The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-02-21

Ths Lost two have escaped.
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IN. shove psl.on-rs vii be SAINT 70 Havana. Those in
s q b. sent 70 Havana, and those sesedat
nssnBAss 10 ~ taken ~ the interior.
We l~aru that Jo.e Gcarr the uncle o. Senior Gener,
s.ksn nAaannas mlrsonsd three days before he
was liberty TIL. gsatlsman Is ssveutyhve years
q 9ss ysf they Kept h confined three days, while his
heass "a bsinx searched.
10 rnR KpIroR OF rms HERALD.
Psrusa me thrcugh the columns u your widely
tsnasi papsf the attention Of the American
psbis q ths stAEslisg fact that event pregnant
wh calamlty 10 their eeantry 10 being pcrpetrated
a. their very dooss Tho plan limited at by Lord John
Rsiss 10 ha Everett stter and openly svowed BY
laid carsna0a = progressing rapidly In Cuba
~ 90 pnot~eson q ths English and Preach nssts. The
appFsnNos sysss by which that beautiful sAad Ia 20
- elsd % With f~s eask barbarinns from the coast
Of Ahrica. being put In force. The wealthy, in
tsiiiseat ADD pesrote of the island, foreseeias
this tenibs oha1Hy, have dared 70 combine against
h--hass aaFsa % thinA o. liberty The Captain
0ensrai crashes out y their hopes BY the force
81 ths hayonst. and tia saips aud men Of England,
eeaed land " euastusioaal freeaou found lending
active s.si.sns. "a rspuslng the attempts Of down
eysBt = ful u msaasg-EnglAaA and France assisting
san not % resist nsssoa bat 20 Put 40 the people
essssion " shess Avis And Amsrea ioess quietly on
wtis strugsag people - being thus thrust DOM BY
ths ssms state a. Jamaica asd San Domingo sud the
three eting fofmei sto an Immense black empire
oar ssgshsrn bora.r bed under tue pro.sctora.e Of
England France and spain, check % the prep gnie
rance gwen 70 America ~ the cotton interest Of her
save ssAtes England aares al now sxecate her vii
Npon AnercAshe fears the effects OF her so,ton ra.e,
but ave ing fres negro empire the West Indies
ane the game y thenceforth all IN her hands. Toe
cotton growing states oi America woall then be At her
control. and uol al ths control Of this republic
The blindness which fails 20 this plain state Of
thing NJ imbeci,y which dAres not step forth aud
say, thus FAR shalt thou and farther to
hatI know 70 be that the event herein predicted
- in process o. contamination short time longer and
n~iii be zoo iAte-ths evil viii be beyond remedy.
FRIEND TO CUBA.
10 THE EDITOR OF rHE NEW YORK HERALD.
There appeared in the HERALD Of the 18th inst. soma
letsrs HON correspondents atHayana and several
editorial remarks referring 10 the melancholy ocsur-
tnces which have taken place there within the last few
days. and parpong that the British West Indian feet
has gone 10 Cuba TO aid cooperate with General
Concha In the execation Of the severe measures TO
which he has just resorted against the Caban and that
those measures have been established In accordance
with the British government But having received In.
formation from Havana with regard 10 the present
thoroughly acquainted with AL which IL going ON there
and noticing that their statements greatly dlasr
from the publications in the HERALD alluded TO- as Ear
as the British West India heet 10 concerned hope you
will allow me room In your paper for few on
the subject.
Admiral Fanshawe has not gone 10 Havana 20 place his
ships under the orders Of the exscutoner o. wm Git
tenden nor TO add strength TO the spanish
against the exertons Of the independent Cabans Far
-.
presence, the urEen, demands lately By the C.bl
net Of st. James that % Madrid the sasjeet Of the
slave trade seeing that 1t continues 20 On despite Of
all that IL sacred To civilized nations. and that the
Spanish government has deliberately refused 10 declare
such trade pratca Besides, as every thiny leads 10
the ieea that general revelation win soon break out
in Cuba In which foreigners there are likely 70 suffer
severely Is natural that British men war should
MAZE their appearance In those waters 10 pro.
tect at the proper time the per,ons aad pro.
perty of British subjects residing In that
island, for It must be eandidly aeknos edrea tina,
such Is the concern Of England for her subie,ts
abroad that whenever aud wherever FER threat
ems them in their security interests hsre ahe
tc protect snd defend them To the bsst OF her ABILITIES
though she never made noise about that protection
nor has proclaimed TO the world high toned addresses
full of petges which she redeem, that british
"ctzenshp Is IN involble psncply for tue security OF
British rights, called the attention OF Para
mept IN warliae manner towards the wrongs done 10
the persons interests Of rsubeets abroad Indeed
70 long ass Epgiishman I" can discernv that his
government instead Of clustering OF staggering whom "a
rude hand OF power or tyrannc passion IL laid upon
him knows how to come forward 70 require that justice
be done TO him, he can stand unabashe, even In the
presence OF princes, with proud consciousness that he
Is bimself British subject or that he iic the Roman
citizen OF yore, 10 the only individual upon whom none
on earth can tresp1ss with IMMUNITY But to return 70
The idea that the English would lend any assistance 10
striving to achieve their Independence csanot be
tanned but by him who Is ignorant Of the respective
positions in wheh England and spain placed and Ia.
forgotten the political principles which similar
fons have ruled Great Britain. By merely referring TO
the dplomatcal correspondence which the British Par
lament publishes the debates held in both houses Of
Parliament and the opinions exhibited by the Engish
press would At once be that spain enjoys neither
tue Q, the people nor the mo:a support Of the
:. Whenever in want Of money or protection, or
spain has appealed to the Enriiah people. astio,
OF them their money and their blood her request has
been complied with. England restored her to inde
to England she owes her having been saved from the
domination OF Don Carlos and the Inquisition by
many time, pressing emergencies aud has frequently
avoided financial crisis But how has she repaid Eng
land for such great benshtsS Let see.
For all that she has contracted new obligations aud
ratified her treaties with England, she has disre-
garded the former and continued usual TO set at
naught the isterh.s unblushinsly failed TO pay the
interest Of her old debt TO British subjects and has
refused Christian grave TO the English who bed aud
died for Spanish independence. Besides she received
than two million dollars IN pounds sterling as an
indemnity for the cessation OF the slave trade az the
time Of binding herself BY treaty with England to stop
at once and not only has continued 10 carry that
infamous trade for thrty.hve years, despite OF the
treaty but also has OF late openly refused TO declare IL
piratics All this Is known and often thought Of By
the English and Is enough indeed make them rather
than favorable, hostile In every respect 20 her contro
over Cuba.
On the other hand the lore OF freedom which seems
to be Unborn feeling with the Augo Saxon race IA
becoming more and strengthened every day among
the Enslis II could not be otherwise for the native
land OF Milton and Cromwell-the nation which laid the