Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-05-24
r,,,vYy-rIRsr coNGREss-isr SESSION
TUESDAY, May y, IsoU.
SENATE.
TIE CUBAN MOVEMENT.

| TIE CUBAN MOVEMENT
Mr. YUIEE moved to take MP the following T'S''"''''
submitted BY him YESTERDAY, o., J.. re
D.,lvp. That the President OF the United S'h" oe -
nes,.d to inform hr Senate whether any ana VIVA, ''v
q,in has been received by the Executive Department :
,inq an ALLEGED revolutionary noven IN the ' ,
I'm, and 10 communicate 10 the Senai" copies .! an ~
[ nn,drnce and orders relative thereto. -. ~, o,;r
And the question being taken, u was Occur" ~ ~ ~
,tiys--yeaS IS .;;,. ,bo Pro
Mr WALKER moved amendment requiring ,h l,; ~
s,!ent 10 communicate "'So " '
ae,1 GI,I m said he desired state the reasons which
induced him oiier the resolution tie nn' y" la rho
ms bv This resolution, nor had III any design TIA" Wv
If ,h, resolution should BE- considered IL IN cA
If opinon by the Senate On the merits Or ciaGei
,iion now said ID be in progress III me i-inu ~
CHA Nor il intended rs an expression ~ So,
an armed expedition had LETT the niru ,'a.es
-, ~. Island of Cuba. On that POM mere MI @
~ a., ,,,ur, o the information received ne lhi''
~ ~ ,.ceiycd upon the matter was surh aS II" UNI
" ,,r, ,hc expedition was not military eAieui'''i'
49, meaning of the law of ISIS lie desired 70 pe ~
~ , driood as being decidedly i'll favor OF observing
IN r,v stiunlaGns and OF nainainn. silict ''"''iiY
d hern surprised the terms OF the Official announce
-, ,I v,seslay in papers supposed I" he lc esl,c-
i ornans Of the Administrations tie consiaeFta ' '''
@ - ,h Government in sending that :eet u te COAST %
ohm was great usuraonoi power l" .. eNcI;is' - ~,
~ 49,, been rs .ned up Great negligence III ''
; ~, mower AT home. That 10 cover up great ne4cc'
~ ~ r of the Government IN the exercise vi lis Jnris-
1;,;n, - home jurisdiction abroad has been assumed
uI 1 ,o, iii. announcement which appeared IN the In
a,, and nopnbic Yesterday morning) lie con
i1j that the Government had ~ Jtfl>'tii"hoh u c'as,
,,i.
- an lis mart and in effect denial oil The riglit 81
;r,,in and right Of cNparaton lie considered ms
naval armament going 10 Cuba or Tue purpose hdcae ~
hr plpcrs violation ot law There was no prcchcc 't'
had been issued iur the arrest oi any PERSONS c"po
% his EXPEDITION. What authority was there then, Tor
,hcir arrest by the Government forces
II The law violated az home and within The Jursdic
on oi the nitcd States arrest could bc made without
warrant How, then, these pafi~- Ia arrested beyond
hc jurisdiction of the United STATES IN al cisll wars
W. may ..,o il, foreign, nations the United States
look at and both sides beigeen powers and be-
tween them maintain strict neutrality 10 deal WIN either
party is prohibited, and such commerce strictly e-
The parties carrying such commerce OF course being la
blr the risk ol ha> ns their car-oes eoncae should
they fall into the hands al the opposing powers. By VIVA
right then has the President ordered that all vessels shall
be captured United States forces who may BE- engaged
in supplying he revolutionary parry WIN arms ana aiiu
milton.
He considered that the government, had by its action
placed Itself position that might result in cause for war
had observed should this part o the order To- Carried
out that neutrality which should be preserved in respect u
brgcrcn powers Ii it attempts, and does seize upon arms
and ammunition intended for the revolutionary party anc
does follow the in regard Ia the other party
the revolutionary party ii successful will have cause FOL
complaint, on the ground 81 our Interference.
While abtainng from all reference 10 The parties engage
in the revolution goln. in Cuba h vas Tree 10 az
nit that his sympathes with them, and he trusted sin
cercly that they might b. successful: But This interference
on The part Of the Administration seemed IL HIM a. Il thu
movement oi the people Ia throw oil the tyranny that bound
them down had sympathy III this administration but thai
all their feelings with the erletnlty oi he Old mon
archrl Governments This the only case III which
this feeling shown In other instances the Administer"
ton have far they could underworld u cpress Ia
struggles in The a: freedom and have ai.d the ciofi
I'll vrlnis and despctlsm.
