The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-06-21
CUBAN AFFARs-LETTER FROM THE SEcRE-
TARY OF TIE JUNTA We have received the toll
loving letter from the present Secretary of the
Cuban Junta Of this city

TARY OF TIE JUNTA we nave rectiSeu Inc ioi-
loving letter from the present Secretary OF the
Cuban Junta Of this city
NEW Yonx, June 20, 1855.
siR-In your esimsble paper OF the 17th inst, 40
article headed 'Cnrous Facts OF tbs late Gu
ban Confpracy-Expodsd upon the slavery Question.
which contans errors sucn importance ana trAnscen
deree that they should no. be passed over Without reu
ta.icn. ,.,A.. 49,.
Of eveas that would bring upon our revciaton IN the
preseEt crcuns tan ses, most injurious evils III they
som.--and il Ia not far of-when everything wll b.
Facts stated in the article alluded TO are not
they not founded S on TO
Were the Cuban JuDte moved BY the personal intsess
OF its MEMBERS in preference TO the misson they are
charged WITH IL woa have spoken long ago. ana pao-
shed tire whole truth. Bot the true interests OF the
cause is the Noiih Star Of the Jauta The cause Of
Justice II is written in every Cuban heart noursh
with the nobst passions, whish the Spanish govern
nept is contributing kndle and excite by ice tyranny
AT moment, then, when efforts are being made to
independence and TO recover the rights OF
denes and policy dictate that should keep SILENT and
Near and 0rbesr vita patriotic rmness and resignation
for med friends or pleased to bring about against
the Junta, any of It's msmbers We owe this prudent
70 .ne very ss 9, sssty and
OF patriots and fames who, under the grasp or 10 Tue
reach Of the tyrsnf would suffer the OF IN
discreet and Developments The past DO
longs history and the historian will have his proper
time to serve the truth and civilization Our future Is
ratsd merely to satisfy personal views IDLE curiosity
or blind impatient anxiety Cuba and her inaspen
Secretary Of the Cuban Junta.
Here it will be perceived that while the Sc
cretary pleads that in our historical sketch Of
the late Cuban conspiracy and the causes Of its
explosion, we did not give the exact facts in
the matter, he refrains himself from disclosing
them from considerations of prudence for "the
cause" We are thus admonished that "the
cause" is not yet abandoned, but that the time
is near at hand when oil the facts concerning
all these conspiracies for the liberation ofCuba
may be safely published to the world. From
the general tone Of this letter, in fact, it would
appear that the Junta is still in q hopeful and
fourishing condition, and very indastriously
employed in concocting another scheme for
Cuban revolution in conjunction with fill
bustsring invasion from our shores.
4 viii be recollected tina. the Cabinet at
Washington, upon certain limitations received
of the ripeness of the late conspiracy, sent out
secset diplomatic agent last summer to Ha.
yana, with instructions to worm himself into
the confidence of the leading conspirators in
the island, and to worm their secrets out
Of them in the treacherous disguise of friend
ship, ard that having thus accomplished
his work, he was to return and report pro-
gress to Messra Pierce and Marcy. 1t
is known that this spy did his work very sue
cessfully, and that upon his information Marcy
exposed the whole plot to the Spanish Minister
at Washington. Hence the barbarous execution
Of Pinto, Estrampes and others, and the i'm
prisonments, banishments, con6scations and
terrorism with which the poor Creoles of Cuba
were visited by General Concha. Our treache-
rous administration is responsible for them all.
It's bloody duplicity in this business, black as it
may appear, cannot be denied. Copies of the
correspondence which passed between Marcy's
spy and Manuel Pinto and others, are, we I'M
derstand in possession Of the Junta of this city;
and we are further informed that at the proper
time they will be published. They will form an
interesting supplement to Mr.. Soule's book on
his mission to Spain.
All men will agree that it is the duty of the
administration to see that the laws, including
our neutrality laws, are faithfully executed !;
but we suspect that this duty does not compre-
bend the policy Of sending spy to foreign
country to betray the patriots there to the
despotism against which they are conspiring In
the eyes Of the Spanish government Pinto
Estrampes and their associates were traitors |;
but who shall say that their motives
ard objects were not as pure aud
patriotic as were those of the selfsacrifcing
patriots Of our Revolutionary war for they,
too, were denounced as rebels and traitors? At
all events, the administration has gone hey ond
its jurisdiction in sending out spy upon the
patriots of Cuba, to do the dirty work of an in
former against them, at the expense of the
United States treasury. In thus going into the
Spanish service in Spanish territory, our Cabi-
net should at least have drawn the costs from
the Spaniih Minister. We trust that among
the first acts of the next Congress will be one
sppOinting committee OF investigation into
this bloody burners, with power to send for
persons and papers
GOVERNOR REEDER AND Hrs HALF-BREED
remember that we have repeatedly charged that
the land speculations of Governor Reeder have
had great deal to do with the late squatter
troubles in the Territory Of Kansas, and that
ell the time he has been held up by the Wash
ington Union as perfect model Of democratic
purity and excellence. But the truth is official
ly coming out at last. "A very pretty
quarrel as it stands" between the Com.
missioner of Indian Affairs, Mr.. Manypenny,
and Governor Reeder, is bringing 1t all out
Manypenny arraigns Reeder as soiling his on
cial robes with his dirty speculations in the