New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-05-15
THE CUBAN REVOLUTION.
WHO AMONG THE cUBANs ARE FAVORABLE TO
SPAIN
rprON AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT

has published in ono OF our city newspapers Io",
written in n spirit of partiality toward the Sp.'htu
which implies either ignorance of the state Oh pui,o
opinion in Cuba. or a malicious disregard OF truth
and of American interests. He says that an uhuSuai
enthusiasm, manifested throughout the city TO wei
come the Catalonan volunt ers, indicated that MANY
in the country were coming over to the spanish
cause and exultingy adds that there were only TWO
negroes killed who were crazy enough 10 cry Itt"
Cespe9es ~ can but smile at his innocent creauhy
or belief in the existence OF so many "lilIHs anu
doomed martyrs, while / can assert that neither
the foreign Consuls merchants who dare say WHAT
they think admit such absurd inyentonO or palllaoh
Of the revolving murders which are now daly WIZ
messed in the City of Havana, and which nave sunk
the Spanish race in the scale OF CIVILIZED nauohS.
There is no possible enthusiasm III the Cl'y Oh
Havana; there is no social circle where the arrival
Of tho Catalonian volunteers has been or can be
hailed with raptures; while no ball. entertalhient'
tbeater no private Tejoicngs of any klnu'
have taken place with the concurrence OF the
respectable portion of the community The demon
strations on that occasion were cOncocted by the
unprincipled. bankrupt oycrbearing and desperate
volunteers, who awed Gen. Duce. calling Tor MS
death at the public square, while his better nature
refused 10 make him an accOmphce In the massacre
Of Palm Sunday, and succeeded in converting MN
INTO tool on that terrible day the same volunteers
who hid themselves in the bitches OF the ancient
walls aud came forth at a given moment 10 IRE on
the assembled multitude in the Nillanueya Iheater;
who on the same evening fired recklesSly on whoever
hestated in seconding the cry of Viva bspdRa the
sa,no who sacked the house of Albania drawing forth
the remarkable sarcasm Of Gen. Dulce, who ex-
claimed while examining the destruction they had
caused. How brave p the same who murdered Mr.
Conner an American citizen, while quietly taxing
refreshments ut restaurant; the same volunteers
who accompanied by the Civil Guards. rushed on
the assembled multitude the day of Leon and Me-
dinas execution and killed instantly five or six per
sons who showed sympathy with their victims; the
same volunteers who have dragged to the prisons
insuted through the streets, derided, and murdered
in the country whomsoever excited their suspicion.
or against whom they had personal hatred; the
same who appeared unanimously before the palace
of the Governor of MatanZas demanding prisoner
whose death they would infct, and being refused,
marched to the city of Havana not two weeks ago,
TO enforce the request the same whO linked to-
gether in Committees of Safety, constitute at this
moment the Judiciary of the Western Department
and have asked for the destituon of the Governors
of Cardenas and Colon not finding them sufficiently
subservient TO their will.
adduce as evidence in part of the strict adherence
to truth in what l set down, the translation of the
following article of the DGO de Ia Marina certainly
not questionable testimony where the volunteers
- concerned. 1t is contained in its issue of the 10th
O., april:
1--WE were aware that we should re called to give an
cisco Leon ard Aususfn Medina. condemned u cGmtai
nA.Ll.tht oy tAe common courts OF Jsliee " cohI2ih
thereof; hut We did know that the everlasting
TcS Of orieF; Jlsce; SPs3 ana ma Cuba would
tuIbanccs aud she'd Innocent blood. At II a. m Fraucisco
Icon ascf uded the scaho! ana after speaking words
revolutionary which were not becoming % man who
Wien he cT5d Yira Ia Jadcls@a..ea, Ihci woGid
over have been crime, ana which 70 those moments he
hlaspheUy, shot heard from carblne. fired
e1tTan@a Of he CI,e al Pr5io and rfeTar1 ~ Other
pistOshots were heard which came from the shoals |
1a,mcS rni.ovaf and ,ic o-t,reep 6Tt a. u,.i
Of the culput tie scaIld on hearing the shots and
ana volunteer soldiers Who are among tie multitude
rushed the agge,sors good God cali the dsarmed
white and co.o' cre9s acrc,or-, against thousands OF
armed aud organized desperate Spauards crOvdinr every
OF tho city while justice followed Its course, and
the bench was occupied by Medina Who satisfied the re-
quiremeuts Of public Justice By his death"
call the attention of your readers to the studied
aTfdl statement the Dini0 anxious to screen before
the world the anarchy in this brief distrbu
tion of death by the most incompetent members of
society, obeying no law but their own savage I'M
pulse pulse
very precise regarding facts occurring amid so great
cOnfnssn ana equally lmpOSSloe 10 10 % arc" hOo"'s
only after they have taken place"
Is il not rather suspicious that official detailed
statement of facts should have appeared after the
massacre Of Palm Sunday, nor after those accom-
panyins the execution of Leon and Medina! Why
has not the Daro come forth at his convenience
and established them correctly
have been told" the Diaro continues, that sew
eral Of the accssors were Killed IN me aet ana V9nn
.H WIN
assert that the number Of the first was iOur ana others
make Il ascend 10 six We cannot say Ehere the rutn
hes but truet is several Of them instantly eXpnted
their crime"
Imagine such language to be used in London, or
Paris or NewYOrk in justification of brutal power in
vested IN an armed mob Imagine such utter cyncsm
and indifference to the rights and safeguards to the
lives Of q civilized country. What would have been
the fate Of Gov. Eyre of Jamaica had he acted or
allowed others TO act in such manner without
showing the censure at least Of deeds of blood like
those committed in the name Of justice, and extoed
by the weak authorities who do not attempt to OPP
pose thcmi
1--WE must repeat" the DiariO says because Il Is I'm
portan that should be known that the volunteer
paues aud the section Of cavalry that formed the square,
using any Of their arms N any way. We now ask how
long will the enemesof The honor prosperity and repose
dS0rderi Is II not enough that punishment instantly
follows crime and that universal public reprOOf points az
them significantly in truth, they blind they
wicked II they do weary in their work, neither
will the strong OF Justice weary in the defense Of
cety. Have they not yet understood that they
have neither strength right their
SIDE and that their crazy efforts will be crushed by the
power apd justice OF the uatiOnl Oh! what response
billy weighs on those unnatural men, who not de-
tered by tie fear Of sacrificing their pa sye and crazy
tools wien they should the mpOssib - OF obtaining
their chimerical ambitions expectation Such beings
odions, and II is no longer time pity those under
going hallucInat ton
The above is specimen worthy of observation, as
II shows the intelligence, style, and liberal spirit of
the present rulers of Cuba 1t is pity that there
are no frequent transatons Of these wonderful pro-
auctions, because they carry with them the evidence
of the kind Of law in observance in that wretched
island