The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-02-20

We understand the tactics OF the National Inssiigs.
oU Whenever that journal assumes patriotic tone, n
il about 10 sustain the yretensons OF some foreign ma
ton whenever il lectures courtesy and good breed
nx IL is about to deal blow in violation OF both when
ever il makes professions OF fairness and caDdor,
templates some slippery artihce and whenever it IL
sosted in an encounter. will put forth any quantity
Of unounded assertions with msgiserial air. and then
retire with step Of affected staeliness awk wsrdy at
tempting 10 mimic the notes Of victory as ii retreats
We forcibly reminded OF these features in the
tactics OF the National Iateigsnesr by short article 10
lis issue OF Friday. With il. characteristic modesiy it
aludes TO former article ia lis columns having sci.
died the fact that the Belize in Central America.
but constituted part of Mexico. and promises al an
early day 10 crush down our opposition to The British
side Of the question.
The Isisgsncsr in its article intended prove that the
Belize was in Mexico. denied that book, or authority
Of any kind map a chlld's atlas, could be found
which describes the Belize part OF Central America
In reply, quoted report OF The Senates Committee on
Foreign Relations, which cites not one but hall dozen
auhorities-maps well as books-whch include the
Belize within the limits OF Guatemala. The Nat'ona
Iugencsr did not reiract its statement, nor attempt 10
of those authorities in It's article oil Friday
II pretended not to have known that they were In exist
.nce for il saws that the authorities which had been
cited by it embraced as far it knew all that were
sn on the subjects II first dehes 10 produce authority
sustaining a particular point. and then, after we have
produced such authority it asseveraes, with s'od
coonenance, that il has not seen the authority while il
admits having examined the article citing and quoting it,
After the air OF importance which the IieWgsnc1 as.
sumed on Saturday, and lis complaisan threat with re-
gard 10 us, we expected that il would at least attempt
10 reply 10 our positions yesterday, and acknowledge
,he existence il il did not attempt to overthrow, the
authorities which we cited, and which II had sand
did not exist But in this were mistaken
No attempt was made TO conlroveI The authoh-
ties we cited from the report OF the Senate's Com
mi,,.e IN Foreign Relations They were not alluded to
,he;r axis,ence was not even acknowledged The Intel
peaexr after few rambling words changes the ISSUE
and attempts to prove that Mr.. Folks administration
knew Of aud acquiesced in the attack on and seizure OF
San uan De Nicaragua and the port OF Seraplque This
/. another matter having no connection with the geo.
GRAPHICAL position of the Belize But we do not fear 10
follow the Iaeugencer and meet it on the ground il has
chosen. We defended MIR. Folks administration from
this charge on Thursday last and the impartial reader
will need nothing in addition to what we then said. Blu
we will embrace the earliest opportunity to return 10 the
subject, and present such additional considerations as will
nut the matter beyond all controversy, and force the In
bgenes to its usual resort under deea-euen Sllencs
or dexterous evasion, or a false issue.