The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-06-16

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q Joaquin Genez Faaxoad. and thousand othe,
name: wedded to infamy, besides our particula,
- they were during the palmy days Of the admins
traton Of that pearl Of Spanish chivalry, Genera
Canedo. Landings continue to be effected with i'm
punity.
Two angels Of purity that were selected will
great care, on account Of their moral worth, an,
sent az Governors to the two important points o
the south side by the Captain General he has beer
compelled to recall, and he finds himself in grea
s sm6arIss%snt to procure piece Of homes
Tor two months in Office. The last two articles wer
soon initiated in all the mysteries and the emou
ments OF the trade, and the principal patrons of il
| legal gaming in their districts, without the pru
| dence or the ability of making decent conceamen
| 30 as to save their chief from the notifying ne
cessity Of relieving them. The game is one Of du
plicity and cunning with governors and governed
TO deceive each other, to mslead the unenlightenet
chains or to throw over her fair face the blacl
mantle Of death. One manifesto of deceit and equi
vocation follows another with the rapidity Of Pc
zuela-thought, under the influence of his continued
changing fears-all in contradiction, and noattemp
at the preservation of the appearance OF consis
tency.
To show the working of our vigilance on the
south side, where we have two steamers and two
traders from Africa two large vessels have entered
their ports discharged their negroes, and now
preparing to take in European freghts, unobserved
of course. But at the same time, an humble English
fisherman comes to an island Off the isle Of Cortes
TO look for water more than three leagues from the
main land, and beyond the reach of Spanish law
for seizure, without fish in his vessel, and no evil
dence of contraband fishing upon our banks, and he
is discovered on the instant, captured, himself
and crew taken to Batamanao with his schooner,
within five seconds Of communication with our
vice royal palace, and ten days are permitted to
pass by his Exceency without advice Of the circum
stance to the British Consul General. The name Of
this vessel that of the captain, we have not yet
been able to obtain; but the facts veritabe and
my successor will furnish the items for full advise
ment.
The United States are not alone subject to the
corsair propensities of this government; presume
in the case of the AlgeriBe tribute money, they
will have the power to make an efectual cure Of
the evil, for the advantage of their commercial
world. They come to the work very Slow but they
will come.
In relation to Cuba and its power over itself for
its own freedom, there is much to be said You
cannot understand-Q mean your readers-you have
personally investigated this people, ana the con-
trolling sword and bayonet over them. from the
cradle to the grave)-how little confidence they
possess in their own physical power for re-
sistance, without any Of the arms or material
knowledge from practice Of their management
and use. No free thought, no free action
permitted suspicion of one or the other being high
misdemeanor. snfdencia or treason. The usual
manly exercises of our youth in the open air, upon
the waters, the plains or the woods inhibited the
gathering together of the young for any purpose but
the bull fight chicken fight, church professions or
balls, always guarded by civil police and military
force, strictly forbidden. Not permitted the use,
wear, or exercise with any weapon that could be
possibly converted into material for the general de-
fence or to the restraint OF the wickedness of their
rulers 1t is not strange that the late attempts
so far. 1t is this absolute condition of young
Cuba that prevents resistance, and that will con-
time to do SO, unless in his eagerness to consum
mate "Cuban glory" General Pezuela should force
arms into the hands Of Cuban youth, (white as well
as coloredD and teach them what they SO much re-
quire-the knowledge of the power of combination,
discipline and the manual, and familiarity with the
various weapons of defence. The call for the militia
is farce, not intended for contamination, but for
the purpose of covering the want of confidence
which the government has in the hearts and the
arms of their ever faithful islanders. If General
Pierce and his corps of advisers place confidence
in the report that Cuba is in state OF revolution,
and gives up your national honor to Spanish care
under such fallacious hopes the prize may escape,
Authorization be secured and thorn fixed forever
to rankle and disturb the peace and prosperity of
your republic. 1t is possible that this hope may
lead to prolonged negotiation with the wiley Span
her own salvation, and throw herself into your
kindly open arms, for the nation to imbibe the
sweets of the rich inheritance, without labor and
without cost Cuba has the " fear and trembling"
under the lash Of the tyrant, but none other Of the
attributes of the Divine command. Cuba cannot be
free by her own unaided action, unless General
Pezuela does that which l believe him to have
Just sense enough to perceive would not
answer, and which, / am well advised,
he does not contemplate, unless it be by so small
fraction that he can bury it in such huge mass Of
royalty under arms as to prevent the leaven from
working to the detriment of the crown and the in
n CnhQ-iuaf fo alyp tn
the Creole and to cover his coward policy. 1t
would be tar more generous-far more noble and
consistent with good soldiership-to say" We doubt
you, and we will not trust you"
have discharged my duty in the premises, to put
your folks upon their guard as to what they may do
under the force of excitement. which may much EN-.
barass the cause they pretend to have at heart Here
we are SO far removed from Boston and W0rces-
face Of a movement which, If let alone for a little
while, would bring the question to q soution-the
same solution that was obtained in the Old Bay
State without bloodshed Of their neighbors and
the owners, then philanthropy Christian philan-
thropy-stepped in, and conveyed them to the peni-
Tertiary, the workhouse, and the grave.
Such was the foundation Of abolitionism in the
United States; and, 80 far, the results verify my
declaration, as will be found by any one who seeks
to find the remnant Of those consigned to the mercy
Of Massachusetts, freedom, which, being the very
fountain, birth place, cradle" in the western
hemisphere, bnOulu DC a IN quAuty. but nave
done. This is none Of my concern. They may fol-
low the Kilkenny cats in the practice of their phil
anthropic robberies; it will not much retard the
progress of religious and civil liberty.
To come down to commonplace matters of this
belonging. 1t is but few days since we were told
by viceroyal authority that the story got up by the
"enemies of the Spanish name were all idle inven-
tions and calumnies strewed among the people to
promote discomfort and disunion-to destroy the
general harmony among the ever faithful-that the
idea Of law to permit the marriage of negroes and
whites was utterly nonsensical, and had no place in
the mind of the noble marquis his royal mistress,
DC. hand you herewith the law edict, or vice-roy-
al permit, which was then laying upon the
table ofthe Captain General ready for transmission
to our most holy Roman Catholic father in
the church, which has been since combined In his
circular Of the Goth ut and addressed to the various
curates throughout the land. This gracious permits
sion is the only law of the land upon the subject,
which will be enforced rs an imperative mandate by
the priests Of the interior although it has such
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