Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1852-11-23
The LAST INDlGNlTY.


The EXPOSE of the last phase OF the Crescent City affair
n pyen III paper O yesterday, is al appropriate cap
eat ard windup Of the dsgaccfG foreign administration
al tbr nrrsrn Executive of Government. There is
ming in our history which presents our Government IN Sc
iiscrrdabe and unworthy light Ii Is due to the grca
parv whose name and authority have thus been pfosiuteo
express confident belief mat throughout ths Wholt
land there will be loud voice of condemnation and dc
nuncition Of the conduct OF the Executive In TINS matter
when report first reached US mat our fNecnEe FAC
backed out in this affair, We were scepuea!, thhiEs
might be party trick intended affect the result .! The
election We confirmed in this ncreduIity oy INC So
Tenn and sincere declarations OF the party friends Of inc "a
nstraton that Il was 'Roooack or 10 use !c Nc"
word which eared in f!ipul capitals from the posters on
election days. "Forneyisn But il appears we put 700
high estimate upon the spirit Of the Executive and 100
9w The sagacy, as well fairness, OF The gen
emen who loudly denounced for sending en- Inc
statement that the Government, had backed out in the Gre
scent Ciy atair. The 'back ou' is complete an!
issracc!l toe, b. features and cfcum
stances which greatly ag9ravltc It's n!nmy.
The facts are simply these detailed in the made
m 10, and published in Della and Pcayune O! ycscr
y The Crescent City, being under The control Of hc
~: GOES jnto Iayans havin. on board the individual
named William Smith," to use The dainty Phrase OF that
sublime specimen OF craftsmanship, Y. III. conrad. lhe
Captain o! The Port asks MI Snhh Il on ooalu anu
wien ne answered yes the Captain OF the Crescent City
is todhat he cannot communicate with The shore some
discussion and correspondence ensue, when 10 IL turns o
that the Captain General shows Ia our Consul Ju'Sc omar
KEY ,:Ic from Calderon De la Baca stating that he had
received assurances from President and Secretary 81
State that lr Saith would not be permitted to 90 over 10
Havana the Crescent City.
wt.l might that gallant and intelligent officer, Capta"
Davenport the OF Porter The Crescent CITY,
express his surprise al and disbelief Of THIS statement
II Cannot that any Government much less ours would
soop low aud manifest such ignorance OF tic !l@hts "i
The citizens as well rs strrity foreign
insoance onIy tquac b. lis iEbcciy-as 10 make ay
such pledge promise.
Mr. Smith is free citizen, VINO can go where ne pleas, :
without restrain; h!ndrancc from any authority Inc
Crescent City is free merchant ship, whose owners may
select and appoint any officers agents, without consuming
Secretary Conrad President Fillmore or Captain ueneral
Clncdo
Such was the view OF Captain Davenport But II suc'i
were his feelings and IDEAS could have been those "i
Judge S,akcy high.mnded American official VINO, "ien
he went W lC Captain General protest against ie pro-
cedura in the matter of the Crescent City, was nme'atey
esnppc BY This letter of Caldeon Now either the e'ef
;crnrtraed wiitu iicwh:ch his reputation as eeh'e
man aud the entire absence OF motive thereto 0ro u
believe; is that The Government da make '
ASSURANCE him. Unfortunately, the last construction re-
ceycs confirmation in that extraordinary specimen ni t!'
Alps" style of Charley Conrads letter
10 Geo Law published in the Delta of Yesterday
How embarrassing annoying, ard notifying hc, hs
have rcn the position feelings q! high-mnded gentle
man Ike Siarkcy whua thus compelled in the defence q"
the riaiis citizens cccdc from his Demands oY
the admissions and concessions Of the higher authority Of
his Government.
Bus we curnut ourselves further on thus SUBJECT:
The whole affair pretty orcbly symbozcd by the iaor
oil the sick lion the King OF the Beasts represents
our national !enorand another quadrpcd is pretty ialf
symbol If our Secretary OF State.