New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-10-12


tesies and paid them off with indignities. He
mentioned the cases of the El Dorado and of the
Philadelphia, and of the assistance that had
been denied them in times of distress. The
speaker here introduced letter from Cap
tain Porter to the United States Consul on the
occasion of the Crescent City being driven out
of the port of Havana.
The letter stated that on the arrival of his
vessel, he had received an order from the Cap
tain Of the Port to come to anchor alongside of
the Guard Ship. In q few minutes he heard
noise as of some one ascending the sides OF his
| vessel. 1t was soldier, who had been ordered
to post himself on the quarterback The SOL
dier said that he had been sent by the Captain
of the Port. Captain Porter ordered him off,
gave him two minutes to leave, and threatened
that if he did not obey, he Captain Porter)
would fire into the Guard Ship. He Gap
tain Porter) was there, without water, without
provisions, and asked permission to remain long
enough to obtain them. The Captain of the
Port announced that unless soldiers were allowed
to be stationed on the deck, he and his passengers
might starve! He preferred to starve rather than
submit to such an indignity, and he did
not submit He knew the authority of the Cap
tain of the PORT and sent this letter to the acting
American Consul as protest against such out
rageous proceedings. The consequence, said
Mr.. Jennings, was, that the steamer was infa-
mously driven out--kicked out of the port,
daughter and cheers He would say in the
language of the late lamented s. S. Prentiss-
of that all eloquent, half angel man that if
our country was to submit to such indignities,
it We're better yrnat the stars blotteei Out
from our gorigous flag, and that the shreds should
be cast forth to the jeers of a soothing world as
an emblem of our imbecility and degradation !
A committee was then appointed to draft resolu-
tons expressive of the sense of the meeting, COM
posed of Col. VIM. Monaghan Judge Alex Wal
lace, J. X. Rayburn, Col VIM. Scott Haynes
and D. l. Ricardo. The resolutions were read
by Mr.. Haynes and adopted by reclamation.
Whereas The Spanish authorities of the Island of Cuba
have the expulsion of the steamer Crescent City and
its passengers from the port of Havana in time of pro
the existing amcabe relations between the Government of
Spain and that of the United States committed most
and fragrant outrage upon American citizens and the
American flag alike repugnan to the faith of treaties the
of nations and the enlightened of the civilized
world, calling for prompt resentment and ample sasfac
ton the part of insuted people therefore be it
Resolred That the duty of Government is the pro-
lection OF its citizens and the commerce covered by its
flag. tokerege uherer and by whomspcver menaced and
violated that this meeting expects with abiding conf
that Government will peremptoriy demand and
enforce full prompt and immediate satisfaction for this
most and fragrant outrage the rights of Amer
citizens. and this wanton insult to the American flag.
Resolved That in the prompt vndication of the out
ragged honor and nsuted dignity of the American people
and in the enforcement of our just demands if need
be- to the declaration of against Spain the citizens
here assembled pledge themseveto Government and
to each other to support and sustain all measures to at
Resocsd, That the President of this meeting and the
Committee Resolutions be requested to forward forth
with copy of these resolutions to the President of the
United States.
The Hon. John G. Larue, Judge of the LIST
District Court, was then introduced to the meet
ing. He said, that he would not appear, were
this any ordinary occasion, for, to do so would
beinconsistent with his judicial station but that
here, when wing and democrat were joined to-
gether with one heart and one soul, and where
the American spirit animated every bosom, he
could not refuse to lend his voice to the general
remonstrance which arose from every part of
this nation We had borne long with Spanish
injustice and Spanish insolence, but things had
now come to point at which no Government
could refuse to call for satisfaction. Immense
cheering.) He believed in the principle, that if
mosquito should annoy him by buzzing around
his face, he should knock it off daughter and
cheers) Cuba was a source Of annoyance to
the United States. The United States wants
Cuba, and wanting it, we should take it. ZAP
plause) We should take possession of it imme-
diately peaceably and by purchase, if we
could, but if not, we should take it anyhow
(cries of good--lick 'em up like saltD The
Island was geographically ours, (oheers) and
part Of our territory as much as the town OF
Algiers on the other side of the river was
q part of New Orleans Great laughter
The tides and the winds ascertained it, and
the narrow strips Of water between Key West
and the Island and Cape San Antonio and
1ucatan were parts and combinations of the
great father of waters-the Mississippi! Gre.
| newed laughter and applause). Cuba must be-
| long to the United States. In the nature of
| things it ought to belong to u.s. (Great cheer
ing). In the first place it was necessary to our
safety, and necessity was the supreme law
The government of Cuba was a despotic one
and in the present position of things no freedom
of thought or action was allowed, and dissatis-
faction reigned throughout the Island. When
the people had cried out against their oppressors
and had striyen to shake off the shackles that
CALLED them, Spain had turned deaf ear to
their sutferings and threatened to arm the
blacks against the natives, and to make the
Island second ST. Domingo, with o popula-
ton of negroes and negro government. The
bare possibility Of such an outrageous proceed
| irg justified the United States to take it
under her protection, (Cheers.) Would we,
submit to have black Emperor on the other
side of the Mississippi (Cries of s' MOI" and
Shame on themr') Algiers was on the right
bank of the Mississippi, and Cuba was on the
right bank of the United States cloud laugh
ter.) We must have Cuba, to put stop to the
| annoyances to which we subjected by it
and the sooner we take it the better applause J
1t had been said that such proceeding would be
contrary to the law of nations. The law of ma.
tions! We don't know what is the law of M.
tions An old gentleman named Nattell had writ.
ten about the law of nations--and Grotius and
Burlemaque, and Montesque, and Bynkershock
and othcrs-but no nation paid the slightest at
tention toit And eaying no attention to this law,
so often invoked, they say that we must not APP
proach Cuba When England appropriated
province after province Of the East India En-
pire, did she care for the opinion of Vatell !;
When she laid violent hands on Borneo, because
1T was contiguous to some of her possessions and