New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-09-22

ieaa cesson which threw Der for hfeen hundred niles on
our wesern frontier and not only shut oat from the Pa
cfc but enabled her % close the Mississippi and : -
very unreasonable in t. decline her invitation 10 oai
ourelv,s for all time not 10 scey cesOn ~ an izai
which lies within thirty I'VE leagues OF our coast Dpes
,he even derive her right thus - control relations Win
Cuba ia 1873 from her twenty days possession OF Lpis
ian in SOS What be clesrer than that whft,ver
right sc,rued to her from that three weeks possession
which was ceremonial affair % give form 70 the
trarsfr OF the province % the nted states mast nave
passed 10 Us bv that transfer followed by actual pos
s.ss;on and occupafion for half century
You observe that Lord Nslmesbary and VI TGrsetput
forward as reason for entering into the proposed com
ac, The attacks which hsd been made the Isanl Of
Crhs bv awless bands Of sdvenurers from the Onted
States and Will the avowed design Of taxing possession
oftha island aud to this reason you sd hr. Esete',
repes In these terms " The President > convinced
that TIE conclusion OF such treaty, instead Of paunsa
stop tc these lAwess proceedings would give new ana
powerful impulse to them ana ,a.' Afs1ll'A' 'ON
Aner ackncwlsdginc rather coidy think. the condac,
Of the lite President in dsavowing and discouragug the
nounce my remark just cited melancholy avowA Tor
the Chief Of free state; and yoa seem to lntmse,
without expressly saying that 1t implies on the part 81
the peoe Of the United States insensiby " 10 the
value II the eternal laws of right and wrong Of peace
and endshp and of duty 70 our nighbor which ought
To guide every Christian Nation You also take
sion in reference the remark impress upon the
people If the United States the utility OF those rules for
the Observance Of international relations, which for
centuries have been known TO Europe by the name OF
the law OF nations Among the commentators on tina;
law you continue, some Of the most distinguished
American citizens have earned an envabe reputation,
and i difficult 10 suppose the ned states would SET
the example Of abrogatng its most sacred provisions
SUPPOSE no one in Europe or America will think the
intended force of this rebuke mtga;ed by the diplomatic
reservation contained IN the last two lines Let u.s. then
INQUIRE for a moment if il is well deserved
The EXPEDITIONS to which You alude calculated to ex
cite the reprobaon of every civilized state were dis
counenauced by the President in every constitutional anu
LEGAL way The utmost vigilance at all times employ
ed but unhappy for the adventures themselves without
effect In this there is matter neither for wonder nor re
nroach The territory of the United States Is but little less
han the whole of Europe while their population not
quite equal that of the United Kingdom and their stand
ing military force small and scattered over an immensely
extensive frontier Our Government Ike that Oh hnSland
Is one of law and there great similarity between the
laws of the two countries which prohibit military eXped
tons against the possessions OF friendly powers In iaS
your foreign enlistment of 1919 was admitted by Mr.
Canning 10 have been founded in part on our neutrality
law of the preceding year OF the two believe our Jaws
are the stringent but rs somewhat ucu' W gu
force them in both countries.
These expeditions got up in the United States by a
Spanish General and supposed to indicate awess dpo
on on the part of the American people, comprised very
small number of persons of whom were foreigners
enoyng the same freedom of action in the United states
that refugees from every part OF the continent ENJOY IN
England The same reproach when Is cast upon Us ior
these EXPEDITIONS IT, at this moment cast upon England by
the continental powers Events which have occurred IN
London since your dispatch written striklngly Illus
the difficulty and the risk under constitutions
euments of preventing abuses of that hospitality which
1t the privilege and boast Of such governments 10 extend
to all who seek it.
