The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-09-30
The spubiic .Ad its Charge against MS.
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The Republic hnehes but ii must moi escape Here IS
the issue between US:
1.-THE course of the Union from thai day TO this, has
been eoasaf rspdaag the tags Of the U"ttsd STATES
and piadeatng the right Of The nsiea~ Invaders Of cuoa
10 act under the hghsrtaw isp1sss by which hey were
IRspublie Of 2eh inst
:. nin that The R.vubie perfectly understands, and
has duly considered, the predcauent la which IL WIN
stand il shall fail make good OF 10 Withdraw o oos0
language against now challenge hat journal " ~
duce It's spec c atons and proofs Vhat laos Of inc on
ted States have we been cor sisent In repudiaung
Produce the statute words and produce beside them our
words of yepudiaton Then produce our statements VIM
dcang legal right Of the American invaders oil CUBA
the deed they have done We join issue win tue re
[Uaioa of 27th inst.
Here is the Republics rejonder to US and every male
rial word OF it is entirely erroneous
:" The Union wishes TO learn OF MS what laws Oh the
United States has repudated and in what manner II has
indicated the right OF the invaders OF Cuba TO do Inc
deed they have done.
"To reply the latter nterrogaory first, coempo-
rary journal has repeatedly indicated the right OF the Gu
ban invaders by the citation of Mr. Websters letter to
Mr. Fox as an entire justification. 1t has contended
against that Cuba state Of prosperous
revolution and that the followers of Lopez had right,
therefore, under the law of nations join the revolution
AIRY party Still /, persists in presenting this view Of the
case"
We never clteu MI w tDSteTs leter 10 MI FOX as al
entre justification" Of the Cuban invaders, nor as any
justification at all of the legality of their conduct We
cited that letter to show il does show, that going, as
they went Cuba for the purpose OF taking part in
public for freedom and not for the purpose of pri-
vate pagc or robbery, they not pirates-hough
the proclamation denounced them punderers and rob-
bers and left them TO die if they had been pirates
Ii is utterly untrue that have conended that SCUBA
was in state OF prosperous revolution" We DEFY the
Republic to produce particle of evidence from our
columns 10 put even face of decent pausiby on the
declaration that we have contended. We have said
there was revolutionary proclamation, and so there
was Here then, instead Of proving its first charge
against u.s. the Republic brings two more charges, both
of which entirely untrue, and which, if they were
true would begin TO prove the Republics accusation
that we have repudated the laws of the United States in
vindicaton OF the Cuban invaders.
Nor have we ever contended that in the actual state Of
the facts, the followers OF Lopez had right "under the
lars of nations" to join in his expedition To give
such right there must, in our judgment be public
war; There none. This was the very point on
which the men with Lopez deluded. The Re-
public itself admits that they supposed there
revolution in Cuba, and that they started to join it,
In 30 doing they did deed which a viola
ton of the laws of nations. though not deed
of piracy. But this is not at all the point now
in issue between us and the Republic That journal
did not charge us with justifying the expedition
under the ia,0 Of nations; hut it did charge us with
regulating the statutes of thus country, in order TO
Justify them legally American citizens Wesay.
said BEFORE concerns the character of the Republic
instead OF making up any collateral issues with to
prove that precise charge, manfully retrac it. Now, in
this predicamen when called on for specification and
proof, what says the Republic II amply repeats
the charge Here its words:
"Now as to the reputation Of the laws If the Union
could habuay rsdea the proprisfy of the Cuban e1pe
dilion, commend the motives which prompted it, hail il
gallant and meritorous movement of liberaors' like
Lafayette and koscusko wihou repudiang laws oil the
United States for the expressed pose
expedition, of this nature must have exercised nge
nuiy in its Arguments and in It's mode OF presenting dis
tinctions without differences, Tor which give it
credit The whole and spirit of the discussions Of the
Union this subject have been with the spirit OF
the Of lslS and the conservative sentiments repeatedly
expressed in the messages and procamaons Of Pfes
dents and in emphatcaly than in those OF Cen
eral Jackson"
We "never indicated the propriety" Of the Cuban
petition As to what say about "the spirit OF the
act OF 1885," that is no, the point in issue The Repub-
ie charged us with repudating the legal force and
States The charge is unounded. Let it be proved as
stated by the Republic, let it be retracted, let the
Republic stand convicted OF making charges which j,
cannot prove
As TO writing in spirit opposed TO the messages
or proclamation OF any President that is not now the
point The point is, Has the Republic accused us truly
or falsely in charging that we have repudiated the laws
Of the United States
But one thing is clear The spirit in which we have
written, and shall write, has nothing in with The
spirit of Mr. Fllmoes proclamation, the spirit OF the
Republic in virtually making Owen suffer the penalty
which Justly belongs TO the authors OF that proclama
ton.
And with what face does the Republic mention proc.
smations' Does it 10 abandon and repudiate Mr.
Fmore's proclamation. even the proclamation aban-
doned and epudiaed the fatal issues the rights
secured TO misguided and offending American citizens
by the treaty Of 1893 II not, why does delay it's
swer TO charge against the administration on that
ponti We copy from the Union Of Saturday morning
our accusation, and stand ready TO prove il from the
record
ave charge that in recent oic al wit, the Cuban
proclaim aon-the present administration has practically
fepudiaed and n~ught the supreme law OF land
by Florida treaty of Isls-and has
constitutional duties aud obligations under that
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