Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1851-10-02
From the Cincinnati Commercial.
The Cuban Invasion,
NEWTON.

may De proper Tor us 10 explain 10 our rea-
ders the reasons which controlled the course
taken by this paper on that subject. Pre-
vious 10 the fitting out of the expedition, we
were called on by prominent men, engaged in
the enterprise, for the purpose Of securing
the influence Of cur columns. This led 10
an exposition, on their part, of the plan of
the campaign, and the means by which il was
hoped TO carry it out. Among those we
conversed with on this subject, was General
Hamer's son, now no more. We name him
because he told E. r. Campbell that we pro-
tested against the whole arrangement, and
endeavored to dissuade him from engaging
in it. There are others living with whom
we had better success, and would name were
it necessary. The reasons that influenced
us in our position were, the invasion was
unjustifablc, and the plan of the campaign
showed the ignorance of the protector.
Money was to be raised, and the bonds Of
the Cuban government, that was to be, have
been disposed Of, it is said, to immense
amounts, at ten cents on the dollar This
was to engage the interests Of spectators,
and certain leading newspapers.
The most rabid of the newspapers in ia
vor of the "patriots, were the New York
Sun and the New Orleans Delta; the first
owned by the Becches, notorious for their
speculations i'll fancy banks and fancy stocks
The latter paper is owned by Mr.. Hise, for
merly connected with the Washington Union,
but who more recently figured in gold mine
speculations in the Carolinas, and is said to
be principal owner of the Pampero. But
enough of these particulars. Leading presses
throughout the country were TO be secured,
and it was thought the others would be their
echoes, until politicians took up the subject;
when the moned Interest, the press and poll
clans would force the government into the
measures of the secret clique, which were
then urging it forward, and fancy letters
were then TO be written to keep the "ball'
in motion.
Whilst these temptations were held out
to the money interest, the press, and politi-
clans, the officers who would engage in the
speculation were TO receive sugar and coffee
plantations, with the slaves on them.
The method by which these plantations
and slaves were TO be obtained, was tc
confscatc the property of all the Cubans
who did not join in the enterprise. While
these princcy offers were made TO officers
the soldiers were to receive $4,000, and al
supposed degraded enough to listen to sucl
propositions, were promised the smiles ant
gratulations of the creole girls.
The plan Of the campaign, as laid dowr
to us, was: From eight thousand t.
fifteen thousand men from the United State.
were TO land some fifteen miles from Puerto
Principe, where there are many bays ant
inlets 10 shelter vessels not only from storm
but from observation. Why the plan O.
campaign was changed, and Lopez landed
at Bahia Honda, we do not know.
twas stated to US that the Spanish army
in Cuba, numbering from twenty TO thirty
thousand men, had bcentampered with, ant
would desert their standard as soon as A.
merican troops landed on the soil of that
Island, and that all the officers of the Span.
ISL navy in the West India station, to be
feared, were in the interest of the patriots
and in their pay. Little was said about any
reliances placed on the inhabitants of tic
Island joining the L berators.
To these plans we objected, because We
thought them foolish in The extreme, and
urged what every well informed man knows
that Spain, like England and every other
monarchica! nation, sends the troops Of the
mother country TO serve in distant pro-
vince, where they have no sympathy with
the inhabitants, and the troops raised in the
provinces are takento the mother country tc
protect the throne; that the officers of the
Spanish fleet on the West India station were
from Spain, and could not be expected &c
sympathise with the Cubans; consequently,
if the leaders of the enterprise were in cor
respondence with the officers OF the fleets
and armies of Spain, they certainly would
be betrayed, and that the Cuban government
had spies in every considerable city in the
Union, and was well informed of their
movements.
We told those of the patriots who con-
versed with us, that the government of the
United States would not suffer any army to
organize in our territory to invade that of q