Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress with the Annual Message of the President, December 2, 1872, Part I

No. 418.
Mr. Fish to Mr. Adee.

[Extract.]

Department of State,
Washington, April 1, 1872.

No. 67]

Sir: * * * * The President is gratified to learn that the Spanish government at length is awaking to the necessity of marking with its displeasure some of the atrocities of which Cuba has been so long the theater, and that a pardon is to issue to the unfortunate young students whose companions were so cruelly murdered undered under the sanction of a pretended judicial decree, which outraged humanity, defied civilization, and put justice to scorn.* * *

I am, &c.,

HAMILTON FISH.