The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-04-12
AN AMERICAN PLEA FOR DEsPorlsM


The following article in the Albany Evening Journal
wel-known and leading whe journal speaks the senti-
mens have doubt Of large majority of the Ameri-
cen people:
THE "CUBAN OUTRAGE"
10 The Editors ef The Albany Eos~ias Journal
in your paper of the I'd for firing into the
III Dorado, taken from the National Inteigencer How
any American paper OF the responsibility the
can for such outrage is than can
see into III had been coming from the West in
Of the South then there might have been some excuse
heavng but then they hadno rghtto fire ball
atridges bring vessel to, for that not customary
When wants to bring vessel TO, she generally
fires bank cartridges then, they do not take
any notice OF that she generally fires ball ahead which, in
has the desired effect Sapposing the ball that
passed the wheehouse Of the III Dorado had gone
through tier Of and killed the passengers asleep
in their berths according the Intellgencer it would
have been perfectly udabe for the principle the
The inteliigencer says the man-of guarding
threatened port and expecting invasion, (of wind
mills suppose and seeing large approaching
IL the night, &c &c. Now, they not Of any port,
but of Cape ST. Antonio, $50 miles from Havana,
and right The track Vi California whether
bound Havana New York. (via Key West) and coming
along there weekly That the commander Of the Spanish
owar knew well any else Cor ought to know but
he thought good time to show his vigilance and bravery
doubt by firing into full of passengers and
crawling on with the that they looking out fol
dibustcs And poor with Spanish officials is bet
ter than insult American Americans and
doubt they will continue do until there something
besides PEN ink and arguments brought to bear upon
them.
The lntegencer seems to think good excuse for the
second shot because the turned head That
just the hy the second shot ought have been
fred because that went to show at that the steamer
fbuter for she had have been she would have gone
about her business spite of all the guns thai
could have brought bear upon her. SO that the
the ntegencer Il excuse at ali. 9$aat .EsE II
ALBANY April 3, 1885, H. NJ
The Luyeaeer takes only portion Of this pertinent
reply TO its labored efforts in fvorof the of Spain
and appends the following characteristic remarks:
We endeavorcd BY few plain arguments to show that
the Spanish ship, acting in the character of sentinel
city and island in momenary expectation of hostile INVASION
was usabc in speaking every ship vessel approaching
the ilaRd We said there nation under the pos
scng navy that had from time time done the same
thing, without regard to the league from shore.
When the United States gate President first discovered
the Little Belt she fifteen leagues from the Capes OF
Virginia We We're then at peace with all the world there
such thing known ftasfeyny and vet the gal
liant commander Of the cdent Commodore Rodgers gave
chase the unknown SAIL pursued her the whole day and
the need repeat he had felt that
he had uhoty bring and .peak stranger would
he have given OF inquiry which the
commodore immediately demanded his conduct pro
nounccd the act usabe and govern approved the
finding the court. In fact the right sea- with
out regard 10 maritime jurisdiction, if ersaly ac
knowedged at least universally practsed BY the shpso
war Of all nations.
" The in the Albany paper dicales idea Of ex
peced invasion in Cuba but the authorities of that island
nothing ridiculous in It, Their correspondents New
Orleans thought the danger still imminent The hostile en-
petition against had been delayed only, abandoned
and the editor OF the journal in this city failed
not from day to day to stir and excite in the citizens gen
eral spirit of hostility against Spain. ,.s
II Mr. Soul had not been sent minister Madrid
thers bad been Congress Of American diplomats at O
tend II the spirit Of acquisition and had not
seized upon men rank and influence among citizens
such an occurrence that between the Spanish ship and the
IA Dorado would not have excited moments attention Ii
would have been noted the both ships but
there it would have slept undisturbed."
AT moment when every indication shows that there is
an increasing determination the part at least two Of
the European powers TO extend their pro,ection over
the American continent language like this can be called
nothing else but an invitation such influences 10 90 on
IN their nermeddling We not LEFT in doubt as
10 he purposes OF this monarchica combination against
the rights and the principles Of rational liberty on this
nemsher Thelast year has furnished repeated proofs Of
he enest which marks their settled designs
IT IS at such time that the National Heliqeneer steps
forward to find excuses for the of SPAIN 1t is nj
such period that j, uphods right yielded by this
country sud dearcr than to now because IL con.
coded TO the united forces of Europe it may sweep our
commerce from the seas and place at the mercy Of
those ambitious and domneerng princes who regard this
continent with equal apprehension and hostility Blu,
now unrandd and how unworthy it is for the Leigencr
to change It's ground and declare that II has only
tried TO show that Spanish ship jusable in sneak
ing every ship or vessel approaching the andp On the
contrary i deliberately asserted and in abored articles
tired to show that the firing into and stopping Of the
Dorado land its arguments will apply just appropriately
to the other outages since that even the Spanish ship
o-war was in the exercise of universally -acknowl-
edged right Now it limits this right to speaking to
certain vessels suspected to be hostile This right Of
speaking as Spain understands IT, is the right oil
firing into American vessels; and so the Inei,geneer
understood IT few days ago. and deliberately justified
IT. Probably II because we so clearly proved in our
last comments npon this question: that the right asserted
by Spain and defended by the Iaegencer was denied BY
the highest American authorities and by more clear
ly than by Mr. Webster and Mr. Justice Story that the In
feAyener has deemed IL proper to change front
The Ifigenctr is unfortunate in its alIusion to
the affair of the President and the Little Belt II fails TO
state that the British brig The first reg These were
both vessels-of-wnr Commodore Rodgers chased and
hailed the Little Belt her character and no
answer was returned but antalzng echo of the qucs
ton The question again putt when says Cooper
ia his Naval History the stranger fired gun he sA
from Uhh cut ascay breaa backsay and entered fh main
maa And thss the 1t introduces to Justify its de-
fence OF Spanish vessels-ownr overhaunq our unarmed