, 1869-03-18
CUBA.
ahe kate Ntsotfatt'Es BMw.tu 1hs
tnoahs ana shs Captain E.n,ea.-
"hcta1 5 assmsat Of General ,rnas.


0mcta1 a.smsAt OF General ,rn.,.
lowe mT couutrymen an ex xplara:lon IN r.
carc = the e1tss"rd nar5 rolr>e which /
have puraned hy haylut PLAYED tn. mar, ~
commissioner II General Dale. with tn,
patriots v ho have raisel the anrer Ut Cubln
| lndepeLeerce. Although the worthy c,i.a
II those patriots -i,h wnom have htsa IN
ve1ba1 communication as well as nv co.,.
spcncence eau testify TO the lac: of nv ros
having discharged myself OF uy task in :,
| manner contrary 10 lhe liberty I'D in...
pendence OF the Country, csuuot sflo& TN
judi inert which the rest Vi my brave cru
trJnen fortn OF me 10 remaln IN Suspense
The cry Ct Yara surprised ne in IL Ls.;,,
while was, as Is we'll known, perh .ps. ur,ra
sick get than I an to-day. Ntysrthrl-.,
was petsecuted b. the Governor oi TIA: civ
BrtgadIer Gesera1 Ceballas. aud had TO Tx.
refuse In Harana, where l WIS likes!.e y.
posed 10 the wrath OF General Lerspsd,. af.
ter eraTe chauges had taken place. be Or.
de1ed me to emoark tor Puerto klco on bo,sa
the steamer Mcntexuma, on the 9Th ot So.
the vessel lett / was allowed -
remain nhero Was on account or the als,n-
pe state ot my health Since thst TIM /
entirely to thu adAirs Of the revelation. a1d
on the day E.l1owl1c the arrival OF Generai
Dulcc, on the 5kh OF Decemher, was called
b him to the palace. During 4 long c,n-
Ecrsaticn, that gentleman endeavored to
prove to nc ttat be WAS himself The most
liberal OF al the Liberals.
This occurrence produced nnch scandal ia
Havana NJ opinions and my character BE-
ing known there, nothing would be more r.
to1hhlng than tosea me called to the pa.aea
and trested 1hatv ex1ho c plain General
Of the IslaEd Of 4om mad not even
Known by sight. be allowed to add
that hxd not even entered the apartments
Of that edidca be Gre.
After 4 eecor interview with the General
Dufcs was ordered ~ 60 to the camp Of The
Rodriguez Cor:eo and N. Hor.eusio ramayo,
with the object OF delivering letter froI
the tane General bulce to Manual de- Ces-
pedes and Of negotiating with HIN with
view towards settling the dispute.
General Dnlce, with tears In his eyes, re-
lue.ted Us 10 bring The aforementioned Ces-
pe des with usto dlae With him At his palace,
and gave US q poTes-ot-attosneY to make ID
his Dame any Kind Of arrangements with the
iieutrents- knew beforehand that WAS
going TO be intrusted VITA similar mlsAlon,
and had CONSULTED with various patriots As
They all agreed on mT lo. belrg able 10 re-
fuse 1t, as Woul1 otherwise expo4s myself
to 11staut !mpslsJn \ en-: and to ill the cln-
sequences Ut the anger Of Captain General,
aia more especially because 1t would uoa
have been prudent 10 miss the opportunity
thus pzese1ted TO ne Of put,l.g my .eif ia
contact With the dciet dtrs If indepeuue,ee.
Of ascers aiming theF resources, OF stud z,nf
ths situation, ard ot advising them, st,er
mature delfoeratloo, IS to the pest course
they ought TO pursue in order to attsin tha
great object before Us IL the quickes. war,
! and the tnc the most Adv4ntaxeoas to or
| common country.
