The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-06-10
EurOpeaR AggressiOns in South AM
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The wanton and outrages insult which
the representatives Of the Government
Of Spain recently offered to Peru has
borne liz natural fruit The entire peo-
pie OF the repubiic'of South and Cen
trial America, already Indignant at the
conduct of the French and Spanish
Governments toward Mexico and the
Santo Domingo, have risen, in view Of
this new European aggression, with an
energy and a unanimity worthy Of the
highest praise. They all regard the
cause Of Peru as their own, and show
themselves determined to take up the
gauntlet which 50 defantly has been
thrown down tOthem.
Nothing, indeed, can be more frivol
Gus than the preteXt adduced BY the
Spanish Representatives for the com
mencement Of hostilities. Because, in
a private lawsuit, the Peruvian courts
have not decided in favor Of certain
Spanish residents, Spain puts forth an
ultimatum, before even the lawsuit has
come to an end The language of the
memorials addressed to the Peruvian
Government is unsurpassed, in the an
mails Of diplomacy for insolence The
Spaniards even make a loan contracted
for by the Peruvian Government an
occasion of complaint They emphati-
cally intimate that Spain has not re
cognized the independence Of Peru.
Such, in brief is their conduct, as to
induce nearly all the foreign residents
in Peruvian towns, including even the
Spanish merchants, to censure it, and
to deprecate the beginning of actual
hostilities.
The Government Of Peru has met this
insult with unhinching firmness. It has
declined the offer Of the foreign diplo-
matists to undertake a reconciliation,
declaring that it cannot, without sacri-
ficing its dignity, enter into any nego-
tiations with the agents of Spain until
the offense which has been offered TO
the country by the occupation Of Peru
Wan territory shall have been removed !
The population are displaying an en-
thusiasm fully equal to that prevailing
during the war of liberation In all
the towns the citizens organize them
selves voluntarily and demand to be
employed for the defense of the coun-
try. All former party differences have
ceased. One city alone, Arequipa, pre-
sented on the Sd of May l0,000men, or
ganized in ten battalions of infantry
and five regiments of cavalry. Ma
tional guards were forming throughout /
the Republic with enthusiasm, and it /
was expected that in a very short time I
the country, which has a population /.
about equaling that of Ohio, would mus /
ter 100000 men ready TO answer the /.
first call of the President
In Chill the excitement is fully as
great as in Peru The moment the 4
news of the invasion of Peruvian terri .
tory by the Spaniards was received, .
monster meetings of citizens of all class :
es and parties were held in Valparaiso, .
in Santiago, in CorpiapO, in Coquimbo,
and nearly all the other towns, to as
sumo against this new act of Spanish
aggression in energetic and decided OPP
position. The call for volunteers we .
rapidly filled, and subscriptions raised (
for buying ships Of war and placing
them at the disposal Of the Govern
ment The Government sympathizes
entirely with this attitude of the peo-
pie, and have ordered one vessel Of
war to proceed at once to Callao
1t is expected that most Of the other
governments of the South and Central
American Republics will follow the ex-
ample of Chilli The hatred of Spain
and France is everywhere intense. The
Spanish commissioner, Mr.. Salazar
Mazarredo, who, on seeing the effect of
his conduct toward Peru, resigned his
commission and returned to Spain, was
mobbed at Panama while staying at the
house of the French consul, and it is
that the Governor of the State
refused to interfere in behalf of the
consul The latter published a letter
in the Panama papers, declaring that
the consequences of the mob attack
upon the French Consulate will be very
grave. 1t is also reported that at La
Pas, Bolivia, several Spaniards were
murdered. The greatest excitement
against European residents is also man.
ifesting itself in Ecuador, which hither-
to has been regarded as the most friend
ly to European monarchies of any of
the South American republics.
In short, there is a grand assertion of
American sentiments in every State of
Latin America, and all classes of the
people begin to rally for the realization
of a great Latin-American Confederacv.
whose chief object is to be the defense
Of American democracy. against the in
trusion upon this continent of Europe
an desDotism.