The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1854-04-15

Cr.. I,suLrs.-For the last Tour
wears OUT whole intercourse with tne Is
land Of Cuba has been little more man q
series OF insults on the part oil ats au'hon'
| ties. me, by a course Of PARENT endurance
on ours. The captains OF the steamers
PLYING 10 Havana uniformly safe ' N'''
they are subjected to every ANNOYANCE
that petty spite can devise on the coca ,r
sion OF every visit TO that port, i"o
wears ago, and even later, our mails were
regularly ransacked, and the principle
was formally laid down and actually car.
friel out by the Cuban authorities, tia,
no resident Of the Island should seho
news 10 the Uui,ed States or receive
news from hence. save only that SORT OF
news which the captain general was pleas
eI 10 sanction. All this we have borne.
Some time ago, two American vessels
the Susan Loud, and the Georgtana'
were seized by the Cuban authorities
while lying Oft the Island OF German, IN
! Yuca,an, on suspicion that they mao
been concerned in Lopez's first INVASION
and The captains and crew, Americans'
we're inhumanly treated by The Cabans.
On the 10Th August. 1851, the United
States mail steamer Falcon was fired III
TO by Spanish war steamer and forced
to bring to; no amends were ever made
iOn the 2,tA April following. three Aner'
lean sailors were taken FROM the Amen
cau brig Lu.y Waits, lying at Sagua La
IGranlr. Cuba. a,id thrown into the dun
erols q, Moro castle, Oh the pretense
TAI - al b,en engaged IN the slave
|uatr, a.I tls wui.e the caT,a1n-general
IA, culrt otiiarrs, aud many vi the pnnci.
| raj ct.zens OF the Island, were openly
/ deriving A revenue IRON that traffic
! In Oc,obrr OF the same year, the Iuoan
autnoriies refused TO allow the Crescent
CIV TO en,er tue post ol Havana, because
the purser WIN. Smith, was suspected o.
having conveyed news from the island IL
ruls country aud an interruption oil oul
postal aud Commercial intercourse ,ooh
/ lace. winch inflicted severe injury a:
we'll upon the steamers a. upon the mef
camille community. Some tune alter
wards 1--WE canno, state lie day with pre-
ci,ion) NeraI seamen belonging 10 th'
American bafque Jasper, We're seized OF
the old plea tina, they had been concerne,
! IN the slave trade--the captain-gencra
/ sIill tat,emng thereon-and mprisone'
like ,tose oil the Lucy Watts. the Blaci
Warriors naval career had hardly com
menced before she was fired upon by ;
SPANS steamer and forced to bring 10
in order TO satisfy the caprice and spit
Of the Cuban authorities. Now, she ha
been seized upon SO tiimsy a pre,ens'
that we can we'll imagine the officers O
the port laughing In their sleeves at 1t
transparency Simultaneously with thl
las, outrage, two American baraues, tn
Hamilton aud Pacific, ami an America
brig, the ]. 5. Cuttings, were likewls
seized at Havana, and sentenced to pa
fine OF a thousand dollars on q lik
trumpery pretext.
To all these and other ou,rages, W
have submitted with forbearance. The
constitute far welghtler gravamen c
injury thar give rise TO halt the wars tina
have devastated the world; intini,el
weightier than the ground on whic
Russia resolved TO declare war upo
Turkey. Further adherence to pole,
OF forbearance can only aggrayate ou
position: the interests of peace itself i'm
per,ously demand that we should seiz
the presen, opportunity OF bringing mat
tiers 70 a head ~ Y. Herald.