The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-06-02
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the treasury.
Carta!a Blanc Rad contracted with the cor NAL
government to irpoYs 10000 coolies TITO Marti-
nique IN four years, or $500 year. The ca tain i
engages TO build two clipper screw steamers, ca
pablo Of carrying coo COOLIES, and of accomplish
ing the passage from India to Martinique in fifty
days.
Her Brittauic MaiestyAs ship Calypso, having or
board his Exceliency fieutesant General Wood
Military Comn,ander-iriC Chief Of the Windward and
Leeward Islapda touched at Martinique the 9Th
OF Arril, on her way from St.'Blcia to DumiEica.
The English Genera was handsomely entertained
dursng his gay there, by the Count de Gueyden The
Calypso touched aleo at Guadalupe.
OF the e. Pierre market, VIE read in the Outre-
Mr., April 20 Sugar continues abundant, but
transactions have not increased on that account
1t is with difficulty that good qualities are disposed
ofat 2Sf., and common sorts dull at 1910 22fr"
The N.yvs bom Eurog>-Engiand ard France
sys pathtsIng with spaNs-Pcolre-s Of tie
Wsr.
TIE most important, and to US the most in
teresting, feature in the news brought by the
ASA, is tn, disposition said to be manifested
on the part Of Englend and France to side with
Spain in her quarrel with this country. 1t is
/ asserted in late letters from Madrid that the
two torI er governments have expressed their
approval of the conduct of Spain ia the affair
Of the Black Warrior, and that the latter, for
titled n her resistance to the demands Of Mr.
,Souls, had decided upon sending an additional
force ,of six thersand men and a quantity Of
Paixhan guns 70 Cuba, to prepare for the CON-
sequences of the rejection OF our claims.
q tfrib fad IT ;c Ma
polecn, and which is fully in accord with
the sentiments to which Lord Clarendon gave
expF sssion in The House of Lords about two
months since, would appear to confirm the truth
of this statement. In recent interview with
certain fore IN diplomatist, it is seid that the
Emperor expressed himself in terms of decided
disapprobatien Of what he was pleased to term
the ambitious and encroaching spirit Of the
American government, and he went SO far as to
add that hewa opposed to attempts on the
|, part of any Power to take advantage of neigh
Dor to rob it of its territory-that his policy
| was based on the faithful observance Of
| treaties, and that it should be the same in
the West as in the East. Strong as may
appear this expression of opinion on the
part of so cautious and reserved q ruler
as the Emperor, our private letters from Paris
afford US grounds for believing that not
only has he made declaration to this effect,
but that the terms in which it was delivered are
rather undcrstated than otherwise. we were
in some degree prepared for this intelligence
by certain previous indications conveyed TO rs
in our correspondence from Cuba, and the sig
nifcance of which we duly appreciated ct the
time. The. feelings of exultation and confidence
to which the arrival of Admiral DuQuesne with
the French vessels under his command, gave
rise amongst the Spanish officials in Cuba, could
only be explained ry the assurance which they
felt as to the course that would be pursued by
the governments of England and France in the
event of our attempting to redress the many
upsatisfed grievances which we have against |
Spain, by taking possession of that island.
If it be true, then, that England and France |
are about to follow out the same policy in the |
West as they have pursued in the East, we
must he prepared to show them that we also |
have policy in the East rs well as in the
West, and that it is consistent with our inter-
ests. We shall at least have the justification
that if we decide upon taking Cuba, that step |
wanton insults and outrages TINT other
ton, With proper men at the head Of its affairs,
would have tamely submitted to, and that we
shall not be cloaking ill-concealed projects of
ACKNOWLEDGMENT under pretended sympathy
for the wrongs of the oppressed, or an over ten
der regard for that visionary hobby of Euro
pean statesmen-the balance of power. Let
England and France, therefore, make but one |
decided move to intervene between w and the
vindication of our wrongs, and they will find
that they will have raised up new obstacle to
their views in the East which they have not |
as yet taken into their calculation.
But we forget that we are running rather
wildly in advance Of probabilities. We are
giving expression to our own sentiments and |
those Of the country generally; but unfortu-
natey this is not sufficient to give effect to the
course which our honor and our interests sug-
gest. Our trifing and imbecile administration
thus far, has been limited to circulars upon
diplomatic costume, and vulg gar bravado through
its organs-is unfortunately charged with the
initiative, and We shall probably have still
much to endure from Spanish insolence and |
aggressions upon our flag, before the ndgna-
ton of the country succeeds in rousing it to
action AS proof Of its moral cowardice and
meanness of spirit, and Of the estimation in
which it is held abroad, we have only to meri.
ton the report which has obtained currency in
the English and French journals, that it he's
offered to withdraw its demands against Spain
for the cession Of her miserable African posses
sion Of Melilla. Under any other administra-
ton such statement would be regarded as an
absurd falsehood and calumny Under the
present, it is anhappiy but too consistent with
the general course of its fore;cn nolcv