Daily American telegraph., 1852-01-14
From the New Orleans Deltal
Patriots Mt the North-pirates NJ III.
south.

south.
We alluded, a few days ago. to the application
OF the term pirates to the men engaged in the
Lopez expedition and to the remarkable silence
of our government officers in reply thereto. AS
we perceive that this matter is about to be brought
before Congress, we deem it not improper to can
the attention of our readers to the facts
Commodore Parker, in his despatch to Mr.
Webster of the 9th of September, referring to his
interview with Concha, states that the latter
sdered the prisoners of the Lopez expedition
"pirates and that they had been SO denounced
in the proclamation of the President of the Uni
ted States" 1t does not appear that either Com
Parker, the President or the Secretary of State,
denied this statement construction of the Pres
ident's proclamation.
In all his subsequent communications, Concha
studiously continues to use the same term of pi-
rates in reference to these unfortunate men
This term is also repeated by Calderon de La Bar
ca, who adroitly holsters up the falsehood by the
authority of the same proclamation. To this
designation, SO utterly inconsistent with law and
fact pretext for the cruelty of the Cuban
government towards the unsuccessful actors in
Il strictly revolutionary movement,-not a word
of objection, of protest, is limited by our various
negotiators, who in turn, try their hands at this
matter. They all impliedly admit the justice of
the Spanish denunciation,- they really were
pirates; and only crave mercy for them because
They arm the Spanard with a full qualification
for his cowardy cruelty they offer no protest
to the most tagranty false assumption of law
and fact; indeed they go so far-Mr Webster
does-as to indulge in the most disgraceful fiat
terry to nation and people Of whom Lord
Chatham, really great man, great in heart as
well as in mind, once said:
"They are as mean and crafty as they are inso
lent and proud. | never yet met with an in
ofn nd N, fba;r
nothing but low cunning, artifce, and trick. |
was compelled to talk to them in q peremptory
language"
But it never occurs to any of these hypocritical
panderers to Spanish vanity to inquire into the
justice of the pretext that these gallant young
men were pirates BY admitting that they were
and appealing to the mercy Of Spain, more capital
may be made out of their release. Mr.. Webster
could then say, "See what have done for these
misguided young men; guilty and piratical as
they were-iustly at the mercy of Spain, my in
fuence was great enough to obtain their release. "
Mr.. Webster was more sagacious in his CORE.
spondence relative to the Canadian troubles
That was piece Of Northern and Treesoil fill
busterism, and he had to keep his eye to the
windward. In his correspondence with the British
Minister, he alludes, in very indignant terms, to
the application of the phrase American pirates
to the patriotic Northern citizens who went across
the st. Lawrence to aid the inhabitants Of Canada
to overthrow the English government. Here is
his language:
"But whether the revolt be recent OF long
continued, they who join those concerned in it,
whatever be their offence against their own coun-
try, or however they may be treated, if taken
with arms in their hands in the territory of the
government of the country against which the
| standard of revolt is raised, cannot be denomi-
mated pirates without departing from all ordinary
use of language in the definition Of offences A
crime which has so foul origin as piracy can
not, i'll its progress, or by its success, obtain u
claim to any degree Of rcspectabilty or tolerance
among nations and civil wars, therefore arc not
understood to have such q commencement. 1t is
well known to Mr.. Fox that authorities of the
highest eminence living and dead, have main
tanned that the general law of nations does not
forbid the citizens or subjects of one government
from taking part in the civil connections of an
| other"
These were Mr. Wcbsters words in regard to
citizens of the United States who took part in
the abortive efforts to create revolution in Can
ada. Their denunciation pirates was resented
with spirit but then citizens Of the South en-
gage in a similar enterprise, starting in the
South. to aid a people who, if relieved from the
dominion of Spain, might become portion of the
South-oh then the offence becomes rank pira-
cy and Spain must be petitioned and fattered
into mercy towards the unfortunate pirates"