The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-03-24
JORDAN,S ALLEGED TREACHERY.
Letter of General Jordan to the Captain
General-The Alleged Proposition to
Sell His Command Ind 6 nan IL y
Denfed-The Crucltics OF Spanish War
fare In Cuba RecnpItulntcd.


following letter, written by General Thomas
Jordan, of the Cuban army, and addressed to
Captain. General De Rodas, In answer to the
statement made some time In November. last
that he had offered to surrender his command
for O. valuable consideration. 1t contains in
teresLing statements, which clearly indicate
that the Cubans have no idea of giving up the
contest
HEADQUARTERS OF THE LIBERATTNG ARMY,
Office of the Chief OF Staff,
La Esperanza, Camaguey, Jan. Is, 1870.
have recently seen In newspapers from
New York, q telegram dated at Havana In the
latter part Of the month OF November last, IN
which is stated that have made propositions
10 your Excellency 10 surrender, with the for
ces under my command, to the Spanish gov
ernmcnt, for q certain amount OF money. AS
all kilograms from Havana have TO undergo
strict censorship in the office OF your EXccllen-
cy, without any doubt this news was circulated
with the sanction of your Excellency: and II
this immense falsehood was not tho direct con-
ceptIon of your EXccllency, your EXcellcncy
was most ass,lredly Its abettor, as your Excel
lcncy is responsible for the acts of the creatures
OF your palace, more 80 rs yonr EXcellency has
suffered your emissaries In the United States
to circulate this news without any contradlc-
ton.
Sir. your Excellency has not received, not
even apocryphally, any such proposition
thing that would have the least similarity
thereto. and which could have any other orl-
Gin than that Of Havana. If IL Is not so, /
challenge your Exccllency to lay the proofs
before the United States Consul ut Havana. A
soldier since my adolescence, proud TO belong
to profession whose members, OF all civilized
nations, am accustomed to recognize as men
z 10 raD rnn nj N q
enemies with unworthy arms. came to Cuba
expecting that even the Spanish officers were
gentlemen. But ! soon found, too truly,
around me the proofs that they were tigers
rather than soldiers; but the skunk, not the
tiger, tries to annihilote his enemy with nltily
odors. When have seen the subordnates OF
your Excelency assassinate aged men, help-
less women and children, the sick in the hos
pitfalls, the wounded on the battle field, the de-
mcnted, which even the savage Indians re-
spect and honor; yes, when know that their
practices are to inflict obscene mutllations on
the corpscs OF ftheir enemies and commit In
credible and diabolical atrocities of oil kinds,
IL should not really surprise me that Spanish
officers can be found who soil all honorable
profession with false inventions like the one
treat of in this letter.
But was not prepared, sir, to see lieuten-
ant-gencral and vtceroy Of Spain intend to be-
spatter his enemy with dirt thrown by bis own
hands, Honorable soldiers do not make use
of such arms, and leave the sad honor 10 your
Exccllcncy to be tile first one to do so. No
body will believe you; the results will not re-
compense even the small amount outlayeu to
give course to your ialsenood.
| have inaugurhted the new year with blow
worthy of true soldiers, which five battalions
of Spanish soldiers will not easily forget, car
ried out on our part by mere handful of
men, who OH their own soil and on the
threshold of their homes fought for liberty
against foreign oppression and inveterate
spolation. With this have at last convinced
this people what eau be accomplished with q
good method of warfare, and If | live one
month, sir, assure you that what has oc-
Cured In the NINA de Fana on the lst Of
January. 1870. will only be the prelude Of what
has 10 follow.
Come, sir, to combat at the head Of your
troups, like soldier and in honor Of the sword
which you wear; do not attempt to throw me
from the field, Irritating me from Havana with
the contents Of filthy water Of syringe.
nm, with all consideration, your EXcellen-
cys obrdient servant. THOMAS JORDAN.
To the l.ieutcnant-Ge General DeRodas.
A private letter from General Jordan to 4
friend says:
The enemy as yet has been unable TO get
any advantages, and the dry season is fast
waning. After that they can do nothing for
months, and we can operate advantageonsy
against them.