The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-05-06
MISREPRESENTATION OF rnE IsrELLIGEScER.


The teigener misrepresents position and forces an
inference from our language wholly unwarrsnied when
it says AFT it be not the meaning Of that journal
,he Uion that the sight Of the and stripes
should be enough 10 prove every vessel showing il is
egitimatey and truly part Of the invioabe territory
of the United States confess (ihe Lstegeaees
inability to comprehend what intended We have used
no language bearing any such construction the con-
ary our position is made so Enthusiastically plain in the
article which before the editors OF the feigeneer
when they penned the foregoing it Is difficult for
comprehend how their Misrepresentation could be unin
territorial Our language referred expressly TO the exemp
ton Of all vessels rghay bearing ting upon he high
seas from soppago detention, whether by actual
threatened force for purposes of visitation examination
search by Spanish cruisers As highly prize
our stars and stripes we have never used language
capable Of being tortured into the idea that yes
sci fraadulently or wrongfully bearing them was
thereby protected FROM visitation and search But where
flag floats vessel the high seas and
Spanish man-ofwar the right stop search
her TO determine whether II floats there rgAu roay-
y il turns out in the recent Cuba that
it was iyity borne, the stoppage and visitation and
anna ion constitute trespass amounting either ag
gress1 outrage according to the circumstances Of
the The Spanish cruiser claiming such right
cises it ut his peril If his suspicious uniounded he
has committed violation Of international law, and may
be righully punished for the offence Such
ing and such Was language, which the Itegencr
cooly misrepresents but cooly than it does
when II says that the Union has been compelled more
than once discaim any right authority speak for
the President" We have made such disclaimer; on
the contrary, have expressed qualification know
ing that whilst spoke sentiments with perfect
freedom they met the approval Of the President and this
remark is especially in regard the questions grow
ing of the late Spanish outragcs which have been the
subjects of discussion between the Itcyencer and Union
1t turns out, supposed it would, that it was
the captain Of the Spanish cruiser who furnishes to the
Integsncsr the information that the firing at the Ell Do
RADIO WAS only with wad The answer of the Lnengera-
to inquiry to the of its information on
this point this "To its 1.-THE Unos inquiry respecting
the @ad refer it the evidence the captain of the
Spanish cruiser reported in letter addressed to the
New Orleans Picayune Upon turning the evidence to
which the Iasgencr refers u.s. find to run as fol-
lows:
wish to add few words in reference to the called
FL Dorado Some time since Gen. Concha issued
proclamation declaring the island Of Cuba of SIEGE
and subectng all vessels coming in her visit from
the men-ofwsr bIockadng the island. The FL Dorado
aware Of this proclamation, passed within range Of
these owar the captain Of which, in solemn decara
tion that he first fired blank cartridge which being
unnoticed he very naturally followed up with full charge
Capt Gray denies the blank cartridge says he never saw
wad 20 halt-milc or heard whistle like shot The
captain Of the manofwar says his wads very
hard and could easily be fired halfmile One both Of
these gentlemen may be mistaken
The reader the eagerness with which our neigh
bors Of the Itsgencr take sides with the Spanish Off
Gin
shot of the Spanish cruiser blank cartridge or "a
full charge" The impression made by the assertion of
the Hegencer was that the FL Dorado was brought 10
by nothing than rad and that balls
fred at or into, her. Its proof however,
shows that the second shot with "a full charge aud
it shows further that the Spanish and American captains
at issue to the fact whether the first shot with
ball wad The integencer gives credit the Spanish
officer and seeks throw scredt upon the statement Of
the American officer. AS rely implicitly upon The
solemn declaration Of Capt Gray the commander Of the
FL Dorado and that declaration fully sustains the facts
have uniformly represented Them republish from
his protest the following extract:
AT about LIS when she points forward OF the
BEAM and distant from half to three quarters nle with
fell about twenty yards from the ship port side abreast Of
fore rigging. Immediately ordered the helm put
board and down towards her. intending pass under
her but when within three hundred yards her.
fred second shot, which passed but short distance
the port wheel house from forward to aft"
1t is impossible for the Inegenecr to make out case
OF paation, much less justification, for The Spanish
officer after rcsorting 10 the proof Of that officer HIM
self His solemn declaration stands rebnke the
position Of the bagcncer whilst the statement Of Captain
Gray presents the outrage in s-true light