The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-11-22
What the Government will do now.


The Washington Republican Of yesterday,
in full view of the reported insult to Minis.
ter sicklcs, says:
"The Government yesterday received
official confirmation Of the announcement
embraced in the Associated Press dispatches
few days ago that the Spanish Cabinet are
unanimously in favor of 4 satisfactory and
honorable settlement of the Eireinius diff
Guilty, but regard the maintenance Of the in
tegrity Of Spanish territory as essential
How significant this assurance may be a>
an indication of the full acceptance of
our demand for reclamation, or how
far it indicates II willingness to yield
to those demands, it is unsafe to pre-
dict at this time. The Government i
bound to accept these assurances in good
faith at present, and will proceed in the pend
ing negotiations upon that basis. 1t is satis-
tied that President CASTELAR, and the men,
bers OF his administration are earnest and
honest in this assurance. The unofficial sur
miSes that he ,riN not dare TO Weld The full
reclamation in the face Of Spanish public
opinion against the supposed terms Of our
demand cannot enter INTO The consideration
OF the question By our Government. CASTELAR, 3
administration is i new one, and we have no
right to doubt the honesty OfitS intentions, or
hold it responsible for the tardy and reprchen-
sible acts Of previous administrations. Par
ticularly is This true in view of the reputa-
ton which Castelar, and his associates have
dcseryedIy earned in the past as devoted ad.
herents TO the cause of justice and true re-
publican government. The Government OF
the United States feelingy and earnestly
sympathizes with the embarrassments which
surround the Administration at Madrid, and,
approaching its delicate position, will pro-
ceed with deiberalion and caution, but will
not abate one iot or title from the just de-
mauds made for reparation for the outrage
against our national dignity
There is no war in that policy. The tele-
gram announcing Sickles's interview with
the Spanish Minister, and his treatment by
the Spanish mob, preceded the above in the
Republican. The Republican continues as
follows:
BCRKIEL'S BCTCHERlES.
A dispatch was received yesterday from
C0nsul.G General Hall, at Havana, announcing
that no executions have taken place since
the 9th instant. Information was also re.
ceiyed that since the interruption OF tele.
graphic communication it requires four day s
to send or receive news between Havana
and Santiago de Cuba. A calculation of the
consequent prolonged time required to com.
municate the orders from the Madrid Gov.
ernment to prevent further executions sho ws
that as soon as Governor Burriel could have
received those orders they were obeyed by
him. The Information shows that only 53 exc
cutions occurred previous to the receipt OF the
orders by Burriel, and that since then he
has taken no action except to keep the re-
mainder of the prisoners In close confiue.
nent. If he had not obeyed the orders
mentioned he would have placed himself
virtually in the position of rebellion against
his own Government. The fact that he SUBJ
mitted to and obeyed those orders, while 1t
does not mitigate In any respect the beastIy
burbarity of his previous actions, serves TO
present the Spanish aspect Of the case in u
more favorable light than that In which It
would have been viewed If the press reports
of later wholesale butcheries had been con-
frmed.
ran fhiS js official recollacf