Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1866-05-18

Secretary ofhs Nary.
WASHINGTON, May O. The following
dispatches have been received at tho Navy
Department.
US. STEAMSHIP Y VANDERBILT.
VALPARAISO, March 81.
Sir have the honor to announce that
upon my arrival at this port.witllthe squad.
English Admiral, who had informed me he
intended to prevent any sudden lombard
mcnt. and would only suffer it after ample
notice. To this made no reply, hut hav-
ing considered the matter, I sought occa-
sion next day to say would join him in
preventing any sudden bombarlnent. and
should also 60 us much farther as he
chose.
assured him that the Monadnock could
take care of the Nulnancia. from target
experiments had witnessed. was Also
lutely certain that in not less than thirty
seconds, and not more than thirty minutes.
the MonadnOck herself, entirely unassist
ed, would leave only the mast-heads of the
Numancia above water, and that our wood
Ell vessels. English and American, could
look ont for wooden vessels of the Span
ards.
III thus offering to 60 beyond the letter
of my instructions to observe strict neu-
trality, acted upon the sHppostion that
neutrality among nations did not preclude
all well directed efforts to keep peace a.
moDg them; that as peaceabe citizen is
not obliged to stand by inertlwhle another
is suffering from unlawful violence from a
third perso", hut may justly interfere with
force to prevent any iltraction Of the laws
"a murderer for example--so a nation,
witnessing the like disturbance among her
sister nations, need not rest absolutely i'm
passive. but with sincere neutrality might
interpose with force, if necessary, to keep
the operations Of belligcrents at least with
in the law for the protection of neutral prop
ertv considered that Spain had left her
colonies under stringent colonial policy and
religious intolerance. In the course of
time, encouraged by the more liberal laws
of state of freedom. foreigners had been
induced to settle in the country and to clu-
bark their capital in commerce and other
industrial pursuiss. Towns had sprung up
along the coast. railroads had been. built,
and other material interests developed
Ideas as well as manufactures had been
introduced the wealth aud Intelligence
meanwhile remaining with the Foreigners
At last Chill had reached the goal i'll hu
man progress, markedly the establishment
of religious federation. aud now Spain, on
point of etiquette rather than from any
great political end, us believe, proposes
to burn property and destroy towns along
the sea coast rs far as she sees fit. Is it
right that she should thus exercise her pow
er-of obstruction unrcstrained along the
shores OF this continent!
The mode of warfare which Spain pro-
poses is terrible, but it seems to nle such rs
will provoke private luminosity rather than
coercivc national will, and therefore that it
is not directed I" its legitimate end. and
consequently that such warfare might be
resisted.
am aware that action in the premises.
on orr part involves rreat responsibilities
but had reached the conclusion. that with
England as an ally, it was my duty now to
share them.
told the Enolisb Admiral what T hnye
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