The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1854-08-16
From the PhilAdelphia Ledger, neutral
The Greytown Affair.

After all the hubbub respecting the Grey
town affair, the facts disclose the chastiAe-
menI of lswless set of rascals, who have
sqstted upon territory which does not belong
to them, under the "protectorate" Of Great
Britain have done pretty much as they
pleased for number of years. This pro
tectorats' was fraud of Great Britain
That government had designs of her own to
accomplish in countenancing the pretended
claims of the lawless authorities" of Grey
town. She wished 10 get into her own pos
session and control the port and river of
San Juan, which was the most feasible and
shortest rout to CALIFORNIA, and is probably
the only rout practicable for a shiP-canal.
Not being able to get possession from the
government Of Nicaragua, she SET up the
miserable imposture of Mosquito King, a
branchless and drunken negro; who had no
more right over the territory called the Mos
quito territory than Great Britain herself
had, and then she assumed "protectorate"
over this savage.
Under such auspices, and with such views
tits not strange that the most intense Bit
terDess should be exhibited in Greytown
towards the American Transit Company,
which successfully opened that rout to A
merican emigration to the Pacific. Ii the
inhabitants have been severely punished,
it is their own fault; they should not have
merted the chastisement by their lawless
acts. When demonstrated with, they only
repeated their insults. Our Government
treated their lawlessnes deserted-broke up
their settlement, because Of deptedations
and constant annoyance of American travel
ers d citizens engaged in the lawful pur-
suit of their business. 1t served them as
it serves the savages on the western plains
whenever their acts make their nelghbor-
hood dangerous to the peace and safety of
American citizens" 1t broke up their viii
lage, and drove them off to some otherplace,
where their piratical propensties may be in
dulged with less mischief to society.
1t is said that it was a poor, miserable,
weak village, and that it was beneath the
dignity of the United States to expend its
strength upon such Insignificant "power."
So are the Indian villages on the plains in
significant and weak compared with the for
titled towns of civclized nations. yet nobody
doubts the justice of chastIsing these mar
auders when they fall upon the defenceless
cmlgrants seeking homes in the distant will
derness. If Great Britain has the "protec-
torate" she assumes over Greytown now is
the time for her to step in and assert it.
Nobody will doubt that she is power suf
Gcienty exalted to give dignity to any
quarrel which she may seek with the Uni
ted States arising out of this contempt OF her
pret ended authority.
Some of the newspapers seem to argue
that because Mr.. Borland, the American
Minister, once had frdcas on the floor
the Senate, that therefore his character Il
bad and the Greytown authorities were JUST
fled in treating him, though an accredited
American Minister, with contumely anc
Gisgraceful violence they visited upon him
This is new doctrine entirely in lnterna
tional obligations. His character was moi
too bad, in the opinion of his Government
to allow him to be entrusted with an impor
tant diplomatic mission, and whether III
appointment was proper or not, once entrus
ted with that duty, he was invested witt
the inviolabIe privilege Of a minister Pienl
potentiary. An insult to him was an lnsul
to the Government which sent him, 10
which there was just cause for asking al
apology, and inhictng exemplary punish
ment If refused,