Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-04-21
LATE NEWS BY THE MAILS.
The Late Arrests in Cuba.-Opinions Of the


The Late ATTtSy Cu0u-OpIni0nS OF the
President and Secretary of State.
The committee appointed in New York to visit
Washington and lay before the President all tho
facts in relation to the arrest OF DIR. Peck, in
Cuba. returned home Tuesday evening, and
reported the result of their mission to a meeting
of the friends of that gentleman. Mr.. Perrin.
chairman of the committee, reported orally as
follows:
The President with much emphasis, said he
was favnrabiy impress sed with the tone of our re-
solutions. While they were firm and decided,
they were free from all hllibusterism. In reply
To our demands he said we might go home and
tell the friends of DR.. Peck his case should be
attended to at once. He said he would dispatch
"A special agent at once to Cuba as we suggested.
said he, Il will Immediately, perhaps tomorrow
morning, dispatch an agent to Cuba with the in
structons that the case requires. While had
heretofore determined to put down all tillibuster-
ism upon our soil, had also determined there
point beyond which forbearance should
cease to be a virtue.'
President Pierce said he did not know what
had come over the Island of Cuba, for il appeared
to him AZ if the Spanish authorities were striving
I decide by mathematical rules how far we might
he assailed and insulted before we would come to
the rescue of our citizens and our commerce.
The President left under the impression that
the time had come when we could no longer for
bear, and fold our arms and cry peace, peace,
when there was no peace. applause long and
Loudly That the time had at least come when we
should say to Spain, thus far shalt thou go. and
no farther. tAppause) The President, in his
remark, alluded TO the other outrages of Cuba,
and said they all seemed to come up at the same
time. He alluded to the case of Thompson, and
said he was of irreproachable character,
and was not at all mixed up with any flbuster
ing expedition. The Cuban authorities had
brought no charge against him excel ihat lel'ad
left upon his office walls the coat of ar.as y ais
country. The President, in reciting these instan-
cos, said he almost deemed the Spanish govern
mcnt mad TO heap upon our flag every insult pos
sible
The committee also visited Secretary Marcy
the result of which Mr.. Perrin thus details:
Mr.. Marcy told us he then engaged in
writing letter aud making demand upon the
Spanish Minister in Washington in regard to Dr.
Peck. Upon his table Mr.. Marcy had
pundence between our consul at Havana, Mr..
Robertson, and Gen. Concha, in regard to Dr.
Peck, which he read over to US. As near rs |
can recollect, the letter to Concha stated the ex-
act case of DIR. Peck, in regard to his health,
his character and his object in visiting Cuba.
precisely as we laid it before the President, and
demanded to know of the Captain General ofCuba
why and upon what charges DR.. Peck was i'm
prisoned. The reply Of Concha, after grand
flourish in the Spanish style about Cuba, and
Spain, &c, said that the government of Spain
did not think it incumbent upon her to tell any
American citizen why he was imprisoned in a
Spanish dungeon. They were upon the same
footing with Spanish subjects when they came
within the Spanish dominions, and. in reply to
the demand of Mr.. Robertson in regard to DIR.
Peck, the Consul General said he did not feel
bound to give any other answer than this. He
said that the Spanish government considered that
the Island of Cuba was in a state Of seige. You
may well imagine, said Mr.. Perrin, the indigna-
ton of our government when it received the above
from General Concha as his reasons for the i'm
prisonment of our friend. Secretary Mercy gave
us every encouragement.
The intelligence that Dir. Peck had been
leased on hail had not reached Washington when
the interviews took place.