Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-03-13
,iR. MARCY 40 III. >iIt.
M. TFh'I iN III ~
Extracts No. -
DEPARTMENT or STAFF, ;
WAsHiSoroS, Aug. 1t, 1851. {


WAsHisoroS, Aug. 1t, loai.
r,ysrr snuiF =, fss, &C., Sc, Madrid:
Sir. Mn directed t.: the President I" suTgrst To y"u
a particular pter. Irrin which he anticipated much nd
vantage To the negotiations with which You hr'
charged on the subject 81 cuba. -,
These md other considerations which viii readily
occur 10 you, suggest that mrcI may he done NJ Lon
don and Paris either TO promote directly the great
,biecr IN view. or al least to clear away lmpcdi
,ncnta Ia it, successful cVhsulnin"tIon.
Under thes" circumstance II T"cin5 G'hIihui" ina
th,r. should he Il full and free interchange "i views
h.,vc,u vnur.,lI MIR. HuChGnGn and Mr.. Mason, II
1rdcr Ia srcur, Il concurrence Ill reference 10 Tie gen
rral object.
The simplest aud oni' very apparent means oi mt
tanning this end 10 i"r the three Ministers Ia meet a
early Gs may br II annr convenient point, SAY PI.!S
10 consult together 10 compare opinions as Ia wha
may toe advisable, and 10 adopt measure tor pertcC'
concert al action in aid Of your negotiations M Ma
drid. While the President, as have before had &C
casion 10 state, has full confidence in your own intel
ligcncc and %sGracitv, he Conccivrs that II cannot b,
otherwise than agrcehle 10 YOU md - your colleague:
in Great Britain aud France t. have the consultation
suggested, End thus To- bring Your common wiSdGr
aud knowledge tn bear simultaneously upon the no
sotintions at Madrid, London aud Paris.
If you concur in these view :, you will please 10 f.,
the time when you can ferah 10 Paris, or Ia ~UcG OH
er convenient point.
OFFICIAL REPORT OF TIE OsTEND CON
FERENCE.
! The following is the ollicnl report lunde 10 the Sec
rotary OF state of The results of the celebrated o.
tend Convention
De.pa;ch Ct .M$sr;. Ht-hsa'0, .NaSya duI Ssn't +
NJ. .iiGSCy.
AN La tiINrFiLF. Oc,. is, ISL.
10 Hos. W l.. MARCY, Secretary OF S;nic:-
Sir:-Ihc undersigned, in compliance with the w,sl
! expressed hy the President III H.. several confidential
dispatches You have address Ia lis respectively It
that effect, have met in CONFERENCE.-The AZ OStend
in Belgium, OIL the OH, l0,h and llth instant, anc
then at AK la Cbapel!c, III Prussia, on The dayE mex
following, up TO the date hereof There has hcrn
full and umr-ervod interchange ot Views and rrn.i
ments between us, which, we are most happy Ia in
form YOU, has resulted in 4 cordial coincidence Z! OPP
MON on the grave and important subjtc; submitted tC
our consideration. We have arrived mt the coucln'
sion, and are thoroughly convinced, that an immtdl'
ate and earnest ci.or, ought to be made by the go
vernment ct the Cnted States TO purchase Cuba
from Spain, AT any price for which il can be obtained
not exceeding the sum of - dollars. The pro,
posal should, in our opinion. b. made in ouch Il man.
ner as to be presented through the necessary diplo.
matte forms to the supreme Constituent Courts, abou,
10 assemble OH the moinentous qnestloii IN which the
people both of Spain md the United S,t'e. are 80
deeply interested. All our proceedings "usN; 20 he
open, frank and public. They should be oi -u.h q
character az to challenge the appreciation Il the
world. We firmly believe that, in the progress at hu-
man events, the time has arrived when the vital 10.
ter..ts OF Spain are as seriously involved in ,hr sole
a. those of the United States in the r~aTchuse of tie
i,!sud, aud that the TRANSACTION will prove equally
aslc.ss.s 70 10th nations. Caicr these ci-cmms;au-