ii. preeipice, and then urged them over
inio lie yaanmg gall. YET. hear these
ter, men nsw. in The city Of New York. |
ser.am NO themselves hoarse with the
~ If Reven.e! Revenge. See them
Ias,ilg Up pl2cards At all the corners OF |
the narrow streets and blind alleys of the
ri'y. calling public meetings 10 express
tacir scngelil wrath
i his any thing than The straiagenr nf
ilts artilicers Of ali these horrors 10 shield
from The responsibility FOR
.y,hat lis passed, and cast il, instead, upon
.t,se Ti,D have in vain endeavored III
pen The eyes q Tire People 10 The evil
iee,ls of these cons arslnfs agaGs: ihe |
'u'l'e peace Il is cnnsoling circIm- {
'lanee ifai The People have noi responded 4