The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-04-18
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il exultngly parades the result Of its abors under
the head
1.-THE EVIL BEGINNING TO TELL"
We have no language adequately to express on
an occasion of such Importance what its perversion
of statement and its Misrepresentation of fact richly
deserve Its purposes not in reality directed
against this journal but against the present admins
traton and tie only party in the Union WHICH has been
consistently true to the constitution in time Of peace
and the country in time of We are not inclined TO
interfere with the enterprsing disposition of that press
claim Of monopoly of the foreign side of every ques
ton that arises II it pleases the Lie9cr to applaud or
paae the conduct of the authorities of Cuba in outragng
all proprety land and sea- 50 far flag and the
rights citizens concerned it is for to object
1t has its VOCATION and have What may have
been matter Of taste to that journal, We in taking
position have chosen regard matter Of duty
and patriotism What the iateyencr has looked upon
as fit occasion for epudatng the rights of its country
men, and ustfyng the indeenble acts of foreign po
tenate we have hailed opportunity as
sert and vndcae unquestonable principle. While the
course of the Htegencv has tended merely pro-
duce false alarms with regard to the prospects of war; but
to encourage acts the part of neghbors which
render collision inevitable we have entered solemn
protest and raised warning voice against those acts.
When Spanish ships-ofwar, with without instructions
from the authorities of Cuba have unmuzzed their guns
upon steamers and merchantmen, in the pursuit of
their legitimate business the high seas, to enforce
the right of visitation and search, have exposed
the consequences to which such acts must inevita-
bly, lead While the Integencer has, in elaborate arti
Giles, (suited much better, in Judgment to Cuban
than American press justified those acts and thus
contributed hurry forward the very results which it has
affected depore have striven avert Them and have
the me epudated the idea that this
could have any desire design to add to compicate
questions of difference between ourselves and Spain If the
unustfabe and to unaccountable acts of the Cuban
authorities in invading the clear rights of flag upon
high seas and the cruel disregard of the like rights
our citizens upon Cuban SOIL exhibited in the Of
commercial agent, Mr.. Thompson, and estimabe
and respected Citizen DR. Peck really the result of
arprehensons OF illegal movements the part Of any
portion of counrymen, we have sriven to remove
such approximations Hence exposition last week, in
the following language: ist2f " atl8 ~
We amazed that any Anericaa journal be found
willing justify upon any ground monstrous preten
sion this right of visit upon the high put forth by
the Cuban authorities. The allegation Of the Inegenoer
expectation Of invasion from the United States has
warranted these and unlawful proceedings the
part SPAIN disingenuous it is insufficient We do
deny that every nation has right to provide for its
safety and take due precauon against impending dan
ger provided those precautionary do not nure or
modest the rights OF others But the danger must be great
distinct and imminent and not rest vague and uncertain
suspicion Now, although all that may be predcated Of the
dangers OF the island of Cuba to the Spanish Crown
NAV be borne by facts Inegence but be
that such dangers, flowing from illegal expeditions
from the United States, at present imperil the island It
know that not feldpiece could be who
would think Of attacking island defended with thirty
and troo wi arms A any
mustered any in any State, without the intelligence
speedily spreading from end to end Of the country and there
by nsurng the Interference Of the Executive We repeat
that the dangers which the Cuban authorities apprehend
from rhn, and the repeated asseveraton that fill
busters expected from ho from Shores dis
ingenious us it is unjust" a4
But while we have been striving aay any such I'M
founded ALARM the heHgencr has only been busy in
encouraging the idea that expeditions from this
try be justly apprehended but that govern
ment itself bad only designs which would avow
but striving bring about results which all right
minded and patriotic men would deplore
We haze apprehended collisions and have expressed such
apprehension of the action of ow gov
ernmen its citizens, but account Of the unjstfabe
invasion clearly and admitted rights by Cuban
officials Nay have tried to avert by giving
ance sentiments consequences which, in view Of the
outrages from time brought TO notice seemed to
us TO involve imminent peril 1t is impossible open the
Leigeaccr without falling upon proof of its reeklessness
upon The very facts The force OF which have desired
il were possble break On the 10th instant its
credited correspondent from the city Of New York evil
IDENTIFY catering to the spirit of the paper to which he
writes, says: saa e1la so t6ssa#
- 1t is not at all improbable that the Union last
have something like real grievance to expend its warlke
fry upon the OF the of Dr. Charles A. Peck
dentist OF this city, Trinidad dc Cuba, intelligence OF
which received By the steamship Isabel Charleston
ANY how the matter in its present aspect looks far
like ala Outrage than the which
been characterized by the administration organ
The misfortune OF the Union u.s. (f misfortune it may be
caled that when American citizen leaves his own
shores for the benefit of the genial climate Of Cuba feeble
In health and unoending he cannot be saved from i'm
prisonment We do envy the Latehgeneer the spirit
which prompts Il 10 SCOT ready sympahies in
like that Of DR., Peck.
Making All due allowance for the inigsacsrs instnc
live toward the ioegn side Of every nterna
tiopa question we cannot nd for its higher
tive than that which may be supposed to acuae thor
ouyhy partisan press To what act Of this administra-
onra point to give sanction TO s unworthy mpuia-
ous il 90 back to March 4 1853, and come down to
the present hour7
The President In The distinct and emphatic terms,
laid down In his inaugural address the principles to which
had 10 expect he would aeadily ad