The sun., 1870-12-08
yarmaseda as Cap,aln-Gencral Of Cnba.

yaimascda as Captaln-Gencral of Cuba.
On the 4th of April, 1869, Count VALMAsE-
pA, having received reinforcemcnts Of troops.
issued proclamation to the inhabitants Of
his department Of Cuba, in which lie stated
That he had instructed his men I. TO shoot
rvery man over fourteen years Of age found
away from his habtation 2. To burn every
unoccupied habtaiion 8. To burn every
Gbiation upon which its occupants did not
noat white flag as signal that they de-
tired peace.
This proclamation was widely commented
On at tho time. Civilized people warmly
condemned II the Spanish volunteers of
lauded IL to the skies.
On the 10th of May, 1869, the Hon. HAM
ILToN FISH addressed Mr.. LOPEZ ROBERTS,
che Spanish Minister at Washington, as fol
lows d" In the interest Of Christian civili7a
tion and common humanity, l hope that this
document is n forgery. If It be indeed gen
uine, the President instructs me in the most
forcible manner to protest against such
mode Of warfare" On the nth of the same
month Mr. FIsn wrote TO Mr.. HALE, our
Minister at Madrid al further enclose a
copy Of another note 10 Mr. RoDERTs, Of the
10th instant, protesting against the Infamous
proclamation of Gen. Count VAIMAsEpA."
In the Eastern Department VALMAsEpA
has for twenty months fulfilled his inhuman
threat TO the very letter. In that depart
ment WYEIm and SPEAKMAN, American citi
Ecns, were shot without trial in the following
June. On the 4th Of July, 1869, twenty-one
leading gentlemen, and among them some
American citizens, were imprisoned in San.
tiago dc Cuba; on the 25th they were set at
liberty, after judicial investigation on the
2eth they were arrested anew and sent To
Bnyano 10 appear before VALMAsEDA, who
ordered them 10 be taken 20 Iguaui, on the
road to which llace they were murdered
by shooting on the 7th of August. On the
ID Of January following Mr.. PHILLIPS,
American Consul at Santiago, wrote the cele-
brated despatch whose publication cost him
his position, his fortune, and almost his life
In 1t he said to Mr. FISH The assassina
tion at Bayamo was nothing more than what
Is daily perpetrated II is well known that
VALMAsEDA aspires TO the position of Cap.
lain General Of the island, and, in order to
increase his popularity among the blood
craving Catalans, gives imperative orders 10
make this war OF determination; and We
daily learn Of peaceful citizens residing in
the country assassinated by the mobiliaed
Spanish troops"
This bloodthrsty murderer, whose pro.
clamation has named him, even among Span
iards the butcher Of the age, has now, after
glutting his greed Of blood at the eastern
End of the island till there was no more prey
for him TO feed on, attained his desire. He
will this very day probably be welcomed in
Havana by the men who applauded his pro
clamation. By them ho will be joyfully
hailed as a leader from whom they expect
promotion and reward only by surprising
their comrades in cruelty and bloodshed In
large city like Havana, and in the thckly
settled Western Department generally, it
would be insane TO expect, under such cir.
cums.ances, aught but such carnage, such a
deluge of bloodshcd, as the world has seldom
witnessed.
VIII the United States interfere? Or has
the time not yet arrived There is still
money in the treasury of Spain for supple
sons-in-law to earn by cOnniviug and making
The United States conniye at these awful
crimes in Cuba. But will Gen GRANT mover
wake up 10 the shame that s heaped upon
bm and upon the country by his Secretary
Di State?