Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-03-29
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The PrcsidenL's hessnge on tho Black
:. Warrior nSO.

The PrcaidenL's hessRgc on tho Black
Warrior case.
p. We published this message yesterday.
The course proposed is probably the best.
though. under the impulse OF the moment.
we should, had we had the ordering of
things. have taken measures still more ac-
tive. We think the anomaly presented by
the Cuban Government would have fully
justified aresorL to the most stringent means
Of enforcing our rights. That anomaly
consists in the delegation. by the Court of
Spain, to Provincial Government three
thousand miles OF, Of certain powers
which Can belong only to an, absolute
prince. and the withholding of others which
belong ~ The first from the very nature OF
government itself. The Captain General
ollCuba can, 50 tar as fnrei 5n nAtIunS are
cnlcGrned, commit any ACT Of n5 5rcSsirn.
He Aasfull power in defiance vi all treaties,
TO seize the persons or property of any ma
ton with which he happens u tie offended.
Yet. when called OH for rcpnratiOn. he re-
plies that it must be sought from the hume
Government. That will not do, and u stop
must be put TO it. The power of repara-
ton and aggression must be united in he
same government. II is too much TO cx-
pect of foreign nations. TO require that
they should go for satisfaction anywhere
else than To the Government BY which il
has been committed. w, hnpe this mat
ter will be explained to the un lerS:andin-.
of the Spanish Government. La his first
campa' in Italy during The year 1896.
when WurmSer come With third army
to drive him from before Mantua, many
OF BOnHparte'S soldiers were murdered in
the territories Of Genoa. He sent to the
Government demnnling IeparaIiun. but
they could give none, because. the case
was hey onI their power. Very well, said
BOnapartc. in'rrpiy. it you cAnnot make
your subjects conduct themselves as they
ought to do, can. and | will take possess
sion OF your territories. This soon bruu sht
them to their senses, and similar !anrua re
will bring the SpaniardS 10 their senses,
too. We hope it will b. employed, and
that everything will be prepared to back
1t. 1t is very certain that aVe can protect
tie commerce which comes to the port Of
Havana. and if Spain will not do it, we
must, that is all.
The policy Of the court Of Madrid has
always been Of the most hollow. deceii(ul
character from the days Of Charles "
They have always sought to make prof
OF occasions as they rose. without incur
ring the responsibility Of the act. necessary
to ensure 1t. They encouraged all sorts
OF vhgabnndS TO unite with the Seminole
Indians in attacking our frontier. and
gave them shelter IN their duminions,
where they were beaten by General
jackson. When required by that officer
to give up their fu5itlYeS. they evadvd the
requ>ition. and justified themselves by
saying they had no power to restrain their
incursionS. Jackson replied as Bonaparte
had done: Ii you cannot prevent their
invasionS. can and lie took possession
Of their territory. Even before this, in
the days OF Cromwell. when Spain was
really power. and not a shadow of her
former self. her policy was characterised
by the same evasion of reSponsibility.-|
Her Ambassador at London replied to a
requsilion made by the Protector for the
person Of au English merchant who had
bsen thrown into the lnqusition. by de-
clarlng that the King of Spain could not
control The InqusiIion. Very we'll"
said Cromwell, ''since the InquisiIiun is a
POtOer in Spain, declare war against it,
and shall send orders forthwith 10 Blake,
to burn Cadiz to the ground" The hint
was, taken, and the man released. H.,
Cromwell knew better than, any body
else, how to deal with that perGdious
court There is an annec,lote Of him, in
this connection. to the following cffect.-
eve sec it is going the rounds of the
newspapers, but where it came FROM wo