Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-04-21
From the Baltimore American.
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An adjourned meeting Of the friends of DR..
Peck was held in New York on Tuesday. The
special committee sent to Washington to lay
the case before the President, made their re-
port. The committee prepared letter and
placed it before the President, in which DR..
Peck's case was fully set forth, and which
summed up with demanding-lst That a
special agent should be sent to Cuba to secure
for DR.. Peck a fair and impartial trial; 3D.
That ne should be released from prison, or pro-
vided with comfortable quarters; and Sd. That
be should be Unidentified by the Spanish Gov.
eminent for all injuries sustained by him in
consequence of his arrest The replies Of the
President and Secretary Marcy to the repre-
sensations and demands of the committee, as
rendered by the chairman of the meeting. were
as follows
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 n special agent at once 10
Cuba, rs we suggested. Said he, II will i'm
mediately, perhaps tomorrow morning, dis.
patch an agent TO Cuba with the instructions
that the case requires. While had heretofore
determined to put down all fillibustersm upon
our soil, had also determined that there was
point beyond which forbcarance should cease
to be virtue" President Pierce said he did
not know what had come over the Island of
Cuba, for it appeared TO him rs if the Spanish
authorities were striving to. decide by mathe-
NAUTICAL rules how far we might be assailed and
insulted before we could come to the rescue of
our citizens and our commerce. The Presi.
dent lett us under the impression that the time
had now come when we could no longer for
bear, aud fold our arms and cry peace, peace,
when there was no peace. Applause, loud and
loud. That the time had at last come. when
we should say to Spain, thus far shalt thou 90
and no further. Applause
The President, in his remarks. alluded TO the
other outrages of Cuba, and said thew all seem.
ed to come up at the same time. He alluded
to the case OF Thompson and said he was n
man OF irreproachable character, and was not
at all mixed up with any filibusterinp expedi.
ton. The Cuban authorities had brought no |
charge against him, except that he had left M
on his Office walls the coat of arms of his conn. |
try. The President, in reciting these instances.
said he almost deemed the Spanish Government
mad to heap upon our flag every insult posi- !
bic. From the President we were invited TO the |
ONCE OF the Secretary Of Statc-to see Mr.. |
Marcy, who had been excused from attending
a Cabinet meeting, specially to attend to this |
business. Mr.. Marcy told us he was engaged
IN writing letter and making demand upon
the Spanish Minister in Washington in regard |
TO DIR. Peck. Upon his table Mr.. Marcy had |
the correspondence between our Consul at Ha-
wanna, Mr.. Robertson, and General Concha. in
regard to DR.. Peck, which he read over to MS.
As near as | can recollect, the letter to Con
cha stated the exact case Of DR.. Peck, in regard
to his health, his character, and his objects in
visiting Cuba, precisely as we laid it before the
President and demanded to know Of the Can.
tain General Of Cuba, why and upon what
charge DR.. Peck was imprisoned The rcnly
OF Concha, after grand flourish in the Spanish
style about Cuba and Spain, &C., said that the
Government of Spain did not think It incum.
bent upon her to tell any American citizen WHY
he was imprisoned in 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 anv
other answer than this. He said that the Span
lsh Government considered the Island Of Cuba
IN state of siege. You may we'll imagine, |