The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-05-21

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This matter which led TO communications between Her
Britannia Majesty's consul the government of the
republic has appeared 10 Of great portanee we'll
on Of ss as for ths results which
ought to produce and 1T has had for immediate
quenee the raising Of question relative to
law in whose wse and conclusive principles the govern
me Mt supports its opinion and tounds s
rights. Therefore, most particularly call public at
teAtion to this point conviDcsd, we are that tho
the rules which it establishes AMI persua led that
public opinion hitherto astray in this matter, welt
through Ignorance OF certain rules that it has bsen
fully enlightened.
that the government declares, in explicit manner,
that the consul has right Of asylum and that
Il i, he bad It could not be used by bim in favor
recognizes that In other circumstances individuals
prosecuted for political opinions, have found asylum
in coDsulates also deares frst that thus PRECEDENT
does not constitute law second that in the present
case there does not exist smi aIity of circumsancs
an which Is fully corroborated By the prece-
In 1914 when for the first time, some Dom'nicaus
France, in the house Of NJ J"ehessau % de- St peas
those Domipicats were not pursued conspirators
ey had rot been In way hostile to the
OF that time CHE Central Guberpa atoral Junta) they
had not violated existing laws and without staying
here to explain the motive of their persecution, will
the weight Of any sentence or OF any accusation, and
that in assembling under the shelter Of the French Con-
to place themselves under protection from the evil pas
sions which rsigped in those times.
capital when large number Of Domacsns took refuge
in the French tDgsh and American GOnsulates neither
bad there conspred agsnst the of
President Jmenes; their object not to take psrt In
iraricda in the strife which said Jmsnes excited
and mpted to engage the heroic army and its gallant
chief in who succeeded in saving the country the
banks of the Ocoa.
After the entry Of General Santana, and in couse-
querce of the fan the gover of General Jmenss
some Domnicars again took refuge in the COnsuiAtea
without any objection the part o. the government;
but neither were these conspirators-they only
members of vsnquished party persecuted it is true
for their political errors but who far from having
spred sgsinst tie constituted authorities, had the
coDtrsry, sustained government which, although at
that time declared outawed had been constitutionaly
established government
In other epochs Of deplorsbe memory I've alluds to
the years 1s4b and 1ss of the INDIVIDUALS involved
in the conspiracies OF those dates ook refuge in the
conEuates; the government In such q case would
mort probably have reclaimed them
From thefe precedeDts 1t is evident that In the
different which have recurred to the house OF
the copsuls accredited in this republic have never
served shelter to Dom means who have c0usp,red
against the established government nor az asylum
where they have evaded judgment legally obtatned
circumstance which proves that the government has
departed truth when 1t declared that there
no equality Of circumstances
The advice sought from the Senate by the Executive
the wise appreci aton OF the pect which the former
showed and the intaieent opinion with which IL en-
ightened the government added to the determination
ports sought have put end In satisfactory manner
to the question raised But the protest Of the govern
ment and ts express declaration constitute political
OF the greatest Importance, to which cau public
attention, with the lsudsble object OF avoiding in
future dsageeabe controversies and bitter deceptions