The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-05-26

May, 1855, and that all nations were cordially In
yited to particira ate in the exhibition.
Read the Geographic synopsis of the proceedings
Of the New England Anti-Slavery Convention yester-
day. 1t ia decidedly the richest affair OF the kind
that has occurred for some time. Lloyd Garrison
and his associates, as usual, denounced the consttu-
ton and laws of the land.
horrible accident occurred on the Reading Rail
road, near Philadelphia, yesterday morning. Mr.
John HARVARD. veteran of seventy-fve, had both
legs severed from his body by being run over by the
cars.
A large number Of Californans arrived here yes
terday in the steamships Georgia and Star of the
West The former vessel brought over two millions
of dollars in gold dust freight, and the latter one
days later from all parts Of California full re-
sumo Of which is given elsewhere. We also publish
to-day, some late and very interesting intelligence
relative to the political and social condition of the re
public of Costa RIGA.
The last accounts from the Texas gold mines are
rather untavorabe.
The Attitude Of England toward Spain
What will Spain do:
The correspondence in the HERALD of Mon
day last. dated as far back as April, 1851, and
addressed by Lord Palmerston to the Spanish
Cabinet at Madrid. proves sufficiently clearly,
the fact which has from time to time been urged
upon the people of America that the policy of
Great Britain towards Spain, on the subject of
Spanish colonial possessions in the Antilles,
has undergone vast change, and that Spanish
rule in the direction of this continent must
either be controlled by the dictaton of the
English government or that Spain must take
hon " tal
at by the Marquis Milaiores, in his despatch of
August 49, 1851.
There is no apparent reason for even ques-
tioning the justice and propriety of the quick.
Calling. insulting reply Of Lord Palmerston.
dated September ii, 1851 1t is exactly that
which might have been expected by a govern
ment permitting with impunity and in silence
the application to its acts Of the terms I'M
satisfactory excuses and unperformed assur-
ances, which in plain truth, amounts really to
the assertion, that chicanery and falsehood on
the part Of Spain can be carried on no longer.
and that no credence can be placed in any of
their representations or excuses. Polite Ian
guage is necessary in the year 1851 to be adopt
ed by one great European power to its friend
and ally, another European power and yet we
do not question the propriety Of such harsh and
unusual terms. when we are borne to the con-
sideration OF the necessity for their use. We
have not even pity for the cabinet which
tolerated such expressions or much concern
whether the Marquis de Milafores left Office
with the perfect conviction that during his
ministry nothing had TRANSFERRED or occurred
calculated to wound the anaour-propre, or sully
forever the dignity of the nation he belonged to-
We are not furnished with his reply to Lord
Palmerston's letter, but we are sufficiently in
structed in the character of Spanish govern
ment to have an excellent idea of the silent
suffering" which this prompt and decisive re-
ply must have inflicted upon the Marquis de
Mirafores and his colleagues. We do not envy
them their consciences-we do not pity them
their shame; out we turn with feeling
OF exultation towards the ministers of
our own land, as we think of the re-
spect with which their acts are received
at home and abroad and the estimation that is
accorded to the national honor conided to their
charge by the millions who look up to them for
prosperity greatness and repose.
There is more than warning in the language
Of the British Foreign Minister-were but halt
the force of expression existing, and apparent,
there would be more than warning there is
evidently in this communication of Lord Pal
merston the threat that Great Britain from
the simple consideration of what is due to her
own dignity. cannot longer entertain any rela-
tons OF any nature with the Court of Spain;
and is this threat to be wondered at? Is this
disruption of amity and protection remarkable,
when positive acts Of breach of faith are laid to
the charge Of Spain. and the charge is quietly
submitted to by her. Let US bear in mind for
moment what Spain was, and what she is. Let us
not forget the proverb. " Tell me who you are
with, and IN tell you what you are;'' nor let
us neglect to apply it under the circumstances
to Great Britain when with one voice she AFRO
gates to herself philanthropy justice, honor,
to the world, and in the next breath acknow-
lodges as her friend and ally a country towards
which she launches. in the most undisguised
and naked manner. anathemas, couched in Ian
guage at once insulting as merited-indelible
as shameful, and impossible to be explained
dNuy. Inc IucsNUH NATURALLY enough ARISES,
what can be the basis of the amicable relations
between the two governments, and what can be
the hope Gifts continuance when on the one hand
there is fraud falsehood. corruption, and dis
grace, and on the other, keen sense Of ill-treat
ment, which vents itself for the moment. in
insult deep and degrading and in approaches to
which there must be limit. How deeply of
tensive to NJ. Milahores is the allusion to
Spain's impotency; so much SO that the dignity
Of the Spanish government prevents his taking
any notice Of it. The suppostion of her weak
ness to enforce her own laws in Cuba, was too
CALLING to permit of remark. Did not NJ Mia
flores know that it was dangerous ground to
touch upon? That allusion to SPANS instruc-
tons to Cuba might have opened the
question as to the exact nature Of those instruc-
tions. and whether the Spanish. in which they