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THE sHACKLEs OF THE MIssora'
STEAM-FRIGATR

STEAM-FRIGATE.
When surprise was affected al the ex;.,..
the shackes, or "irons," las they are oaIl.a : "
American navy, and in the British navy ana :" !
board of every ship that floats, in wh;sn w
English tongue is spoken,) which wen. y
to be found on board Of our Inflated e.
and the discovery of these irons was e.,
ed forth as an "awful disclosure N. ~
struck us at first as humbug Of the verv eo.,..-
as well as the very lowest kind--one So 49,,
ingly gross, as almost to be beneath III. nnrs
notice. The ayidity with which this awful d
closure was pounced upon by the London ..T,,.'
and the gravity with which il was made IN. ,1.'
Of the LEALINs EDITORIAL C) in this SHE ,,..,.--
newspaper in the world" really surpris.d =
Yes! prepared as we were, and have long been !.
anything and everything that nigh, com. 81
that quarter, in the shape OF. a manif,s,,o. ]
"malice, envy, and ali uncharitable nessn ,o...1
our country, we were, nevertheless, filled win 3,
prise--not at the rancor Of the attack, bu, !, 4.
stupidity--a story 20 very silly, so superl,d,.,.
nonsensical And this piece of absurdy m.l;,.
its appearance, not in the obscure aweekyn !,
some oui-of-the-way village, to astonish ia dan.
and to divert their gossip for momen, from i.
destinations strength Of Mrs. Purseprouds h. .
the aarins ribands in Miss Purseprouds bona,
but in the great newspaper Of the commercial !.
tropolis Of the world Yea, verify, in the Lo.d.
Chimes" itself!
Who would have believed il upon any ev;l,,.
short of ocular proofi
When the thing was there, before our own ,,..
as matter Of fact not to be doubted--thouob ,or
PEELED then to acknowledge its reality, we s,iu J.
tached very little consequence to il; for We lo0s,
upon il as mere ebullition of spite--one Of n.
sudden and unprecedented illusions which b.,u
overlooking with rancor cannot always .,oa
however deeply the ridicule that il brings m.
them may cause them afterwards to repent N.
incontnence.
Thus regarding the matter, we placed il b,..|
our readers in its own ridiculous colors and ~
we almost forgot all about it. We should scar,.h|
again have brought Il to the recollection Of M
readers, but for the letter from Gibraltar, vba|
was recently published in the New York IIsal
The statements therein contained, respecting M
conduct of the governor of that fortress, M
the mention Of correspondence between on,
consul and 'his excellency," caused US to MAXI n.
quiry at the State Department; and this Ia, Id b
our being furnished with the letters which s.,r h
our columns Of this evening.
We confess that they have changed the uu,c a
the transaction to our eyes. Until we read ,h,m
we had looked upon il as supremely ridculous Y
as meritng tie epithet scieked, so far only siu
outpouring Of hate is wicked. however innocusu
it may prove. 1t now strikes us as entitled d h
more serious reprobation. Under the ligh, VIVA
this correspondence throws upon it, can any q,
fail TO see in il deliberate and studied end.evr NJ
stimulate for the sake Of directing agains, our css
try, the blind fanaticism which RACES in England
That the great mass Of the British people arc ,Ax
oughly fanaticised upon the subject which M
''Times" has here striven, by means Of these "iom
to connect in their minds with the friga,e Mssoau
is fact no less notorious than il is lamentsha|
The whole world knows this fact, and knows III
there is nothing, in the way Of cant and mpostuu|
90 gross but that deluded people may be made 4
hug it eagerly 10 their bosoms as most prsciou|
truth, provided the Cantwell do but present him
self as one filed with "holy horror al tho asf
abomination. Here il the grossest piecs n ans
upon the subject which the panders 10, and isuass
Of, this fanaticism have yet vcntured 10 produce.
And how does his cxceilency the governor Of Gib
raltar deport himself on the OCCASION There, Of
the very spot where the wicked calumny had bssn
concocted, and where iis contradiction would d
most effectual, he refuses to allow the tra|
to be told to the world, through the pu|
under his control! And, at the very dn
when he 10 thus exercising his power over tha
press, this general in the British army, by way u
lending hand to the "Times, /" is apaiing himsstd
the opportunity efsrhibitiw specimens Of these sAst
to .Monsisw TAisrs Of Paris, ,cho happened then :
on risii to Gibraltar!
Il will be seen that the bearing of Mr.. Spnga
on the occasion correspondent with the hs3
character we have always heard Of him
him, we recognise an American, in whose bosl
the glow Of patriotism, and jealousy for the
fame Of his country, have not been chilled by add
residence in foreign atmosphere; even allhot,
that residence has been among those to whom n
native land is the object Of hate which never sua|
bers, and never can slumber; because, in the sxlnI
pie set by her, and in the influence which she ri
ercises over the destiniss Of the human fand[I
the arrogant and rapacious oligarchy, whose mi
ions they are, reads its own doom; and, by ikar'|
tokeny the satellites who are kept in It's pay ss
instruments at once for ovemwing their own pH
dered countrymen, and for despoiing the rest IN
world, read their own.
f No. 1.
CONSULATE OF THE u. 8. or AMERICA,
Gibraltar, 9th October, 1915
The Hon James Buchanan, Secretary of Stat
Sir: An article in the London ssTimes" nsv.|
paper Of the Goth ultimo casts unmerited reputt|
upon our government, from what the ediIsF I
pleased to call fact, of carloads Of shackles bea
recovered from the remains of the steamIngf
"Missouri.n Thinking myself called upon 10 ncua
il in the Gibraltar Chronicle, prepared an srha
as per copy herewith, with what has since grow
out Of the matter--say a correspondence with o9
ministers at the courts of ST. James, France, ~
Spain, letter to the governor Of this fortress, ~
his reply, &c.
| My letter taxes the governor with seeming 70 p,
take of the belief of the article in the "Tmes;' ON
he, though thinking me not warranted in doing y
admits at the same time belief that greater nan
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