The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1859-05-10
The Flag ofFrcc CuSa.n

Under this head tho San had startling
editorial on Tuesday morning. We quote
at length:
ave display once moro in our columns
the emblem oil Cuba libor,y-the emblem
under which her patriot sons arc, perhaps
at this moment, startling the ears Of their
oppressofs with the cry which rang through
the thirteen colonies. in the glorious days
Of our Revolution" Give US Liberty or givc
as death"
We seek TO raise DO idle excitement -
We have good reason for the belief that il
the fame Of revolt has not already been
kindled in the Island of Cuba, it will be
before the end of this week. The Cubans
have by many bitter disappoin,ments yeaii.
sed the truth Of the poets lines that.
"who would be free.
Themselves must strike the bow
Therefore, ever since their abandonment
by Quitman and Others, their betrayal By
professed friends in the United States, and
the squandering Of the resources of rcvolu.
ton which they had collected, they have
devoted themselves to new plan in which
the initiative and tho first effort for freedom
should be exclusively Cuban. Upon this
basis they havo organized patriot clubs
throughout the Island, and the members
count by the thousands. Their co patri
OTIS in the United States have aided all their
plans, and will shade with them in the
dangers and tho glory Of the struggle fof
Cuban rights.
All the stories set ahoat about the or
gsnization of America expeditions are wide
Of the truth. This last is q pure Cuban
movement. The first Of this month was
the time fixed by the clubs throughout the
Island for general rising; and unless their
plot has been discovered, or some untoward
event has happened they are low IN arms
against their oppros5ors,
The New York convention of Cuban
patriots, q small but determined band, sail.
ed on their dangerous mission in the latter
part of March. If the patriots in the Is,
land bad not already risen on the the daY
fixed, the landing of New York convention
would be the signal fer revolt Arms and
ammunition have been provided, and all
are bound by solemn obligation to stand
by the cause, until victory crowns their eff.
fort, or the last man has fallen. Most Of
the Cubans who have gone from New York
are young mon; many Of them arc sons Of
the leading men of the Island, and all fred
with the determination to free their native
soil, or de in the attempt. They 60 forth
taking their lives in their hands.
The Cubans will now prove the sincerity
of tho loud spoken American sympa.hizers.
They strike for their own liberties. Will
Mr. Buchanan stand up to his pledges
and professed policy? Will Senator Brown
and Tammany Halt back their brave words
bydeeds of practical sympathyl The next
steamer from Havana may bring US stirring
news-in the meantime let those who have
talked Cuba, prepare to do something TO
strengthen the hands Of her patriot sons.
This would seem to confirm the recent
statements in the CorrSer deS states Unis,
touching the fIlibusters, and copied into the
New York Express. 1t is said that scyer
al Cuban fllibusters have suddenly disap.
psared from New York, that there is ex-
element among merchants there who do
business with Havana, and that the Span
ish Minister and Consuls have sent dispatch.
es to the Captain General Of Cuba, appis-
ing him Of the sailing Of the expedition
Gen. Goicouria, the head Of tho fllibus-
;ers in New York, il is said suddenly in
the Cahawba, for New Orleans, and prob.
ably for Cuba, SO il is rumored. He was
seen to go on boarl and not come on shore
again. The counting rooms Of Cuba mcr.
chants are also fall Of rumors.