The daily union., 1854-07-21
A SPANISH MOVEMENT AT NEW ORLEANS

A SPANISH MOVEMENT AT NEW ORLEANS.
The New Orleans Delta of the 18th inst exposes a
scheme of the Spanish government for counteracng the
spirit of freedom in Cuba which cannot fail to exasperae
the feelings of American citizens, The Delta announces
and comments upon the scheme as follows:
"EL ConpILApon AmrncA is the title of small
printed in this city, in the Spanish language, and
ported by the Spanish Is object to collect
together all the horrible events, criminal rascaty
awlesne and evils that in the United States trans
late them into the avorite language OF Charles and print
them for circulation the island of Cuba create false
impression of government, institutions, manners and
customs among the creoes Of Cuba and destroy by
fasehood and misrepresentation the favorable opinion
which that oppressed people have formed Of our repub
can institutions eradicate from their breasts the strong
sire for change from despotism repubcsnsm, and lead
them prefer the heavy chains of Spanish slavery and
preston barbarism and anarchy The scheme adm
raby concocted and has chance for when
remember that likely prevail when truth is not
left free combat III few hundred thousand of these
thrown broad upon the island of Cuba
purporting to be compilation of the from all parts of
the United States the Cuban creole opens and his eye
nothing but string of rendng relations of
bloody and atocous Deeds horrible MURDERS robberes lar
cenes riots of boodshed and anarchy His heart
ckens and in despair he exclams And s this the peo
plethe barbarous peopewho desire to give liberty
Heaven from such liberty they enoydespotism,
with all its oppressions thousand times preferable to
archy like this J!
1t well said by the Delta that there govern
ment in the world that would for one moment allow pub
caions of this kind be printed and circulated in its
very midst by one of its own citizens much less by
alien and sworn subject foreign prince This scheme
has its parallel and very probably its precedent in the
course pursued by certain abolition journals in
nfame the passions of northern against southern
IF
cruelty slaves every circumstance calculated make
the institution Of slavery odous Although this infamous
system of arrnyng the North against the South and of
weakening the bonds which hold together federal Union
betrays deep and settled design against the government
tolerated Of regard for the freedom Of the press
which every American chershes of the pillars of
publican liberty We may safely tolerate moral of
this kind long be met and rendered poweress
by appeals the and patriotism of the people But
we cannot admit that government is under any obi
cation to allow foreign power to avail itself of
cessons the freedom of the press for the purpose of col
lectng and disseminating materials for injury in for
eign country The Delta states distinctly that the press refer
red to supported by the Spanish government If this be
true it is an outrage that government ought not to
tolerate The scheme however, is strictly in keeping
with the policy of aboionss that we cannot help enter
with it as the Spanish government
The concluding remarks of the Delft, worthy of at
tentive perusal;
The of Dickens and Troope have long been held
in cxecraon by Americans merely because they took few
harmless notes and laughed little at manners and
toms but Spaniard among take cacu
lated the impression abroad that a of
barbarians murdercrs robbers, thieves and tyran pub
h and circulate them in midst and enjoy perfect
immunity from public opinion More violent language
used against any government people than we
have read in the columns of paper called La Cronica
published in New York. and yet notice has ever been
taken of it by either the press people of the counyor
the simple that the stabbing done dark we
not abused in the language Of the country, and
people understand other they incapable apprecia
ting the beauties of Spanish bllngsgate Let Complado
the creoes of Havana who and what parties are
who commit these crimes and under what
they committed Let tell them that all to do
this country to conform the changing and mild
laws thereof, which rgidy enforced and he will
live ripe old surrounded by happiness and prosper
y, and die peacefully and quietly in honored bed with
either the knife Of the the garroo of
tyrannical government