Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-04-24

pnh,er.tnu has become reality. lnIS i"Me''
WAS ,tl,.t,d without amy formal STIPULATION hc'''" e.
,nroJ ;ntn on the part Of either government. ID
r,Io, boIIs !, rrcogutiun Of the state ut tim.
'l;,j n fh,, admission, cannot be the subject oi
doubt.
There is not press in this Union which has bee
more steadist, or more determined III IT'S opp's''''
f., In. hl,JnsicrOs than the Enquirer lis P"I'''c
morals in this respect may be stated III solitary SCI
,,urr Il believes, that nothing is worth nri'leV''
which REQUIRES resort to clandestInc means u u
cure its success.
". have been constant admirers OF the eAe'"''
which the Executive has mado to execute TIC "''
trnlity lpw of the Union and we have never "u'
,,.l the REPEAL Of that law. We wish II 10 rem"
,r,, our code book and to see it rigidly enforced
Th;s ", presume to bo tho general sentiment oil u
American people.
In the tuce of the repeated evidences which Hl"
has been furnished with Of the good ia''h oil ms
public, in preventing the cmbarkation "i cNp.d'''o
,rs;nst Cuba We consider it IA tho most dIab"lic
measure, the coolest contemplated h"sraht "''"
ever committed by one nation against another
must make the hair on the head OF every friend
civilization stand on it, understanding Inc sense
even the most infatuated adhercnts ct the COVER
o ment OF Madrid, that PeZuela should have carr
with him to his destination authority TO arrest III
event of an inv aston of the Island, "all America"s
II siding there without excepting even the '"hsu''
y WLy, the untatorcd savage "f the t"r's' even
II c,up;bal himself, could not have mcdltaed ma
raye more revolving against the usagcH "l N"'"
lion, II is alike an disgruccful 10 the aTconrS'
l. We live a. il is fatal in its consequences r'' no ma
I,,..t isn
ton, deserving the nppelatlon "i - VI 'u''''''
submit to the arrest Of one oi Its o''u ho ie''"'
D knowing him to be innocent, tnp'"! ''c''' I" w.
u the procedure by the imlned" liz u'sl"s''' ~
ccssary of all tho armed if'hkT from Tue P'o'c'-
e what use is government whatever lana they may
" finn If those who create j'imed n wrong AGAINST
!; h.. r,uud, unless they Vt Pczuela was In'scrIm-
ria. law. Of that au,Armlcss citizens, IN certain
l. uat.ly TO arrest ali a ftNcri"NAkf """'" ""
e contingency, inc'H"ed States The Government
e. ,,u,Lo,;,o considerable as to give such M or |
ID ,., c,uld i,,rtcd by Mr.. Souls officially To the
y Oh, State, is assuredly NOT within tho pale
10 no,.r,, ON, and according 10 Soluns notions Of
H. g onwc alth of Nations, that the insults and
s. a., nflered to one country should be resented rs
ly - they were offered to oil, Spain should he ST.
e. lily punished.
Mt is not difficult to understand whit arrest means
u Cuba. 1t is almost synonymous with the employ
ncnt of the fatal gs,ote 1t WAS doubtless intended
II this sense, in the extraordinary powers conferred
IA Pezucla in certain emergencies. The inno-
.cut were to suffer alike with the guilty IA
nr "a the United States were concrrncd.-
Monstrous monstrous, nunsirous,!! This order
accounts for the recent arrest and Imprisonment
II our unohending citizens Mr. Thompson, DR.. Peck,
md others 1t is fortunate for them that no c1edi-
ion arrived We shall advert Ia this subject again in
, short time. Meanwhile, we confidently trust that
,r government has taken the most energetic and ef
icient steps to cause Spain to observe closely,
han she has ever done before the obligations npos
ID upon her for the preservation of good neighb"r-
rood, even though she be backed by both England
ln France in her insolont department 10 US.
We agree with our late Minister in the opinion
Which he expresses that "Cuba has ceased to have
lave" il all the negroes mportedaince 1921 are TO
DC considered as "L'Jtrt'nios enfranchised." This
opinion is confirmed by the letter of Lord Howucn
he British Minister at Madrid, in his celebrated let
Ter to Frank Corbin Of 1853. lilo therein stated II
passed my time i'm anxious solicitations Ia obtain the
ultimate aud complete freedom "f those negroes,
called Emntr,JM"io., which have been iru,ululentv
detained IN bondage since the year 1917 in disregard
of Treaties. In all that have
here told you IN entire candnr, tho United States can
only see the natural workings Of Englands declared
and unchangins policy in cause which il dear To
her" Aud what is that cause! The practical Air-
Of Cuba 10y libcratng the negroes lrnu
duently detained in bondage since tho year lSl7."
The number Of Africans introduced which now T."
be set Free may be inferred from another remark con-
tanned in the letter Of his l.urdShip: al have BEEN,
said hc, ''makng unccasius representations TO the
government of Spninl ut the number Of slaves annu
ally imported into the Island, and complaints OF the
almost open manner in which the traffic carried
on under the very OF the Cap.alr-Gencral, Al.
WAYS ENCErri>G the EXCELLENT GIN. C"N,HA!'--
Why excclont' Not, perhaps, precisely because u"
had been guilty. ut lavama, prior to the time the
letter written, of "i The most atrucious mas
sacrcs ever recorded III history; but, nrsooh because
lac tho ready instrument to consummatc British
designs in this hemisphcrc-to interrupt the peace oil
tho South, and Ia cnLanGer the security "t the
Union,
During the session of tho British Parliament of
the operation and results of the Slave Trade Treaties
with Spain and Portugal This Committee reported
aud Affirmed Us its opinion, according to the London
Times, that history does not record more decided
breach of national honor than has been established
in this against Spain. Not only have we recclv-
@. from her the most solemn promises aud engage
meuts on this subicct-the only return asked for
the services rendered by Great Britain in cxpeline
foreign invader from tho Peninsula, and subsequently,
in assisting the present branch of the Royal family 10
occupy the Constitutional THRONE these promises
b,vc been given in consideration of actual money
naymeuts Since 1919, We have paid to Portugal
sum Of oJDG7I pounds and 10 Spain SUM of 400 0OO
mounds for their concurrence in this object. And, if
the intercs; be reckoned these sums, from the
time oil payment TO the present day, it will amount to
collective sum OF nearly I.nDn,d00 sterling twenty
millions dolla,s)" Sir Robert Peel stated, while Pre-
mer that the 400 OU 900 indemnity TO the West IT.
d'a planters WIS wecxponded, inasmuch rs the Ado
hlieh "i slavery there would have a sautary intlu
enee on The institution OF Slavery in the U. States
"here' No ssid' upon another OCCASION ait already
$1,000 upon precarious footing" Thus, the large
sum OF Sla0,WOOO0 has been piy,n hv Graot
Britain expressly for the purpose of iuvolvipr
the Southern States of this Union in ;rr.n,a'
diable ruin.
1t pcrcepthe to the dullost eye that II clond Of
alarming porent to the South is rising in the hor;
Zon We appeal TO the patriotism to the interests of
vrcinians if,wth the European combinations arrsye
against thcm aided by Know, Nothing aud Abolition
coalitions, this is time TO be trihine with