, 1869-10-28
OUR RELATIONS WITH SPAIN.

osAeF oa Mediation Helwcet
saP'n ana C0bn-Its Secret His
| tofY-6enera1 FrlEn the Prtru,
MoVeE-Why lie Changed His pa
.ttton-Tho Isumors OF Cnntn,
Trouble.
SPECIAL Correspondence sf 4 e. :s Ss,s 5:s.t 7:mss
tbs latest dispatches received FINN ~ Gens.. ~
net,sI,an anGoaees 1 ~ M1thdsswa1 OF tue odef
United 9sates some two months aao: The n Sren ~
tahcus being thus doauy closed, the State r..
nt11 M = abandoned IT, attitude Of reserve
he folloHlng facts Ia Eegas1i to tie mst,s7
The oner Of medtation VA foundss
ipgtoD, tsun General Prm hlmseu. III. such ~ ~
Feftes e Se~ Yo!s, ~ sRan eld and N; m;.ns,t IL
through which the jutlmauon x1s coayeynd r.
EeatfA Grant Nj. Forbes WIS furnished Mil
tne sis*s Of this gosernneni, and returned K
@ Aadfa t % anasse tne details Of the bssea to BE-
alter be sailed, General SicEles was appoinfstj
minister. and furnished with full instructiops His
~ 6f1i ~ distinctions somprsnePded iall statement
meht 10 seHMd 10 the war IN Cuba. and tue bssi.
upon xh.ch the mediation Of tbs Cnitsd s;sies ss
~as Offered Tnese were, N hs.ef,
The H. d. ptndet &c OF Cl.A4-
s1.a. At Cd, t. r ,a sy s cas.ns The
sutsthe rhsed ss.,s. to su.t ~ ~ Hn u s4ssr r.
thts tett: .n fidne!.ET capacity. ''>4' u
t,,Is oe peua4ok 3ne 4saaeeoeht Q! these de-
Toess we're embodied in a aesratch which Gene,
aLd OF which he a. 10 Rys him d cnnY rafrrI,
he sa1ed, however. he received further tnstrrrs
~ non:, authonnnR h!m 10 co1salt with Mr. Forbes
On a'fltA8 3 At Madrid. 41d 10 be governed by In
kiluailtn At the time eln9 IN recard to The Inan
government " s1s
q NJ; Forte. ssd been n Asd,a, few days be.
se1sed with P1in, md found this J9t1pontsfsed
toldttr anu diplomat Tar less open and ffunk thsn
,,pofme,y; ,p 70 isc!, ir!m had PROBABLY come 10
l1e concluslon mat tht terms be hakt himself rrp,
Posed ere such a. would cot he ac:eptsble tn
@ae fal0nk, ignorant, and utterly uureasonnbte
gabnc sentiment Of SPAN The result has pruse,i
tne basis proposed ty Ar. Fortses, which were the
sarae ~ those contained in s,ckies' Instructions
stekle:, Informed 81 mis s,a,e Of tnIups n.e,,
we ~ e1euon allowed to him, ant t1!d uoI ;mme-
dately present the note Of secretary Fish. bur of-
!psea tne good onces Of the United States to tar
G1Ec Dose civilized nspect TO tue strprxIc md
nfEed upon the Spanish Government ID imme-
d.ate MnlstiSe r. 10 arrange terms Of nnhl settle
tIews Nih the Minister Of State, III. s,lSela and
s WMh General 411tn PRESIDENT OF the Council and
Aia.steE q MAr, These gentlemen, while accept.
ioe formally the good Offices Of the Untted States
IN Humanitarian point Of Eiew, were pev.
ettneleas unwillng 70 consent to an on
cal 81 diplomatic recitation Of any foreign
Is ,hey called the cnaan queson. 1ue ee@s.tS s.ts r.
paItnent Of Madr1d con1neti Itself to ths view Of
tns csse-bus General sickles continued hls cona-
Dental neRDtistlons 9tth General Pr,m Who In
pont Of fact, was alfposs ahsoute Ia the goyern-
taett aid NJ last sacceealed IN e1cittng fro him
= statement of The buses on which the cabinet Of
AAQl!u HGaId ACCEPT the mediation Of the Cat.ed
states. These oasea HeTe:
e aG a0as5 r. .d.,ss Of the American
~ AZ immedt.'e genera amnesty and Disarmament
sIeetion oi peputJes t. the spani,s Co,tes.
