, 1873-12-09

Ing OF the pirates OF tho VlrEtnluB waa tho Arhl-
traly act Of few Spanish of1cors?
Tic American Government recognizes that Il
is not satisfied of the legitimacy Of tho flag and
pnpors Of tho Yirgni1ln by tho aot Of concedlng
to Spain month In which to produce tho proufa
ngainBt, before tho American flag will be aalutcd.
And Is tloro plonipotontary RHO darcs to pfEll
the return of tliis Hhlp, wlloac cfimnaty agaiust
Spain Ia clca,ly proved, aud whose nationality is
ySI ygIa fGtq dc ta noa IT, f s.Sn aov0ln0n OF ' TO-
An God lives, tliis ia ar act Of treason against
the country which IL hardly conceivable IN Span
isll hearts, Or Ia the American natton absolute
mlytrfHs Of tho aeas to proyont 'lb from jndging
cleared up yot, like that precision with which
llor aggreabiona against 6pnin have been put In
oyidenco2
ne1o, then, comes In a concession made on
our part which will cost us tho foss Of Cuba
without fail. 1t is like aayng to tho pirate Bhtps
Of all tho universe: 1intHe Tho American tlng
on your nasts. With or without tho right to do
70, antl go to Cnta. safely md with the groatoat
orH. That lag will be an inyiolablo safe1uard."
Tho nfrrons by which wo aro hnmiliato1 In thnt
unfortunate protocol has not this timo stopped
Mt tho delivery Of tic Yirginius II was noces-
who may 10 to Cuba to rob III tho future, aud
without tito ligltest restriction 1t has beeu agreed
to dolivor tho survivors Of lilo Rtoamor, calling
them-wl,as infan1y l-pasacngers, to ostublsii
Ilotl3s AA EIUItt kHo GIl!uAllHAtt " Lklu buuA
Spaniards who have dotatncd them OH their voy-
age.
And, moro than this, to Tho Eypoc:itica1 na1g-
nifty oi this Government. aud tho iilcotnprosien~
sible humiliation vf tho representatives OF Spain
| in Washington. is added tile last consideration Of
tho question OF indemnify for tho families stllo
| den1. For what, Ii il hGs already been declared
previously that tho living among tile passengers
aro moi Justified by Spain? Tho CONSIDERATION
Of this implicB tho unj jnnt deaih Of The othc,s,
aud, In word, tue ienunintous clause not only
| compromises lis to indemnify tho families OF
| 10 mnny Of tho passengers and crew aa llavo
been Blot. but establishes tho cuminality Of tho
| Spanish officials who caused tho capture aud
deathB
1t would be tho elimination Of ignorance and
fnnocenco not to comprehend tho inevitable
! premises which this point OF tho protocol estab-
iial,cs; and hero tLo Cronisla, consocratod to
| tho dcfonBo OF tho honor aud tho interests OF
the odt,ta, docs not heBltatn to quRlily as cow
| ard1y or trnitorouB the infamous compact aub'
scslbcd by tho representatives of that pat'ia IN
Washington.
And will Spain bc obliged to submit to tho ig-
nominy, knowing the dangers which tue bascs oi
tho treaty eugendor? Nos thousand times,
no. II 1t is troaBon, it obligoB no ono 20 follow
tile supreme power nj tho Republic and II it II
cowartlice, neither ought IL to control nation
liko oura.
Godoy, being in Madrid, President Of ID.
Council Of Ministers. ngsentcd to the iilfnmou.
surrender of u part of tho Spanish Peninsu}n t
tho Great Napoleon. whose invading army fol
lowod. But tho glorious I'd Of May broke il
pieces tho ignomintoUa compact, and tho hcroia
people Of Madrid hurled tha pieces in tue lac
Of tho Captain of tho Century, driving, moro
over, Ills logiunB from our soil