The daily union., 1854-12-15

Senator Hamln of Maine left Washington for home on
Wednesday last in consequence of sickness in his family
Hon. J. s. Harrison, of Ohio has likewise been called
home in consequence of the serious ndisposton of his
mother, the venerable reict of Gen. Harrison.
We regret to learn that Hon. Mr. vansant is confined
to his residence in Baltimore from affection of the tom
ss of character to have subjected him to
surgical operation.
THE GREYTOwN AFFAIR CoNTRAsTED WITH THE
POLICY OF OTHER NATIONS.
The United States have of late received goody quantity
ofadvice from the European press and divers ntmatons
dissatisfaction from foreign powers. The Sonora exped-
on Lopezs descent upon Cuba and the destruction of the
hus and barracks of Greytown have given sad
shock European ideas of international equity Numer
Gus lessons in regard to the moderation becoming in
strong powers toward weak one have read U.S. For
all these duly thankful, though the terms in which
they conveyed often leave in doubt whether is
the moderation Of which has drawn upon
it such censure. The iated expeditions of Lopez and
Walker left the United States in defiance of the general
laws Of this country and the special prohibition of the Ex
ecuve and escaped the vigilance of the federal officers
Our course in these differed somewhat from Eng
lands toward Spain after the fall of Napoleon When Lo
PEI organized his band though at peace with
Spain bound to her by peculiar ties of friend
ship But when in the few years subsequent to 1876 fill
clustering expeditions openly organized in London
Edinburgh and Dublin with the avowed purpose of
ing from Spain all her colonies this side Of the Atlantic
England not only at peace with that power, but
bound to her by all the friendship of common battle-elds
and triumph; yet great numbers of the Eng
sh officers, who had gained their experience fighting side
by side with Spanish baalion against France joined the
insurgents against SPAIN taking with them troops openly
collected in England noted 6buster of that day. Sir
Gregor McGrego raversed Ireland and England gathering
recruits money, and munitions of war, embarked them
publcly in British ships crossed the Atlantic under the
British Hag and seized upon the island of Porto Rico then
belonging to Spain. He not punished. The statute
passed by the Parliament of 1919 the urgent remor-
strange of Span against the raising OF forces for foreign
service executed troops stores and money
nued to be sent and when Spain finally lost her Amer
colonies Foreign Secretary Canning used to boast
it as his act He chad called" he said, "the New
World into existence redress the balance of the Old
We would invite the London Times and Paris Consttu-
onel the consideration of this Modern of
aid and comfort given by regular to depe
dators the territory of one of its closest allies
The breaking up of the lswless community of Greytown
has drawn upon the graves rebukes Of of our
transatlantic brethren That act to them fall be-
low the high-oned morality which governs all inter-
national relations We might offer by way Of paation,
that il falls far below the of the examples
by older governments Our demand the inhabitants
Greytown ourfod for pecuniary indemnity; B. for
apology for fragrant insult for security against further
attacks persons and property and for security against
all ntermeddlng with of the most important routes be-
tween Atlantic and Pacific possessions it reckessly
disregarded and the commander of the Cyane after full
notice and without destruction of single life put end
to the pratical settlement Now confess this a
small affair compared with of the recent achieve
ments of European governments II is not long since
English feet blockaded and bombarded the best port in
Greece not for any indigny which had been wanonly
offered to England not for the protection of the lives
important interests of English subjects but because King
Ohos purse not quite long enough to meet the pay
ment of Il small debt when it fell due, and he unw-
ling to allow petty and questionable claim of indemnity
Possibly the Of all the Inhabitants of Greytown
would have redeemed the act Of Commander Hollins in
the eyes Of France; for il is much more thnn three
years since the unprovoked conquest of the kabes by the
French troops who zed and burned village after village
the ground, putting their inhabitants to the sword 1t
was from those Of FIRE and blood that Marshal St
Arnaud and his chosen battaons recalled to clear
the Paris BouIevards OF December 1851 with sabres and
cannon balls Going back year in the history of
the French army, we find it camped the Tiber and
throwing bombs and hot shot among the monuments the
Eternal City. Assuredy, the government which could do
that and redden the streets Of Rome with the blood of
brother republicans must look with contempt the de-
structon of the den of few outlaws on the isthmus
What good reason has England offered to the world
for the firing and sinking of the entire Danish feet Co
penhagen in the early part of this century We
that the United States may furnish history page
so deeply stained with injustice When read the pub
lished correspondence of the English officers in India 1.-THE
unpublished must be worse) easily conceive their
sovereign dsdain for the moderation of the Americans at
Greytown The Duke of Wellington was in India when
he was only Colonel Wellesley. We have before some
of his letters written that epoch In he recommends
the hunting o and cutting up Of the natives In another
he praises brother officer follows Col Montresor has
been very successful in Bulum has beat burnt plndeycd
and destroyed in all parts Of the eouphy In third writ
ten TO Sir Thomas Munro, and dated August 1900 he
says Take what you please from Nuggar. have taken