The southern press., 1851-12-09


H- The obsequous politeness of the Ad.
ministration towards our foreign relations, as
rcontrasted with its unspairing severity towards
the unfortunate victims of the Lopez expedition,
and their sympathizers, does not seem to give
universal satisfaction. Thus speaks the csuti-
Gus Picayune
New ORLEANS AND HAvAGA.-We see il
stated in Northern papers that our government
has not received any official information of the
mutilation at Havana of the dead bodies of
Critienden and his companions. The mystifca-
ton exists in that word official. Ii is only that
they have not been officially ascertained. which
might reasonably be, because no official inves-
igation had been ordered. We doubt, whether,
in fact, there is any official knowledge in this
sense of the riots in New Orleans, which make
30 large figure in the reported RET lamations Of
Spain and we are very sure that the ill-treat-
Dent Of the Spanish consul and the dishonoring
Of the Span sh flag which are credited every
where, and made the basis Of great deal Of
learned disquistion on the rights and duties Of
nations, are not so well established as the facts
of the ill-treatment Of the bodies of the dead
in Havana. The authorities Of both govern.
merts ave been dealing with these New Orleans
matters OF the faith Of a common report. or er
pare inform ltion, and a great deal Of that il
CrOss eKAggeIation. Ii there is anything Off
ciA " in their information parties here who have
much better KNOW edge Of them than is ap.
parent an the current Tcports and who ought TO
have had sopethlng 10 cay, are not apprised
Of IT,
That the bodies Of me par y shot in Havana
on the 10Th Of August ~ere n Inflated after death
is as much 8 matte oil H3tof,tY IN that city as
the sacking the cigar shops, six days after
wards in TIN, ~, vas here, We have sen and
conversed vii. pefsors Who .sw 'ecef
paraded about Ola ticks, Sd hes Y
hibited in csbarets, add viii tfarr.. vT n.
seeing them, yet kne, ibe ..ts - wei 90 r
know that a certain Sc g avn
was attacked and iLiu -. T. ~. 90 be-
il, and did not kaow the o, J,s.. a. ....,
clubbing about ~ords would Ins.y -. los
that there is 70 olicis proof that H.. beer
riots In NV DfieYlf At al, just rs itr.y as fo
others q icnors/ occurrence Of thu brutslitie,
- rigsf however, Inst there is no re
.IaVis 81 y 10 show uiat the Spanish troops
ny b6. ne loves, class Of the Spanish popu
.aaon, tor part IN these outrages. Thes,
rushed IL after the execution, and vented fero
cIaas lhaiced uyOn the corpses, while vet warn
iToEi the slaEghter and they hung round the
t.ring JrGy as il returned 10 the plaza, shouting
end .ibiting their ghastly trophies. We dc
~. Iear that this dissertation was general, OF
tIat the revolving exhibitions were many. But
there were some in the crowd, and they were moi
rebuked by their fellows or by the authorities
We do not suppose the government positively
approved or would have given direct sanction
TO such enormites.
From the character Of the captain. general, il
n mt mn N. H. T. Al A
ticipated the occurrence, he would have taken
measures TO prevent il. He becomes response.
bic for it morally and for international questions
that might arise from il, 30 far az a neglect 10
arrest II, and to mark his reprobation Of Il nv
rebuking and Furnishing the offenders can create
responsibility. The case, though differing alto.
gether in the degree Of atrocity and kind Of VIC.
lence, has good deal Of similarity, in the rules
by which il is 10 be Judged, TO the very riots in
this city which il provoked. They were mad,
by lawless persons OF the lowest class of the
population, breaking out suddenly, without pre-
meditation or warning; and the authorities are
chsrgeable with fault only for not having inter
posed TO suppress Immediately what the great
body Of all classes Of our citizens disapproved
and deplored. We never disguised our sense Of
humiliation and regret at the dscreditsblt
events in this city, or our conviction that atone
ment ~ Justly que 70 the sufferers. But we
must insist that the Spa ish authorities Of Cubs
ought not to be exempt in regard to their owr
conduct from the rules Of judgment by which
they hold us and ours accountable: and that !,
is not becoming in American presses 10 visit
this city with uDsparing reproof, without inyesti
CATION Of the facts, Official or otherwise
taking everything which is reported as true II
its aggravated forms; and at the same time e
employ every bubble in order to discredit tes
timony and invent excavations for the atrocities
Of a Spanish mob, and the federation they re-
ceived from Spanish authorities