The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-11-07

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guage Of the recent Mexican proclamation, has plainly
repudaied those terms in the proclamation for Cuba
which operated SO earfuy and fatally against the Amer
lean csptyes it is matter OF just regret that inscriptions
party zeal should lead any wing press to undertake the
defence OF the odious and ndetensble Cuban proclAma
lion by an shbonis missalement Of its true character
This has been done by the Nashville Banner in the fol-
lowing article written in reply TO paragraph In the
American OF that city:
The American here asserts that the President de-
nounced who should engage in the Cuba expedition
pirates and robbers This is not The President never
employed such language and the charge OF tho American
does him The injustice This charge has hereto
fore been made and as often as made has been reuted
Sill is epeated for party purposes Is there justice in
the political opponents OF Mr.. Fillmore
"The American says the President denounced them
who would Justly forfeit the synpafhiss and protec
ZION OF the government This peryersion of the Pes
dents language lilo believed that tho expedition about
being and foot by foreigners and that the
young and nconsiderate of country were about
being seduced by their fasehoods and misrepresena-
Join them He therefore issued his proclamation
in Aprl-four months before the expedition actually SGT
out-warnins them that by joining such expedition
they would violate the laws OF the United Stsos and Tor
felt their ela the protection of this government amy
interference their behalf This was the Presidents
precise language. He did say that the government
would interfere. but that they would forfeit their
claim such interference Much less did lie say any
thing NIL about their orfeiting tbs ympathes' Of the
government, their justy' doing These words are
naked interpretations by the American They arc stuck in
no doubt make Of against the Pres
dent dark possible and such Is The systematic injus
which is usually employed towards that pure and
uiotic statesman by his political opponents.
"The American innates that tho President told them
they would expose themselves TO the dsgrdctf fate
criminals aud flons' This is coinage OF the American
The President told Them sach thing Is time these
unjust attack, should cease. Ii the American has care.
cssy made these accusations, let the editors to the
record and do Justice to Mr. Fillmore"
II is remarkable that, while the Nashville wing organ
thus denying that the proclamation denounced the
Cuban invaders pirates and robbers both the whig
organs here quoting with appreciation the recent
charge OF Mr.. Justice Mclean, in which the learned
judge, after referring to the proclamation emphaticaly
declares that the invaders pirates and outlaws.
and had even placed themselves beyond the pale of
civilization" 1t is well known here that the Republic
took the same ground from the frstthat the expedition
was piracy and properly denounced by the proclama
ton and that ground the Republic stouy abored TO de-
iend against the Unioa for weeks, suffering almost
daily dalectc implement in the contest until, in the
terms OF the Mexican proclamation, the administration
fairly capulaed to the views Of the democratic press and
the humane judgment Of the country and confessed its
error when all too late repair its fatal operation In
denying that the proclamation denounced the invaders As
prates and robbere the Banner has only lost sight
OF all this but has also totally misjudged the effect Of the
Presidents words which are. that such expeditions
only be regarded adventures for plumber and rob-
berry" This is decisive enough But il is by means
an open question whether the language OF the procama
ton did did no! place the captured invaders before
Spain and before the world in the character of pirates
Concha. just before they shot without trial. gave
ven, his anger because they, proclaimed to b.
pirates their oUn government, had not been shot down
they captured instead of being brought to
Havana. The Cuban official journa-the Dio,io-re-
buked the mayor of New Orleans for speaking of them
as american citizens in open defiance OF the proclama
ton OF the President of the United States, which de-
nounced them as pirates"
Nor is the Banner any less at fault in the construc
ton which ii seeks TO give TO the terribly sweeping
words in which the proclamation tells aH persons rhs
shall eonnee themselpes ,r any such enterprise sIpe
di ion" that they 'rsl forfeit eir dam 10 The protee
ton Of this government, or.ANY INTERFERENCE on
their behalf no matter ,ptat ertremiiie, they may be re-
dueed" |, in view Of this Language that Consu
Owen utterly refused TO act in their behalf II was II
drec, reference TO this language that Captain Pa wher
he visited them in their dungeon, told them, in 80 many
words that "nohing could be done for them as Amsri
cans Everybody held that the language OF the proca
nation soemnly pledged the government, not 10 interfere
in any manner in their behalf, in any case vho'epsr
But this is no, the worst When the administration
on the 29lh OF April. pu, this language into the proca-
nation they had before them full record proof. OF the
most conclusive character, that would be regarded by
the Spanish pledge in no wly 10 inter
FIRE President Taylor, in his proclamation of the lth
of August $780, in regard to the similar expedition also
under Lopez which resulted in the attack upon Cadenas
and the capture of the Americans Contoy had usei
suage almost identical with that have last cited from
the proclamation OF President Fillmore. President Tay.
lo on the nth OF August proclaimed that all Ameri-
can citizens who shall connect themselves with en-.
terprise 80 grossly in violation OF laws and treaty OBJ
legations oM forfeit their claim the protection Of their
country" And he added: mo such persons expect
the interference Of this government in any form, their
behalf no matter what extremtes they may be reduced
in consequence Of their conduct"
And how did Spain understand this language Tho
record was before the administration. sho wing that
though President Taylor unlike President Fillmore. bad
said nothing about "plunder ard robbery" still Spain
held that the words above cited had first fixed the char
OF the INVADERS pirae' and secondly had pledged
our gopernmeM not to interfere any how in their behalf
Here is the recordbeing extract from the official
despatch OF the Spanish Minister Of Foreign Affairs
TO the American Minister at Madrid. under date OF 18th
September, 1850
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