Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1851-08-29
E6sets of t:,e Cuban News.

The news from Cuba has caused feeling OF de-
termined revenge in almost every city, town and vii
lage on the Atlantic shores In New York mass
meeting was held in the Park on the evening of the
Odd to take to rebuke, in proper manner.
the gross outrage ed by the massacre of the
fifty patriots mentioned in the Cuban news. AT N.
Orleans, exasperated were the people, that riot
was the consequence. meeting was also held at
Savannah Ga, to take the matter into considera-
ton. In Philadelphia Baltimore, and other places,
the deepest feeling has been aroused in favor of the
patriots
The next news from Cuba will be looked for with
the most intense interest. 1t will in all probability,
seal the fate of Cuba at least it will be def
mite, one way the other: than any we now have.
Look upon our Cuban relations in any manner
you may, it appears that the Administration at
Washington have most shamefully neglected its du-
ty, and the consequence is that the American flag
and American citizens have been shamefuliy insul-
ted by the Cuban authorities and the rabbe of that
place. That events of a most serious nature have
transpred near our coast on the high seas, not
to be denied. The Washington Union very proper
ly remarks: Any man of ordinary sagacity could
have foreseen, weeks ago. that, in all human proba
bility, delicate and important questions would soon
be presented. Yet Notwithstanding this the Presi-
dent the Secretary of War; and the Secretary of the
INTERIOR deserted the seat of government without
adequate motive, as if flying from the responsibilities
they unprecedented. Our readers may, perhaps re-
member that on the very day of the departure of
Messrs Fillmore, Stuart, and Conrad, We said, in
reference to the Cuban outbreak, that the Executive
tour to Western Virginia was wrong-tmed-the Sec
rotary of State being somewhere North, and the At
torney General attending to the Kentucky elections.
Now we have the news that forty American citizens
have been taken, unarmed, from open boats, by a
Spanish war-seamer. carried into Havana, and shot
like feons-their dead bodies being thrown to the
mob in the streets! Where is the government to
meet this outrage! Where is the President Where
of The Interior Where is the Attorney General Z!
Where is the Secretary of War? They are scatter
ed about the country electioneering tours and
none here tell where they are. There is no &C.
vernment at Washington. Mr.. Fillmore, Mr.. Web
ster, Mr.. Stuart Mr. Crittcnden, Mr.. Conrad, are
all gone-scattcred to the four winds. Mr.. Corwin
had we'll be gone too for his private affairs just
now take up his time and attention. Mr.. Graham,
Secretary of the Navy is here; and Mr.. Hal, who
is charged with the superintendent of the Post Of
fee department, is here also That is all. In the
mean time, we have news not only that forty Amer
lean citizens i narmed and defenceless-have been
shot within days sail of our coast, but that their
dead bodies have been abused with than bar
barian brutality and it appears, too, that the regu-
lary-censcd steamer of the United States, running
from Chagres to Havana and New York. has been
fired at. and the passengers insulted.
The government cannot plead surprise, 1t had
every reason to anticipate desperate deeds on the
Cult before its Hegira from Washington.
Circumstances like these are calculated to excite
the public mind, and certainly demand investigation
on the part of our government Such barbarity may
suit the dcspotism of Austria and the Eastern World
but in this free America it is out of place, and we
much mistake the tone and temper of our people il
the attempt to practise it will not recoil upon the au
thorities of Cuba'
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