The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-05-12
AIR SoULE AND OUR RELATIONS
WITH SPAIN.

N.
WITH SPAIN.
There are very contradictory statements IN
regard to Mr.. Soule's course at Madrid. Inc
washington correspondent of the N. York
Times saws he learns from source entitledto
credit. that Mr.. Soule exceeded his instruc.
tious in the Black Warrior affair, so far as to
demand of the Spanish Government the re-
call Of rthe Captain General of Cuba and
still more, that the letter presenting his de-
mands. was such as could not have failed to
incense the Spanish Minister for Foreign Ar
fairs, and preclude all possibility Of favor
able adjustment of the difficulty by its author
and the Minister to whom it was addressed.
1t is stated that Mr.. Calderon, the Spanish
Minister Of Foreign Affairs, and form
erly Minister to this country, and Mr.. Seule'
are old personal enemies. The Adnaan-
sstrat;on, SAYS thee correspondent of the
Times. aru not sustain Mr.. Soule an
crceed;mg his Instructions, os he clearly
has. The new Spanish Minister, NJ. Gu
esta, may be looked for by the next steam
er from Liverpool. 1t is anticipated that he
will bring with him some representations to
our Government against Mr.. Soule.
We should not confide in the statement in
italics. but it seems to receive confirmation
in the following paragraph from the letter OF
the Washington correspondent of the Rich
mond Enquirer, published in that paper OF
yesterday:
"In the meantime, Mr. Cuesta, the new Spanish
fs,s~k l. l~t,- \ lxva IIa 30 sat1 n
onessf the most accomplished dplomatists in Eu-
rope. and although young man. has had much ex'
10 III and hoped ina. me- here
rumored that he 10 instructed to request the re-
call Of Mr. Soule. Should this request be made, II
u.ges among nations, to refuse il; but the return
Of Mr. Soule win not diminish the apprsciatho nrne
himself nor will It lessen the vgor of the proper de-
mands Of the Administration"
The same writer states that the suggestion
about the suspension of the Neutrality Laws
seems to meet with no favor and that If ac-
ton be necessary it should be more direct and
worthy of the country.
The Washington correspondent OF the N
Y. Herald, gives us different story from the
writer for the Times. He states that the
Presidents message with regard to our Span
ish relations, which may be expected after
the disposition of the Nebraska bill, will CO.
yer the instructions to Mr.. Soule, and also
contain copies of the Matanzas cases, which
are said to exceed even the outrages already
communicated.
at will be found that Mr.. Soule's original
instructions which he took out, directed him
to inform the Spanish government that under
no circumstances would the United States per-
NIT the interference of any third Power
in any negotiations which might arise
with regard to Cuba, and that such in
reference would be promptly resisted. He
was also directedto state, inthe most unequi-
vocal language that the United States would
not allow Cuba to be placed under the pro-
lection of any other Power than Spain. 1t
could only belong to Spain or the United
States.
Mr. Buchanan and Mr.. Mason were in
structed to acquaint the English and French
governments with this determination. With
regard to the rumors of an intended appren-
ticeship scheme, by which the negroes in Gu
ba were gradually to be emancipated, Mr.
Soule was instructed to inform the govern.
ment of Spain that if such scheme were
put in practice, it would at once be viewed by
the Z. States as cause of war.
The instructions sent in consequence Of
the Black Warrior affair, repeat the instruc-
tons first sent, and direct Mr.. Soule to de-
nand damages not only for that outrage, but
also for all the accumulated outrages of the
last twenty years-in fact, damages for all the
cases communicable Congress. Inaddition,
Mr.. Soule was to insist upon the Captain Ge-
neral being clothed with power to settle any
future differences which might arise, without
referring the matter to his government"
Mr. Soule's dispatches announce that he
has complied with his Instructions, but the
writer adds that "as he was not instructed to
demand the recall of the Captain General,
and makes no mention of having done so,
the rumors to that effect are doubtless err
roneous."
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