The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-06-17
Fornaris y Cespedes Testilies to
the Herald Men.
Indignant RemOnstrance by the Cuban Patriots
to the Spanish Republicans.
Documents from the Rebel Lines Brought
by Mr.. Millen, the Herald's
Secret Commissioner.
Letter from President Ccspedcs.
RESIDENCE OF THE EXECUTIVE, I
April 26, 1873.

RESIDENCE OF THE EXECUTIVE,
April 26, 1873.
Mr.. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, New York =
Sm-The enterprises of men would be vain
and inefficient if the spirit of perseverance did
not sustain them. For that you have worked
out those that are calling the attention of the
universe.
To go through regions that barbarsm
and despotism desire to make eternally dark,
unknown and terrible, the boldness Of Mr..
Stanley who marched through the deserts
of Africa in search of the renowned traveller,
Livingstone, was not enough it was neces-
sary to explore also the mysterious fields Of
THE GARDEN OF THE AMERICAN HEspERIDEs,
where men more barbarous and despotic than
the petty kings of Africa, wish to rule others
on whose feet they would put letters, and
drive them to be sold, like swine, in the mar
kets of Cuba; masters who ore still more dan
gerous from being clad in deceptive garment
that makes them
RESPECTABLE TO CULTIVATED NATIONS.
Mr.. Henderson first comes; he visits a part
Of Camaguay, and goes away precipitately from
the island, on learning the insidious intima-
tions of the "Volunteers,' who assassinated q
foreigner because he wore cravat as blue as
the sky Of Cuba; but he is succeeded by Mr.
OKelly, who penetrates the mountains and
plains Of the Eastern Department, and is i'm
prisoned, and who now runs
THE GREATEST RISK OF LOSING HIS LIFE.
Notwithstanding this, following him, now
comes Mr. Millen, and, treading in Mr..
O'Kelly's footsteps, gathers up, lest they be
lost those valuable data which, perhaps, the
modern vandals wish to destroy. This proves
once more that
AN IDEA DOES NOT DIE,
and that these men, representatives of an
idea, will make it brighten in the eyes Of
their brothers even from the summit Of Col
gotha.
AN APPEAL
Enough now, sir, of sacrifices. The light
has been she'd You have resolved the prob
lem. It now belongs to your government to
convert it to useful practice.
WHAT HAS BEEN SHOWN.
You have demonstrated that in the forests Of
virgin Cuba an entire virtuous people exist,
brave and hospitable, who fight for their just
rights; that the access to them is easy to the
friends of the rights Of humanity, and that to
make it more free to the civilized world ii is
only necessary to press with firm hand the
ferocious bloodhounds who bark at our doors.
THE HERALD MEN IN CUBA.
I shall conclude, sir, acknowledging with
pleasure the perfect gentlemanliness and dis
passionate views with which your correspon-
dents have presented themselves in Cuba.
Yours, with the greatest consideration and
appreciation,
y. M. DE CESPEDES.
Letter from Fornaris y Ccspetics.
GENERAL HEADQUARTERS IN SEIBA,
April ~, 1873.
Mr.. JAMES G. Bennett
SIR-Africa guarded in her deserts the
secret Of the existence of an eminent man;
the world was anxious to know his fate; you
sent an explorer to Africa to unveil her secret,
and the world now knows that DR.. Livingstone
is not dead. There was in the Southern
States of the great Republic terrible struggle;
the American people wished to know its
causes; you sent o commissioner to the field of
action, and the American people are now in
formed Of the motives of the mysterious con-
tention.
FOR MORE THAN FOUR YEARS
has Cuba struggled to conquer her independ-
ence. Spanish tyranny has surrounded in
the profoundest darkness the cause of Cuba.
The submarine cable, an element of progress
for civilized society, has served as an instru-
ment for the rulers of this great Antille to
send to oil parts the idea Of our supposed
weakness and of our unjust pretensions to
constitute ourselves free people. You, sir,
wishing
TO THROW LIGHT ON ALL QUESTIONS
that agitate mankind sent here first Mr.. Hen
derson, afterwards Mr.. o. Kelly, and later Mr.
Millen, SO that they would make clear our de-
mands You have done more than the gov
eminent in Washington in favor Of the eman-
cipation Of an American people. You know
perfectly how to harmonize the interests Of