The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-03-10

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constituted even If has been packed 1--WE do not say
has Tor the very purpose of ndicng the officers Of the
somers they will never find true bill under such cir
cumatances We will not permit ourselves to believe it
| possible
With regard the influences that have been attemp,ea
70 be brought to bear upon the Court Martial ITSELF
have very little to say The distinguished officers who
compose that Court are not the men TO be affected by
them They know their duty and will discharge il as
becomes them and becomes the honor of their noble
service and the honor of the American character They
VIII do justices and we easily imagine and appssciae
the scorn they feel not only for the malice of
degraded New York but for the bullying OF foreign
the officers of a United states man.ocwar themselves
articles have been written, and materials collected and
sent across the Atlantic to be published British papers
sent back and quoted here for purpose of bullying an
American Court OF Naval Officers!
| The British United Service Journal is even cruel
Lynch Law and to pronounce the gallant fellows who
brought the vessel into port-cowsrds. towards are
they Test that question with any selection you make
from them down to the youngest mdshipman Mr.. John
Bull and will probably that opinion Cow.
ards are they ASK the survivors of Captain Barclay
squadron they are of opinion that there great deal
OF cowardice in the Perry-as the British soldier if he
has particular for supposing the
very runaway race. Let any English officer, whose
tastes that way try the metie of Mackenzie with an
equal superior number of men and guns As
Law" were as well for British soldiers and British
sailors to say but little about it. 1t was Lynch Law
camerd shot his Majesty Lieutenant w dead for
have given them Lynch ourselves at different times
Hull dispensed little OF that code upon the Guerrero
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abominaby and Bdde and Jones several others
been guilty ofvery irregular proceedings" towards Bril-
any little like that of the British journalists
AS to the honor Of the American Navy connection with
the somers Stewart Jones and Dallas have passed upon
it, and that answers purpose without any particular
reference the opinion the United Service Journal"
| From the New York Americana
The CASE OF COMMANDER McKENzK.-The interest
which we confess ourselves feel in this case the
importance to the efficiency and honor of the naval
vice. as well as to the security of all the
apology for the remarks we are about to submit
We have been withheld hitherto from plain speech on
nor should depart from this reserve but for the
indications all around us, and to which shut
our eyes OF active constant vindctive and perseverng
efforts both to influence public opinion against Mr. McKen
zie and to harrass him his trial life DEATH
diminish his chance Of honorable acqual by facilitating
the evasion Of essential witnesses and by attempts drag
him from the sole tribunal which he is amenable be.
| fore other Courts and other laws.
In plain words, Mr.. John c. Spencer Of the high
unctonares OF the Government-who imposed upon the
nation son, known to him to be unworthy when he OBJ
tanned for him rank and station in an honorable service
bending all the energies of his character and all the
influence OF his station to crush the who in the dis
charge apubic duty as solemn and painful de-
which this youth medtated against the flag ofhs country
the lives of his comrades and the security ofthe
and fathers feelings. we would uniegnediy respect,
and with all tenderness approach but fathers blind
reseaments when he himself with full knowledge Of the
and vicious rropensities Of his son. placed him
in aposition where honor and fidelity could alone
respectand where crime must from the necessity the
case be vigorously dealt wh-can claim neither sympa-
thy nor forbearance.
Mr. Spencer has sought to turn great public and
tonal investigation into vndctve private prosecution.
From the very outset threw personally the gage
OF battle and while strangerhears bled for him.
he sought relef~for his affection 90 nobut for his
purposes OF vengeance formed the instant to be aban
doned only with life, in that remarkable communication
to the Madisonan signed S-a communication evincing
cooness deberation the full every faculty
and complete mastery grief and passion. The heart
md koA CHI IN hokHo
The indication thus promptly put FORTH has been stead
y followed np-befofs the Court Of Enquiry, the Court
the political brotherhood of Hope in New York and IN
Washington,the venal press here and apprehend
The Court Inquiry was hardly formed before was
announced that two distinguished awyerslof York
indeed appear before that Court-but they busy
preparing and advising the various efforts induce the
civil courts to interfere either with Mr.. Mackenzie him.
SELF or with the delnquents brought home for trial.
When the Court Martial convened these gentlemen ap
ped to be received the counsel for Mr. spencer-n
other words, to thrust the United States side
consider the public naughtand to sink the dig
nifty of great national question the ltteness of per-
sonal and private revenge. This was course refused
one Of the clerks of his department (hs sonnaw Mr.
Morris0 to New York, to aid in collecting testimony,
stirring up effort and combining operations The Judge
Advocate thought it not foreign from his duty
duce this gentleman before the Court and add that
through him he expected to be able to present Mr. Spen
GERS views Of the case, words that effect But the
Judge Advocate should in fairness have added too that
presented
ter had been many days in session. yet Mr. Morris had
commencement ofthe trial.
with the assistance and advice of this gentleman
and Of the counsel OF Mr. Spencer that the various
prentice boys from time to time liberated and when
thus liberated they and cleveland the relative OF Crom
well, were and we believe are habitually in consua-
ton with Mr.: Morris at the Office occupied by him.
through this same agency as there is every
believe that the rules and regulations OF the Service
have been set asde and its discipline defeated by the alb
surd and awless assumption the Recorder tod scharge
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being unduly punished
Ofthe political brotherhood of Hope who cannot name
men, from Post Master Graham to his deputy Redwood
Fisher through descending ranks to that out hack
Southworth-who make it point to talk down Mckenzie
and talk up the virtuous mutineers
Ofthe venal press here need but name the Union
and Herald and the mention OF this latter brings to
On the 9TH of last month the Herald republisSed GER
tain articles from the London United Service Journal
from the London Standard treating of the mutiny and
execution board the Somers and characterzing il
Lynch Law ahoat"
These articles were thus introduced by the editor
"Aswe predicted some time since, the somers' now
presents and most important aspect in consequence
Of the of Commander Mckenzie and the reports
of the proceedings before the Court of Enquiry having
reached Europe and been subjected there to the Free
partial and enlightened examination of the conductors of
"As we predicted" The phrsseology would probably
have been more accurate if it had run, prepared
for we verify believe these articles were on or
suggested from, this side of the water OF this
cannot be proved but we offer to readers the cons
derations which lead us to this conclusion
First the Herald boasts that predicted the nature ofthe
English opinion relative this transaction and We are
told by some who read that paper that again and again it
made this prediction with strong intmaon OF what the
opinion would be.
secondly have believe that the same sort
ofanguage held by persons around and in the conf
of before the arrival ofhe that
brought the papers containing these structures
Thirdly, the language Of the articles themselves,
which passionate and vndctve far beyond any thing
likely to be used by distant and disnterescd critics 1he
diocy Of poltroonery" ost abec and fetid cowardice
"villanous malice and exaggeraon ""canng narrative
elaborate and disgusting hypocrisy" "atrocous
ders" and other like phrases much othe per-
sona rcsentments OF injured parties than of the impartial
judgment OF foreign spectators The distortion of facts
and the sophistry OF statements strong resemblance
to like characteristics in articles published on this side
and above ALL the expressions "plegmaic Dutchman."
applied to Mr. Grensevoor and the rather peculiar and
uncommon word "slan," introduced into one of these
articles seems to stamp them of domestic origin There