The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1852-03-25

With the United States and in friendly relations with her
That her Majestys government deem il due to the
fankness which ought to characterize the intercourse
between the Two governments TO state 10 that Of the
United States. THAT HEa MAJEsrY's sHrps -or- WAR on
THE Wnr INDIA STATION WILL HAVE ORDERS TO par
yKsr by FORCE ANY ADvEsTUREas OF ANY sATIos,
LANDING WITH HOSTILE INTENT TAR ISLAND or
CUBA' had thought, SIR that under the prevalence of
this doctrine OF non Intervention, the distinguished states
man who at the head of the State Department with
that tone Of voice that be.peak the depths Of his thoughts
though not always the nyncibe energy of his will, might
have gavely told the British charge Sir. this
cern oil yours. Withdraw your ships. We minister
for ourselves the police Of our affairs over our own
waters" But am mistaken think, was not Mr. Web
ster bur Nr Cnlenden who then occupied the chair OF
State. And very srenuously does he reort, That Me
President could not WITHOUT CONCERN oitasss anu at
tempt 10 accomplish Hs otjeer in conen,piaiion 81 fhs
Brush government " BY phieh might eventually
land to Entertainments me rtghts Of e peopk of ne
United Sates that 'the execution OF the orders received
by her Maestys squadron would be the exercise OF
OF police over the IN immediate vicinity, covered
as they are with ships and our citizens; and would
nsogs, 10 some exlept the exercise Of ius
acer denounced, well who the guilty adventu-
engaged in them and he closed BY expressing the
hope that there may never arise any occasion for carry
ing any such orders into execution" What answer Mr.
President, do you suppose Mr.. Champion made the
State DEPARTMENT. Here is the communication he adj
dresses Mr.. Webster on the 18th Of November Il en-
ing have already said, the very right and assumption
OF power complained Of and protested against;
BsrrnH LsaATroS,
Washington, November IL, 1851
SIR With reference our conversation on 10Th inst
enclose copy Of the despatch addressed by Lord
the orders issued 70 her Maiess on The West
Indian station respecting unauthorized expeditions against
avail myself Of this opportunity to renew you. sir. the
assurance Of my highest 'on'deIeIf JoaS = CHAMPION
The Hon DANIEL WEBSTER, &c. 40. &c
mo. lei FoaRIes oYrIcs.
October 22, 1851
sR have received your despatch No o. Of the 9Th in
approve eours. par,uea By yoa eomu.ieangto
ths fth Uaifed safes The orders ,asd her
AIeys ships IN tie Jpst Indies reapscng the prsps~o~
Of aro1e" erptditiors against cuba
of State Of the United States this subject you may
assure him hs, every care viii bs M taken na :" m
0hom " Un,tsd States government if has denossced as
st i af take pa Place %it Ss awS oS a~y
nation. Ht4
JoHs F. CRAArroa, esq. &C., &C., DC.
Here is, then. the part Of England, the assumption
of right not only to exercise her police walters
and vessels sailing under American colos. but TO
decide for herself OF the nature and character OF
dtion departing from shores for the squadron has
orders 10 preuent. by force any aduenturers OF ANY
NATION rsm landing, WITH HOSTILE INTENT, upon the
island Of Cuba Has reparaton been yet demanded OF
the insult thus offered to the majesty OF the American
flag Has the minister OF England apoogzed for the
nnceremonious evasion with which the charge d'atares
escaped the necessity OF committing answeri The
compished and truly skiliu gentleman who now repre-
sents Great Britain Hear this republic would be 10th
admit that his government had transcribed its privileges
might under circumstances surrender the exercise
OF IFS assumed rights Here was, you will admit, Mr..
President, fit opportunity for this administration to dis
play of that wa,chul energy which mercilessly
exhibited kindred occasion. Why is il thai il su-
ered its wrath to be easily soobed and its susceptible
tiles sumberl What business had it to be thus toll
Grant and accommodating when il had pursued with
such unIelcntlng that little hand
OF deluded, but brave and chyarous men who had
gagged in that unfortunate and l-advised expedition
which ended 80 miserably at Baya Hondal Was it its
love for non-nterventon that prompted the policy which
branded The invasion with deadly names, and doomed
approved then as disapprove the reckless under
taking; but those who engaged had stout and noble
hearts they were enthusiasts-manacs, if you choose
but enthusiasts and maniacs maddened by the most dis
interested and the most lofty aspirations What right had
this administration to track them through the waters Of
the Gulf beyond The line OF municipal jurisdiction
Will its friends show me where. in the constitution,
lodged the power which the President thought proper TO
that occasion And, n the butchery made OF
fifty OF our citizens slaughtered IN full daylight within
view OF our flag waving sadly ships -of-war.
and in wanton violation OF the solemn and the most
explicit treaty spuations was not enough to have sans-
fed the most extravagant exactons of Casian pride,
Casan puncilio, and Castilian thirst for revenge,
had to witness, in the great metropolis Of the South. the
heart rendng spectacle of salute booming out to exut
United States OF America The triumph won on this
occasion by the Spanish minister the suscepbies,
keen, o our statesmen mas no precedent IN Inc
annals OF the diplomatic history of any nation.
But to return 10 the present aspect OF affairs IN Eu-
rope, and the attitude in which England stands
10 the continental powers Believe you, SIR, that she
would now be humble so detected, submissive 10
Ausro Russian dctaiion, If she had firmly stood up By
those principles which her Chahams and her Cannngs
/ had so proudly proclaimed TO the worldl How dearly
she pays having suffered the Roman republic fell
under French bayones, Hungary to be slaughtered by
Russian sabres and Naples to be drenched in blood BY
her King
Sir, let us not be lulIed into slumber by the idea
that distant from Europe to be affected by
her political convulsons. Know you not that violence
aud oppression contagious and that ihelr Triumph IN
point OF time or on any point OF the giooe reacts on
the moral wordi
Why Mr. President. speak OF isolation, when you can
ride your floating palaces from eonineni TO continent in
less time than il took your fathers, fifty years ago. to
travel from Buffalo to New fork-rom Boston 10 Phila
delohia i--vhen every of the brings you
swift messengers blown 10 these western shores by
the same that waited them away from the eastern
hems sphere !when, low as It beats, you hear every
pulsaion of the European heart beneath the iron hands
that strive to compress and se h anguId and agonzing
| eBergIesl
Bat il is insisted that expression OF sympahies
il more matter OF sentiment than OF right and policy
All, sir pity the statesman who does not know thai pub
lie sentiment, which sometimes supplies and sometimes
c0rrecis the law, - always It's strongest support
Sir, believe me, II - our Interest," and II Il was no our
interest," II were duty. TO keep aYe, by gooo ohices
among the nations OF Europe, that reverence or the M
sltuons OF county, that deyoui iah IN 'heif einca-
cy, which looks TO their PRONUNCIATION throughout the
world as to the great ennum which - 10 close the long
calendar OF their wrongs Let Their hame hight up the
gloom and dspel the darkness thai now enyeop them.
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