New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-14

THE MIN WHO MADE rnE tIEsr FIGHT FOR
FREEDOM

THE MIN WHO MADE THE tIH>r FIGHT FOX
FREEDOM.
From W. : Losan's address befor" the Historical
clnnot eSmp,. ,,,f ~ IN, sbseu,1nt carer %
.o,nr OF the men who were there under MoreloS.
| have spoken OF Leonardo Bravo. VINO LED Inc rear
upon the retreat. and who was captured whie s",ins
the rest Of the army III son H,ohs VINO nnd %a
prisoners from the spanish army IN hls Quarters lie
,urncd Them over Nicolas Bravo 10 dispose oi aN ne
would his fathers life or 70 ayeiise ms dea'n
The father Leonardo and the ,on Nlcoas Were Nv" %,
tho oveliest characters In history. Pure ana IRA.
patriots. untrained In war unused !" cohn, ..
Of Morros for the that II was IN" cause OF M
cry once soldiers they became TIE t'' t {" oo,.
dicrS No men were ever more valiant. few com,
mnnder, ever more slliu. they loved one ano'h"r
as not many fathers and have ever loved ana Tue
leonardo was taken to Mexico. and Nenegas send,
him word II you will but write letter to Nne9's a.
saved and you shall BE- free Leonardo REPLIES " !
love son better than oys my u fs sgl If be Gs
offers TO exchange the three hnarca pTSoefs h ,~,.
Don Leonardo is ordered to immediate execution
Nicolas Bravo was only M"Nic am; he,r,,s.. mes.
sage from Callea. Nicolas releases te 'nree n'"r REV.
prisoner WISHING as h, said ;n T" d p Of S Sn parent S1
lest In some moment OF grief the temptation shona
0, ns when Ht the TSe
we're brought before him to be Released as follows
lOur lives he are IOTl'il fouI hhlS''I'
SPANS minlon. has murdered nv father murdered
him In cold blood for choosing Mexico ana liberty
before spain and her ysnarS fs sr o, { D ha ar
thrust from the world without one farewell
word from his sonay ana your So H may ny 'Sr por
thoughts arise Of my fathers wrongs and cruel death
" Aud what master is this YOU serve! For one
nfc-,ny poor fathers. he might have saved you all
and wouli not. so deadly is his hate that he would
sacrifice three hundred Of hl1 ends rather Tv tnnn
who nm no viceroy. have three hundred lives for my
na ' yet ua mobile" SSnr " mss t@@" and
henceiorth him II you can
! have failed to find In history the story Of an
educated and cultured SaNo more worthy OF love and
honor than this untutOred Mexican.
Nicola I;rnv) lived t, Sc the cause Of ndepcnd
encc triumph. and t. icocmr President Of the Mexican
Anon; those have mentioned at C.autIa was
GundilLl'' Victoria then kncwl by his real nsme OF
Don JOS" Maria Fcir'ndr lie was yonng Inv
student 81 the AZ Of twenty I've, pursuing his stVes
In the CIT, OF Mexico. when the revolution broke Nut
lie did hot i" l'"'Hgo hr could lot see In hi the
true leader fr so great cause. 1t was no, ill
those hose Of The revolution but from that time on he
vas hsr" nmcns hGro Mcr h, ~ "d how at Cant
him in the face OF desperate charge. Through all
the Siege he was foremost in deeds of vaor and on
tine tine orn n" Of the vdoS to- tie end e ws
with Morclos In oaxacn. with him At the siege OF
Acapulco. with the army when Moreos was ca ptnred
and after the death OF his chief he fought long
he could find place to defend or soldier to follow
him At last. In 1916. most Of his eompatrots had
been captured slain. the insurgents were being
SUPPRESSED upon all sides and soon noihlac remained
Of the revolution except Guerrero little bnni In the
mountains IN The South. Til" Government offered
pardon to all who would come In ana accept IT, Nany
did 80. IL was offered TO tiIadnup" aud pressed
upon him. lie preferred death To submission. Then
Il price was set up'n his head. Armies were sent Ia
hunt him. Any village where he obtained food was
Immediately destroyed. II was declared to 10 certain
death 10 know his whereabouts. AMI not give him up
II YVES under such circumstances and to escape su"
u hunt that Victoria took to the mountrns. ana from
this time until ISL, when the OF
revived under Iturbde he lived alone and unt
IN the solitudes OF the Slerus. For thirty months be
did not see a human being or taste bread. In the