Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1851-11-26
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Washington letter in the N. y. Courier.
Mr. Webster's organ
Mr.. Webster, says the Government deeplv
regrets the sailing Of the expedition from our
ports, and the rists by which the dignity and SAFE
~ Of the Spanish Consul at New Orleans were
compromised. Buthe says the Government did
all, that, under circumstances, any government
could have done to prevent these occurrences.
and therefore owes neither reparaiion nor apolO-
gy for them. As TO the losses suffered by private
Individuals, subjects of Spain, resident at New
Orleans, he says the courts are open for the
aggrieyed, the same as they are in any country
to its own citizens. He also suggests that the
United States may have serious recEamadOns
against Spain under the 9th Article of the treaty
of l795, on account of the massacre Of the fifty
American prisoners on the 18th of August
The official and detailed reports Of those transact
tons establish that the victims were not taken
fagraHts delietO, with arms in their hands, but In
open boats on the sea, without arms, and making
for an American port. They were not tried, but
only examined by military commission, whose
sitting was attendedb by fiscal.
The prisoners all made the Same answer
They had come to Cuba as part of an expedi-
| and Independence, under the assurance and full
belief that the island was in state Of war
When they discovered their error, they immedi-
ately, without any delay, threw away their arms
and left the shores of Cuba by the first means they
could procure. By their own statement they
were peaceable men, passing from Cuba to the
United States. They were executed without any
trial in which the contrary was or could be
shown"
"Thereis also the most conclusive evidence, in
possession of the State Department, that the
charge Of mutilating the remains of the prisoners
Is true. This Is matter which cannot enter in
to diplomatic discussion between the Secretary
and the Minister, but is one we'll calculated to
exasperote the popular sentiment against Spain,
and to render the adjustment of the questions she
started the moro difficult"
The Philadelphia North American
(Whig) endorses the positions as /" inn
pregnable which will doubtless be sus-
tanned by the voice and feeling of the
country" These grounds. it viii be OBJ
served, are in direct conflict with the
views expressed by the Republic in the
special organ of the Administration.
On the other hand, the Washington
/
of Commerce writes as follows:
With great satisfaction I may inform you that
the negotiation with Spain, through the Spanish
Minister, Don Galderon de Ia Barca, is about to
come to favorable conclusion. The President
has finally concurred in all the views taken by
Mr.. Webster ON the subject Of the proper mode
and extent of the redress due to Spain. Some Of
the formalities suggested by Mr.. Galderon, and
which have been the subject of much unnecessa-
ny remark in the newspapers, were objected toby
Mr.. Webster, and the President sustains him In
those objections. But in the proposition that
Mr.. Webster recommended, the President con-
ours.
Distinct overtures are now, therefore, made to
Mr.. GalderOn, and they are supposed to be of
such character that will meot all the views of
his government, and which will be unobjeetiona-
BILE to the American public. What is offered
cannot be considered as too much but, on tho
contrary, 1t is little we can possibly offer as
a reparatiou to an insulted Government and ma
ton. The overtures are now before Mr.. Calder
on, and it is presumed that he will accept them
He may require some notifications, but none
that will be inconsistent with the views of this
Government. In a few Days, therefore, We may
hail with pleasure, restoration Of friendly rela
lions with Spain. The immediate consequence
will be the restoration of the American prisoners
and the abandonment of proceedirfs against Mr..
Trasher, and all Americans who have had, or
have been suspected of haring any connection
with the late attempt at instruction in Cuba.