The daily union., 1852-12-02

hs 10 tue UedIng OF the acton OF our government upor
the relations Of the two countries, remark that il OBJ
yiousy admits pending negotiations with Spain upon the
subject the unqualified right OF Canedo TO exclude any
American citizen from Havana at his pleasure. This is
a very grave admission but this is not all. Our gov
eminent also admits the right OF Canedo to keep an
American mail ship out OF the port of Havana whenever
be peases TO any suspicion whatever against any
individual on board OF her This is still more grave
admission. II il be sound in law and wise in policy
then we not how TO escape the conclusion thai
our commercial treaty with Spain, protection to
our lawful commerce. worth less than the blank parch
ment upon which il is wrien for what is any right Of
commercial access and intercourse worth which
arbitrary suspicion nullify at is pleasure What
guarantee OF peace there be any treaty sipuatons
liable TO such construction, in any policy which ad
mits such a construction of hem'
Ia this view, by satisfied, the facts
now stand that the administration has taken a wise
ia this matter in what may be called its home ac-
ton upon it, The character of its negotiations with
Spain upon the subject will not prejudice But il the
government has erred in its policy toward the mail shps
il indsputabe that the company in continuing to
keep Purser Smith board their ship IN DEFIANCE or
THE NOW AvowED POLICY OUR GOVERNMENT AND
OF THE CUBAN AUTHORITIES, has committed still
greater The only prudea and proper course for
the company is 10 submit once-under protest. if they
peasebut to submit unquafedly 10 the announced de-
cson OF our government in question which like this
involves International rights and relations Any aemp,
by company of private citizens to force Purser Smith
into the port of Havana, when the Cuban authorities
forbid him to there, and when our government dis
tincty refuses to uphold recognise his right to 60
there, is plainly ill-judged and wrong
Upon the whole, US impossible to avoid the
conclusion tha, this Cuban difficulty has been badly man.
aged. We have already stated the ground upon which
especially condemn the committed by the ad
ministraton in the earlier stages OF it. We think the
effect OF these errors is apparent in the subsequent pro-
ceedngs and il seems to that there is good ground
10 fear that the sane ludgel commitments and the
excitement growing out OF Them may embauass and com
picate the negotiations now in progress with Spain On
this point, however justice requires that we should wait
for further developments.
We subjon the correspondence to which we have re-
feued
York Courier and Enquirer
The following is the correspondence on the question of
forwarding mails. which obtained Saturday from an
official source:
Posr OFFICE, New York.
November Is, 1861.
SIR am this morning in receipt Of a letter from the
Postmaster General, extract from which herewith
mex, viz.
/" You viii not hereafter despatch the Havana mails
either by the Crescent City any other with Mr.
Purser Smith board by which tire mails cannot be
safely landed at that port"
You will therefore be kind enough advise me- eatly
as possible, whether "Mr. Smith" will 20 out ia the
Cherokee" the 9Th instant, in order that may
in accordance with the instructions contained in the Post
master Generals letter.
Very respectfully your obedient servant
W v. BRADY, p M
tper G. W. Jenkins, Secretary
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