The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-08-27
EDITORS CORRESPONDENCE.


New YORK, Aug. IS, 1851.
The excitement IN regard the Cuban massacre is by
no means lessened and whether il is 10 be alayed
dashed INTO redoubled fury depends very much upon the
character OF our next intelligence from the seat OF
and he disposition manifested by government
in relation to the subject The wing presses busy in
Tue attempt to smooth the matter, and msrepresent
both the nature and extent OF the feeling which per-
vades the community They profess 10 discred the
count. OF the barbares practsed by the Spanards upon
the bodies OF the SLAIN and to the wholesale slaughter
ITSELF they justify being in perfect accordance with
the law OF nations, and than what the adven-
turers deserved and ought have expected They under
rate the responsibility and the numerical force of the meet
ngs which have been held and endeavor to convey the
impression that they have been got up Tor selfish and
sinister purposes by those who would take advantage Of
the patriotic feelings OF the rich Cubans resident
here, and by others anxious of acquiring notoety
lucal speakers Now, unfortunately there are too many
private eters-many of them from loyal Spanards them
selvesn this city, describing, revolving terms, the OBJ
scene and brutal atrocities prac,sed upon the remains of
our countymen, 10 leave aoub that they actually
ommtted. There too few precedents OF the murder
of unarmed prisoners in cold blood except upon the
blood stained history OF Spain herself, to establish the
legality OF such proceeding under the national code
and there by far too many housands-not to say
tens Of housandsof the elite of citizens gathered
in the Park Friday and Saturday nights to leave the
slightest ground upon which to base the absurd nsnua
tons OF the wing papers in regard to the motives OF
those who were instrumental in calling them.
The truth u.s. that the conduct of our government here
tofoe in relation to this whole business has not been
such as to elicit the appreciation of the people. The
capture of forty or fifty Americans by the Span
iards about the time lof the expedition TO Cardenas
of very doubtful legality, to say the
least They were not taken in any overt act of hostii
ty. Some OF them PROFESSIONALLY wholly limo.
cent OF any such intent and yet all subjected to
gross indgnty and punishment, which, if it fell
short OF the extreme cruelty inflicted upon the cap,ves of
Bahia Hondi was still unusiti iblc Now, all
that could learn in regard to the interposon of
government in that was, that some OF
national vessels were despatched to Havana, and
the especial agent OF the United States admitted to
dence with the Spanish authorities. OF what rauspired
we not exactly informed; but after long and cruel
Imprisonment in irons those OF fellow citizens who
survived were released from captivity to which they
had been subjected for no offence known to the Spanish
law or the law OF nations, and that whou, or
apology. The whig presses evidently anticipate similar
exhibition of timd and cautious policy from the admins
traon the present case and ready with their JUS
LITIGATION in advance But the people look for very diff
ferent demonstration from Washington; and any one who
had listened to the shout which up Heaven when
one of the orators Of the Park apostrophzed the spirit of
Jack son. and adverted TO what he would have done
der such circumstances, could form very good idea of
what of action they do expect rulers to take in
the premises.
These keuies-when, like the present one, they grow
out OF the real supposed invasion OF the rights of
American citizens by foreign powet-are not without
their extensive beneficial effects upon the country
large They enable ALL ia the first place. to appreciate.
in some degree the wide spread attachment the Union,
and the all pervadng fraterna affection for every living
soul who claims to be American, which exists under
the light subsatum of domestic dssensons and
tiona disputes Who in such case, stops inquire,
or even think, from whence the brother came whose
blood cries from the ground for veRgeance Who asks
or cares whether from the sunny South the frozen
Norlh-whe,her a unions, a seccssions!-a democrat
or a whg-na,urazed or of native birth' 1t is enough
that he is an American citizen TO the whole
try-from the ST. Johns to the Rio Del Norle from the
Atlantic TO the Pac6c-o redress his wrongs if living
people together like band of brs,hers, and enable
of their rights. bid defiance world in arms, be
seveedi Ought they TO be- Let the incendiay OF the
North and the secessionst answer.
Again: these periods Of popular excitement show the
people who are with them, and whom they trust
There those who opposed the popular voice when
/, proclaimed this country free and independent there
were those who held back when the nation rushed to
arms in 1912 there were those who would closed
the door which the people threw wide open for the ad-
mission OF Texas; there those who would have
fused supplies and reinorcements to our gallant troops in
Mexico and there are now those who turn deaf TO
the dying groans OF slaughtered brethren in Cuba
is well ha, events occasionally to turn the popular
eve upon such these that 1t may mark them as un-
worthy OF confidence or trust. II.