The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-10-05


men will at tho time Spain her most val
liable colonial possossionslhere cannot be doubt and
We rejoice therefore, that this crisis the seals OF the For
oga Office held by Lord Palmerson, the statesman in
stead OF Lord Aberdeen the cspitulaior.
The Liverpool Times also has spicy remark TO the
following effect:
The Madrid papers Of the 10Th instant with our usu
correspondence from that city have arrived. Our
spondent that the Spanish has opened
negotiations with those OF France and England for the
purpose OF inducing them TO join in representing seriously
to the cabinet OF The United States that IL its duty take
for Furnishing the parties engaged In such exps
ditions as that Of Cuba"
From all this il would seem that President FILLMORE
and his cabinet may dismiss any apprehension Of war
likely 10 grow out OF the complaints of Spanish consus
in New Orleans or elsewhere in our country. The
British and French governments give government he
fullest credit for doing all that il coald do to maintain
the neutrality laws of the United States and as for what
has not done, that will be most cheeruly done for
them The treaty OF guarantee will do all that the United
States cannot do towards Furnishing pira,ca young men
who might foolishly be drawn into scheme for assist
ing revolutionary struggles in Cuba The great interests
Of the United States not be endangered by their
ncapacity preserve order home shall they be
long Queen Victoria and NAPOLEON THE LITTLE have
any fleets guard the coasts Of the United States These
amicabe maestes will undertake to pacfy Spain for
the injury already done to her by Cuban sympa,hi
zers. but they undertake to say that Spain shall not
attack the United Sates-shall not come and burn up
the Capitol OF Washington, as the British did in the
war of 1912. do anything else that will seriously
interrupt the growing prosperity and greatness OF the Uni
ted States
II is expected however, that the President will use
every diligence arresting only all that had anything
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with the Lopez expedition, but tina, all those actually
engaged in that not yet shot shall be prosecuted in
our courts This will be necessary enable the official
gazeltes at Madrid and Havana to say that the moral
vcory of Spanish reclamaons will be as great as that
achieved by Gen. Concha when he directed his soldiers
shoot down the brave Crt,enden and bis companions
When did our country before stand low in for.
eign estimation' Who would have supposed that we
could have fallen ,nmeasuIably below the sentiment
maintained by Mr. Webster in his Husemap cor
respondence' The Hulseman correspondence! What
American does not hang his head to see how and
how sbamefully the tone OF our government has been
lowered!
We were in Europe when France sent her army into
Italy, and WED with Austria in the dsestabe scue for
the palm Of glory in taking from the Roman people their
NAH nay. All liberal minded men throughout the
world looked with amazement at that gross desecra-
ton OF The sentiment which recognises the equality Of
nations and the right Of self preservation But there
be any reality in that sentiment, we not ask if it
ought not to have impsled the British government, to
have protested against its violation in the of Rome
Where did France and Austria get the right TO invade
Rome and dictate to its people form OF government
Our opinion is, that the organs OF Mr.. Fillmore
would do great good to the OF order they would
show why is that Great Britain should be so hofed
hearing that four hundred men had gone from our
shores to interfere with Cuban affairs. when one-ha of
Europe on similar expedition to Italy and destroy
ed its liberty II be friendship 10 the United States
which al the bottom OF this policy, perhaps little
PLANTATION will not only take away the surprise which tho
OF demonstrating has produced but prevent any
necessity in future for the rigorous adopted by
such generals Concha.