The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-08-11

cd the moral sense OF ne entire public. Uuier
al ofits aspects rs irr ,trievably disgrs,eful
and disgusting, and has earned and VIII re-
ceive, universa condemn sioD.
From the infamy Of the des ruction of San
Juan this administration is seeking TO escape
by investing the act with disguise of prao-
tical denial and over hrow Of the pretended
British pro- ectorste But this is q mere dis
guise, and shallow one. The government
will not fllow 1t mp on that ground 1t win
~Dsinge and crawlat the feet Of English insc-
7eRce, apologize NEE ky, and SO fur from assert
ing and maintaining the indusitable sovereign
rights Ct Nicaragua over San Juan, it will
tamely sutmit to British occupation of the port
belle its own professions, and play the traitor
to Nicaragua. An act Of wahtOn barbarsra and
cruelty will be followed by abject cowardice
and tame subferviency, and the future conduct
Of the administration will furnish another illus
tration Of the proverbial combination Of the
bully and poltroon.
San Juan belongs to Nicaragua; we deny the
lawful existeLce of any such potent&te as the
King Of Mosquito" and we disclaim the alleged
British protectorate. So far we are right; and
if the administration wishes to escape the stig
ma. which the burning of San Juan has thrown
upon Il, let it boldly maintain these positions,
eradicate this false protectorate, and with it the
fictitious Mosquito Kingdom, and restore the
port to it's rightful owner. In this way it may
in some degree redeem its inconceivable folly
and bring some little good out Of evil But
we despair Of even this from an administration
whose whole career hos been marked with igno-
rance, duplicity and folly, and in whose com
position it is doubtful if wickedness or weakness
predominates.
Strides OF the WestHo! Tor Nebraska,-- The
Latch String OutsAcao.
The marvellous rapidity with which infant
communities spring up and organize themselves
in the new regions which are continually being
drawn within the. civilizing influence of our in
situations and of Our sway, finds no example in
the history of the world. The pithy lesson Of
wisdom conveyed 10 the adage that Rome was
not built in day. loses somewhat of its force
in the presence Of the facts which mark the
progress Of our population. No sooner is
constitutional existence given to the vast terri
tories that either by right of conquest, volun-
tary adhesion, or purchase, are continually
expanding the limits of our empire over the
American continent, than the groundwork is
Immediately laid over the whole surface of these
new acquisitions of Z condition of society which
in the course of few years; rivals in all tie
clements of civilization and prosperity the more
slowly developed progress of the parent
States Accustomed as we are to these won
ders Of energy anA enterprise the surprising
results to which they give birth have, in some
degree, lost their novelty and strangeness in
our eyes. They must, however, impress foreign
ers with humiliating sense of the indolence
and srpineness Of the parent stock from whence
these active and pushing elements have been
drawn or, at all events, with conviction of
the superiority Of institutions which, instead of
enslasing and depressing, give full scope to the
mental and physical energies. of man.
OF the numerous evidences which are daily
crowding upon US Of the truth. of these remarks,
we have been most forcibly struck with the fact
contained in small pamphlet published by the
Rev. Spencer Carr, describing the progress
made by the,ittle town of La Crosse, Wiscon-
sin, which, although only settled in the year
1851, bids fair in the course of 8 few years to
become one ofahe most important cities in the l
West. The fertile district known as Prairie /
La Crosse, which now forms one Of the couu-
ties Of the State, IL about thirteen square miles
in extent and stretches along the eastern shore 4
Of the Mississippi Hor the distance o6 about
seven miles. From the river, the land rises
gradually to an elevation Of about forty feet,
when the surface becomes level and gradually
undulating. Almoa every variety Of soil may
be found within the marrow limits of tho prairie,
and, taken in conjunction with its facilities Of
access by water, and it's advantageous position
as central emporium sns market for the sur
rounding country from St. Pauls--the capital
Of Mnnesota-to the great bend of the st.
Neer's river, no more favorable site
could hove been selected for large
commercial and manufacturing city. In
the latter respect there are few tow as
on the Mississippi that offer greater facilities.
Raw materials of every kind can readily be Oh.
tanned here, and some things with even more
ease than at any other point. The Acighboring
hills and uplands arc capable Of sustaining al
most any quantity of sheep; from the forests
can be procured the elements Of whatever is
formed of wood ind in part Of the district
easily accessible, iron ore is to be found in
abundance. With such advantages il is not to
be wondered at that site like this should
have been promptly seized upon for the scat Of
new and thriving community.
The State Of Wisconsin was organized as a
Territory in 1886. Five years afterwards Ma
than Myrick, an enterprising New Yorker,
purchased a small boat load Of goods, and
landed OF La Crosse for the purpose of trading
with the Indians. He formed such favorable
opinion of the place that early in tie next
spring he went through the usual formalitics
to establish claim to government lands but