The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-12-30
PROTEST FROM A CUBAN.

TIE IMPRESSIONS CAUSED BY THE aEssAGE-uow
LOYALTY Is MANUFACTURED IN CuBA--PEoccED-
NCs or TnE CAPTAIN GENLsAL-HofEs AND FEARS
OF THE CUBANs.
10 rag Epros oP I,D HERALD
Ha,ANs, Dec. 81, 1853.
beg VOC 10 give the following lines insertion the
columns your widely circulated Journal which Will con-
san nothing but the truth couneract the calunres and
false demonstration OF the colonial government this
ssnd caused by the last message Of President Bochsnsn.
anxiety existed among here for tho arrival Of tho
MACK Warrior which expected 10 bring the mcasa2c
Precedent Buchanan and the Dicro ne Ia Varind had
hardly Published the Of that part which rcors
Cuba when the feeling Of anxiety changed 10 joy FOR
the Cubans and to fear for tho government and old
Spsnards AS regards ourselves, II "a easy TO understand
bow much lost hopes have been rcanmatcd by the
energetic words OF the message; for nov after 20 many
failnres 10 many plans frustrated and many lives ot
there only rcraIs for US the hope OF treaty by which
Tho United slaos shall scqsirc possession of the Sand Of
Cnbz and free from the insulting and inevitable DO
mln,on of SPAN.
The old s5anards have received different impression
nom ours, s naturally 20 be supposed, for they
b-bcve Iaihoygb crronoousyl that sale Of cusa
would be the decree Of their expulsion from tbs
continent imbued as they by this government AMI
by the sycophans the colonial press with the
ton that the American people are animated by spirit
of rapne and by desire " absorb the whole human
race and 10 exterminaie the Spanish in America.
Az Tor the government, which = the Chief object q
th. letter will relate what Las done between the loh
the day which the Back Warrior arrived, aud the
present date.
when General Concha learned tho contents II tho
sage u Mr. Buchanan be sent at for bon ysdorc
Arauo Lra chief editor Of tho Di1vTo n n xdrn1
% whom he gave hts nsruc;ons f"r tho writing oi tho
sa,yoo which precedes the extracts from the message
prbshed in the ssucs OF Friday iTtb aud Sunday lss5
instant, in the editorial columns
lie Afterwards issued FOR the assembling of the
cyvnamso the evening of the 18th for the purpose
bringing into psy the now old farce Of the oGer Of
lives and esiai,s and on the lIth the poor dydmte0
forced e. say that indignant at the sub
stance AMI spirit of the mcagc because We natives do
not desire tho sale Of Cuba, out the eternal domi.
mon of the ius,riuns banner of CASTLE, which protects
from every temptation of frccdota and indepcn.
deuce, and tnat to-day, more thaa ever, all The
inbab taris Of This precious Antilc arc Vel content
With their government that We 10 not i~y taxes OF any
kind iha, have freedom for All things and that 10
po, desire that any shall y take Va out of this
sweet hfe where carSeed by the colonial govern
uent OF our beloved sovereign (she Of spain) who 81
slccpetsly watches her sabjecss beyond tn
1he telegraph has conveye the sao instruct ors o. all
the Governors and municipalities o the other towns IN
thc sland la; All shall say the thing, and not
contradict the Instructions o. hw Exccency; % that We
shall sec within a few days. the tndigation ol The
n,cpales against The message oi NJ. I'm
chanan, who, perhaps, nut aware that our ayrnd ~e
the n CAPTAIN Generals AMI that when
they utter word contrary The dcs o. thosc they
snt 70 pay for their nsolenco, 70 the dunscs os for
trt~s . prison.
n any ono N tho United states should believe that thesc
of government and nun cipat toe
spontaneous and sincere, let him come and reside in this
pland couple OF months and he will learn h0w the hare
mpe here In the meanwhile Cubans fear, nFst that
Congress will not act in accordance with the intentous o
tho President and the oher hand that the sale OF tho
rland will be- made unless Il first taken posFcssor
q by an American army Of 10 900 men. hnio will solve
thesc fears and doubts
Acccpt Tor yourself the warm esteem a friend who
dors not sign he name because he dos not desire scat
the bench whore Lopez, Pinto, ts,rsmpcg and many
others brcathed their Last.
RECEPTION OF THE MESSAGE At HAVANA.
Translated for the NEw YoE lIERsn from II DaSo de Ia
Marina, OF Havana, lee. le.l
We have receiyed the cnte Message President Bu-
chanan TO Congress, s oreang session, the eth of
December Although shall occupy Ourselves carefully
with this document, cannot ieayc II al present without
making observation relative 20 with all the calm.
ncss becoming one who tnds nothing original or strange
shsron, but only The Latest tdton o nrF which DO
consjercd respectable merely account O The
wience they low for, In TACT ouy because find them
tho Message 0f Mr. Buchsan, do We Judge them
worthy OF baing commented upon.
Ut w begin with observing the striking
ifast offered by the first and last paragraphs,
where bis Excclcncy Hpeaks, above all, oi the rc
carnations 81 Amer can citizens on bchah of loss-
sa they pulorod, and terminates with recommend
ing 70 Congress the decentralization for damages caused
to the owners of The spanish brig Amtad This last cass
ruc.inalon obvious uat II addressed IN variou
previous mes agoe to Congress And, nevertheless, wha
attention has been pad n this natter Where have the
spanish subjects obtained security Of receiving any in
dclnnncaiiong
Mr.. Buchanan speaks q insults committed the Ame
acan nag in Cnba and Of damages caused 70 his fellow
citizens The disregard @ historical truth could not be
hagrant Unless these insults prcccei from the
persecution Of hbuters and The punishncn, inflicted
pirates conormaby 20 international authorities
always carried the respect for tho flag ofthe Union
Tar their own dignity could permit H. Never Cuba
has the legitimate reclamation Of an American citizen
remained disregardcd; but this legitimacy dnee
not exist IN the pretensions u those who, only
on account of their quality Anglo americans,
would like 10 enjoy mmunties in Cuba when they have
their country and who Cuba cannot enjoy
Nsm but conlormaby 70 the Spanish law, which treats
and considers equal all natonaee and the appnca-