The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-04-03

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THE EXECUTION OF PINTo.-DEsP0TIsM IN CUBA.
We translate the following article in regard to the late
execution Of Ramon Pinto in Havana from the "rsusa
which understood TO be the special organ Of Captain
General Concha:
Terrible lesson Of the Inconsistency Of human objects,
which every should study only three months since
the died that scaod OF shame before the
population whole city, wearing the sack of the criminals
and who corpse has for long time been exhibited to
the gaze pity of the pubc is only three months
repeat the considered and respected by
the elite the society OF Havana he had personal fortune
OF upwards Of hundred thousand dollars he
10y SPAIN in whose European provinces he
was he the father OF six children he
cheeed BY all that makes life comfortable his age
B sixty he had privileges, talent, and ndefatgabe actvi
~ he possessed in word all that make and
delightful the last days of life. And all this staked for
illusion, deceitfu as the close has been awful.
.. 1t incredible that possessing clear reason,
real talent good foresight experience of age in the
affairs life, should, for moment, fix their minds
cherish absurd and highly criminal enterprises, and
launching them, should leopard of certainty what
values in this worldortune, honor family, and
Iiie,' &c, &c.
Such the comments of the government As to the
sentence, contrary usage, it not published in full
The official copy in the Preusa is simply decree signed
by General Concha where he employs the following
guage:
IN of the opinion of the magistrates of the real
diencia appointed to revise, and conformity with the
Of the military commission and it assessor, have
determined sanction the dictated by the military
bua in the part wherein Don Ramon Pinto condemned
death by vile garote," &c.
Against the opinion therefore, of the auditor appointed
by the Queen to be his legal adviser which he is careful
publish against that Of the of supervision
appeal selected by himself from the magistrates of the hgt
pictorial audience Of appeals General Concha the sgnif
emblem of the American policy OF the cabinet of Mad
rid has decided spill the blood of martyr The daugh
tiers of the unfortunate victim turned away and
spurned from the steps of the palace whittier they in
hopes of mercy, Emboldened by the exhibition of British
aud French power the of military proceedings bar
harous il is, has been superseded and made
What we have published we copy positively under.
stand from the authorized Spanish Preusa in private
responsiveness read that the auditor stated his opinion
that there was cause for the of the prisoner
that he protested against the execution Of the sentence
Whilst England and France squanderng millions O
money! and sacrificing the lives Of their subjects by thou
sands in waging against what they call the barba
rsm OF Russia and for the advance Of Christian cyilza
ton, they are unfolding despotsm in Cuba which
has no parallel The murder OF Pinto is but one of o
long catalogue of evidences of unsurpassed cruelty and
barbarism There is no liberty in Cuba there no prop
erty heeno safety of life or honor in Cuba tyranny
against which Europe would revolt you see any
clear day from the promontories Of Florida There it is
the death of intolerance the agony military torture the
horror of the lnquson the ever-increasng and agon
ising denonism of the slave trade all in one all collect
ed from the barbartes of ages brewing and wrhng
der those clouded mounain-tops the that
what England and France propose to protect
There are no laws In Cuba such as nomadic gov
ernor equally remorseess life or money chooses to
make for himself There is press there rigid and
armed wall excludes its people from the world and the world
from them They seize mails there open letters and seize
those 70 whom they addressed There no trial there
by jury otherwise tribunal decides on life and
DEATH without calling witness arraignng the accused
except to torture him into confession or relying for evil
dence upon convicted felon. No civilized man or
60 of that island save as its governor
wils-no civilized man can enter save with his
permission brave soldier is tried in secret there
nor tried at all but doomed in secret he pinned in pub
lie view in an armchair and his neck twisted Off and
the bells of religion sing sancfed chime They shoot
men In the back there and order African TO brutal
Se themselves and drag the noble and dead victims naked
through the streets They shoot Americans in the back
here-men who never knet their God and always
die with their face to the enemy They kill women there
Inc armed and public spy walks masked there through the
streets and points out the victims of his Night
alter night hordes Of Africans are poured into that
cie to threaten with universal assassination the people
ol he whole community should they revolt or should
a'sgus'ed world revolt for them Priests sing their hymns
to the garoe and pray for the save-shp That island
lies in sight of Florida in American waters and there and
such is the status quo which Ango-French alliance
would protect with British and French fleets
KN0W-N0THING MISREPRESENTATION COR
RECTED.