X kb!tettuu By tEee saosasr On The question II In.
s. Il ,hr Cuh.as desIie Independence, Indemnity II
Il 9s Trr 11aeT ot rs unit state.
to the Cniied States. Scfsisry Hi psomntI te
piiet, rejecting them as utterly tmptacucable, and
directing General Sicses 10 insist upon the terms
org,nai!I p.oPo.eti BY the C1l:ed States. 1T the
Fame TINE, aboot the drsl Of September, ~ / an
,nfor1 Cd bY men hers Of the diplomatic body here,
nj. F1sh sent for Nj. Roberts, the Spanish Eur0y'
snd Informed him that unleas the proportions of
Tue American GoteEImert we're Immediately nc
cepted 81 Spain. that recognson OF The Cuban In
sn5gents as belsRe1etss would speedily lelo :.
o ia sn%m q - =. osee sn.misted
aeont the time General SlctIes pfesente1
ois note. This, Learn, waa NOT the detpaIcn Of
ea. shs IL ea 90. Gaas
% II Wt,c.l h*f h-eo made By subsequent de-
The substance Of these Communications having
uaoepIfed ~ Aadrtd the free press Of tue country
asheo lfsell Into hIte heat Of fury o7er the O.
:aIrense pon Qui1ose nounted his Rosipaote
nllls to do hatr;e. The War Department bestirret
telf to send "vast and Overwhelming = reip-
ofcetntnts 10 Cuba-ant some aU0Q actuailF
'aled. WHO Will be greatly needed before
org nt home The government, which really
*apted 70 get It'd Of Cuba II possible, was
'trocl Nth CONSERVATION ~ the popular ciamor,
Nd fos while joined win The cartelt- FoBEKrs
~ directed 10 msEe threatening lemonsrrat1ong
Y NesdlnGfon IN case the Spanish gunboats st
New York wese not released--or in Gaze me IN
u!gehts verc rrroeulzei as hel,fRerents,
While tnk tempest was bux1ng the Minister
y Foreign Affairs sent for Genefat Sickies, ant
nto1u1Ei him lhai the Rosespmen, had no lot |
sor rafs IN this elamor; that they ,ies!red iue
fletoty 011tes Of the Cptted States IN The Ter
litaflon " this Cuha question, butsthas tn the
resent sta'e OF popular feei'ng IN Spain, the |
'aeea proposed by the Amer4can government |
onlA not te accepted bF the CorteA or the peope,
EheJ: fhcresere, begged that his note might be |
sthd1R~
General stckles, while declining to withdraw hIs
cote. which co1tatntd the nature and Consceu.
he wst In CuhA. and WIS offered tn sntE1, OF
f1endshtp 10 both Spain and Cuna- promised 10
oiorE ~ 1ovetnnett Of the rsewa Of The Cabl- |
Upon this the Secretary Of State, on consultation
sih f1eAtdens Grant, directed General sackles to
5 sthdfa~ the 0nef OF mediation teudered by the |
utted States; which tt seems he has oone 1.-The |
!nrsd States not xeHtng any expression It has /
'ut simply withdrawing it, tender OF fEtendIT Of. ]
ces b+cansr the5 we're not accepted on the basis
equifss1 By 1he ReseFnUtut NJ Washington, md |
ese5s'ng for future eycrtuattles ita full liberty /
i RctlnD-
As 10 other minors os European alliances with I
: ala IN caSc Of waf+ &c, tue State Department IL
n1orued BY Henes'al stctiea that thee are utterly
F1ihont foundation, and were probably tnreu.eh |
D New York for gold speculation. II Spain wants |
pick quarrel with ns she will do IL alone. and
10 one kIoNs ibis better than Span. |