The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-11-13
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THE FILLIBUsTERING ExPEDI-
TON AGAINST CUBA-GEHERAL
GRANT AND THE DEMOCRACY
OFFICIAL fAvORs, ETC.
NOVEMBER u, 1853.
To rHs REPUBLICAN: The announcement !
that . hllibustering expedition against cubsh
being organised In New York, Boston, Mo. |
bile and New Orleans takes none by surprise
here. The SEASON Is propitiOu, for such folly
aud crime, inssmuch Is Spain Is Ia q state Of
revolution. The debris Of both the Union
and rebel armies Of this country still exists In
. state Of idlenes, and inquistuis, rendering
tiOn as the one proposed. Taat debris will
not work In any legitimate way so long a, BY
any chance life may be Supported without
honest, old.fashioned labor. Such has been
the characteristic Of the debris Of every great
army that has been necessarily disbanded
since States have found occasion to use them.
In this case or instance II IL, perhaps, no
less fortunate for Spain and Cuba than for
the character Of our own country that the
alleged leaders Of the proposed hllibus storing
expedition are men whose mark made In the
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the armies II the Union, that have heard Of,
than these same Colonsls Gibbons and Kerr.
gan. The latter was driven fro N the service
early In inc war tor oonduot proving tnat' OF
all men, he 10 perhaps the most incapaoie oil
dischars'ns successfully the duties 10 Nh'oo
report ashBns MIN In tue ProPo'ea ra'a oa
Cuba--thAt Of ouartsrmastsr General.
General Hennessen, whilom Of the Hun
gsrian revolutionary army, since Of Walkers
unsuccessful effort to usurp the Government
Of Nicsragus, and lstterly Of the not less un
successful rebel army In our own country, Who,
according to the New York Times, Is to lead
one Of the detachment Of Gibbons, Kerrigan
4 Co. . enterprise, Is now in this city, where
hs bears himself As quietly and mode,tly As
though his record was that OF an Episcopalian
clergyman rather than that Of q chronic flli.
buster. Ny hope Ia that report bellies him In
this case; as, besides being essentially q clever
fellow, he has arrived at q period Of life when
man cannot afford to fritter away their time
upon any such worse than foolish "e1pedi.
ions ~ as that OF an Invasion Of Cdba from
our ports. Mr.. Secretary Seward ha, shown
himself no laggard In the work of putting
down all such acts Of piracy from these hores,
and there Is no reason Whatever to auticlpats
that be will permit . sTlgie vessel TO sail from
an Ame.;oa port with hostile intcnt against
any portion Of the domain Of any Government
with whom We are at peace at this time.
Ann. W.sbino,on world 4, I.uqb,pp AT tho
current effort to Domocrat.izo General Grant
thu Democratic leaders laughing in their
sleeves. Of course. It's motive Is so trans.
parent as to make 1t more ridiculous than Of
fensive to his political friends The idea Of
sssaying to twist him into an ally OF For.
rest, Wade Hampton, Toombs, yailandigham,
and Fernando Wood Is decidedly the novelty
of tho times, II It does but serve to illustrate
tho political CHECK" of tho parties engaged
In It, Management" has ever been the forte
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