The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-08-10
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aGRoANS or THE BRTToNS-'
Since reading the annals Of Little Pedhng'
ton, We have never met with any thing qnise
- rich in lis peculiar line As the wrath o. me
Kinesson tJamaicaj Journal, at the ona1eo
Htates, Id regard to San Juan. We gave yes
tsrday some specimens Of the gigantic blns-
tsrings Of this pigry hiasder. The King Of
the Mosquitoes, himself, cCaid scarcely blow
: fiercer blast over the ears Of : sleepy man.
Bombard New York. Philadelphia, and bos-
ton. THE people Of the United States have
become notorious for fiIibusterism and the
propensity ought be put down, whether e1ni-
bited by the captain of a national vessel OF
mere band Of adventures, and whether tins
chief or his subordinates are drunk or sooer'
II the United Stases government are too fae-
BILE or too unwilling to restrain such outrs ges'
then it behooves those nations whose terrific
ries may be subjected to the predatory incur
sions of American freebooters-on the pm
ciple of self .preservation--to do it for the
Federal republic This ought to bethe espe-
cial mission of England and France, whose
West India colonies are open to the attack OF
the Americans and who have enunciafed tne
doctrine, that it istheir duty, as it ia their IN
clination to preserve the balance of power
and to protect the weak from having their
territories invaded by the strong, whether in
the Eastern or the Western Hemisphere"
In order to accomplish this object they
should not resort to diplomacy, quoth the
Mosquito organ. No Send squadron OF
English and French ships to New York, de-
mand money enough to rebuild Greytown,
indemnify the sufferers and pay the expenses
of the expedition also, an ample apology to
the English and the Mosquito governments,
for the insults offered to their respective flags!
Capt Hollins should also be dismissed the
American service, and declared incapable OF
serving again. If these demands are not an
swered in reasonable time, then serve New
York as the Americans served Greytown!
Such are some of the first magnificent de-
monstrations of this terrible Jamaica news
paper. But his sober second thought only
serves to aggravate his feelings. He now
thinks that instead of dismissing Capt. Hol-
Inns the service, he ought to be put to death :
From the Kingston Morning Journal July 22.l
The more we think of the late brutal destruction
of Greytowu, the more are we shocked at the
more than Gothic barbarity of the American COM
,nander who was the instrument in carrying out so
dastardly an act OF vengeance. So rePugnant to
every feeling of humaoity-so contrary TO interna.
tional LAWS everything connected with the Ca
tastrophe, that there are persons in this city who,
unwilling to believe that so atrocious an act of fill
busterism could have been perpetrated under the
authority, or with the sanction, OF the United
States Government, attribute it to the drunken
freak of an inebriated man. But we have Captain
Hoiiins himself, the hero who has acquired such
unfading aures in the valorous exploit declaring,
in his proclamation to the inhabitants, that be was
acting under the authority OF his government, in
bombarding Greytown, in default of payment of
certain amount, together with an ample apology
for the alleged indgnities offered to Mr. Boriand,
the socalled Minister to Central America. Now we
do not believe that however intoxicated Comman-
der Hollins might have been, he would have dared
to have used the name of his government In the
manner 10, and for the purposes for which he has
done. unless he was fully authorized so to do: The
act then, must be regarded as that OF the United
States government and ought to be treated as
such. IT. however, 1t should turn out that Com.
manQef HOlIln6 aCtcQ on MS own IcbpOublUuyy anu
without the instructions of his government, or il it
be proven that he exceeded his Instructions, then
it will be for the United States to mark their disap
probation of his inhuman and disgraceful conduct,
by subjecting him to the highest penalty provided
by the rules and articles of war-even though
that punishment should be death. Nothing else
will cleanse the American name from the foul stain
which it has received from the destruction OF Grey
town. But this is not all that the United States
government must do, or be made to do. 1t must
make restitution for the property 1t has destroyed,
and must remunerate those who it or its officer has
caused to suffer for the inconvenience they are en-
payment for the time during which they may have
been unable to be employed in their respective &C.
equations.
jamaica rum must be cheap in the neigh
borhood where that article was written. -
OF course, such ebullitions as these are of
no earthly importance except as showing the
amiable and affectionate regard which our
kinsman Bull secretly cherishes for Brother
Jonathan, and which it needs only very
slight occasion to develope. The arrogant and
supercilious tone towards this country, and
the brutal threats of violence are all charac.
teristic of the provincials, who, like children
and servants, give the strongest expression to
feelings which exist among their superiors,
but are more carefully concealed.
The threat of the English and French al
lance is significant. We have never doubt
ed that it was intended, as the Earl of Clsren.
den once declared. to apply to both hemis-
pheres. But the United States are not to be
inundated by the alliance, even # it had
shown itself capable of controlling the affairs
of Europe. France has work enough for her
armies in Russia, and England for her fleets
in the Baltic and Black Sea. Or if, as the
Kingston Mosquito threatens, England can
spare ships enough to burn all our seaports.
we can fit out privateers enough in ten DAYS
to sweep her commerce from the face of the
ocean. And her manufactures would fare
even worse than her commerce, in the event
OF war with land upon which she is entire
~ dependent for her supplies of cotton. Such
athing as war between England and the I'M.
ted States would not be very likely to hapnen
even If we annexed Jamaica, with its erraI'
lent rum, its lazy free negroes, its desfrn cf;
yellow fever, and ferocious newspaper mos.
squitoes. .no' .
THE GREYTOWN AFFAIR.-PROs- q
pECTS 0E NVcrrrvnr,