Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-09-09

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paper processes to look on it Is great outr age.
"hereupon the Post virtually exolaims :
There, now, you see it is Is We told you, for
the London Times says so; Argle-it mast be
So" We have to call the Posts attention to
the fact that its authority has never ye. been
able to see right on the side of tho American
Government in any controversy whatever with
foreign power or people; and, particular.
~ wherein Britain has been directly or
indirectly involved, as in this case This fact
should be sufficient to induce sensible con-
ductor of an american journal to receive its
Criticisms upon such an affair as that of GREY.
town, caem grano salis. More especially as in
this case, with the memory of the lombard
nent OF Copenhagen, the plumber and whole
sale murder and enslavement ordered by the
British Government in India, and the sackins
OF defenceless Russian town With the indis.
eriminsts ravishing Of its female Inhabitants.
wherein all the sex, from women bent double
With age, down to children eight or ten years
old, we're deliberately given over, by order Of
the British commander, to the brutality of an
army Of drunken British soldiers-which out
rage against God and humanity occurred only
few weeks ago-more especially, we write,
with such events fresh in it's memory, the
editor Of the Times must have known that he
was writing falsely in arguing the lombard
nent OF Greytown to be the greatest National
outrage known to the history of the civilized
world
1t seems to Us great pity that the abo-
htionists should be 80 fond of blowing to the
winds their own professions of high-toned
philanthropy. This reproduction of the 60
phistry, falsehoods, and administration Of
the London Times, by the Post. is ample
proof Of their tendency so to do. All must see
The utter hypocrisy of the views Of the Times
on this subject, and also realize that the Amer.
lean journal, which adopts them, is actuated
by q hatred as deep and bitter against our
own governmental sys.em-as at present con-
stituted, as ever filled the breast of English.
| men In the midst Of war with the United
States. Just now, this New York Eveu,ne
Post is, perhaps, the most violent anti Demo.
cratic paper in the land, making, We are
happy to be able to say, not tho slightest
pretensions to Identification with the grea,
Democratic party Of the country. 1t is fol
any and every government against its own
whose Vaccinations may, by any possible
chance, aid its darling object of destroying the
equilibrium (sectionaD of this government, as
Solemnly arranged and guaranteed in the
formation of the Constitution of the United
States. Treachery of the blacklist and mos,
virulent kind Turks at the bottom OF the hearts
| Of its conductors, and ever and anon bursts
out, raging Is fisrcely now a. when VIM. C.
Bryant penned his never to- be-forgotten dirty
lampoons against the American patriot states.
man, Jefferson.
Japan.-It Is understood in Washington, tina,
Britain and Holland are to contend with US
with much more energy for the commanding
| influence in connection with the foreign com.
merce Of Japan, than it was thought probable
they would essay, not long since. Neverthe-
less, little apprehension exists here that they
will be able to rob US of the legitimate ad.
vantage of our superior enterprise as nantes
ted In being first to induce Japan to become o
legitimate portion of the commercial world.
True, they have great advantages in their SUI.
perior experience with eastern affairs and IN
nections with Eastern commerce which will be
pushed to their utmost. The Government have,
however, doubtless long since taken measures
to profit by the good impression which We have
already made in that quarter, as manifested
by Japan's treaty With US. From various cir.
cumstances within our own knowledge We can
entertain NO fears that our merchants, manu-
lecturers, artizans and ship owners will fail to
DO the chief recipients of the benefits to flow
from the achievement Of our Government in
opening the ports of this strange nation to the
commerce of the world.
Washington News We have never before
known such q dearth of news around US. Du.
ring the Presidents absence nothing is doing
in the ''cahoodling'' line. That is, those in
Washington interested in securing places at a
distance for their respective friends are LAYING
on their oars. His Excellency is expected
back some time to-day, when they will be
down on him, Notwithstanding the extreme
heat Of the weather, with vehemence grsatly
increased by their breathing spell. The
Governorship of Oregon, which, rumor saws
the Hon. Ex-Speaker Davis, of Indiana, il
about to resign, will be the chief prise sough,
after for some time to come, unless death
cruelty takes of one or more prominent Office
holders, as though specially to perplex Presi
dent Pierce. There will, doubtless, be twenty
| or thirty applicants for that Governorshir
| upon tho strength Of the rumor only-patriot.
wanting office being we'll nigh as plentiful a,
this moment as on the 4th of March, 1858.
Interesting comparison.-The commercial
progress of our country will be seen at glance
so far as our commercial shipping is concerned
in the following statistics, which we obtained
this morning at the Treasury Department
Tonnage of the U. S. In 1889. POI. 5S1
1884,. 4,4O7,OIO
Excess in favor Of 1885,. ........ 4205.44s
Tonnage Of the q. S. in 1907. I42, 500
Tonnage ofcity Of New York, 1854. I,2s2s0l
Excess In favor of New York;. 2o,305
Tho Rumored Treaty with tho Netherlands