New-York daily tribune., 1854-08-30

the world that President Pierce and his cons'itu-
tope adviser are alone responsible Tor this event.
and that il was upon their judgment by tAeir order
and under their responsibility thst San Juan was
burned. Itis no. necessary to say that the au'ir
uut be thoroughly investigated at the next session
Of Copgress,-when no such parliamentary tricks as
.vsed .t the last session Will be allowed to put 1t
of.-and that it will there be handled with the same
impartial and truly American spirit which has marked
the discussions Of the press upon the subject. we
venture to add that the defenders OF the Executive
will be AZ few there they have been in the press
corporas guard as small as any that ever followed
tie lead of the late Capt Tyler. That this must be
the case WILL think, clearly be seen from orief
statement of the reasons for which the Adminlstra-
ton DESTROYED that defenseless commercial town.
These reasons ~ exhibited in the official documents
issued by the Executive ITSELF are the following:
I. The throwing of bottle at Mr.. S. Borlands
head and the assembling of crowd around bis lodg-
ipcs because he had murderer from arrest
H. The refusal of the town to pay $40, tor a
boat load Of -four and corn meal alleged, but never
proyeJ. 70 have been landed on its shore by man
who bad stolen it from the Transit Company.
ILL., The reu.al Of the same town to pay - QUO for
two board shantes removed under ejectment pro-
cess alleged to belong to the Transit Company, but
really belonging to Capt. McCerren.
This the whole story, dvested Of the verbisse in
which Mr. Marcy and bis friends would fan have n
enveloped These are the soe grounds of complaint
diyuctd in the executive documents, aud we defy all
the advocates Of the bonbardment to produce any
others They may tell us that the people of San Juan
were pirstical people made up OF Jamaica negroes
or as Borlapd has it, 1.-The off scum of hell; that
they had been guilty Of long course of outrases
upon American citizens and that they deserved chas-
tsenent as much as did the Malays OF Quallah Bat
too No fact APPEARS to substantiate one of these
general chsrges indeed there is no fact in the whole
affair." nor any distinct pretense Of any, beyond the
three we have above enumerated. That is the entire
case of the Executive and il General Pierce and
his coadjutors must be judged.
What effect this open avowal OF Executive responsi
billty will have on the lawsuit commenced against
Commander Hollins by Mr.. Dursnd Of this City, re-
= aims to be If it shall appear to the satsfac-
lion Of the Court that HOllins did nothing more than
execute his orders be will probably, be discharged;
but if On the other hand it shall seen the trial
that his orders did not authorize the burning of the
town. Why then he will be held in damages like any
private lnceLdlary. we suppose shs' tne PIesen
avowals of General Pierce and Mr. Marcy as TO what
they meant when they sent him for.h will not be re-
ceiyed in evidence, aud that the must turn on
the words of the orders he had in his pocket at the
time Our own view as to the scope of those orders
we have already stated, but the Court may take diff
ferent one. At any rate. the promises to be one
of unusual interest though whatever its result it il
BY no means so important as the trial of the same
question before the court of public opinion. From
that court pretty decided verdict may be expected
at the approaching elections.