Arkansas democratic banner., 1851-12-23
The Case of John s. rArn.A..r'

we nAallSA 'H another calamn. gra,n .s. y,ssss euIS AAtg, a bflcf Frvinw af ms ,,st,,s -,
 case ii appears Ihat Mr rhrsshsl IS an A.,.,, eau ci',zen not hsssag eoainssi x,lA tb,. ,s,,.s. i"iS O. Ihe SpaasSh law necessary Ia make, s,ss . 9Fa'"Sa Sesleei eS saeh be ,s entitled 10 Ina Pto'ooHoh 0t tA'S government and 10 The h,.nra, o' oar treaty sHpalAioRS With Snssu. tka, m a1 eiNt of cT'mina eases, the citizens as s,,hier, r esheI country shall have far and gsnatt,.l .,,l n due iorn oi law, entitled to eYeY, 1ae,l.. f,. tness defence and compulsory pyocess Ear ,bi.5a' ins witnesses, and % con potent congset I, vsas laF'het The duty oi Mr, Owen to have sss,Se,l b,, oat it does mol appear ihat br manifesfs,B an, ,, 'eFesi ID tae ease, Adbodga Mr, fhfaSbsrs AeaSe and office were searched. no ry,dsaee of ,,3itv eonnec,on win the Lnpra expcd,,fep snn.srs ,, have been discovered. except l.tser g, r,rt,, which has aat vet been iutt rpres,d u,S e,i,..s,t appears 10 have acted fn co.lusion with th. ca,r, aga'nst hHa. adta,itag 'A4t aa such iezunooy A, sHooH 0e Daa'sht1. he c0uft itSel; refused io
 slea Co ha piea oi ATaet6aH citsEfnShl, ,r E., tt. clam te the teueGi of tsvaty s,,palat,anS l,,.s. Span and the United states He was lhns at,..sf, eJ, tned, condemned, aud sentenced al,h iu3e cent haste. n defiance Of a,i rules of evidence. aad in contempt bolA of hls genetal rlrkls as an Ameucsn clisen. and of the rlghs Spec,ally guar anlled 6y solemn treaty.
 Judge Sbafkcy goes ta Havana. i IS said with
 instructions to investigate thc case and sre Ina. justice be done We hope, indeed that ta,s ,s traei and that a hH shall have repYcsraia- tive whose ilst toned and American eaurSe mav redeem thlx government from that contempt spd indignation winch ljS oiHc,as haee bgaagh, uDoa t, by their weak and pusilianinuas cnuys,, m yr lnton to the ii-tatcd victims of he brave and generous but unfortunate expedition oi Lnoez = But before hiS arrival. Tbrashef may hs far on as WAY to worse than death n ihe eaatn rang at qulck silver mtneS: and he petty despai oi Cula. wha exercises al ths tdneuous 1i SuvaFe.gHty ci = cept the fepaTatOD ot wrongs, VIII. aa usual sd jeurn the negotiation io Madrid, thus ,pyolvsas long delays, and cgeetaaily accomplishing the rum oi hiS vlean, even though hgS EhetAtton be finally effected This 's a state of things wbich our government shouJd endure longer fl he injury which is iti,cts on Aineuoan cit.zens be not promptly ard fusiy fedreYged, Ameueans will no longer be safe. either a person of property in he island oi Cata. The govefnmcnt oi ths island, "a is intercourse with ioresgn powers. and it's treat neRt ol thetT eitYeHS or subjects exercises. when thinks proper, all the rghiS Of a sovereign. l. setdfs. condemns. executes agd baashes them. and eOGhscattS ther property; yet after al! tbss S dune aud reparab1n oi tRe injury IS sought, the Capla General coolY den,es his power lo aet and fe,ec the government whose eitlsenS hc hss wrunged io d court tiFee thousand miles distant involving every ceSc n the meshes of an nef mnable negotiation, and ranung the victims 1f Bs tyranny past hope ef repara;ion. Our goyefn-
  yrtament Of Cuba directly responsible iOt the wrongs wh.ch | directly taaicts.
 In this case. an administration which has igno. mu3ousiy tasted to dschBfse its high dutles io- wards Ametcans who have been mafdeied or iEn. pfisoned after The bitter moekefy of Spsnsh tfiai, IS eompeiet by the irresistible irnpase Of an out ragged pubic opiaton, tp make show at least of ,tadca&ng tbr national power and the .7gh,s of Amerch 0tszeHShip. G 1 arn Roman citizen" was once passport throught Inc world. ." am an Ametcau citiS>sl' wstAin the sphere of Spanish power, secu3s to be only invitation 10 insult and injury. That the administration IS acting only under the compalsion of pablic opinion. IS evident from its cold, weak, and pusilianiHous policy. when the lives ldad fortunes of hundreds were sacntced with less than the mockery0i iral; hut now when the pubhe Judgment has been pro. noanced upon saat policy, and q shgle indiviouai ls deprived Of hfs liberty after trIal far more m due f1ITa oi law, lt ylelgS as apparent obedience Q the general voice, ta ordering an investigation. Cnttenden and hts mursirIrd comrades sleep under Inc shadow oi the Moro. but yoier IS heard from a goVerament Oihelal demanding Tefsrst.on. Hundreds of young men are pefsting Ia he cham. gang, and instead ot a botd and vigorous coGise. ie3ons negotiation is prutracted, dunng which. Span. presunang on past f0rbraFanre, nsulls IS with he hamsllaung demand that her flag shall be saiHted in our capital CfitendeR and his comrades all went to Cuba under the influence oi geuuIne thoaght--ihat a revolution WAS a iiErEfG2z aS all t@y t.s ss4s ts sssssi lbe inegds of liberty was the sole object of their yuvpe ambition. They failed terribly failed | and . few moments sufTecd ,o accomplish he
 rsssg doom of one ba5id-bat f.s days passed before The SaTytv0Ts were seBtenced tD tste gsefe terrible than death. If eYrf . ease called for the prompt and vigorous acimn of government 4 was .hss; bat Inc Presidents Proclamation esioppei hsn. Owens pleads Il, and Spain makes t a gtosnd for se, justification. But PesLc OViNios bas pFJaoancrd and cgnpelS the President t0 act on the sde of juSiise and national h9aoT n case eating lar less for intervention. We hope ihss this he 5egianiag Of pg,icy ol hlghef and mole tfuiy Auencan toae.