The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-09-05
Our Canadian Correspondence.

MONTREAL, August 30, 1851.
7Ee Cuban Nacs in Gamma - Canadian viac Of the
Shooting oftds 66yrro. Am0ioan Prisoners.
The sanguinary vengeance inflicted by the span
ish Governor Of Cuba, upon fifty unarmed and I'M
resisting American prisoners, when communicated
&c our citizens created profound feeling Of disgust
towards the spaniards, Of sympathy and commits IRA
ton fer the relatives and frien Il Of the murdered
We dwell beneath the same sky-speak the same
tongue-oar social org anization is similar and We
look forward TO a common destiny, and glorious
future. Il is not strange then, that a calamity
which has called forth, in every city Of the United
States. tueh unuistskeable evidences Of manly
courage and undaunted resolution, blended with
pity, should ind no echo here. A public NEE ling
would have betrayed bad taste, but the public ex-
preston OF opinion and the press, is a legitimate
form whereby We yindicsts ourselves from the re-
proach Of indifference. The tone OF the language,
and the bold and Incorporating expressions Of
the various writer's indicate deep current Of sym
patty.
Men ask each other here, shat will America do ;
irsultcd 50 extensively she has been BY tue span
isrds viii she tame'y submit 70 be branded as
Ration Of pirates, and allow her youth to be sn,t
like dogs. and treated, alter death, like the cri mt
nal cast IN ancien. home, iron the Tafguin rock
When Epglsbd ar lie Lacy Evans aad mis-
motley crew '. Adventures cell their services. dur
ing the civil war In spain, did The suffer Spain to
treat them outlaws and vsgabouds, beyond the
rale Of the law, and unworthy the protection Of =
Powerful nation Yet, the crew Sir DE Lacy
Eyans brought with him to spain, were thu refuse
of society-meie mercenaries moved by tue lust Of
gold VI lille on the other hand. the hapless youths
who were murdered BY the spanish Governors or
ders we're the champions VI freedom. They soaght
The shores Of Cuba sctuzted by no selfish or snoDIe
,.otive. They went there to sustain, OF deeds,
he political vuniops Ebich were consccrnted shen
your indeyenaence was declared, aud IL they have
been Violently and uujusty put TO death, when pr
souers ano defcpceless, aud the crime rems ne un
punished and uDaseDgeo, then, Indeed, neri has
fallen low in the scale Vt nations.
Iesrtless ana timid men turn pale aad stink into
obscurity in such emerg encies such being must
have been your consul Had he borne me- office
boldly and Intefdicted The slsughterng cold blood
of American citizens. by declaration, Of closing
the consulate, aud taking down hts flag, IT hts re :.
quest had been denied, ne wou a have been jast-
bed Ia his course by the Evolutionary customs Of
1 tutope. IL would then have deyolv.d upon your
Executive 70 exact rctrbution for grievous wrong
and insult Your consu. 1t is ~ be feared, tacitly
| saoctioncd the sanguinary drama. tie received his
! il spirations from an impure source, he accepted
the cfical Interpretation Of the constitution, coined
| by PRESIDENT Fillmore instead OF turning % that
| purer fom,sir--the deep well Of public feeling II
/ + the pride aud boast of twenty millions OF the
\ human race, that they are American citizens. do
they shake Of their nationality by landing in Cuba
Can any tfi OunaI erected by Spain, aDy official
elected by your people denude them OF their oirtn-
right ibis question must be prooed 10 the bot
torn. Il rs the only principle a. stake. England
ana France, and every other bankrupt power in
.roTe, viii ecax and eaIess ycu 10 Yield. 10 80,