Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-09-18
NUMBER 67.

u popular prejudice at its tail; but in the ,.s,,,
tahsatianiic example, the leap 10 the impo,,nt coo
p '" Is uhuSunly sudacions II is asserted that IN,
D."s' A'mral on the West India station has assumed
!'Su'eton over the site of Greytuwn-,hat this ,c, !,
''"IaHon OF the Convention OF $50 which rem,ina
,''c' - lar as the Americans are concerned har,us
eS ohy burned the ,Iwn itsef-,ha President Pier,,
ls' eei'fe good ground for sending an armament q,
,o,, W.. owl over 1gan-and that second bombard-
hen'' neiny Jusihihs. would excuse the first xvb;.h
had originally M Justification At all W.u ma, H.
''u Po'ero Tell Us that lone deal horse Will,
another is hanged for looking over a hedge Here ,,a
a., journalists seriously arguing that
oughtooe cOntemned because British admiral b,s bs.
curry o' simple act Of compassion w.>,yondsr
whether the writers Of President Perces interest ever
'eai o' certain traveller who fell among thieves and
ot certain good Samaritan who poured oil and vino
into ms wounds. Many honilies have beeo n,.,.h.J
on 'Ha' story but 1t is quite novelty to hear that ,be
"ught To be acquitted becauseof the Sanaritan
ununry interference with their bleeding victim
u II were desirable TO answer the Presidents ory,ps
IN their own spirit it would not be difficult Il, d;scovar
'1'inder OF the same stamp as The plea Wo ara
"Ie1 with assuming jurisdiction over Grey,own
n" w'''ch we had s'l,lnny engaged to keep aiuof-
bnt 'rhsre IS Grcy'o,rn2 Will he-JDynsbipo5on mi;
's I"'i enough 10 tell us where we are T. look for
u mere was nee such place but Cap,,in Hill
nus mas Nip'd 1t uf from The face III the earth All
wa. @ 'e'naliS Is scorched slip Of land which has re-
'ert'd To the cp1Jliion in " hch II f,rmed t,s 80
ll'" Ming ACd. a. regards the filth Of in,ern,tion,I
hSSenents. the comm of the civilized vvorId
'tht safely he callei upbn adJudlca,e beweeo the
oniied Saie' and Great Britain Both Powars nlod,
ed themselves In maintain Grevtown in the cndi,ion f
Tree port Which has made rr0d It's undsr,otin,y
Is a run Tree pH? l. zeru quantity Of which free
uoa' n[ any'hIng else, can be pred!cated? We could
wen ai"rd !" argue the question with the Democratic
J'ufnaiists' even on their assumptions; bur tbe
uu Is, M question arises, for the assumptI are
ci-ary gfoundeSs Nobody VINO had not an interest in
rrmanlng wiliuiy blind could fail IN sec the true cha
fa.ef ana motives OF the measure attributed TO the En-
gi'h admIrll A! accounts concur in saving hat tbsrs
were mary Itsn subjects, and much BRUSH pr,per..
W W uEeyo"n at The iIms Uf its destruction To
P"ec' 'e one, 2nC The scaniy relics If the other would
n"upes' be the Ainlras rSt object and it is exceed
'"H'y hkeiy thht-hndng all the population encln ned
"" he sue q" Their battered homes all law and poiics
III dotyan and The lives OF the people, as we'll as all
e remains ol IheIr property, exposed the attacks of
he savage tribes IN the vicnl;y-he may have empo-
E'hiS extended the means OF security NJ his command
:" 'he miserable victims Of the energetic Captain Hul-
has y" hen h. Is asserted to have assumed i,risdic
'ion over Greyiown until the conflicting claims Of Mica
ragnl and the Mosquito Sovereign can b. settled ,bs
true version ot the tale suggests itself at once and wa
ietl convinced that he has merely restored the benefits
o law and ordert0 the people ot Greytown until some
'ng Ike government be reorgantzed amidst its
ruins. "
n we do no, believe that the positions we have
noticed would be ventured upon by President Perces
organs heIT distress for grounds Of defence were Iess
dire, IS nearly Superuous add that neither We nor
any one else in England. hold the American peopIs r
sponsble for this sort of reasoning