The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-10-24
DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE,

DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE,
The fourth volume of Mr.. Stewards di-
plomatic correspondence has been pub
lished, and we have received brief abb
stract of its contents. The following
are some Of the most interesting facts
, touched upon by the ''great Secretary"
! The subject of the extent of SPANS
jurisdiction over the waters around the
island of Cuba had been revived in q
l corresponds nee opened with the Span-
e ish government, in October, 1858. The
I matter seems to have been settled in
: June, 1854. when Mr.. Seward wrote that
: our government had no vital interest in
, | determining the jurisdiction referred TO.
: Under date of November %, 1868, Mr..
a Seward denies that the United States
e We're concerned in originating or aiding
the revolution in st. Domingo; but
9 states, on the contrary, that they mains
tanned the policy of !non-interference in
that of other countries. .+....t,,....
7 The subject Of preventing the slave
, trade in Cuba was also renewed in cor
respondence through our Minister at
, Madrid. Mr.. Seward again instancesthe
} policy of the neutrality in the refusal of
our government to receive even infor-
mally the agents of the revolutionary
authorities of ST Domingo.
; In reply to an inquiry of Mr.. Koerner,
our Minister at Madrid, as to how he
: should regulate his conduct towards
Macmillan, who was expected to make
an official visit, Mr.. Seward wrote -
g" " ~ You will hold no official in
tercourse with any representation ut
Madrid of any revolutionary govern
ment that has been or shall be establish
ed against the authority of the govern
ment Of the United States Of Mexico,
! with which the United States are MAIN
, tanning diplomatic relations" ...i5fp
! The st. Domingo question recurring,
he wrote his belief that "our govern
, ment would be strengthened more by
the establishment of republics on this
J continent than by any extension ofour
now very large domain, This was to
$ dispel the fears which twas intimated
0 Spain entertained regarding our aggres-
! sive policy. IH SOU. .lI49
n On the 18th of May, 1864, Mr., Seward
e assured the Spanish government very
o emphatically that the United States
Ie could not regard with indifference the
?, attempt to conquer and reannex the ter
ID ritOry of Peru. f... ....r.. -
n Mr.. Motely, our Minister to Austria,
70 defines, as far as he could ascertain from
~ VIC SONht tIlt IIOSltIOIl VI tIdt
n | country as regards the Mexican ques-
o ton. Maximilians project was purely
Z, personal one; aud that country, not be-
a ing maritime nation, was unprepared
h to support his undertaking by sending
n ships or armies to Mexico. ''. t
n Under date of November 80, 1854, MFR.
lSeward conveyed a pointed but polite
rebul1e to our Minister in Denmark, Mr..
b. r. Wood, for having exchanged visits
with the 'envoy of the so-calIed imper-
ial government of Mexico.
- RELIGIOUS CoNvENTION.-In the
. House of Delegates of the Philadelphia
Episcopal Convention Wednesday, Mfr.
lie Washington Hunt offered a preamble
A and resolutions to the effect that the
p Convention should not entertain the
lie protest of Rev. DR.. Vinton, entered on
We the previous day, against the vote by
as which it was refused to give thanks to
,e God for the destruction of slavery. Mr..
n Hunt supported his proposition In q
d speech of some length, and finally it
n was agreed to strike from the minutes
!, all reference to the protest. The pro-
/ posed canon prohibiting Episcopal cler-
e gymen from entering the army or navy
II excepting as chaplains was once more
IS under consideration, and was at last dis
6 posed of by adoption in its stead of
IL resolution declaring it incompatible
n with the calling of the clergy to bear
e arms. During the debate on this matter
ID much excitement and confusion was
a caused by the Rev. Mr.. Clements, of
l. Ohio, in the course of his remarks say
&c ing that Eve cannot be too sure another
n rebellion will not break out when we
< linda body like this refusing to thank God
/, that the late rebellion has been crushed.p
IS He was loudly called to order from all
d parts of the house. A report in favor of
Is establishing freedmens mission was
y adopted, and it was agreed that after to-
j. day no new subject for discussion or ac-
If ton shall be introduced. r.-.4-.4
The FENIANs IN THE UNITED STATES
O | AND NEUTRALITY.-It is reported by
the late news from England that Sir
3 Frederick Bruce, the British Minister at
q Washington, has asked Mr.. Seward for
! an explanation of the Fenian movement
in this country. If this be, true, Sir
| Frederick Bruce has undoubtedly re-
; | ceived by this time such an answer as
would properly rebnke that piece of in
ternatiopal impudence. Citizens of the
United States, whatever their nationals
! ity, whatever their faith, have the right
| to meet in larger or smaller bodies-to
I | organize in societies, andto express their
opinions fully and freely on any and ey-
s cry subject. This is exactly what the
3 | Fenians have done. So large a license is
: | given to the expression Of opinion here
:, that the United States Government did
y not interfere with it when the threats
twere against its own sovereignty ; yet
n now it is asked to explain on this topic
It by the representative of a government
:. that could not repress the hostile acts Of
its own citizens against u.s. England
~ acknowledged that her laws were not
n sufficient to enforce real neutrality
~ She would not make any new laws and
d her citizens waged actual war against
e our government. Now she asks us to
&c explain the very words of our citizens.
re Certainly there has not before been any
p. piece of national impudence equal to
r. this.
= In the atlantic Monthly, for January
a next, will be begun the publication of
a Passages from Hawthorne's Diary.b
~ Hawthorne left several volumes of the
~ every -day record of his life, beginning
y, y, with his college days; and the publica-