The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-09-11


increased and the clamors and the impatient
gained new energy. Passion and injustice do not
respect facts and circumstances. Could the Juna do
oherwe, in such times, than sustain and Onward to
the utmost Of its power the prompt reaizs plan
already 80 far advanced and 70 earnestly ectedP
Ought distrust the reiterated pledges OF chief waoe
honor and repuationwere closely identified with
contamination and success Of our enterprseY
h " onv no. al our employed in preparing for
this the critical instant In which, casting away preudlces
and suspicious, we should have united man to
Of our bleeding mother. landS unhappily this not
DONE but that the majority Of tho every
means to accomplish il is of those facts which rest
the highest amount Of written and irrefuabc proofs
just then the chief had occasion make visit the
its ostensible object The Juna must however, cali at
tenticn to this apparently unimportant .dent for
whether by mere coincidence, or by intimate and
currenccs about to be related
In effect the return Of the chief from the capital
the Junfa observed for the first time somethi g
served and indirect in his language, which it then at
tbuted to the natural anxiety Of who grea
obstacles TO be overcome hut IN no manner impute
change Of sentiment with respect to the urgency II the
work with which he was charged. II could not believe
pledges of his CAPACITY and resolution to ecssnmnish HI
so soon as he should have at his imm eda
command those material means which his agents at tue
North ought by that time, to have controlled without
refert 10 any other Intervention Unforeseen and
avodable accidents had retarded them, and the Juna
now began to fear some mi fortune While the chief
his part recommended those doubts AMI disrusts viii
he appeared to cherish than ever al hough the
cause Of this prolonged anxiety and disturbance had at
| last disappeared.
| This was the decisive moment Now was brought to
inc test the forecast the acuteness and the energy Of
him who had assumed the responsibility Of carrying
liberty to Cuba and is easier to imagine than describe
the anxiety with which the Junta awaited the measures
the chief should adopt, when 1t learned with surprise
through written Communication, afterwards verbally
confirmed and ampiGed that under pretext of legal
countabcs-which had never a. saied him before and
which he could readily have pre-arrangedhe refused to
take possession of the effects that he excused him self
yvhp ha t.cd
orders or had the courage to accept since it only
CURED his personal guaranty for insignificant portion
reliability of the expected delivery of the efec by
who had already complied with his engagements and who
diinteresed generosity and abnegaon that he shrank
from the duty of meeting the obligations contrac cd by
LIS orders and agreements and put upon the Jdn'a this
tie funds which Cuban patriotism had renewed wi
as many times as he had changed and in.
creased his estimates and finally that he declared his in
tention to indefinitely procrasinAte the enterprise
signing for it his intimate conviction that it woull meet
the most active and determined opposition the Alne
can Cover nmentas il he had not repeatedly asserted
that should never be an obstacle to detan himas il
thtn evr, there was any thought of violating the
law-or as If it was probable that any administration
would at any time give its consent
The Junta cannot understand how tho chief can vni
cate this sudden deeItion this Unexpected change in
what WAS but yesterday fixed and denitive resolution
but 1t is certain that his conduct at that solemn AMI c
cal moment was the destruction Of all our cherls led
hopes, that it annhilated immense quantity Of
sources accumulated at heavy cost; for the third time
The Junta in the most del Of all the painful post
tons it has had to encounter In the discharge OF its la
borous mission.
was indeed destined to drain to the rogs the bitter
cup OF deception and there remains to 1t no alter
native but 20 present this sad statement of its unmered
disappointnents. Let the chief answer: Is this what
Cuba had tho right to expect from his pledges from the
engagements and obligations he had conrac cd with her.
