The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-11-24
Facts Relating to the Cuban Row
We COPY. first, Mr.. FIsu's amiabic CONVEX

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M;,;s,.r Sicklrs 10 the effect that It nuhloci
If ncr,o,,, con-rccated in front Of the hii'c',-
can leya.,on ut Madrid Yesterday ant hlau''
y riotn,s demonstration. They are sup
rosed ia be partics inimical to the Ca LEM ..,I
Gnvernment. The police interiered wv
much difficulty and dispersed the mob. ~.
Fish states that the cable press dispatch I, !,
New York PAPER is greatly exaggerated, an
that no difficulty or misunderstanding bah
arisen between Sickles and the CASTELAR, MN
is,ry but, on the contrary, our Minister
rrnoris that he has received most con-
.idc,atc treatment and that the Spanish
Government has shown every disposition,
10 treat the questions at issue candidiF anu
fairly. and that the Madrid authorities nave
taken precautionary measures 10 plc'rn'
further insults to the American Minister W
tho mob, The parties concerned III inc Ia.,
demonstration have been arrested anu WIZ
he severely punshcd Secretary ISL says
,hor.. i nothing i'm the situation 10 cause
alarm or TO indicate n rupture between ti'a
Covcrnmrnt and Spain. He does not know
what new developments may take Place. pu.
n nr,>cut everything looks suspicious ior
peace
This is all very we'll if all considerations
of the past--of the ieeblencss of the Spanish
Goycrnmcnt-of the endless annoyance oi
the Cuban difficulties to this country-of
the inability OF Spain to give ANY security
for thc future-Shal he ignored. Iatch-
work wont do. and therefore all diplomacy
with the muckery of Republic now as
cendant in Spain will prove absurd and
transient.
Further, ain the interests of peace" there
was Il paragraph in the exciting cable te!c-
gram from Madrid about the spirit ia which
sir. SIcKLEs was treated which was incor-
rectIy reported for our paper. The correct
statement is as follows:
"On the arrival Of the news OF The cap
| ture of the EirginiuS President castelar,
called at the Cuiied States legation ana eN-
| nres>ed regret. and ordered il suspension vi
| sentence
Let Us look to !hc views of prominent
| men at home:
Dir. STEPHENS, of Georgia, rs our readers
know, fAyors the taking OF Cuba.
In the midst Of the excitement the north
ern press has gone TO interviewing proln-
pcnt persons. The Herald interviews ullln'
| Der, including Eice.Prcsdcnt WILSON. We
| could have told what he would say before
we read the report of bis conversation. He
eXnatiatcd about the sympathy we should
all have for the Spanish Republic, and the
warm desire we should feel TO keep on terms
of peace with it. BMt-mark you--6ut al
| though he hoped that war would be avoided
| by settlement and good understanding
with the Spanish Republic, he confessed
his sympathcs 10 be with the Cuban rebel
lion and the atoiii0n U Slarc1y an CUBA.
| Mr. WILsoG" don't see how any American,
especially IN auti-slavcry man, can fail 10
"sylnuthizc with the Cubln Di0ycm"nt.>
| Exactly. Oh, CASTELAR,, put not yollI
faith in these rhiIlntArori=ts Their faith
is intensely punic.
Senator STOCKTON. OF NcWt JcrScy, wanted
| peace, and did not think Cuba desirable 10
Us: but he could not but regard as "*imply
shocking" any proposition 70 refer to arhi-
| tr;ttion the offences committed against the
| United States and the friends Of the sliu9L-
tered passengers end crew." He stands by
bold demand, and the enforcement OF it Iy
| war if necessary.
The Hon. Mr.. GLASS. OF Alabama, was
! against arbitration. 4" The outragcs are too
great to submit to any outside interference.
The insult is too grieIous 10 be thus treat
cd" lie denies the right Of the Spanish au-
thoritics in Cuba 10 treat the Fir.lnlu5 and
her crew rs they did, and concludes thus:
"When the Spanish volunteers fired llmt
yolcv which killed those captured on the
Vir@iuri<. in their booGthr,'y basic, they
little knew what would be the result. 1t
vii! prove to be the death vo'lcy over the
crave OF Spanish rule in Cu1a.'
Mr.. NEGIEY, mem Der of Congress from
PENNSYLVANIA, censures NIr. Flsl's timid
policy, and says that the action of the
Spanish authorities "admils of no apology
The telegram in Saturdays Dispatch from
West Virginia announced that the Lesi>la-
ture of that State had voted unanimously
in favor Of the recognition of the Cuban re-
bells as belliyerents. They made the mistake
that the great body Of the people are
making. They ocaM CteJa, on'2 achy not sag
s02
We refer the reader to the latest informal;
ton we have concerning the Cuban-smnsh
imbroglio. 1t is interesting. Preparations
on our part in both the navy and army are
continued with activity. If there is really
nothing to he apprchended beyond Secretary
FI>us pleasant diplomacy what is the use OF
ships, and guns, ana armed men, and all
hat