Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1851-09-04
The Issue of the Cuban Conspir-
aCy.

With what sincerity and earnestncss we haye
endeavored % guard our county rom tie miss
hap- winch hls now second tone hetaNen if 0f
having lis name placed before the world n cone
junction with t1e Successive unlawful and crim-
mai efforts o. ttll. and otcriuru the Govern
ment of ile Stand Of tuhs-as much aud un-
disputed territory Of fhc Kingdom OF Spain MS
Long Island Of the State Of New Nols-our
readers wili bear witness. We have u1t faded
DO our duiy tl place lla matter in o true lent bee
fore ihcin; ts Expose 'ls too prevalent deIc-Ion.
regard Go The morality aud oall.g of suca .u-
tcrprses; 90 eNhAtthef danger well as their
weNedness; ana to demonstrate tleir inron-
nitoiliy VIII ihe duties and oh legations go Dee
flrd 10 ihan of a' persons claiming tie cuarc-
ter % ctz.nsof ile United States. lrlutlese
ciiorla,wc nad bad lhe general geo operation of
the press of ile United Stttes Instead OF acqu-
escence 900 tlr project. by some. and positive
encouragement of thcu by another paii. The
great nation mischief mghf POSSIBLY a1yc been
avored Though, when we CONSIDER the very
general feeling ou tine subject n some parts Of
the country, aud especially 90 ll City of Sew
Orleans and lls surrounding region, |iho almost
entire des9Alon of whl,h would be- one o' the
inevitable consequence of the complete success
OF these desperate enterprises d when we have
seen money laysh.y subscribed troops enlisted,
tle ioreieu e'derof the enterprise "a both cases
mrnneuug tle people at public ceilings n the
mast OF uproauous applause-un egen officers
OF The Inite4 States Government counlyuE at
these enterprises, or so inundated Dry the gcnrr-
al fwoye as TO be deferred from attempting Tor
becoming ncaPblel 20 execute the laws forbid
ling their lifting out from ports of the United
Sntes-we feel satisfied that the power of the
Press could t have been rallied to the rescue Of
the National honor, might have been excued in
yain
Stimulated By the most exaggerated stories Of
the value OF of the great prize represented TO
them 10 DE within the reach of yalor and enter
PRISE, a band OF inexperienced youths, mixed up
with n ie" Veterans, ind proportion Of young
persons Vino on the bsttle-helds of Mexico,
became iamllarzed with blood and carnage
composing altogether a body of men Of ardent
courage and "Aeroic yolence'-had been taught
by certain presses favorable TO thc enterprise if
not actually interested IN it, 10 believe that by
enllstng in 1t they had placed themselves ON the
high road to fame as well as fortune.
How lamentable, alas the sad reverse Of all
that they had been thus taught TO expect In
stead OF being received with open arms by
People who were TO look upon them as the IN
struments Of delyemnce or being Joined in
mass by thousands at "a time, GAS the manuiac-
tured Telegraph Reports ind Procamations bad
promised 90 thein,l no hand was stretched forth
by the peaslntry TO welcome their advent nor, as
the accounts run, did single man of the Gov
eminent forces 90 over to them. What punish
ment Is not due--goneral condemnation at least,
10 those authors OF all the frauds and receptions,
who are responsible for tie accumulated horrors
with which they have overwhelmed those deluded
young men who looked upon them as oraces;
To say that we deeply lament the unhappy
fate Of the persons who, victims Of the most
cruel deception, have lost their lives in the Lopez
expedition not TO speak of those other ad,en-
turers whose fate Is yet unascertained-woul
be but ieeOly 10 express the adherence, which
we trust Is natural to US, of deeds of cruelty and
sangulnary violence. As truly do we deplore
the event as, before 1t Unopened, we toresaw and
deprecated IT. Most sincere Is our sympathy
with the affection of the wives, the parents, the
brothers aud the sisters, whom this event has be-
reayed of the objects OF their PRIDE hope and al
lectlOns.
But we must not suffer ourselves to be blinded
by the tears of commsseration to the enOImlty
OF the crime, not much of these unfortunate
victims, as OF those, far less innocent than they,
who, first blndfolding their dupes, led them to
the edge Of the preclpiee, and then urged them
over 1t INTO the yawnmg gulf Yet, hear these
very men now, IN the city OF New York scream
ing themselves hoarse with the cry of Revenge
Revenge See them posting up pacards at all
the corners OF the narrow streets and bind al
leys of the city, calling public meetings 10 ca
press their vengeful wrath
Is this anything than the stratagem OF the ar
tliceTs OF all these horrors TO shield themselves
from the responsibility for what has passed, ana
cast IT, instead upon those who have IN VAN IN
deayored to open the eyes OF the people 10 the