Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1854-06-17
SPANISH VIEWS.
FROM THE NEW ORLEANS BEE OF JUNE 7.

of outrage injustice and inquity preferred by Wash
ngton Union and other journals against the Spanish Gov
in its relations the United States That our
readers may comprehend the view taken Of the question
by the official journal of the Cuban authorities, shall
succncty epitomize the article in the Daro connng
ourselves rapid condensation Of its statements and
positions
The Dario the array Of grievances with the
of the seizure Of the American vessels Susan Loud
and Geogana which, it says fully justified and s
illustration of the mparalty of Cuban justice and of
the benevolence of the Queen liberty and pardon
granted to those who had rendered themselves
nable to penal sentence convicted they Of an
unsuccessful attempt at invasion. u
The firing upon the Falcon in August 1851 and on
American schooner Lamartin in February Of the same
year. next investigated The Dario admits that had
these been really outrages they would have called for
paraton bat contends that these vessels repeatedly
fused to hoist their flag when summoned to do and
that this refusal intended to provoke difficulty.
The expulsion of the Crescent City from Havana the
Sd October 1853 and the prohibition by the authorities
send her mails ashore is treated by the Diario fol-
lows:
The Crescent City sought to impose laws port,
wished to the position Of foreign fortress within
Spanish port wished to exercise the right Of ntroduc
ing consprators into the country insult authorities
their face, after having DETAINED them in New York 1t
to make her that in the port
alone
that he who failed respect them could be admitted
into territory But who does not know that the OBJ
snacy Of the attempt Of the supercargo supplied new
of difficulties and brought about another wishedfor
| bone Of contention (pdlo deseadop)
The case of the detention of the Ohio in March, 1882
during three days, in Havana, is treated absurd
complaint it being universally acknowledged precept
Of municipal law that useful and necessary sanitary laws
may be maintained though they may create individual
| hardsEips.
The boarding of the schooner Manchester by Spanish
of war; and her detention for wentyfour hours is
treated by the Diarie lawful act The schooner
found among tho small islands Of the coast having devil
aed from her route without apparent motive The Span
sh cruisers the lookout for candestne exped
tions the me and boarded her. The Daro adds that
the Union ought complain of this, since the Nan
chester had got aground and relieved and taken into
port without any charge for salvage having made
The charge is that in February, 1853 and subse
quenty the ma sacks of the United States broken
open by the authorities of Cuba This says the Diaro,
done in consequences of the immense number Of sed
tious papers, tending to subvert the Government with
which the mail bags filled It argues that the act
ustf ed by existing laws, which nerdict the admis
sion Of such documents and tha while the law stands
the statute book the authorities cannot be censured for
enforcing its execution.
The seventh accusation is the arrest during the month
Of May of the year. Of three American sailors on
!
Dario admits and justihes adding that sailors wero
released upon establishing their innocence and that
United States would have acted similarly had the
i been reversed
The other outrages referred to by the Union are the
arrest in 1S5O'5 Of two American citizens and the
pulsion Of two more in 1853 The Dario declares that
the first strongly suspected Of llibustersm
period when the country threatened with pira-
cal inyasion; the third expelled for connivng at
the printing of ncendiary procamations and the fourth
was banished at the request of his own father whose
i had hpand hy b;c
conduct The Daro implies that these four individuals
though claimed citizens Of the United States, were
subjects of the Queen Of Spain
The Of the Black Warrior closes the catalogue Of
complaints This contends the Diario, is purely case
of enforcement of the and port laws is SO
viewed by European journals and by the moderate por
| ton of the press of the United States itself. ~
In the note addressed by Mr. SoULE the Spanish Gov
ernment he mentions a number of causes of complaint
not the Union and the other hand omts
oil notice of nine of those stated by that Journal audng
only three of the latter The Daro undertakes to
anime Mr. SoULEs charges One of them is that in 1914
the barque Juliet fred upon by the fortress Of Tarfa
and that the Government of Spain offered explanations
but did not make reparation. These explanations
have satisfactory according the Daro since from
1874 to 1854 the two Governments have preserved friend
y relations Anotheris the disapprobaton expressed by
the Spanish Government of the remission by the author
ties Of the island Of certain articles Of consumption in
consequence of the hurricane in 1874. The damage
American is estimated at two hundred dollars
which the Dario considers somewhat motive
i Il.
i A third source of complaint stated by Mr. SoULE is
that of the heirs Of Alexander Asang and of captain
vessel named Goofra who ruined by the compul-
sorry payment of certain duties The Diaro does pro-
ess know the merits of these cases. but offsets them
by that of the captain of the Spanish brganne San Jose
who, being dismasted Baltimore by storm the
9th Of September and having reached Baltimore the
10Th, compelled to take tow-boat with view Of
being made to pay than thousand dollars by way
Of salvage The court reduced the demand to S48
condemned Captain Longa to pay altogether the
$484 80100 viz. $3.50 bonus to the pilots $4S fer
1 pilot dues, and $40 80 costs of court.
The of citizen Of the United States arrested Mt
Sagua La Grande in 1850 and that of shot fred at the
Black Warrior in March, 1853 dismissed by the Dia-
rio with the remark that it is not whether any
claims have been based upon these occurrences.
The Of the vessel North Carolina figures largely in
Mr. SoULEs note. The Darios account of this affair is
that the North Carolina wrecked in November 1850
Guanico the southern of Puerto Rico and the
taken Mayaguez and lodged the barracks
Of the infantry during the judicial investigation Of the
affair. They detained longer than necessary
the Marine Assessor who resided capital of the
island An American fgate learning the facts made
preparations for fight, but deferred by the warke
attitude Of the people Of the island The Captain of tho
Port superseded The Dario says that that officer
might have been guilty of neglect but of outrage
| The last complaint urged by Mr.. SoULE against the
Spanish Government is its refusal to allow American ves
sells to its ports the footing foreign vessels
The Dario is of the motives of that Govern
ment for this determination but maintains that though it
may be legitimate subject of friendly negotiation it
cannot be regarded outrage.
The Diario terminates its lsng review by avowng its
A. or.