with his compatiiots with the whole wordY Are the
holes of an entire people to be excited only to be mock
thusy Is 1t for this the sacrifices stimulated and
the heclsn excited which the Cuban revo onists dis
and 10 AVID fr,,if1o lao
chief perchance seek to vndcae himself by appealing to
the differences, oppostions and embarrassments which
doubtless thrown in his way? Why if he had not
the talent and resolution to ovcrpower them did he
stop the undertaking at the proper time instead Of wait
ing until there remained not the shadow Of hope that
aderslip OF an American chefs Tho atnegation and
enthusiasm Of Lolez was not demanded Of him, but
some sincerity and consistency was certainly 70 be ex
Iecied OF the man who for eighteen months had c,nen
t'ated on hnief the hopes and expectations Of people
worthy OF better fate In the presence Of interests
and considerations of such magnitude the Junta
will not pause TO reproach him on its own account
with the delusive confidence in which he maintained
to the last moment with the steady support and
faithful which 1t unchangeably lent him, to
10, ,o, o y o. s credit and WIN good por
toiave done in this cri ica emergency Demand the annul
MT mt OF the contract and withdraw Its confidence the
j. his DEVOTION were Of the height required BY
the destines of Cuba, and the legitimate ambition Of ali
her CHILDREN The true statement OF facts now given will
FAY whether the Junta could ought to have earlier
adopted this resolution Even supposng the knowledge Of
what had only then obtained, and reliable data
ought the Juna TO lightly break solemn pact seeing
as II did On the other side the danger Of exposing the
country to renewed and painful experiments through
the eager passions and ievcish excitement then reign
ng minds and which would not have for excuse
this tune the genius and influence of another Lopez in
It's direction
The easy readiness the Ghetto renounce on his part
all intervention in in which then he had ppeare
TO be 20 much identified is the subject Of serious redec
CAPITAL had p,eSisp9sed hs mind icr tkis unexpected
leso.uuo" erhaps the hopes Of Cuba had been there
sacrificed 10 considerations of patriotism and ubordna
tor or to The elevated requirements OF American policy
a. the invested with executive power comprehend
IT, 1t would not be the first time the destiny II
fortunate Cuba In every way worthy Of liberty has
been inundated in that city TO less noble and generous
motives.
The Junta ems simple conecures without other basis
than the remarkable coincidence Of the jus.
lated, and the mind is lost in seeking solution
tisiactoy and consistent with the reputation and ane
cedents Of the man In whom reposed an unlimited
fdence.
Crbans this is now the situation. Great
barreny sacrificed the elements which should concur
tie accom- shment Of our enterprise dissolved; on
enemies, joyful and triumphant for result In ch
they had not the slightest part your representative
sailed and vilfed; In revolutionary the failure
the best combinations leads to such extremes.
1he material loss is Of great considerations but until
the Junta shall have received from the chief prope
statement it cannot inform you Of the exact extent II
cannot, without sra'c improperly deliver TO publicity
easy offer in proof of the integrity Of its management
The Junta must therefore limit itself to invitation t.
all Cubans, without distinction, TO come to its Office
every desirable explanation.
At present, it only be said in general terms tha
the funds which the unta had In New York. before the
powers delegated 10 the chief in May, 1854 in
Iait applied to the acquisition OF nae isl for the
enterprise, as may be seen by the treasurer account
1hc other part, with about much MORE expended
by the in the arrangements demanded by
eca ject Of which he had placed hnscfat the head
This account vel the former, afterwards AZ,
proved and tie balance paid by the chief
All The sums that came from the Island 70 the junta
wtie it stationed at New Orleans delivered e
"a ne " IN
knowledge and sanction applied BY the Jnna to spe
cia expenses there has been preserved sict account
With vouchers.
The chief will duly account in time for the which
RENTED directly 90 him FROM Cuba, well al those
which were collected by himself his agcnts in the
United States, Of which the Junta does know
amount, though II has TO believe is i'm
por'ant.
rewards a great pecuniary rccompenses which
to paid al ro triumph Of enterprise. They forget
in making these ipsinuaiions that the rules ~ ordinary
Affairs cannot BE- applied 60 those whose very nature lie