The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-05-07

port with the world against usthe moral aid OF this free
country We have had il true and this Is for the flu
lure our rainbow Of promise the encouragement the aid
and the gallant devotion Of very many of the generous
liens OF thsepubc avail they could be against
the leaning OF their government towards European
policy events have clearly shown.
That General Lopez unsuccessful should be no re-
preach either TO himself or 20 the people Of Cubat was
merely the result Of circumstances Bolivar made several
TRIALS before he established liberty in Colombia and Bruee
made nine attempts for the independence Scotland The
great Napoleon himself who from Eba landed three ham
ared men IN France and promptly seized the rens of gov
ernmen was with the intellect and when al the head
OF half million OF the best troops the world has ever seen
defeated IN Russia by the premature fall of the thermometer
and the torch Of an incendiaryn
His attack upon Cardenas was a con, ID main which
failed on account of the grounding of his boat His move
ment upon Bahia Honda was most unfortunate and can
only be accounted for by keeping in view that he was ouy
deeoyed by General Conchas spies emissares In Ger
dehas IL was not desirable that the people should have
Joined him aer was found impossible to surprise Matan
zas te real object OF the expedition and Bahia Honda
the Cubans after the of Crenden could hardly
have been expected to do than they did 1t is
cd mat one hundred and sixty shot the roads
their blind efforts to join him wherever he might be
y matter OF history that the Cubans attempted to
free themselves early 1929 with the and
promised assistance Of Bolivar and that the plan failed
through the Intervention of England France, and (nraJe
dcta) he United States The conspiracy bore the name Of
the "Soes dc Bolivar in honor of the Liberator" In
1926, Cuban refugees made similar attempt from Ca
racas which ended in the capture and execution at Puerto
Principe Of Don Francisco Aguro Velazco and Don Bsr
nabe Sanchez Another conspiracy known the "Aguiia
Negrap and that of the Solos, formed in
1923, with the countenance of Mexico 1t also failed
through the sleeple espionage Of the Spanish authorities
Since then Cuba has presented but series of mprison
ments deportatons and executions Let the dungeons Of
the Moro Castle and of the penal colonies Of Africaet
the public executioner testify to the truth of this assertion
let the hundreds of eSes now in the United States bear
witness TO the efforts of the Cubans-no gnoble because
unsuccessful Let the rsngs of Aguero at Puerto Prn-
cpe and of 1rmeneros in Trinidad in 1851 composed Of
the elite of their respective populations speak the deter
mnaton of men, who in Of reverse expected meet
what they receiyeddeab the hand Of the executoner
may be permitted to remark that the first man that ever
trod the soil Of Cuba in hostile array Cuban the
writer OF these lines whose blood also flowed that very
night The next Gen Lopez also Cuban and then
his staff composed of Cubans and Americans. In his last
expedition captain Of one Of the best American COM
panies Cuban, Felipe Goay who died calamity at
the head of it. The captain of the Cuban company which
went in that expedition also Cuban Iafoaso Obeyto
who likewise died at his post did many Of its members
Pianos Cuban aid to General Lopez also killed
and finally the only charge Nth The bayon which made
during that expedition remarkable for the extraordinary
courage and rtitude displayed under
dom, if ever, equaed made BY The Cuban company
composed Of young men, but few of whom had
the fire, against the choicest among the Spanish
whom they repulsed and broke That the Cuban charac-
ter as whole is not now exhibited in its proper light is
but what should be expected by all impartial Three
centuries Of unheardof tyranny, corruption and
tons, do weigh in vain upon miserable people If
they you of the Milledgeyie Union pray where
would you find the necessity for change? Your very
objection builds up my argument Remove, then the
weight and the body win rise up TO the majesty of its
| nature.
am, sir, with great respect your obedient servant
AMBROSIO JOSE GONZALEZ
| WAsHGGTos, d. g., May 6, 1854,
| General Lopez, precaution, induced to wait
until the strength of the plank tried which connected the
steamer with the shore,