The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-09-23

aside those confessions, and they ought to be set
aside orr government wonld be especially bound
osupport Portugal in any further discussion q ne
case, not only in consequence OF Iis peculiarly
English origin, but because Lord Ca lereagh bad,
as Secretary Of Foreign Affairs in 1857, ott1-
ciaily declared to the Portuguese Ambassador IN
London, that the United States had more reason
10 expect TO be called soon TO give than to claim
satisfaction.
spain and the United States.
Madrid. Aug. 1.-THE state Of relations be-
tween Spain and the United States is, we learn,
at the present moment, far from satisfactory. The
Cabinet Of Washington has recently addressed 70
its representative at the Court OF Madrid, note,
couehed in language of unusual energy, complain
ing Of the Of several citizens Of the United
States in Cuba, on presumption Of their having
favored the plFateal expedition of General Lopez.
| The Government Of the United States has every
reason to believe that many Of these citizens are
entirely and absolutely foreign to all proceedings
connected with that movement. But even bad there
| been strong presumption Of their guilt, the mea.
sures Of the Spanish Government at Cuba, in vio-
latng the domices OF these citizens, forcing their
doors at untlmely hours Of the night, the great
alarm and anguish Of their families, dragging them
| away violently to prison, where they ere ms az
| secret, that 49, isolated within, and not allowed 70
hold any communication with their friends without
and there suffered to remain without being sub
jected to any intenogatory judicial examination
in order to establish their guilt, being allowed
any opportunity oil proving their lnnocence-such
measures would in all cases be totally at variance
| with the customs Of international law. The Charge
d'Afares Of the United States at Madrid is. there
fore, instructed express the surprise and pain Of
his Government, on learning this violent and illegal
treatment Of its citizens, BY friendly power, and
TO insist upon immediate orders being sent BY the
central Government to the Captain General oil
Cuba to put stop to such intolerable grievances.
, The Government Of the United States also dweils
upon the precious time lost in exchanging dis
patches, upon subject Of this nature, across the
Atlantic, while its citizens suffering prejudice
in their persons and properties; and where even
Is day Of delay is a matter OF great Importance
:, months suffered to elapse without any steI
y beng taken to procure their liberation from con
le hnement, much less their compensation for thu
y wrongs and injustice suffered. Finally, the Amer
ican Government declares that it is resolved TO &C
's with energy, in order to procure speedy ans
AZ satisfactory solution OF this question: and protest
VI against any further procrasunaton on the part
= the Spanish government The American Charg
10 d Afatyes has had several interviews with Send
~ Pidal relative to this affair, and has sent off
40 special courier to London with dispatches for Ii
G Government Of the United States Il is though
d that the answer Of the Cabinet Madrid, which
" reported in this communication will be deems
far from satisfactory at Washington. We nr
:. therefore, looking out for storm IN this quartz
1t seems by no means impossible that, II the Anne
'O lean citizens, unjustly incarcerated in Cuba, a
!, not speedily liberated, a formidable demo
~ stration than that Of Lopez will astonish the ey
90 OF the natives at Havana in the shape Of an Anne
A. lean squadron.