Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-08-02
s1nl1 OF mn MORNING PRESS,

The IstAkligsnesr joins in the hue and CRY of
The opposition With reference 70 tho Grsytown
affair. The same Journal also urges the rsti,
fsasios Of the reciprocity treaty With great
force md sloqssnes. .s-.t.. -.
The Unsos, discussing British rule in
NicsrsSsA, says: r.} 4ar.. So %
1--WE Suspect hat when tho facts come TO be
q the history Of KngiiSh aggression sbeupis
50 much With arrogance and dsspotio assump
ton - the course Of the British officials in
Central America, backed and sustained as they
are By British diplomstists. Let the whiR
prses forbesf. Let them take . lesson from
the past. Forswarnsd Is forearmsd. They
have nsvsr yet laid their hands upon any one
act Of President Pierce, TO misrepressnt and
defsss H. without being covered with confu-
sion; and Ne need not rscapitulate how, or
how often, they have been disoomftted The
fixed and enduring principles, and 1t cannot
Be shaken. The wiss and distinguished states.
mAn ct the head Of the State Department is
nsithef Rislsd by his impulses nor his fears,
but, standing fast by the right, hs awaits re-
eults And Isse arch and scrutiny With fortitude
and confAAnce. In every instance the bold
and patriotic inaugural Of the President HAS
BakN FOLLOWED ~ BY ACTS. No over step 10
taken without due rejection and abundant
saorss to s1hau.t every peaceful means to pro
tect the honor OF our country. However the
course Of Capt Holiins may be criticised, this
muot IL clear to cur mind--speaking Tor our
self s,ops-that In no part of their intercourse
With sAs American government have the Eng
ish officers shown . moro dictatorial and de-
6snt spirit than in regard to this very Central
Amsrican question. In good time We hope
this msy BE- shown to the world. Meantime.
The opposition Will find eaation much more
worthy Of oeasultation than prejudice and
party"
The same journal urges Congress to make
some provisional provision to enable the Presi-
dent 70 purchase Cuba, during the recess, if
possible, spd defends the bombardment of
Croydon, at lsngth. ..t ... .
The Ssnfinsi defends and extols the conduct
of both the Adninistrstion and Captain Hol.
Iins, IN the Greytd@p affair, saying in the con-
ctusion Of its article:
"The settlement at San Juan Was On illegal
settlements. Is political existence was q mere
pfstsnos. Its suthefities used the flag Of 40
Indian chief which vas not recognized by
civilised nations; and by virtue Of IN authority
they did not even pretend to respect, they I'M
aertook to rule portion Of the territory Of the
State Of Nicaragna. True, this was no con-
eeTS Of ours whilst the Jamaica negroes of San
Suan did not interfere with Us but they did
inAssfere With u. We might have overlooked
the fIlegitimats settlement and pretended or
aaniEstion Of San 5sAn, If they forbore to mo-
lest our eitissns Bot wen they undertook
to levy contributions On our trsde and travel on
the Ban Juan river, and when she5 Undertook
to rob our citizens and to arrest them bccxond
the jurisdiction they claimed, and 70 insult anu
inprison ons Of Our ministers returning from
foreign service, Ne could not do otherwise than
punish them. Their origin Has ulsgitimate,
and their conduct was pirsticAi No recog.
nixed government was responsible for their
conduot, and We wefe therefore forced to hold
them pssponib BILE in their own persons and heir
own goods for the outraSes they had committed
on orr eitxsens. They have met the fate they
deserved. md they ought to have met it SON.
sr; .of they were no better than band of
vioiest nsn, Who had, under the auspices of .
prssscded BritSh prstsctorats, made use Of
ihe name Of . drunken ssvsge. to tx them.
selves on . great highwsy in defiance Of the
janitorial rights Of oivilissd nation, for the
puncoss Of lsvying contributions on our com.
meroe, and plundsring the property Of our
ciigooA -r ..