The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1854-08-03
The Grcyfown war-Mr. BorIand's
Honor Reycnged.

j. Ournal gives the oIIsfH vi t"S
war;" with some opinions on this last and
act of this administration. BY
bullying poor miserable Spain and whipping
the people of Greytown, the administration
is determined TO make itself feared at least
in some quarters:
The GREYTowN Waive published,
yesterday, pretty full account of the de-
struction of Greytown by the U. s. ship-of-
war Cyane. The Democrat very properly
heads the account thus. "War on Help
less Enemy! Glory for the United States!
Mr.. Borland's Honor Avenged! Tremendous
Victory!'
We suppose our readers have a general
recollection of the origin of this business.
A few months ago murder was committed
at Greytown. The authorities undertook to
arrest the murderer. Mr.. Borland, the u. s.
minister, endeavored to protect him from ar
rest, and, we believe, succeeded. Mr. Bor-
land was on board U. 5. merchant vessel
at the time, bat he subsequently went ashore
and the Greytown folks, he thought, mall
treated him, keeping him according TO our
recollection, cooped up in a house all night.
The next morning he was permitted TO 60
free, and he FASTENED right otto Washing
ton TO cali upon the United States to avenge
him. The Government, with all possible
despatch, ordered the Cyane to 'Greytown to
demand an apology and $4,000. The Cy-
ane made her appearance in the harbor and
demanded the apology and the $4,000. The
population, consisting OF about five hundred
miserable natives and Jamaica negroes, were
no doubt ready enough to give the apology
but they either couldn't or wouldn't pay the
$4,000. They had no idea that any serious
injury would be done them, but the Cyane
opened her fire and demolished the place
she didn't leave a house standing. All the
property of every description was destroyed,
and, at the last dates, the in habitants were
leaving in the open air without protection
from the weather, men, women, and children
being in state Of absolute starvation.
And here is glory to be sure. The meas
ure ofour cOuntry's glory is undoubtedly full.
We had previously ought successfully in two
wars with Great Britain and had conquered
Mexico, and now our great republic, flushed
with all the past honors, he demolished Grey
town. This war between the United States
and Greylown will be long remembered by
the world for the vigor with which it was
prosecuted and the extraordinary celebrity
with which twas brought TO close. Troy
held out for ten years, but Grey town fell be-
fore our country's prowess in u single day.
We hope that Mr.. Borland is consoied, and
If he isn't, he had better 90 back to Greytown
and enjoy the music OF the cries and groa :
OF the houseless and starving population.
But let him make haste or they will all be
dead before he gets there, and then he will
only have pleasure of looking upon their
feshless skeletons.
There were twenty-five Englshmen and
twelve Ffenchmen and Germans in Grey
town, engaged in bookkeeping and trade.
Most of them sought protection on board a
British war schooner lying in the harbor,
but nearly their whole property, like that of
the natives, was destroyed. We shouldn't
be at all surprised if Great Britain or France
or both were to demand indemnity for the
destruction of the property of their citizens.
The Cyane, that made such quick work
with Greytown, may have TO be sent up'the
Thames and the Seine to demolish London
and Paris.
The commander of the Cyane is Capt.
Iiollins. We suppose he obeyed the orders
of his government He may now be fairly re-
garded as prospective President of the
United States. Capt. Ingraham, who res
cued kOZsta, stands no chance with the con-
queror of Greytown. Hereafter, every re-
turning 18th OF June will not doubt be cele-
brated as the glorious anniversary ofthe VIC
tory of Greytown. And let the present
generation and its successors remember that
the Grevtown war TOOK place during the A d.
mnisiration of Gen. Pierce. We wonder if
Greytown is now to be- annexed.
The FIlowing additional information re-
lative 10 this miserable Gravfown business
we find in the Cincinnati Gazette Of yester-
day:
Itappears that the ;524 900 was for some
alleged injury done several years ago to the
interests oil the Trust Company by a quara-
tine regulator. The property destroyed
amounts in all to nearly million OF dollars,
two-thirds of which was owned by American
citizens, residing at Greytown engaged in
trade. When the demand for the money and
the apology was made by Commodore Hol-
Inns. most of the chief citizens and magis-
trates were absent on visit TO the interior,
consequently there were no persons TO pay
the money or to make the apology If there
had been a disposition To do either. The alb
sent parties returned 10 find their dwellings
blasted heap of ashes, Their property de-
stroyed, and themselves rrined. Altogether
it is most barbarous proceeding.
OF course the American citizens of Grey
town will come upon the U. s. Government
for the ;wo-thirds of million of dollars, the
value of their property destroyed. So the
avenging OF Mr. Borland's honor seems like
lv TO be pretty serious business to the
United States as we'll as Greytown.
Truly our country is disgraced. There
was no call whatever for such violent pro-
ceedings toward the POOR, ignorant people of
Greytown. A year or two ago the office of
the Spanish consul at New Orleans was bro-
ken open and sacked and his person maltreat.
ed, but nobody ever dreamed that Spain was
in honor bound to send vessel TO lombard
New Orleans. The French consul was late
ly arrested and imprisoned in San Francisco,
but nobody supposes that France will under