Letter

Daniel E. Sickles to Hamilton Fish, December 15, 1872

Author

Daniel E. Sickles

Recipient

Hamilton Fish

Date

December 15, 1872

Type

Letter

Language

English

No. 362. General Sickles to Mr. Fish.

United States Legation in Spain, Madrid, December 15, 1872. (Received Jan. 6, 1873.)

No. 506.]

Sir: I have the honor to forward herewith a report, taken from the official Gazette, of a debate between the minister of the colonies and Mr. Martinez Villergas, a republican deputy, on a proposition to order prosecutions against certain high functionaries in the colonies for misdemeanors in office. The remarks of Mr. Gasset are in part translated in Appendix B.

It is gratifying to see the minister recognizing the necessity of a redress of grievances in Cuba as being quite as essential as force in effecting the pacification of the island. You will also observe the significant doubt expressed in relation to the real parties sustaining the war in Cuba, and their motive.

The flagrant misconduct of the Spanish officials in the island is unhesitatingly confessed.

I am, &c.,

D. E. SICKLES.

Topics

19th Century Diplomacy Reconstruction

Sources

FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the P View original source ↗

U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the P.