I hnvc 10 stste that Tamayo. Correa and
myself adopted, as an Indispensable b4.A Of
all le9oIi9t'on*. the National Militia, an
frA ,t4,Sf xrki kirk1 = r. r.. j.,+a
t1s, IN order 10 make its.1f Independent IL
Gaze that tho Spanish Government kh Md not
fulfil Its PROMISE of 9faLtt12 complete lib
elty. dia MT thlrk thar, under the cir.
cumetaL res, my mission Wun1d do euy hJ.p
II the patricia bad enough resources to bs
able to come out Victorious In The struggle,
It Nss my duty to encourage then. to ths
prosecution OF The ctLttct, Ins.ead of mar.
| suatiu9 them TO n uke peace. II dyfnite
IltuDph WAS impossible, ftason licln cd u
me lbv necessity OF advising them to tnt.r
l. In uf1 ot!atlona with the 9paI Ish Coy
trnnent on the .>attnIAl Militia oa>ls: ~I.n
other words. ou condition that those WIN had
taken the arms ii favor o1 fple pepdcuca be H.
lawcd to keep the NJ. aud that the rest VI tha
sons Of the couhtr} be arIed, 80 As NOT 10
.smsln ''pmor: able, and dud themselves TO-
asmto nud without the aGf'ity OF isrIat at
the dsshonofabl. goyornmcIt OF Span. II
the patliote were IN ended to be led Into =
stare as WA very prs.lute II tho pera ,nsl
character OF II. Domingo Dutcr Il tskeu into
eonslGcfa'lon, weil.kno VT b, esefyh1dy fi.c>
H's,c,. ny pos!."a% six siio.ea ''t n,s usee!a, 10
truatrate The s,tis,er p!aua u ,hs
spaLnh chief, Ard to reap advantages
tut the benefit Of the revolution. l bad
cootequ.tly 10 chooac bt~een scccp,iux
the commission of shr Clpt2la Gcueral VI tho
1aapd CT Cuba. and Thu, to ohtalu xreAt al
vaItaEes Tor The ben, u of The !ndepel Deuce
Of ny conhtry, ur beleE the stupid Yclyu OF
tbat tAnc chtef, Of h1n lpveatcd with full
power to do mischief, and wno:e chssac sr 10
Itt"e calcu1ssed 10 forgive sebun OF ike
description.
It could be Of littlo cou.equerce to ne Ia
ind my.elf aiterwArt accustd OF bad fsilh
By th. government or the Spauuh party.
Flt ding ny Ae.s compelled not 10 +. iuse t6s
comIui-ttou, wAs, Uu the othee hand. Il
liberty to act as seemed moas proper to me,
acd 20 mucn 1hu more NJ GencfAl luke sent
thopsaLds after thuusabds * armed mun
aEainst the independents. with oraers to
! pfocett With the uultarr oprfA-luna with
.ut d. lar, at the came i-stau- that be sent
Con ns'.!pners t1 the ecem3's camp.
| Lave fulfilled MT mission, more than once
exposed 10 the daukes Of btlrg a>sa.slnased
! BY the Spantasds; have euccerted In taar-
NE Cuba not wltoout eeiog compelled 10
adopt d'plon attic mean4 In order not 10 fall
| iIto the hauds ol General Dnlce, who did
not, rs learned a:1es MT return 70 Havana,
tiona1 Militia, in sptte Of tne povezl- OF. A.
tol1e5 Hhich be had given u.
The malu thllR which has to Ire dore now
,s'lo 20 en- with the ncrk for the .,beety and
Independence cf our country. aud 1t u Ger
fala that. 1hateyer may Be tho reyersex
WElch the good cause may experience. or The
sut1e. lngs to which my enemies may co: deu,u
me. will not E7ow weary 50 lupe as ahal1
keep the use OF my Intellectual lacuities.
i IL likely that the sistory OF the mls,ioa
CT General Dulce u the camp OF the Ipsur-
gents will SOIL te publ. shed. My CON.
paniors and friecd., Mess1s. Horteu.io Tam
afo aId Ramon Rodriguez Correa,. whose
opinions aud continents may possibly differ
ircm mine, have In their passcss,on
ralua1 II informsus N, which will serve
to, e1pia scne OF the crime. com
p stttd In Camnauey By the Span azd5, al er
hAd nysel lett that part Of the country
However that may be, whether the dets.ls Of
this interesting history may be pu5ts,hrd or
not, which will occupy prominent po.,tlou
IN the bis ory OF Cubs, ] sa;i.1T my con-
science, 1cr tie present, with these lies, re-
serving to my self the tight OF speaking at
some tther time more fhlly 0. the events Ia
Cama Ruey, a. Nen as fu the Depar ment OF
Cuba, ur iess have, before &hst time, the
honor at dying In the struggle for the liberty
OF lily country
JosE pR ARxAs Cxsrsuzs.
NEEAE. II. p Fer