Nebraska advertiser., 1870-03-24

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ruins Of some feudal castles many
very deep we'll did / see, where those
saints Of the InquisitiOn used to pile
women, men and children, thrown in
there alive and left to die the most
terrible Of deaths, because they would
net submit to tyFannyi Grasping
/ firmly the iron railing, when looked
over in the abyss of these graves. q
cold sweat would cover me at once.
my heart would almost cease to beat
and from all the greatest sufferings
in there endured you can preceiVe
nothing but darkness. Ay; but the
crime is dark yet, and retributiOn has
already called upon Spain to answer
for several of her'hellfsh deeds.
Innocent American blood has al
ready flown in the streets of Havana,
and for all that know such cases NAV
| be submitted to some Spanish tribunal.
another sample of Torqnemadass
courts of jpstice, perhaps. What!
Americans art, insulted by niobs. when
| those Americans are down and bleed
ing, lse.y 5se mortally wounded they
are trampled OH by fanatics, for to see
the last drop of blood gush out of the
| CHASTITY wounds. The government
/ NA4CAl 10 W Ctlh 10 rENEu allow
such thoughts in, the minds of its
citizens should be blotted out from the
roll of nations. NSpaleOn, for a less
Offense than this from Portugal, pro-
claimed to the world, 1.-THE house of
Bragancia has ceased to reign.n While
the star-spangled banner is unfurled
to the breeze upon the flagship Of the
Gulf squadron under the guns of
Moro Castle, must Spanish steel spill
our blood and oar cOlll1ons refrain to
speaks If Farragute had been on
board that flagship, Havanna to-day
would be IN ashes, in spite of ali the
artillery of the terrible rock Of Moro.
| To think that even a recognition of
the beligerency of an oppressed peo-
pie is a matter of controversy in the
.. S. Congress, is stain upon ourna-
tional character.
1t seems that laws must be made or
amended before we can rush to the
rescue. If So, why have they not been
made long ago? Did LAFAYETTE wait
for laws when he came over a distance
of three thousand miles, with LarOch-
ambeau, Estaing and Suffren, to assist
| Washington to crush Cornwailis? ?
Had France anything to gain by it?
And we have about one hundred miles
to go, and we might save the Cubans,
if not gain Cuba! Great Godl o
| What more absurd than to say to
! the people:, Be not devoted; have
no enthusiasm think only of your
interests. With such q deep poLiog,
when the hour of devotion will ar
rive, every one will shut his door, go
to his window and see liberty pass
away. As nation, do we need Euro
pean guardians? What do we care
about the 'circttt0stancesn with which
! they entertain us? Are we to receive
by diplomatic notes certificates Of good
conduct? ? u. ............-.
Poor liberty! what has become of
thee? For nearly century we have
enjoyed thy blessings; happy i'm thy
| folds we do listen to the brave hearts
struggling to reach thee. One humid
red years OF, liberty has set manacles
upon our love for independence, in
the garb of international laws or
doubtful policy, as if tyTannyrwas not
to be acted against as an Self-oefeRce;
and we of the land of Washington,
we look ON. Ay, even more: we have
strengthened the tyrant; we are list
ening for thy dying sigh. Liberty
! o, Liberty, do refresh the naked heart
that has no glorious feelings when his
! thrObs might ljberate people!
And now, men of Nebraska, let me
! appeal to your magnanimity. / en-
! treat you for Liberty's sake to take a
boldistep against a tyrant! Meet in
mass meetings in every one of our
counties and towns, and pledge your
selves upon the most sacred trusts to-
recall from Congress any one Of your
Representatives that disobeys your
mandates. Make them i'm the halls of
| Congress the echo Of your honor, val
or, and generosity. Let them pro-
claim that the Nebraska yeDmanry is |
bound to help Cuba or perish, in the
attempt! Every State will sOen- fol-
low your glorious example, and then
the knell forSpanish tyranny in Gu
ba will sweep over the Atlantic, and
even strengthen Republican Organi2a-
tons over there. Organize companies;
enroll your names upon the rolls Ofl
honor, and posterity will find them
written in letters inefaceable upon
the monument that Cuban Liberty
will rise to its liberators. With the
Stars and Stripes of Washington, let
Us go and fight on the same line
where Cespedes' banner fearlessly
wavesl Cuban independence can but
gain by being besprinkled with Amer
lean blood. Hand in hand let us go
| with the patriots against the tyrant,
and shout Viva Cuba!
Vf VICTOR VIFQUAIN. Il