The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-12-13

dication. The plain inference that the government,
in announcing through It's official organ the conclusion of
such treaty, did not intend TO protest against or OPP
pose il as act OF intervention.
Seven days afterwards ION the sth OF Octobe) the Re-
public published without long article from the
London Times. affirming. and attempting to prove. that il
was the duty and policy OF Engls land to prevent Cuba
from coming into the OF the United States and
plainly justying the conclusion of treaty Of guarantee
to that effect.
On The two following days. the Republic, mainly in
ply 10 our structures upon the OF the admnisrs
ton in the premises repeated its objections to "iegh-
interference and Intervention" by foreign powers.
having previously Disseminated the conclusion OF the
treaty from all such Objectionable acts Of interference
While these discussions going on between the
Republic and ourselves other wing papers, and among
them the New York Tribune and the New York Com
mcrcal Advertiser, made statements in corroboaon OF
the negotiation OF treaty Of guarantee described by
the Inteligenesr and Republic The senior editor OF the
Tribune then just returned from the tour Of Europe
declared in reference to the Iategeacers statement that
he had heard enough ,ch,is in England to render it
highly probable in his judgment, that such treaty had
been concluded on foot.
Just about the time the fact knowledge
that and France had issued orders 10 their cruisers
to protect Cuba against hosties in the manner stated
by the President in his message This at least
going far accomplish the object Of treaty Of guaran
tee. Ii was least the adoption to great extent and
in an offensive and unwarranted form, Of guarantee
policy
Not long aerwa ards came Mr. March, letter to the New
York Courier and Notwithstanding, was natural
10 Mr. Websters bographer to speak authoTatively and
on full consultation with himto the effect that the obi-
CATION Of treaty splations one OF the grounds on
which England and France rested the justification of
those orders to their cruisers.
Against all this mass of evidence, going plainly to
show that such treaty of guarantee had TO the know
edge of the administration been actually concluded set
on foot, decentralization whatever purportng TO be
thentc or authoritative, has knowledge appeared
in any quarter.
Such is some of the specific information" Of public
character upon which have founded what we have
written in reference to the alleged abotonist treaty Of
guarantee for Cuba and the responsibility Of the ad.
mnistraton regard to it. We have usually spoken Of
the alleged treaty as matter resting mainly upon the
authority OF the leading wing organs but we have in
what above stated, conceive, full grounds for
saying said in the passage cited by the Post, that
the existence at least the purpose. Of such treaty
can hardly be reasonably doubted at this time.
Probably it upon these nd similar grounds that
the Evening Post III if we do not mistake, referred
to the project of the treaty in terms which might have
made capous observer suspect that its alleged abo-
ZIONIST condition made ii a whole more than half vel
come 10 that journal We thought this at the time, a
we recoect not little untortunae to cay the least OF
it, in journal which at the same moment profess
ing to give TO the united democratic party OF New York
and to its platform Of union, an honest support
1t seemed 10 us that in doing the Evening Post was
from the worst OF all possible reasons making itself par
tieeps eytints with the administration, in viewing with
apparent complacency high handed and dangerous in
fraction by foreign powers Of ancient policy in
gard to the political affairs of this continent The re-
sponsibiy of this the administration has yet to
meet before the people,