The Nevada journal., 1854-08-18
The Greyt0Wn Affair.


The affair at Greytown, seems to have
created great excitement among the pro-
tecters of His Mosquito Highness, the Lit
tie John Bull, in that vicinity. AT King
ston, in gamaica, where the officers of the
butterfly kingdom took refuge, the excite
ment had become intense The rawlings
of the British subjects, indicate almost as
much vanity and bravado, as they have in
regard to the Turkish war, and we doubt
not with as little effect on the interested
parties, and as much loss of credit to them
selves in the eyes of the world.
The Q. S. sloop- -ofwar Cyane, Capt
Holins, acting according to the instructions
of his government demanded of the pusilan-
imous king, satisfaction for some of their
recent outrages. But receiving no reply,
it being treated with perfect indifference,
the commander then notified him of the
alternative, which was likewise treated
with Indifference. The consequence was
as it should be, the apology for town was
soon reduced to ashes.
Now the fact is, II is not supposed the
king of the Mosquitoes had any considera-
bic hand in this affair. He is bat an obe-
dient tool in the hands of his vaunted "pro-
tectors," who have an itching to annoy
and disturb the commerce of tho Ameri-
cans. They dare not do it on their own
soil, nor on ours, as that would at once be
recognized as violation of the laws of ma
tions. and justify in the eyes Of the world,
immediate bostilities between the two ma
lions which event the English government
will not suffer to take place. 1t is pre-
sumable they will now come in as the a
gents of the pretended king to settle the
affair with our government. Should our
government suffer them to stand behind
this contemplate shadow Of a king,-one
of their own creation,-and pick quarrel
with US, and then step forward and assume
the right to settle that quarrel-and thus
while they are all the time gratifying their
own malice and spleen, shirk the
responsibility--we could not help regard~
ing cur own government officers, nearly as
weak as those Of Mosquitoe. On the con-
trary, if England wants the quarrel, let
them throw off the mask i; let them admit
they have only used the sham king as a
black mask, to shield their own men-act-
ing under their own instructions from the
observation of the world let them admit,
that which is true, that they claim absolute,
though an unseen control over the Mosqui-
to territory, and that they and they only
are responsible for the acts Of that king. or
else, let our government fatty refuse to
have any diplomatic intercourse with them
on the subject.
By what right, we would like to know,
does England or English subjects assume
to dictate to the world? They assume to
say to Greece you shall not revolt
against the Turkish Government; to dis
membered Poland-you shall remain divi
ded as you are, until we have all oppcrtu'
nifty to swallow you whole-to the United
States-you shall not quarrel with the weak
powers around you if they choose to med
die with your commerce, or your interests
in any way, you must submit to it, because
they are weak, and should you demand
redress for the grievances thus imposed
upon you, you would soon swallow them
hl, and this we will not submit to. We
have already grown big and powerful, and
we want no rivals-we have got all the
territory we know how to govern, and we
will submit to no equals.
All this meddling with other peoples
affairs, is done ostensibly to preserve the
weak from oppression by the strong-ap
parently not dreaming they are interfering
with the rights ola people who are their
superiors in point of natural resources, and
energy Of character
RaT The Kingston Journal, in speaking
OF the recent destruction of Greytown by