The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-10-26

of sufficient Importance to have their pub
licaton announced in adpance. Their
contents were regarded as of great anthem
ITCHY and astounding importance. Mr..
Hise was in town, who probably knew
who the author was, as we find his advent
and their publication simultaneous both
here and in New York. Not only did the
Union give notice of its intention to pub
lish these valuable documents, but the
next day, when ii laid them before the
publc-the world we should always say
of the Union's publications. accompa-
MED them with the following introduce
tory:
eve promised in yesterdays Union to republsh
two letters which have appeared in the New York
| Herald from the pen of resident of Guatemala.
He touches particularly the treaty which has been
made by our late Charge d'Affaires Mr., Hse, for
securing the right of way TO the citizens OF the
United States through Nicaragua one OF the States
of Guatemala. We now lay both these letters be-
fore readers We understand that there Is
probably mistake in the description he gives of
this treaty, and that it does not secure 'the free
use of the Oceanic canal 'to the commercial ves-
sells of every nation"
Not only were these letters of sufficient
Importance in September last to be her
aided as forthcoming, and dignified when
they did appear with an introductory
| leader, but the Union was able to correct
the only mistake which they contained
4" We understand that there is probably
one mistake" says the Union, " in the de-
scrption he gives of the treaty." sc. sc.
How the Union happened to know that
there was g one" mistake in these letters
is readily accounted for by Mr. Hise's
presence in Washington at the time Of
their publication. 1t was from the most
important of these letters that we extract
ed the passage which states that Mr.. Hise
was "without special instructions in refer
ence to Nicaragua. Had this been a
mistake, would not the Union have cor
rected it alsol The means were at hand.
Mr.. Hise was here in Washington And
the source which enabled it to correct the
g one mistake" would have authorized it
to correct another error, if there had been
such other. There was no lack of time to
correct mistakes. II was from no hurry
in their publication that error was over
looked. They had been published in New
York some ten days before. The U'uon
had time to read and re-read them. They
were not even published in that paper till
at least two days after Mr. Hise's arrival.
They were announced as forthcoming,
with a flourish Of trumpets over the re-
turned diplomat, and laid before the world
with an Introductory which professed to
correct the only mistake they contained.
They were descriptive of the dangers Mr..
Hise encountered in getting to Guatemala,
and, as the Union tells US, commemora-
tive of the ''zeal, energy and distinguished
ability with which he has conducted the
negotiation. His want of instructions was
announced with the typographical emphasis
OF italicised letter-so interesting fact in
establishing his "zeal, energy and ability"
was ii then considered. Ii was brought to
the notice Of the Union, and the Union
presented the fact TO the world in this
emphatic dress, and vet offered no clue to
the +" unaccountable reason" of this diplo-
matte restitution, whilst il essayed cor
rection of the 4" one mistake" which these
Guatemala epistles contained.
1t now suits the Union to deny what
these letters prove; it has no further use
for their evidence; the object of the pa
rade made over their publication has been
achieved; their force has been expended
in the only direction in which il was pleas
ing To the Union to have them considered;
and now, when they are invoked to prove
the same tact 10 be used in another con-
nexion, the Union shufiles them off as
anonymous trash, and asserts boldly what
they as peremptorily disprove. Gan in
situation" forsoothl ''that Mr.. Hise acted
without instructions from Mr.. Buchanan. -
Why, the Union published the fact a
month ago, and rivetted it upon the memo
ry by rhetorical art and typographical sub.
tleties. II was useful then in extolling a
political friend, Of whom it could not make
a martyr by reason of his voluntary re.
turn, a, II is against the canons Of the
church to make saint Of felo de Sc. i
pinches noU, and the Union winces il
equivocating and shutting agony 1t hs,
thrown stone on the house-top, and it ha,
fallen square upon its own head.
Though, when the encroacbments Of Grea
Britain upon the Mosquito coast were made, w
were involved in war with MeKico-and war
/ too. that despite the conduct Of Mr. CLAYTON ans