The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-07-01

route, it would be veil II oil CT them would make
clean breast Of il ane publish the documents On
which they rest their respective claims. Will
grant be is said to have obtained from Eicsra-
qua, and LET US see the ground he stands on,
The Questsen er sne Rssht o. Search More
Evsdos ~ th~s &c L. sos Settled.
1t will be seen by our correspondence from
Havana shat there has been another American
vessel fred into of the coast of Cuba at as late
day as the 18th ult On this occasion
there is some doubt as to who is tho volunteer
high policeman Of the eea- The aggressive
vessel hoisted Spanish colors, but did not seem
TO be Spanish vessel. Captain Mason. Of the
bark Louisa, the ship attacked, thought her
British. Whatever she was he behaved very
properly in hcisting his colors and continuing
on his course. It is perhaps to DO regretted
that more of our captains did not do the came
thing before, when the Outrages were 60 nu
merous, as the question of the right Of search.
might then have been brought to Deal settle
ment, which IT now seems far from attaining.
There are some antecedents for supposing
that new tactics have been adopted BY The
British cruisers I'm this matter Of overhauling
American vessels. 1t will be remembered that
we published lately an account OF the meeting
of the United States war steamer Arctic and
her Britannia Majesty steamer Styx at sea, on
which occasion the latter hoisted the Spanish
flag, and after running down to the Arctic
near enough to make out what she
Hc-~ oNr
changing those courtesies customary between
national ships meeting at sea- 1t may be that
sbe hoped to escape recognition by the Arctic,
after having adopted the unwarrantable manoeu-
vre of hosting q flag che was not entitled to
wear. This proceeding Of the Styx gives us
some reason to doubt that the aggressor 10 the
late sase of the bark Louisa WAS Spanish
cruiser.
If it should turn out that an American vessel
has been fred into by Spanish government
schooner on the coast of Cuba, it only adds
another strong argument to the necessity We
have urged that Lord Malmesbury's despatch
in relation to the right of search should be
published. If Spain has followed the example
of England, and constituted her war vessels also
into volunteer ocean police, the sooner she
knows of the fact that England has receded
from her position on this question the bet
ter. If this fact is not made patent to the
world, we shall soon have other volunteer po-
licemen upon the ocean following the example
of England and Spain. There is no reason
why Hsyti should not send out her one schooner
navy with "ong tom" amidships, and give
~e H. FL.
probation of the law of nations The
leakings of the circumlocution Office at
Washington differ about the contents Of Lord
Malmesbury's despatch. One side would have
us believe that England has given up the whole
question; while another assures US that the
true issue is not settled ct all, and that we are
only humbugged.
excited on this great question, and few inded-
mite assurances from Washington cannot wholly
allay the public feeling on this point; and par
ticularly 20 when the tenor of these assurances
is contradictory Of each other. If the question
Is truly settled the public anxiety should be al
layed; If it is not settled the public should not
be deceived, and our future peace endangered.
Neither the people Of this country nor foreign
governments can be convinced BY such indea-
mite and contradictory outgivings as we have
from Washington. The Withholding of the des-
patch from the world greatly forti6es the doubt
on the part Of the community in the honesty
and finality of the settlement claimed; and the
more so when II Is feen that Lord Malmcsbury,
In the Honss OF Lords on the 18th, aud Mr..
Fitzgerald, in the House Of Commons on the 18th
ultimo, each accompanied their announcement
Of the ceding Of the right Of search question by
the British government with ''but." Now
great international issues are not settled with
"but;" the safety Of our commerce upon the
ocean cannot hang upon "but !" the peace of
two powerful nations cannot be preserved with
"but." When the true position of this ques.
ton does come out il will be found that II is not
settled, and that we have got to 60 through
greater irritation and insult, and more dan
gerous excitement than that which lately ran
like wildflre through the land.
TIM REPUBLIC or LIBERIA FAnrRE-Our
pet little free niger republic on the coast of
Africa seems to be progressing backwards at q
wonderfully rapid rate. 1t was only few days
since that We Published the speeches Of hu-
manitarian at Jamaica, pitching into Liberia
terribly, and denouncing II as one Of the
greatest free niger humbugs of the age. He
had been there and seen the whole thing. Asa
Niger garden of Eden II was perfect failures
as q source Of supply for free niger labor Il
docs not amount 10 anything at all; as free
niger political experiment It's grand result was
minus.
We had some doubts about this Jamaica view
of the republic of Liberia, fearing that there
was something Of the spirit Of the opposition
shop in t. But Colonel Danforth, who pub