The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1866-05-12
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pcnceable citizen u not obliged ~
stand Ny inert, while another 1. snf
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ton of the laws q murder for cx.
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like disturbance among her sister
nations, need not rest absolutely im.
passive, but with sincere ncutralit,
might interposc with force, II ncccs.
c sary, to keep the operations Of bcl.
: ligercnts At least within the law fol
the protection of neutral persons ant
neutral property. am aware tina
action in the premises on our par
: involves great responsibility but
had reached the conclusion, that wit
England as an ally, il was ms lut.
u now to aid them. | told the EnglisI
Admiral what | have written, nm
frankly added hat his commerce va
moro extensive than ours and mor
convenient to the coast of Spain; bu
as he had more TO suffer in consc
= quence of Il rupture with Spain, Ii
had also more TO preserve by inter
ference; that his interest in Chi
rose to thousands, while ours wei
e only hundreds. The English Adm
= raj said at first, that he would 90 wit
:. me, for | plainly declared that
:. would not take a step without him.
said | had no intention of becomin
70 a cats paw to draw European ches
nuts out of the fire, and then ha,
If the power | serve laughing at m
n singed paw, while they enjoyed Il
a fruits Of my temerity. The Englis
Admiral finally determined to thro'
It the responsibility on the Englis
Minister, who did not chose to act !
the premises. English co-operatio
d having failed, no definite action Q
MY part was taken, as none had bee
proposed. / have used such mea
/ ures as | could to bring about an q
commodation, but without success
This morning at nine o'clock Il
d Spanish Admiral opened upon Il
d town with shot and she'll, directir
his fire principally against publ
" buildings and houses. After a col
a tinuous bombardment of two hou
" and fifty minutes the firing cease
Is and the Spanish Admiral withdrc
&c his vessels. -Four of the stone built
ings connected with the custom
house were entirely destroyed, vii
& their contents; other adjoining bull
le ings used for the same purpose we
ir very much injured. The value
a merchandise destroyed in these W
1t vaguely estimated at s22,000,00
The Government House, the +.
e change, and the railroad building
k were damaged to n considerable c.
1t tent. Naturally and inevitably, par
c. of the city which the Spanish Az
i miral declared he did not intend
N injure received many of his missile
Several blocks Of private building
I, were destroyed by fire, and churchC
Z converts, and hospitals were not e.
empt from injury. But few liz
a. were lost-not more than eight
Ne ten. / inclose herewith copies Of Il
Il letters addressed to me by the forciI
IF residents, representing the intercs
of nearly all the nationalities
! Christendom, bearing an oiici
character, with a copy Of my answt
also copies Of the manifesto and Il
n. ter of the Spanish Admiral. VIII
I was assured that the English A
miral was determined not to resist
70 bombardment, | called upon him al
al said, as / did not wish to be broug
h TO a collision where | had no purpC
h TO collide, | should nov my vcssl
~ to get out Of the Spanish way. III
nj intention was communicated verbaI
Il. to the Spanish Admiral. Thrust
i circumstances into a position in viii
Il became necessary to take some pa
's | felt a natural anxiety to KIN
re- whether the one / took meets W
a the appreciation Of the Governm'
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