The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-12-19

| rather than go to war with the United States
Tomorrow will show that no demonstrations
have been made in England of physical nature,
preparatory to state ofbegerenee with this coun-
| try. AMERlCANUS.
From the New York Evening Post
COURIER DEs ETATs INSISTS CORRESPOND.
| ENCE FROM MoNTEvIDEO-FRENCH AND ENG.
LIsH INTERFERENCE IN THE AFFAIRS OF THE
PLATA.
According to letter published the 9th instant, in
the French journal of this city, the "Courrier des
Eais Unis, dated Montevideo, 9Th September Is45,
it appears that the French authorities in the Plata
not perfectly daecord in the management of the in
terventon 1t says: q" regret the having to notice the
inexplicable conduct of Mr.. de Mareul, the French
charge d'afiaires at Buenos Ayres Far from being
favorable to the views of Mr. Defaudis, in his ne
golations with the Argentine government, Mr. de
Mareuil spared no pains to cross them. No one
doubts that, had 1t not been for him. the affairs of
the intervention in favor of Montevideo would al
ready have taken decisive turn. Mr.. de Mareuil
would be accused of perfdy if he did not represent
a loyal government and generous nation"
From the above, 1t appears that discord has al
| ready began between the different diplomatic agents
Of France concerning the intervention Of that coun-
try in the affairs of La Plata; and we shall probably
soon hear Of serious disagreement between the
English and French ministers Each Of those ma
tions seeking for the same thng--that u.s. 10 take
possession and occupy Montevideo as colony for
itself, to the exclusion of its ally and consequently
viewing with the utmost jealousy every movement
ofthe oheritwill be difficult to preserve unity of ac-
ton and concord among them. Indeed, according to
official documents which have been Published at
Buenos Ayres, itappears that at the first start of
this avowed Intervention, England has suspected
the good faith of the ally with whom she had ASSOC
cated herself to carry into effect an unjust and un-
provoked attack against the rights and liberties of
two South American republics The language of
Lord Aberdeen to the Argentine minister at Lon
don, and that of Mr. Ouseley, the minister plenipo-
tertiary to Buenos Ayres, encharged with the con-
Quoting of the Intervention on the part Of England
to the Argentine minister at Rio Janeiro, in several
conferences; and the language of the same minister
to the Argentine government after his arrival at Bu-
enos Ayres, all show a strong and deep.rooted sus-
pcion Of the good faith of France The language
Of Mr. Ouseley has in fact been 20 strongly marked
with suspicion of France, that it difficult to i'm
agine how the government of Louis Philippe can
get over it without demanding from England an ex.
picit explanation.
There is view of the question of blockade which
no writer In our newspapers has as yet taken hold
Of Have Mr.. Ouselay and Baron Deffaudis, the
ministers Of England and France, on their own au.
thority and without positive instructions to that
effect from their respective governments, the right
to place Buenos Ayres and the other ports of La
Plata, under blockade' There are strong reasons
to believe that when Mr. Ouseey sailed from Eng.
land for the river Plata, he had no instructions
from his government to put Buenos Ayres and the
other ports of the Argentine confederacy under
blockade. He probably had discretionary insruc-
tons on other points, but not word of blockade
The extraordinary power of blockade--closing Bu-
enos Ayres and the other ports on the Plata to the
commerce Of neutrals has, therefore, been exercis
ed by him in conformity to his understanding of his
discretionary powers. The question then arises,
has government right, according to the laws of
nations, TO delegate to any agent such extraordi-
nary powersi Is the commerce of neutral nations
to be. sacrificed at the whim or caprice Of single
indlvldua-of pro-consu for, in fact, such APP
pears to be the action of Mr.. Ouseey. The unlim.
ted powers granted by ancient Rome To its pro-
consuls appear to be revived by the British govern
ment.
Can neutrals permit such great and extraordi-
nary power to be exercised to their deriment at the
discretion of an ndividuali Is it not q question
which our government should ask of Great Britain,
whether the English government ordered the ports
OF the Argentine confederation TO be bockaded, or
whether 1t is simply an act of its agentl Ifthey
did not expressly order it, but it, on hearing il was
done, they then approved oft, have not our mer-
chants Just demand against England for their
losses, at least to the time that the government of
England approved the blockade?
1t is not known whether Mr. Dehaudis, the
French minister, had positive orders from his gov
eminent to blockade Buenos Ayres; probably he also
had discretionary Instructions without any auhori-
marks can therefore be applied his conduct in es-
ablishing that blockade as to the British minister.
In the "CouTier des Etats Unis" of the date
aforementioned, there is another communication
from Montevideo, dated 10th September, 1S45.
Before examining that communication in detail it is
as well to mention. that coming from the headquar-
ters Of the bitter enemies Of Generals Rosas and
oribe It's accusations against those two distinguish
ed men, and it's statements Of affairs at Buenos
Ayres, should be viewed with suspicion,
The communication says that "The passport Office
at Buenos Ayres is each day beseiged by thousands
Of strangers, who, pressed by want, do not suffer
themselves to be discouraged by the difficulties with
out number which are put in the way Of delivering
them. These difficulties, the DEAFNESS of provi-
sions, and the misery which already weighs upon
this numerous population, are the only motives
which prevent us from seeing thousands of these
fugtives arrive here
The answer to the foregoing is this. II is well
known that some weeks previous to the date of
the above-quoted communication, British residents
at Buenos Ayres were notified by public procla.
nation of British captain Of vessel Of war then
10 that harbor, of the state of affairs, and that ar
| engagements were made to take many of them as
pleased to quit Buenos Ayres, from that city, yet
few, if any, profted of the chance thus offered them
They had been assured by General Rosas that they
were safe, and that he would protect them, so long
as they conformed to the laws Of the country, and
| took no part against the Argentine confederation;
and they knew that they could have every conf
dence in bis word, for they remembered WELL that
when the French few years ago bookaded Buenos
Ayres, the French residents in that city met with
| every succor and protection from him during the
whole Of that long blockade.
And If provisions are scarce in Buenos Ayres
as the communication from Monteyideo saws ihey
are, why, 1t would be the natural policy Of General
Rosas not put any obstacle in the way of any and
every foreigner quitting that CITY. The wriier nj