The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-12-21
THE DTSPATCH


rrssnAY MORNING ID sCkMbkn 81 1888
uemmsAore PaxlAing.
A su,, hes bsea brought sgasnst Commodore
p..,dius By Mcpooaid. one OF the Allibussers
hcc,sht homo With waller. The q. Q. Attorney as
Nev York deciiuss 10 defend raaidipg In this sur,
ana the old Ccnmodors asks the Navy p~rartme1'
70 relieve hin from the expesss Of dsfsndies n,"
self for bis odleial Get. II the Department os'
eisnss, he will appeal 10 Congress.
From o statement Of the case 10 Ne" iHs
seurnai, Il appears that Mr.. Mcdonald accompanied
w.,kar q. ths .p.sAion,r aud after being Landed
a, Paint Are,as and after the capture OF the river
.,.amer, nv Anderson, went up the river and took
uosssssion Of the steamers, claiming to bs the
agent Of Morgan asd Garrison, bat under On order
from walker apea Andersen. He was found on
board the "Morgaa," and BY order Of Commodore
puutiing, Who considered him one OF the hilibus-
serv vs. sent On beard the Saratoga, the steaaasr
turned over 70 the Uaitsd sta;es Commercial
Agsst, end the sdvepturers Who had thus invaded
Nicaragssn coll under cover Of 90 expedition fitted
oct 10 shs Unied States, cent back to the country
MeDonah hes iostisuted legal proceedings against
Commodore PauidipG for damages.
Comoodors Psulding has received the thanks e
the Niearaguan govsrumeut for the act in guess
tios, aad although 10 iss Performance he sechni.
oaliy exceeded bts powers. he has not been re-
baked By his own government. We agree with a
New York contemporary that the government
ewes It to its sAithfol public servants, aud sspe-
eaiiy 70 those officers Of the Navy who gallant.
~ uphold lie flag and dsead lie honor 10 all parts
81 the world, to protect them from such annoys
ascss - that to which Commodore Pauiding is
ssbjsetsd. The Uoited States ought at once TO as
sumo the dsfsnes, aud relieve veteran officer who
A~ss - to- 18th nj In
al parts Of the world from the rsprosch and ex-
penss Of defending himself Ia . suit brought
agsi.st bin for the performance Of his duty
We doubt whether there Is service in the
world which receives such scsnty justice from its
government No the American navy. The effect of
the oosrss which has been pursued towards this gal
LIANT arm Of the national defence Is to degrade dc.
noraiss AMI disorganirs the whole establish IN cot
1ts officers are put on poorer pay than the Arm /,
and then expected to give sumptuous entertain :
ments abroad 70 foreign officers and the other
Representatives Of forsign powers a. their own
expense. They are entrusted with missions OF the
greatest deiieAcy and responsibility, yet som g.
times under instructions 60 vague that tho most
praetieed dtploma tist nigh: fail to solve the rid
de, anc then, if thsy commit an err or. they are
left to shoulder the consequences individually,
both In reputation and purse With politicians
sseking 70 make eatspaws OF them on one side,
and the people ca the other, denouncing their To-
action and want OF spirit, they arc banded about
from pillar to post, add even II they succeed 10
performing their duty to universal Satisfaction
they are ,s'e at the srey of a Reform Board, to
b bowstruug in their old age like Stewart, Skin
nsr, Maury and others. who have done more for
the honor and welfare Of their country than all
the politicians who ever lived.
OF oil the various kinds of injustice which the
Navy has suffered, none Is more unoalIed for and
Inaccessible than that which charges our officer.
With want Of pronptnsss aud spirit in defence
Of tho nag, and desire to curry favor with Bril-
fish on8ssrs. Bvery rensctiDs man must know
that the interests, the pride, passions aud ambi
ton Of the Navy, are necessarily on the side OF
war. Promotion, prize money, glory, an immor-
tai name, oil prompt them to watch with Jealous
vigilance the honor aud rights of the nation
whilst, on the other hard, peace is synonymous
With obscurity, poverty, . life of unsppreciated
hardships aud perils, and an old age of neglect
and perhaps dsstisution. 1t was the Navy which
made "a glorious in the late war, and if we could
hxvs another good European contest, there is no,
IN onioer In the service, from the oldest Admir-
70 tho youngest Midshipmsn, " no would pot have
before him prospect thai would make the cold
Get blood rua riot with fever of hope and ambi-
tioa. In truth, the danger Is, that the Navy
would err, on the side Of provoking quarIels, o,
indiscreton aud ssgressiveness, and the fact tina,
~ officers % rarely yield to these natural i'm
pulses, reflect the highest credit on their good
sense. and 10 signal proof of their fitness for the
positions which they occupy.