New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-10-28

foreigners has several times occurred within our
dominions, is there any instance which Is quite
similar to the Valparaiso case. The racine
coast attacks upon Cinnamon have always nap
pened in mining camps and otner ut-ottnc'way
places where the law was inevitably weak III
every case, moreover, the proceedings OF our uov
ernment have been creditable. 1t has acSho"l-
edged it's responsibility, expressed It's regret anu
made haste to do whatever money ana synpa'hy
could do to alleviate the suferings OF the injured
and their friends. Our laws are un"ou''euiS
deficient in not enabling the Federal authorities
to proceed crminally against rioters VINO onenu
a treaty provison. but our incompetency to re-
yenoe has not been pleaded to excuse US from
proper acts of atonement. 1t is not to he sup
nosed ANYHOW. that the offended Government in
matters of this kind seeks to secure the punish
ment Of the individual assailants so much as to
obtain aid for the assaulted, and to be assured
that tho affair portended nothing of National un'
frondliness or. if it did, that the Government OF
.bo assaiIapts did not share in such hostile
feeling.
There was a riot in 1851 at New-Oreans some
| what analogous TO the occurrence at Valparaiso.
| analogous at all events in that il was directed
aranst foreign official and the flag he represented.
II WAS during the Cuban insurrection. An eXpedl-
tion TO further the rebellion had been fitted out at
New-Orleans and contained many young men
citizens of that place. On August "a the steamer
| Crescent City arrived from Havana. bringing the
news Of the capture Of the expedition and OF the
execution by Spanish authorities. with horrible
indignities. of about fifty Americans. Mr.. Brlnclo,
the Secretary of the Spanish Consul at New
Orleans. was a passenger in the steamer. and
brought with him large package Of letters, In
trusted to his care by the CaptainGcneral of CUBA
written by the condemned men to their friends
in the United States. Instead of putting them at
once into the Postofice, he delivered them to the
Spanish Consul, who held them for several days
The fact that he OBTAINING this correspondence
cot abroad. and when the Spanish newspaper came
out with a boastful account of how the Americans
had been put TO death, mob was quickly or
canized. 1t attacked the newspaper Office ana
some other Spanish houses and then the Spanish
Consulate By this time the police had organized
and the mob was scattered Later, it returned
DESTROYED all the furniture in the consulate, de-
faced the portraits of the Spanish queen ana toIe
the flag of the consulate in pieces.
The Federal Government Immediately instituted
an inquiry into the affair. prefacing that action
by formal note Of regret TO the Spanish Minister
When the facts were entirely in his possession.
Mr. Webster then the Secretary of State, addressed
Senior Calderon. the Spanish Minister, as follows ::
The Executive Government of the United States re-
CARDS these outragcs not only as un1ustabe but as
dsgraceful acts and regrets them as deeply rs ei'er
Mr. Calderon or his Government can possibly do' E
and the undersigned Is directed to give 10 Mr OaIuo
ron 10 be communicated to his Government the fres
dents assurance that these events have caused MIN
great pain and he thinks proper acknowledgment
&c due Her Catholic Majestys Government. In these
cases the public faith and honor acquire not only lhaC
sucb outrages should disavowed but that the per
petrators OF them should be punished whenever IL l
possible to bring them 10 justice. Inc per
sons composing tie mob knew that they were onerhg
insult and injury to officer of Her Cathohc Majesty
and their conduct admits Of no Justification .
The rights OF the Spanish Consul are quite onereh'
from those of the Spanish subjects who are mere 10
pursue their private business and objects 1nc
former may claim speCiai indemnity Inc iao'er aio
entitled 70 such protection as Is afforded 10 on" own
Mt,,.rs The President Is Of opinion that
the Government Of the United states should proVloe
for Mr. Iaborde the consul) just indemnity :.
II Mr. Iaborde shall return his post, the officers OF
this Government will be instructed TO receive ana
treat him with courtesy, and with Nauohal sn1e u
his flag as a demonstration OF respect such as HaS
signify the sense entertained by this Government OF
the gross Injustice done him by lawless mob, as well
nc the indgnity and insult offered by II TO foreign
State with which the United States and wish ever
IN reman on terms OF the most respectful and pachc
|
| intercourse .
| Spain accepted this letter and the indemnity
which followed it as full reparaton for the wrong
that she had received. This incident shows that
we are demanding of Chill, though under clrcunl-
stances far more serious and TO her censurable
than were those at New-Orleans to us in 1851.
no more than we cheerfully conceded to a Govern
ment which our people had offended. Chill has
been presuming her position as weaker State.
She has given no sign of regret for the mobs
action though her own officers are shown TO have
taken part in it, for her own strange proceed
ing in arrcsting and detaining in prison our uni
formed and peaceable sailors The riot occurred
under the Governments nose, but until many
days had passed no move was made to investigate
it, President Harrison does not propose TO be
moved from an obviously correct and necessary
course by the plea that Chill is weak and dis
tracted unless the plea Shall be made by Chill
herself and accompanied by some sign of regret
for the affair, and by a proper exhibition of re-
spect for the American flag He has no dispOsi-
ton TO push Chilli unless she is disposed to evade
her responsibility. But he does not intend that
a Government shall profit by its own fault in a
matter involving the dignity Of the United States,
nor that it shall make its comparative weakness
the occasion and excuse for barbarous outrages on
American sailors and the American 1ag
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