The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-08-15

80 ApprsntacssAlp systsn-UurtAsr Arr
rival % Tfssys fssa Spain nasesry - -
Julia a. mater - new Ysxh-xaPrsvs-
xAsnt 81 ne Deesnces 81 the xslan6-OvS q.
ssns ~ the Unsush Residents On t-1s e,n
Juan AFFAIR. 'est eee ~ e'f rix
We have received our letters lad hles Of papers
nom Havana to the oh ins.x. The news, though il
yreasnts no tsatuZA Of any political importance.
= inserestsS4, and win be found embodied in the
ht3sn II sw correspondents, inserted bslow.
IL government papers republiah articles from
No scial organs It Madrid touching the revolution
n Spain. They make no comments thereon, but
sssn 70 acknowledge tac.y that the reign Of Queen
Iaahsl may ons Of these days be brought to an
Shrupt termination. sa 81 80 81
( Intelligence had been received at Havana of the
bombsrdment Of San Juan, and il seems to have
alarmed the worthy Inhabitants Of the former city.
The papers are filed with transations from Jamaica
periodicals on the affair; but these We have already
hserted In the HERALD. Spanish oh1eials seem to
md oonsolation in the indignant outburNs Of OK.
sited Britishsfs.
We give from the Diano de Ia Marina, Of the
Eth Instant, the following .a3 $50
DURAN vnw OF THE BOMBARDMENr OF SAN JUAN.
humanity In the mind and an utter gnorscs Of the rst
principles Of rectude snd justice it d impossible net
svs for the disaster that has rscsnty taken place in
snhaypy eatsgorie. do We wish to b. cssed and from
this nay b inferred that our humble voice win b
raised In the OF universal With which the In
tslHesncs Of the aAir has been received And this ID
not because We are disposed TO display any blind par
t.Iisy ssI The victim: the disaster during many
ysAIs back We have freely oppressed opinion in
ssa:.s :, ss:.ss = 10 :sa
vkeh now present itself Is not ono Of sympashss or
antpAtAies The fundamental laws Of equity and modern
as.: ss:n s.s x Il ct %
nothing away from the jusness q rsproof to CON-
sidsr ne weakness of the sufferers, 70 incapable
sor, tskes III merit from the exploit and places
IN is trne bghs the depravy o. this unlawful act As
lshad whore the crime Is psrpeated upon the per-
son o. Isn woman, or some weak ehid. OF on some
OF rigid morality and with the rules Of eternal
We say again. and With the greatest sincsrsy that the
event which has recently taken place the shores Of
Mica sguA bas caused intense sorrow, and would
70 e. fes Of
the Suggestions Of refined machiavesm thst have been
urged 10 esfsnce Of the act Justify it in the
PuSKs snd private rights havs Sesn down have
lseD placed a the mercy Of mere physical force and
its arbitrary caprice and unlimited power But the mag
niude Of the scandal and the inadmssiby Of the DO
1en that has thus been 90 unned VIII secure favorable
1e4stion-A reaction efacAcious and lAstng-which viii
put end such dangerous tendencies For our part We
can never recognise doctrine subversve Of morality
enc which ignores al Injury inflicted upon third parties
and may lead to much more disastrous consequences
than We can at present suppose Preventive justice
seems tous under all circumstances better than punish
snt and to guard aganst physical nsortunss Is pro-
fesble to the necessity Of employing thousand
Mines more disastrous Friends Of peace and Of order,
= the most extended and legitimate adjudication Of the
vra win ever protest sgenst sught that threatens TO
Interrupt the peace ofsccisy and for slight consider
alton would We consent to sacrifice this fundamental
csfDa Of our nith. this violation had been commit
tee By our hand what Is equivalent WAS in our
power to blot out Of existerce bury II In obivoa
vs would mot hesitate moment IN eecting this BY
every means In power But tho mischief has been
ssnsunmated, and its record lives and must live The
bemhaz dment Of San Juan de Ncaragua Isolated
49, ~ it, Kind and without attempting TO smooth the
hassh features which II BEARS we doubt not that win
exercise salutAay influence upoA the opinion and
Non Of the whole civilized world sad victory III vc.
teTy can be caed II that which velturns the idea OF
0iversal Justice and wthdraws froa country the
condolences and moral support Of al other civilizsd