The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-04-08
THE TWO LAST VICTIMS OF DESPOTISM. +

The murder Of Pinto by the captaingeneral of Cuba
when looked upon by the people of 1885, who have barely
recovered from the shock of the nsurrectionasy
revolution in old Spain, in which Concha of the
prime conspiratos is certainly the most atrocious and
bloody deed perpetrated by the unreentng Spanard in
modern times. Pinto the friend of Coneha, and had
been stimulated by Concha in letters from SPAIN hatch
treason in Cuba against the government at home
all under the sublime pretence of giving liberty to Spain
Concha power himself Esparero and to his
sociaes. Pinto, alas meant liberty TO Spain, and to
Cuba as part of it, Concha and Pinto lone reused
the people of Spain to revolution for purpose which
accomplished; and whilst bis hands yet with the
blood of his subdued and slaughtered countrymen al
home he imbrues them in the tide Of his trust
ed associate in Cuba As yet Spain knows the change
by only solitary act Of mercifu administra-
ton of the government The revolution brought con
sttuent Congress of the people together in the
bed Cores and the first step of these revolutionary Lead
ers Themselves inaugurae the humane prin-
cple long since recognised by other Christian nations
that should hencelorth be put death for pol
cal offences Concha thou base and bloody tyranl This
decree not intended for thee for Esparero and Thy
associates and for Spain only but for Spanards and for
thy elow-man in and of Spanor those natives as
well foreigners, who assisted you at homefor Cuba
well Spain In the civil of Spain--and when has
she been without civil Of some sort when alter
naey either half of the nation had the ascendency and
put to death the leaders of the defeated party and their
adherens until the thirst of military butchers sIaked
in human blood the people, with accord demanded
that the punishment of death for political offences should
be abolished and just now for the first time has this be-
nign doctrine become organic law of the Spanish
sution 1t has stood the Of single case Pinto
the first to be declared by drumhead cournartal
to have committed capital political offence; and, 10
Concha is the first of the constitutional rulers under the
revolutionary government Of Spain TO baptze the
charter in the blood of his political opponent 1t is the
old thing for poor old Spainbloodl blood blood
England exed her Irish patriots who sought TO liberate
Ireland from the Saxon rule She sent them Australia
and left them time and the ridcule of failure to effect
and with the Canadian revolutionary heroes whom
in fact she Unidentified subsequently for their suerngs
Louis Philippe imprisoned the late exed nephew of Napo-
leon for his ibusterng descent from England
the throne reyolutonize France catching bin IN
deiieto' but garote no gaowss The common OF
mankind reyots at that Concha stands alone the
bloody political butcher of the age Spain endure the
shame Who win avengc this sanguinary deed
As | write this hear of che judicial murder Of Es-
tampes an associate of Pinto Like the last, he was ga
ro,ed the public square Saturday Before the fatal
iron drawn aboa; his throat he cried aloud for liberty
He died in the faith Estrampes young Of some
twentyseven years Of age lie accused of bringing
arms into the island for revolutionary purposes Concha
did into Spain some months back But he did not
them as Concha did in Spain There overt act Of
instruction and the government overhrown
Concha helped to overthrow his own home government
The design medated and be convicted OF the de-
sign by this druhead courtmartial wherein Con-
cha put him TO death Etrampes was not Amercan-born
but since boy he had been resident and fully
raliyed He citizen in but that birth.
Now the treaty spuations with Spain expressly exempt
citizens of the United States from this military trial and
condemnation and the execution becomes, in fact will
full murder for which Spain must answer 1t most
wicked murder for there law for its malicious
murder there danger in the his associ-
ates IL base and vengefu murder, for there
no reason H. II impoto murder for the hs-
bitual execution Of defeated political opponents by the
rnusket the knife In former times Spain all her cont
mental colonies the garote will cost her Cuba
Look 10 IT, Conchai You have been In arms against
your government than once and IL your motive for
your treason not the emancipation OF your country
from such bloodstsned yrans like yourself you may yet
meet the fate OF Pinto and Estrampes with the additional
conviction that you dsssrredi IL