New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-07-26

private residents uninjured Aud why destroy geot'
living there Temporarily the way 60 nArs-t an De-
lp.ips - distant owners citizens of Nicarigua. the
Tinted States or other countries Or why, at'er
firing two hundred caunoGbalis through tae build
irp,. ..rd .ouad OF piiager. to lay toe whole IA
fame, and leave the homes rud places OF business u
a thousand people ro'hiu- but ashes
Look at the act il whs'eyef l-ai you ".h II CA
spire no other feeling than one OF shae and disgust
a, spL usrton burbarty II Sc. -''Aiag lees 'hih
On assault on tie ciszstio and the Am rican inst
,utiors thst had been successfully planted IN ha' re-
mole and unacyeoped region The people Of the
t,vn cond well point wirh pride not only TO the
thriving and busy streets which they had built NJ III
three short years only to the good Order AMI re-
spect for .w AID property enforced throughout their
corporatc juIsd cton, but 10 the growing indlence
tie, Lad come 10 exercise upon the upper parts Of the
river and in the remoter interior We know that
Nr. Borland speaking doubtless 10 his diplomatic a
pocitv and with his customery elegince has pro-
nouuced them the .oa securing OF hell AMI hat
other persons who have been in collision With the
laws and authorities of tie place are but l,te less
vehement Bat the facts are the other way; there
are no notoriou. instances Of disorder unpublished
crime TO blot the record OF san Juan. Iae people
there as body are liable to no such sweeping im-
reschmeut. On the contrary they had laid there
the foundations of an American community. with
American laws. ussges, tradition. and desiinies;
there several Of them had transported their hmiie:
ard invested their fortunes And now Mr.. Pierce
and Conn! ndtr Hollns have swept away the whole
md the ruins alone remain t. mark The spot
But WHY. IL is asled did they not make the requir-
cd apology and pay the 42iD demanded as dana
ces Because they were not the sort of men 20 sub
nit towrorc So extreme from any Government. Iheli
reu.al wac worthy Of their character as Americans
snd the country will honor them for IT, They had
done nothing 70 apologize for; and - for paying
s2i coo for damages to the Transit COMPANY the de-
uspd was absurd No such damages had been suffer
CO. nor any damages foe which the town ius " la
bic Iudcedt the Transit Company ought II have
pa,d fine to the Corporation than receive one from
IT, Besides w0o was to apologize The snth n
ties 4, las been well observed, these authorities
were not recocu zed by the United States according
10 Borlaud; and If they could not arrest murderer
how c L they do any other municipal or magsteria
act
We trust this affair will receive from Congress ID,
most thorough OVERLAPPING practicable az tai. LAT,
period of tie session. Let u, by Ai means have the
instructions and dispatches of Commander Hollins
and know exactly on whom among the public ser
wants the responsibility OF this aci must be laid; AM
tieu ct public opinion and the public press award Il
Il offenders an equal and impartial justice. To tn
sufferers by the outrage national compensation
soud at once be made for their losses, paying eSch
ofwbsiever nation fairly aud tu y; whih to toreir
Governments. whose subjects are snong the victims
= suitslle apology should be rendered Is for tn,
Am,ricaLs vLc form tie ma 1rity of the despole,
aud lousc - Inhabitants apology can be expected
from this Administration TO them; bur their clun;ry
men will mai item tie most conclusive ameAie hoa
crath q the next election.