New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-08-03


le,re.t cts ..up their to confession OF guilty
ana refuse 20 agree where disagreement Is n'ral II
rot legal periu.v Such .he insoleut doruireeriag
l.g.dci, ing spirit OF the liquor trade and 'ueh 1t vi"
b. until a Temperance legislature Temperance
Governor and Temperance Common Council and
slsyur assert ihe rgb OF the people 10 seIfgoycra-
ment, and establish q Maine Law popular sovereignty
which cannot 10 defed without iucurring penalties
,uch Is no i.sn would for second SINE Willingly hSA'
T5s Jui6r sitter having IN IN article OF tuesday
which ". copy elsewhere, fceDy attempted IN 'he
sce Of III document pGhialed in its own columns
20 esricaie .he Presden, aud Cabinet IRON t'e 70.
,usnsibility u destroying san Juan lcsteriSy inca
an od, dodge for the same purpose, namely thS cry
Of British Rule IN NlcaTsgua. The organ suspects
tbAt there has been grea; deal Of British sff0g 'nce
and despotio assumption IN thst region, and sosm"g
y7arns all opposition journals to beware hc" th'y
,De..b the motives or the conduct Of the President
N c,nsrr the ruin Of rhst once striving and useful
town. Oh this head 3lr Pierce's m0uth-plece grows
quite rbytbuicsl and inflated The foreign policy
"of the Pre- iient it tells Us. sis based upon fixed
.ssnd enduring principles. snj 1t cannot be shaken
But after al. Cen Pierce is not the great hero ot
IT,, Jaicn. u is Mr. Marcy who, IN It's view, reS
20 the true T.taDc magnitude and defes the sui-
ficious of the universe The wise and distla
euished statesman 81 the head Of the State Depart
'meut is neither misled By bis impulses nor his fears
but. standing fast by the right. ne awsits re-
suits and research and scrutiny with iortitude
and confidence" But this ia Lot the whole
story: the grandeur of tho Executive s not adequate
Is described even in such high style OF language.
There comes d still loftier climax in the empastIe
words which 2ssure that - in every instance the
bold aud patriotic inaugural Of the President HAS
. BEEN FOLLOWED ~ BY ACTS" daVing said this
cur orcaust gently declines into a new halfway DIS
c.amer OF Cspt. UoIns and uto the assertion that
in no part OF tLer intercourse with the American
.s Goyerument have the English officers shown
more dicta.'ria and defiant spirit than nrcglrd to
"tlis ,cy Central American question" la good
tine Tie Union hopes to show this to tho world
though it is hard ~ perceive what bearing sucn An
alti.Brtisl denomination can have Ghe drssrue-
zion of San Juan. Meanwhile however Ne submit
that the latest display Of arrogance and manneTs m
Central America not exhibited 10y British Officer
hut by the very Csyt fioliins who wss cei,cscd 10
perform the only iCT' that mas - FOLLOWED UP
The bo5 end patriotic inausurai Ell tine President.
When H. l.. VI. Lieut.. JOIlry learned what bar
basous and unparalleled course Commander Hol,ns
wls alout TO pursue toward Greytows, he addressed
the hon,c.buruing American the following manly aud
respectful protest:
81 consider Il ny or:y enter ny most solemn protest
e-s,.f Il coree ven lieu iutnAjct thai you IN
ttrded 10 pGrue owa-d he City Of Graytown ise IN
Ishg1,. ii t city Is yfu the houses and proparEy
trc entirely ef,usrC-s and quite o. your mercy NO
therefore, notify Won n AZ such set "il be without pre-
GO lent anon, CIVILIZED nations. nGd bog % cal your 81
;,uii 10 the iact that large amount ~ properly oi br-
lii .ll if,s e.. vtiias oIer which It b ny duig 70 pro-
,eot viii be- dcsro"ed: but the force under M command
il 40 totally mad quge Tor his protection hrr mo ty-
are / cau only enter ti.s my proa '.'
To hs Mr HoiHs returned sneoring and snob-
bish reply in hese words:
.Tlo utole Of San Juan del Nofe have q 10
nit outrage npo0 the property eud persons of ct ems OIL
,he ~ ed staes after manner ouiy 10 he regarded
n.r.ca and directed to enforce h7t reparEtlcn de-
y-a,dcd tv M Government le assured ! symp taiIe
with yourself m Tire r- of English subject. and property
under tht circumstances md get exceedingly the iorco
under command a not doubly equal TO that Of the
CyLue.
with the untrub OF this allegation against the Peo
pie of Sen juan We ind 10 FAULT for it had been pat
into his mouth oy the President and the orstudinous
aud confidential Secretary; but Tor the needless sud
10, ultng tone OF the final words hodcserves ODE sent
10 Coventry both rs an officer and gentleman.
We submit that the official organ might hnd some
more creditable Waysf confessng the Administration
10 have been totally in the wrong in destroying San
Juan than such sueaking attempts to put the blouc
on Commander Hollins, this high flown balderdssh
about the MORAL and political greatness Of the Pres
dent and Secretary.