The Washington union., 1858-02-18
THE DUTY OF NATIONAL MEN.

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The New York Journal of Commerce concludes an ar
ticle under the above caption as follows
:" 1t is common for of good Judgment and
sound to neglect those public duties which In gov
enment like dcvolve upon the electors Entertain
ing the most conservative and thoroughly national views
they nevertheless have dstasc for public airs and in
too many instances leave to other and less competent
persons the entire direction of government matters and
perhaps neglect the high obligation devovng upon
every Citizen Of casting their sufrages at every election
In time like the present, where the angry passions of
the people in different sections of the Union aroused
and the continuance of peace and quiet in of
territories is seriously threatened every consideration
patriotism and oil the proptings Of duty call for the
active corporation of national men, In the cal
cated to lead to settlement of existing difficulties and
restoration Vt peace and concord among the people in
all sections Of the Union.
The estimate placed upon the sentiment Of the north
States by those who have not carefully weighed the
position of political parties is very likely to be- we
think generally is erroneous New York is largely ma
tonal in sentiment -and even in New England If fair
issue could be made between the scctionalsts and the
friends of national principles it all clear that the
former would prevail The difficulty is, to arouse the
substantial loving to action and induce them
to exert their influence and talents against the sectional
ism and fnaticism Of the day. Cool Judgment must al
ways in the end triumph passion and prejudice.
Upon this truth base hope and confidence that the
contest now waged Mt Washington will terminate in
calculated TO sustain the President and his friends
in the effort they making restore peace to the
try by the prompt admission of Kansas into the Union"
The MosQuITo INDrANs.--Mr. j.. G. Squcr In n letter
to the Herald, gives the following very decisive csti-
mony to the worthcssness of the Mosquito indians in
Central America
Pampcr, in l7lO, estimated the Mosquitoes at not cx-
ceedng "a hundred men In number " and exclusive of
the Caribs, who recognised and of the interior
tribes who utterly rcpudatc Mosquito authority il may
safely be asserted that the whole population of the Mos
quito shorc-including whites, mulattocs Indians ne
grocs sambos, and mcstxos not now exceed one
thousand in number OF these, probably not more than
fifth possibly not than onctcnth arc pure In
dams; the rest chiefly sambos, mixed Indian and
ncgro-the blood of the latter greatly predominatng
It may be doubted If single Mosquito Indian lives to
the norhward of Cape Gracas and certainly few f any,
live in the southwark of Indian river near Bueie,is
1t is concerning this miserable handful of savngcs,
without constitution, laws, written language without
religion or idea Of God that Great Britain and
the United States for ten years, have been involved in
irritating and dangerous dispute Why, the lives of
the whole deased, lcprous not worth single
drop of English or American blood and he who Is ac-
quainted with the facts concerning them may well doubt
If he really lives in this the last half Of the nineteenth
century when they permitted to disturb the friend
ship and peril the peace of two great and civilized mn
tions Left alone for few years amongst their pcscn
tia agoons to the tender nerces of rum, traders and
small pox and they will certainly to cumber the
earth which they disgrace, well to excite
sympathy and attract interest which they never cscr
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