Mr. " EBSIER said thai he vas sorry that The member
from Wisconsin (llr Waker had submitted the amend
men II asks Tor The reasons why an act was done when
is not known whether the has been done. Tn. Sena
tor from Florida that thu action the part oi the Gov
eminent involves this country in the act OF war Against
whom Against what country, what naior what province
In many ot the diplomatic relations between this country
and SPAIN this Government has repeatedly said that IL
Spain would voluntarily renquish 10 any foreign pow
h,
wanting in friendly aid aai assistance These declarations
were made long far back any how ~ Gen Jackson
Administrations IL had never head any complaints from
ans quarter account VI this Gccll7"iian
implied oy the Senator that the President has directed
naval Cuba i1r certain specific plrfo
se> and il the they conceded 70 be- those
purposes strictly constitutional proper and positively
required by the statute
The ,ct j. that military expedition has been fitted out in
the United 90 foreign land, aud this i prohibit
3D. and il lie made the duty Of the c>ideno y law 10 prevent
it, The aw saws military expedition IN thr United States
There difference whether the expedition Is fitted out 10y
citizens The United States. others The Tact u be -
ceitiin,d j. whether the military expedition Was fitted cut
in IL, United and il the fact br the ia~ makes
N, inrrave Gy ii the President it, Ill.
military and naval forces Of the Government Tor that pnr
pose wherever the may b. found within the lnsilc
lion al the United States! The jurisdiction Of the United
STATES extends every where eua Tor the protection 81 The
United States and for the citizen where the lag II the nj
ted i used Ani every vessel sailing under that iag
wherever he in the harbor oi foreign port !
much under Tie jurisdiction oi III. ni'eG states as sH'
,ys i'd, hc M!l nf, a,h tRc senator from
New York said no one believed il. Who doubted it now
The las directed that the naval aud military forces Of the
United States shall he used of the suppression II such
expedition; i naval armament was 10 be- used, where
could il b. used il not Oh the high seas
The senator thinks that warrants for the arrest Vi these
parties ncccssy and that the President has poW
/, them without the Suppose nsurrcc-
ton break would the President have power
10 suppress il Would Ii, require warrant arrest
pedilion which would come up tn Potomac 10 burn this
Capitol
lie had seen the part Of the President such dispo
si,ion hostility the freedom He believed the
President knew what his day and that he would per-
form il firmly; and he believed also that the President
about a. good republican as the most OF them.
Mr. CLAY said that he though; the resolution somewhat
premature hu h. did rise discuss H. lie had desire.
and he hoped the Senate had Intention Ia leave Calor-
MIA and follow expedition = Cuba H. moved a ;he
hour had arrived 10 take mp The special order ~ lag this
resolution on the table. And the motion prevailed
TIE sfEcraL oEpEG.
The Senate then resumed The consideration u the special
order being he bill reported by the seize, committee 81 hir
admit California State into the Union; e-tab
sh territorial governments for Utah and New Mcxico and
making proposals 10 Iexns for the establishment Of her
Western and Northern boundaries.
Il The question pending was motion by Mr. DAVIS Of
Mississippi 10 amend the following portion Of the tenth
section OF The bill: That the legislative power of said terri
tory .'a) sil,i cNcna - ~ rl-ln' su'st >,
consistent with the Constitution OF tie United States and
the provisions al this but law shall b. passed inter
icrin with the primary disposal Of the soil IN respect ~
.ifrcan strrery," &c; by adding thereto:
provided, That nothing contained in this section shall
ac constructed prevent The territorial legislature
from passing such police other laws providing such
remedies may .occt the Of African slaves in said
Territory, who may said Territory in the
oyEcnt o such rights they possess under the Con
sli..tion and laws Of the United States
Mr. sol LIZ said that hc desired las before The Sena
and the country ew remarks explanatory 81 his position
in respect the bill before the Senate and particularly IN
respect the amendment Of the Senator Mississippi
(Nr DAvs)
He said that all the points in difference between the
North and the South might he stated under four heads
The In. relates IL the claim the part of the South 10
equal share in ihe enjoyment u the Territories Of the
Union
The second relates to that power which is denied by the
South in Congress the subject nf SLAYER. in the Dis
lrict oil Columbia and tc slave trade between the States
The third point relates the night the part Of the CHI
zcn Of slave State. free STATE and reclaim his iu
4itiye slave.
And the fourth 10 the boundlrics Of Texas question
pertaining almost exclusively 70 that State but from cir
.unsnnces intimately connected with matters which make
the settlement OF al those subjects question o deep
the country H. desired consider these subjects
they ha. been disposed Of by the Compromise committee.
The last point had been settled ~ the committee reducing
the boundaries oi that State what they under the
resolutions of annexation, and reducing the Of slave
territory two degrees than what done by the Mis-
souri, compromise line.
On the point relating 10 the recapirc of fugitive slaves,
the committee have reported amendments and seem
not have considered that this difficulty grows of any