The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-12-08
Mr.. Calderon 10 Acting Secretary Of State.
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SPANISH LEoArIoN IN WAsHlNer

SPANISH LEGATION IN WAsHiS eToN.
The undersigned Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary of her Catholic majesty
notified his government. at the same time that he
addressed to the Government of the United States
the rcclamations contained in his notes of the
Goth August and the 9th ofSeptembcr last, respect.
lively, in regard to the excuses which were COM
mitted in New Orleans after the piratical invasion
OF Bahia Honda.
The undersigned has just received reply from
her majesty's government expressive of the very
deep grief ii has experienced Gas ii TO be ex
pected) in consequence of such ominous and
abominable events. Nor has the Spanish govern
mcnt felt less pain in seeing the fuilily of the
merous and constant efforts il had made with a
view to prevent the catastrophe which has been
witnessed in the Island Of Cuba. II is certainly
not its own fault, if, turning deaf to oil ls
warnings, and persisting to disdain the voice OF
reason and OF justice, set of wicked agaors have
succeeded in carrying into effect an under taking
which has been denounced at all tiInes by every
civiliged nation, and which had been condemned
beforehand by the enlightened publ lie opinion OF
the country. Since the Cardenas expedition OF
last year, military preparations have been going
on without interruption at various points of the
Confedoracy, keeping the Island of Cuba in q con
slant state of uneasiness, until finally the new at
tempt upon Bahia Honda wac conspmmated in
spite OF the repeated protests and constant recla-
mations.
And as il the scandal which the New Orleans
agtators presented to the world, in sending pratt
cal expeditions against country from which not
the least insult or provocation had been received
and with which the Government was entirely at
pcace-a peace guaranteed by solemn treaties. md
preserved until this moment through the medium
Of the most friendly intercourse-had not been suf-
icient, these and other agators in the phrenzy oil
an unjust resentment, havo committed upon the
territory Of the United States acts of violence
which are of public notoriety, and which would
not even have been justified uadcr circumstances
OF an open state Of war between the two Govern
ments.
Apprized of all the facts, her maiestys gov
eminent has ordered the undersigned TO persist in
asking, as he again asks, in the name OF said gov
ernment for full satsfac ton for the aggravatc cd
insults committed upon the Spanish flag and upon
her majesty's Consul in New Orleans; and also
that the Spaniards residing in that city thal be in
demnincd for the losses they have sustained at the
hands OF an Infatuated and licentious mob
Her Dajesty's government hnp been likewise in
formed, aud Il does not deny the fact, how painful
il has been TO the iustrious President of the Re
public to his authority set at defiance, and the
noble imperishable principles contained in his pro
clnmaion on the 25th OF last April, undervalued
His excellency, however, cannot fail likewise to
acknowledge on his own part, and IN the plcnitude
of his liberal sentiments, how impossible it is for
Spain 10 put up with such outrages, which il has
never tolerated before. If the excitement pro-
duced in the South and OF ether points by recent
events has been tumuluous and far spread, the
sensation which has been caused in SPAN has been
equally deep welt unanimous among all
classes and parties with the pabc press and in
private life al Court well as in the provinces
Ia the Island OF Cuba there also exists opinion
ON the subject which the Spanish government is
bound TO respect, becspse IL 10 at once Just and
honorable. Aod, in view OF this expression of ma
tional sentiments, her maiesty's government, whe-
ihcr optional with il or otherwise, could do less
than to sustain, a. all hazards, the honor Of the
Oastilian flag without stain, Notwithstanding the
unfore seen disasters and msfortupes through
which the Spanish nation mas had to pass for long
series OF years-a nation which never shrinks froU,
any species Of sacrifice when il is question 81
ma nt atpfn hpr n nj nl cat her
rights.
Her mojesty's government has teen gratlcd 10
observe that a respectable portion Of the people of
the United States have expressed themselves openly