The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-08-05

WILL the arrival of Commander Hoins explain him
what has been done in that matter
Mr.. Borand minister TO Central America, has rep
this that while recently San Juan
nsued by the authorities people of that place An
indgnty offered TO the nation well as TO him individually
cannot be permitted unnotced If done by order oil
the authorities of the place. they must for it in their
political character Nothing short of apology for
the outrage will the place from the infection that such
Justly merits is expected that this apology will be
promptly made, and satisfactory given to Com
mande Hons of future good conduct towards the United
States and public unetonares who in future be at that
place.
If the outrage committed by lawess individuals
without the authority conniyance of the town. then is
clearly the duty Of those who exercise the civil at San
Juan to inic upon them exemplary punishment The ne
gec bring them to justice is assuming the part OF the
nominal agtrates there the responsibility for the acts of
these individuals. In such case punish implied
sanction of the acts of the tangressos 1t is hoped that
the authorities will be prepared satisfy Commander Hons
that they have done what incumbent them in the
of bringing the offenders to punishment"
We entirely at loss to discover in the foregoing
shadow of preex for the charge of "barbarty Surely
the Lgenca does base its charge upon the decara
ton by Mr. Marcy that San ndigniy offered to the nation
well him (Nr Borland individually, cannot be
permitted to pass unnoticed This is but reiteraon OF
the noble sentiment of President Pierce in his inaugural
address, which thrilled through the hearts of his country
men, that the rights of American citizens no matter in
what part of the globe should be protected by the whole
power of the government But perhaps the btltgencer
bases its charge of barbary upon the declaration of Mr.
Marcy that if the ndignty offered "by order of the
authorities of the place they must for it in their
assumed political character Nothing short OF an apology
adds Mr. Marcy for the outrages will save the place from
the nAicton that such act justly merits Was it bar
barous in Mr. Marcy express his willingness to receive
apology for gross ndignity to American minister? If
the offenders should refuse to accede to this mild sugges-
on was it barbarous declare that the place would be
visited by the infection that such justly merits
To have said less would have been abandon the proec
ton of American citizens in foreign lands when subjected
to insult and ndignity. s
After making grave imputaon the Htgencer makes
an awkward attempt to escape the responsibility of its
position by saying that din justice to the government
free to admit the difficulty of framing precise and definite
instructions for the punishment of such offence and such
offenders Captain Hoins despatched to Greytown
punish We unable to how the editors Of the
Hegeneer could in breath declare that there was
barbarity in the orders given Captain Hons and in
the next virtually eat its words by admitting the diff
culty Of framing precise and definite instructions for the
punishment of such offence The least that they should
have done was point out the clause sentence word
in the instructions which sustans the charge of babar
yp This could not be DONE and hence the constrained
admission Sin justice to the government
But the concluding remarks of the Llgencer are even
more extraordinary than those which we have COM
mented After having denounced the destruction OF Grey
town as barbarty and then fixed the responsibility OF
the barbarty" upon the by locating it in the
instructions given to Captain ons the editors moderate
their Tone and say:
apprehend that the real in the affair will be found
to consist in little much precipancy the part of the
in giving credence to interested Statements
and then resolving too promptly to nfic signal and condgn
punishment what conceived to be heinous national in
suit vet without any distinct idea of the mode
punishment be inictcdan opinion which finds much sup
port the articles which subon supposng them to b.
not entire perversions the truth They from known
sources and quoted from the columns of democratic
journal"
After all then it turns out that the real error will b
found in little too much prccpany on the part of the gov
crnmentnot barbarity' but preciptancy and only I'LL
too much of tha But how has the government been pre-
cipitae? The Leigeneer says In giving credence tc
interested statements and resolving too promptly to nhic
signal and condgn punishment &c. 1t is difficult to inn
agne case in which the could be expected
have more reliable statements than in this To say
nothing the statements of parties interested in the Tran
sit Company they had the information furnished by
of commercial agents and by of our frscass minis
tes-two gentlemen selected by the President and con-
frmed by the Senate to fill high and responsible stations
If statements made by such not to receive the
dence of the government at loss to know what
kind of evidence the Iateiligencer would have
But the teugencer finds much support to its opinion
to the pecptancy of the in two articles which
it publishes and of which it says They from ho,cn
sources and quoted from the colnns Of democratic
Journal The first is letter of a Mr. Wood who throws
suspicion his whole by declaring in the close
of his letter that thirty thousand dollars would not repair
the loss sustained by the firm of s. s. Wood Son. The In
egeacer discredts the statements which the govern
nent acted because they interested = and yet for
fees its own opinion by quoting from man who claims
thirty thousand dollars for his share of the loss The
other article anonymous letter addressed to the Bos
But the egncu says it quotes these articles from hs
columns of democratic paper" The frsis from the New
York Evening Post and the other from the Boston At
las-he former m abolition Sheet which orthodox
democrat recognises democratic paper and the other
notorious abolition and wing journal These are tht
sources from which the Igencer derives its facts to
tain the charge of little too much precpiancy The
Ger regards as more reliable than those made by such
men as Messrs Borland and Fabens The Inegencr may
assal the administration upon such evidence that
which relies but just men, who not predetermined
condemn will reject all such testimony when it in