The southern press., 1851-08-27
OfieiaI Account Of the Executions.

The following IL an extract from the Spansl
account of the shooting Of the Americans:
The Justice Of man is accomplished The I'M
fortunate criminals are now before the tribuna
OF God, giving an account of their past lives
We hate the crime. We have compassion io
the criminals.
Please God that this inevitable and just warn
ing may wake the understanding and reason %
those perverse men who, from a foreign land
sent 10 death those who arc their instruments
the infamous, who, melted by the most vile pas
sions and yoracity, are intent To bring ruia
desolation and eime into peaceful aud quiet
country, which respects all the other nations o
the world--which is always occupied with ils
business, its industry, and its commerce.
New Orleans papers, there is your work
There is the result of your dragations, of your
iniquitous falsehoods, Of your plncards with
large black letters, and your detestable extras
There we have that scattered blood, and thai
will be scattered in future. There you have
IL, smoking in accusation against you, perverse
instigators against you, who have murdered
those deluded men, whom you sent TO death
for you knew well that they certainly would be
killed. This blood MUST tluw, drop by drop
upon yonr heads--t!is blood will torment you
in your sleep, for they have lost their lives when
you were in security in your houses.
Never mind that those stupid men who left
them to be taken by your demoniac crits, have
fallen! What interest had you in that, If gold
was in your pockets; the gold your only God
tie payment of the blood shed! Tho greatest
culprits of all are the papers Of New Orleans
But they are in security, and God alone car
punish them. Why did you not come with the
pirates, If you Loyalty believed that you would
have been received with open arms, ye iniqui
tous!
The troops formed a square. They had or
their war uniform-the blusa and straw hat
On the arrival Of the troops, the cavalry and the
civic guard, the multitude on foot and on horse
back, placed on the heights, on the plain. on th,
sea, and a great distance upon the edificcs o
Jesus del Monte and el Cerro, necessarily cheer
ing the Queen and Spain-eternal idols Of that
army and of this people, so much caumniatet
by the United States.
Sr. Mayor de Plazo read the usual edict, anC
the criminals appeared by ten at time and af
ter being shot, were taken away from the place
Of execution. to make room for their compan
| ions The first chief was shot alone the two
second chiefs were shot together--alI in the
midst of incessant cries in favor Of the Queer
and Spain.
Justice being done, the Lieutenant, Rey, ia
speech to the soldiers and the people, ex
pressed himself, in strong and worthy terms
saying that the punishment inflicted was mer.
tied by these men; who, without God, with.
out law, without a Gag, came, in order to al
tack our nationality, our religion, our Qucc n
and all other objects dear TO our hearts.
The uioatS TO the Queen and TO the country
we're repeated with more energy the troops de.
filed, and the people went to the place Of execu.
ton, where they looked for what the criminals
had left.
The funeral cars were waiting 10 convey to
! the cemetery the mortal remains Of the fifty