Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-09-29

handful of Misguided young men should t'
found. ready 10 join party Of foreigners
headed by a Spanish General. who vas al l.
10 persuade them, not you view II, 'h,
armed invasion 10 excite the nbcdlcnt 10 re
volt and the tranquil IN Disturbance, but, a.
they were led 10 believe. 10 aid an oppressed
people IN their Struggles for freedom. There
Is no reason to- doubi that there Mt this mo
ineni, as many persons, foreigners as well as
natives. IN England. who cpterisia these feel
ings aud opinions IN the United States ana
| II Great Britain lay n, a distance of one hun
dred and ten miles from Cuba instead of thlr'
iy-hve hundred. you might not. with all your
oppressive force. fnd IT easy to prevent a small
steamer, disguised as lradng vessel, from
slipping of from IN oui port in the night ,on an
unlawful enterprise The cxpediionof Gen
Torrcjos in 1881. as far rs illegality is con
cerned,i is the parallel Of that Of Gen. Lopez. j.
was fitted out in the Thames. without inter
ruption ill the last moment,an though It rhcI;
fell under the grasp II the polI.e, IFS members
succeeded III escaping 10 Spain, where for
some time they found shelter ut Gibraltar. II
is declared in the last number of the Quarter
y Review To be "notofious that associations
have been formed at London for The subvei
sion Of dynasies with v hith England is al
peace thai arms have Lecn purt hased and
loans proposed; that Central Committees is
sue orders from England, and that Nj srs.
MazzIni and kcssulh hive established and
preside over boards OF regency for the Ro
man States and Hungary. and for the promo
non OF revolution in every palt Of the world.
| have before me list pnrportlng IN be taken
from Prussian police Gazette Of fifteen as
soclations of Continental refug 'es organized IN
London aid now in action for he above men
iioned purposes.
When these things are considered, tie fact
that, in the course Of four or five years r~o in
considerable and aboriive efforts have been
made from the United States, though deeply
TO he lamenled and sternly to be condemned
as violation Of municipal aud International
law, it does not appear 10 me $50 shocking"
as 1t seems 10 be thought by you. Il does
not, in my judgment, furnish any ground for
the reproaches which it has drawn upon the
government and people of the u S. Nor docs
the rcmalk in my letter Of the first of Deccm
Der, that disposition To engage in such enter
prise would be increased rather than ,minsh
ed by our accession To the proposed Conven
ton stlike me as "a melancholy avow al, as
You pronounce it, on the part of the President,
vcnturers i'll all countries are cnlisted, the
young, the reckless, the msin formed. What
other effect could be expected to be produced
on this part OF the population, by Being told
that their own government, in dis ega,d of the
most obvious public interests, MS well as oflhe
most cherished historical traditions. had enter
ed into a compact with two foreign powers
to guarantee the perpetuity of the system I'm
der which Cuba now suffers. Does not Lord
ilowden. the English Minister at Madrid
make very similar avowal in his letter of the
3Oth OF May last addressed to the Spanish
Mir lster oil Foreign Af1airee, when he says
81 cannot conclude without expressing nv
deep regret, that the course Of Spain IS such,
as o produce general alienation in the opinion
OF the English public, out of which will most
result states Of feeling orhich no goo
eminent can control or opPoseE'
The idea that convention like that propos
ed was measure naturally called for, in con.
sequence Of there law leseexpedtions seems to
rest upon an entire misconccpton OF the pres
ent state OF the law IN the United States. and
of our treaty relations with Spain Our treat
les with that government and the laws of the
United States forbid all such enterprises -
The trIpartlte convention would have add, d
nothing To their unlawluntss. If we had
been deslrous OF multiplying objections, We
might we'll have complained, that the acts of
a very small number OF rash young men, CHI
zcns and foreigners, should be put forward
by two Of the leading powers of Europe as
the MAN reason why we should be expcc' ed
to enter INTO strange compact with those
powers, binding ourselves never to make II
lawful and honorable acquisition Of Cuba
There Is no logical connection between tn,
Ideas, and there is something bordering upon
the offensive in their association.
Consider too the recent antecedents ofthr
powers that invite US 10 disable ourselves 10
The end of time from the acquisition in any
way of this natural appandage to our Cont
nent. France, within the present cehtury, 10
say nothing OF the acquisition of Louisiana
has wrested moiety of Europe from It's ma
tive Soverei gn; has possessed herself by force
OF arms, and at the time greatly to the discom.
tent of England. Of six hundred miles of the
northern coast of Africa, with an indein-
lite extension into the interior and has
APPROPRIATED 10 herself ona of tho ,nost