The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-07-21


tween England and the French Emperor. There is
Madrid newspaper that has not secuted this prop
osition dangerous and dshonorabe to the country
II circumstances required sra1 to abandon her neutral
ty Spain could only e the ally OF that country which
she has tried to resemble most by the adoption OF her
free Institutions Unfortunately, since her alliance with
the empire, Great Britain appears to have laid aside her
liberal policy the Continent with due respect TO
your statesmen most unwisely. Then, again, the man
in which Lord Malmesbufy has spoken OF Spain reh
tive 10 the slave trade has deeply offended Castan pride
Doubtless il does not become me to justify her, but
while insisting the fulfment OF treaties and OF ob
cations which Spain may have contracted, his lordship
might have al@tancd from insulting language were 1t
only on account of her weakness and her msfortunes
That language has been the remarked here from the
contrast 1t presents with that used towards the United
States portion Of the press has become the echo OF
these feelings, which perhaps sensitive in Spain
than In any other country 1t is thought to beextrecy
impolitic the part of Lord Malmesbury to menace
Spain with tho Withdrawal of his very doubtful proec
tion Of Cuba at moment when much IL said about
fresh bustering expeditions and particularly II it be
borne in mind that the present President OF the United
States of the three diplomatic agents of the
North American republic who met at ostend, and the
declaration of whose international principles much
shocked civilized Europe. ask, is il certain that Eng
land would gain great deal ii Cuba transferred to
the United States !''+t kit>s1ii-5 1 ~ 8 ~
Whether the remarks contained in the speech of Lord
Malmesbury We're opportune or not may be q subject
for discussion but that they deserved by the Span
ish governments few will be hardy enough to deny There
long article the other day in the French paper pub
lished at Madrid 1he hackneyed charges about Eng
lish seshness Fnglish eaousies &C., served up
for the thousandth time Of course, freeing the pc
nnsua from French armies solely and exclusively
for benefit, and not in any way to SPAIN
who, if LEFT alone could have conquered Napoleon jn
much shorter time than took to do it the damage
done the crockeiy works in the Retro while in
cupaton Of Madrid Of from jealousy at the
superior i'll of the Spanish manufactures all this and
other things of the sort have heard and over
again. The present point however, is the solemn en-
fha IF
trade, and taken by her at moment when she had not
yet begun to deny that the English had served her dn
terestedly and honorably find among the treaties of
Vienna in 1875 document entitled q Declaration of
the Powers who signed the Treaty of Paris, 30th May
1914, assembled in Conference, and to which the
Of Gomez Iabrador the representative of SPAIN is ap
pended. The following is an extract from that dec
laraton. M hga 3asrEt4
'aHaying taken into consideration that the commerce
known by the name of the slave trale has been con-
sdercd by just and enlightened of all ages re-
pugnan to the principles of humanity and universal mo-
rality that the particular circumstances from which that
commerce has originated and the difficulty of abruptly
arrestng its progress may have concealed to certain
extent what odos in its continuance, but that Mt
length the public voice in all civilized countries calls
aloud for its prompt suppression that since the charac
ter and the details of this traffic have been better known
and the evils of every kind which attend it completely
developed several European governments have virtually
come to the resolution of putting stop to it, and that
successfully all the powers possessing colonies in different
parts of the world have acknowledged either by legsa
tive acts by treaties other formal engagements the
duty and necessity of aboIishing it; s,f4t
sThat by separate article of the late treaty of Paris
Great Britain and France engaged to unite their efforts at
the congress of Vienna to induce all the powers of Chris
tendon to proclaim the universal and defrye abolition
of the slave trade; ynI
"That the plenipotcntiaries assembled at this
gress do greater credit to their mission better
fulfil their duty, and manifest the principles which
tuae their august sovereign, than by endeavorng to
carry this engagement into effect and by proclamirg in
the of their soveregns their wish to put an end to
a scourCe which has long desoated Africa degraded
Europe and afflicted humanity; si
1he said penpoentiaries have agreed to open their
deliberations the of accomplishing salutary
object by coemn declaration of the principles which
have governed them in this undertaking accordingly,
being duly authorized for this purpose by the una
accession of their respective courts to the principle laid
down the said separate article Of the treaty of Paris
they declare in the 70 of Europe that considering the
universal abolition of the slavetrade measure par
tcu'ayly worthy of their attention, conormable to the
spirit Of the times and to the generous principles of their
august sovereign they animated with sincere de-
sire of concur1g in the most prompt and efectual
on Of tbs by all the at their disposal and
of acting in the employment Of those with all the
zeal and perseverance, which are due to great and
noble cause 5st tgs 81 ls{Hp s
England paid 5000 900 for this concession to the prin
cples of humanity. law for the repression of the traf
c passed the Spanish ties n lS45 at the repeated in
stance of Sir Her Bulwer. We may ask has it ever
becn and how often, applied has it been allowed to
remain dead letter 1t may be asked whether the
conduct of Spain IN this respect has been grateful and in
good faith