The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-10-22

NOTES, REMARKS, AND OCCURRENCES.
Ia relation 10 The present ,cas beceen the .l'genime
and Banda Oriental republics.
lcoscLUDED,l
On the LIST of April, lS43, General Don Manuel
Orbe issued the following circular all foreign con-
suls in Montevideo, viz;
[rRANsLknoN,l
"rhe legal President of the republic
s'HEApauARrERs.
''To the Consul -; The undersigned has been
with dispeasure informed that several foreigners, of
those resident in Montevideo, use their influence to
allure partisans 10 the rebel Unitarian savagcs and
that others have taken up in favor OF said rebels
Notorious is the respect which the undersigned has
extended TO the properly and persons of the sub
ects of other nations because civilization, justice,
and his own sentiments have so counselled him,
while they kept themselves within the sphere that
pertains TO them; but that and these counsel him to
act in way entirely contrary, and vigorously
against all those who, forgetting their position, lose
il by taking part in matters that do not belong to
them-wheiher led to it by interest, or by any other
motive.
ain consequence, the undersigned finds himself
obliged to declare to the consul --, that he will
not respect the character of foreigners, neither in
properly nor in persons of the subjects of other
nations, who may take part with Infamous rebels,
Unitarian savagss, against the cause of the laws,
which the undersigned and the forces under his
command sustain; but that they shall be considered
also, in such case, rebels, Unitarian savages, and
treated without any consideration whatever. With
this motive, the undersigned sautes the consul -.
"(Signed) MANUEL oRIBE.
"By order Of his excellency,
"CARLos q. VnLADEMoRos."
This highly mpolitic and threatening circular
operated on the minds Of the foreign population in
manner which could not have been anticipated by
~ tbaxt aapf
few days, 5000 Frenchmen and 900 Italians vol
unteered to defend the city; and their services being
highly acceptable to the government, they were
Immediately supplied with arms and military cloth
ing, and daily rations for themselves and families,
when they placed themselves under the command
of General Paz, commander-in-chef Of the garrison
who took the necessary measures for organizing
and disciplnng them under their own oficers
and thus they remain at their post to the present
day.
military operations under the French flag and their
national cockade but, being objected to by the
French admiral Clerval, and Mons. Pichon, the con-
sui general, both were dispensed with. Those func.
tonGries, in executing instructions received from
their government demanded Of all Frenchmen TO
lay down their arms, and return to their neutral po-
siion or forfeit the protection of their country To
which they unanimously replied through their
consul, Thiebeux, that they had given up the
French flag and cockade; and they would now re-
tain their arms in defence of this, their adopted
country, and asked not the protection of France
that they determined to protect themselves.
Admiral Massacre de Clerva was relieved of his
command on this station by Admiral Laine, who
arrived on the Gath of October, 1874; and early in
March he issued proclamation 10 the legion OF
French volunteers, who assembled in the public
square of this city, and there heard the document
read as follows:
(TRANsLArIoN.l
IL. 81: r. IL
Brazil and river Plate stations, to the Frenchmen in
arms, residing in the Oriental republic of the Uru-
quay
s'The Kings government has seen with displeas-
ure, that, Notwithstanding due notice, Frenchmen
have abandoned their national flag to serve another
cause, which is not of France, and to which they
ought to remain strangers.
"Already has Vice Admiral Massacre de Clerva
made known that the government has imposed
upon itself the law of observing strict neutrality
in the struggle between the Argentine and Oriental
republics, and not to allow Frenchmen established
in the Uruguay State to arm themselves for the de-
fence of Montevideo, either by their own free will,
or at the demand Of the Oriental government. The
rear admiral repeats the will of the Kings govern
ment and does not hesitate to believe that his brave
countrymen, better informed to their real in
terests, will lay down the arms which France has
no. con6ded to them and joyfuly resume the colors
they abandoned, doubtless in a moment of error.
The rear admiral assures active and vigilant pro.
lection and positive guarantees to all who return to
their duty; and he likewise promises to those who
claim it, facilities for leaving the country, and means
of subsistence, On board 'L'Africaine, March IL,
l844.
"(Signed) LAME.
an. B.-Until further orders, a boat will be at the
moIe-head from o'clock in the morning till in the
evasng, to receive the French legionaries who may
desire TO leave the city"
The Minister of War, Don Mechor Pacbeco
Obes, presented himself on the OCCASION to return
thanks the French legion, in the name of the gov
eminent, for the important services they had rem
dered in the defence Of the capital, and to
them that their plance with the desire expressed
by the admiral, that they lay down their arms,
would not lessen the national esteem and gratitude
for their past services, nor deprive them Of their
title to the future.
The French legion have, nevertheless, enthusiasts
tically resolved to stand by the cause they have
poused, and have firmly but respectfully opposed
the terms of the proclamation, by determining to
retain their present position until they receive an
answer from the French government to represent
alton they have already made of the peris and
grievances which rendered their organization a
measure unimpeachably just, and Of inevitable ne
cessty. Admiral Laine, on finding that his procla-
nation did not produce the desired effect, addressed
(conjoinily with Mons. Pichon, consul general Of
France) letter to Don Santiago Vasques, Minis
ter for Foreign Affairs of the republic, as fol-
lows
TRANsLATIoN.
"ANcHoRAeE OFF MoNrEyIDEo,
"Africaine, April 10, 1874.
"The undersigned rear admiral, commanding
in chief the French stations of Brazil and the river
Plate and the consul general of France in the ORR
entail republic of Uruguay, have waited until this
day, in the expectation that the Oriental ministry
would have conceded just satisfaction to the de-
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