There no doubt widely prevalent in this country
feeling that the people of Cuba justly dsafectet TO
the Government Of Spain recent impartial French
traveller NJ Ampere, confirms this impression All the
ordinary political rights enjoyed in free countries are de
MED 10 the PEOPLE of that island The Government ~ IN
urincipe the worst form of despotism viz Absolute au
hority delegated to military viceroy and supported by
army from abroad lspeak OF the nature oil the Coy
ernment and not of the individuals By whom Il IL al,
miustered-fOr have formed very favorable opnonoi
the personal character of the present Captain General a
of two of his predecessors Of the bad atn ana
II Of altos taDVCrl-
ment is administered your Committees on the slave trade
have spoken plainly enough at the late session OF Paa
Such being the state OF things IN C1oa II does NOT
seem me very extraordinary Orreproachu that through
out the United States handful OF misguided young men
should be found ready join party OF Foreigners head
ed by a Spanish General who able to persuade then
NOT ne Won view IT, by armed invasion To excite the
obedent revolt and the tranquil to disturbance but
as they led to believe to aid an oppressed people ~
their struggles for freedom There is reason to doubt
that there are at this moment as many persons lore
ers as wei natives, in England who entertain these
feelings and opinions, as in the United states ana !
Great Britain lay at distance OF one hundred and ten
miles from Cuba instead of Thirty five hundred you might
not with all your repressve force find easy 20 proven
a small steamer dis used a trading vessel from slip
ming of from an outport in the night unlawful en-
tertrse The expedition of General Toros, in ISL "a
egaty is concerned the parallel OF that OF Gen
eral Lopez II fitted out in the Thames, without IN
teruphon till the last moment and though then lei
under the grasp Of the Police its members succeeded IN
escaping Spain where for some time they found shelter
at Gibraltar Ii is declared in the last number Of me
QudrTiy Rerier 10 be notorious that associations nave
been formed London for the subyorson OF dyDastes
with which England is at peace that arms have been
purchased and loans proposed that Central Committees
ssue orders from England, and that Messrs Mazzn ana
Kossuth have established and preside boards OF
regency for the Roman States and Hungary and for the
"promotion Of revelation in every part OF the world
have before me st purporng 10 be taken from Prus
sian Police gazette of fifteen AssociaOfs OF continental
refugees organized in London and now III dc'h Vr eHo
above mentioned purposes
When these things considered the fact that in the
course of four years uncomfortable and aDOr
tive efforts have been made from the United States though
deeply be amented and sterny to be condenned Is
violation of municipal and international law does not ap
pearto me so shocking as Il seems 10 be thought oy
YOU 1t does not in my Judgment furnish any ground Tor
the reproaches which il has drawn upon the Goyernmen
aud people of the United States Nor does the remark III
nv letter of the LIST Of December that disposition q
engage in such enterprises would be ased rather IN m
diminished By our accession to the proposed convention
strike melancholy avowal as you pronounce u
the part of the President You forget the class from
which such adventures in all countries en sedht
young the reckless the misinOrmed What other effect
could be expected to be produced on this part OF me opu
ation by being told that their Government ia dsre
gard Of The most obvious public interests well as Of The
most cherished historical traditions, had entered into
compact with two foreign Powers 10 guaranty the per
petuuy Of the system under which Cuba no" suffers
Does not Lord Howden the English Minister al Madrid
make very similar ayowal in his letter OF the 3'n N )
last addressed the Spanish Minister OF Foreign Affairs
when he saws cannot conclude without expressing m,
deep regret thst the Of Spain such a. to pro
duce O general alienation in the opinion oil the Englsh
public of which viii most infalby result state
feeling pkick no Government ran control or opposef
The idea that Convention like that proposed was
measure naturally called for in consequence OF these law
less expeditions 10 rest upon an entire meyncsp
ton of the present OF the law in the Unitea oAt
and of our treaty relations with Spain oaf reAte vi
Lst Coverument and the laws the United states forbid
all such enterprises. The trpartte CODFenttoh "yui
have added nothing TO their unlawiulIess III We haa
been eesirous Of multiplying objections, we Hgh. wei
have connulaned that the acts OF very small NUMBER o.
Tah Young men, citizens and foreigner should be pm