New-York daily tribune., 1859-01-26
NR CLEMENT HOPKINS AND THE PAR.
AGTAF DIFFICULTY

f. re Tdiior cf TAs " L. TribUse.
SIR: have resi, with 70 small degree Of interest.
the letter Of your correspondent 81 Montevideo pub.
lshed in your letter few days ago, sod the reply e
Mr. C!eGent f. Hopkins, winch sppears in this days
TRIBUNE Having csrefully coz Urde,ei the arguments
pu. forth in each of these commancatious whs, eoa.
clusion DO you tsipk suive at rhst the Paraguay
Expedition Is the most unmitis Aed humbos ever per.
pcirst.d in = nations name. Mr.. Hppkirs's letter
does not reute single iota of the ACCUSATION ths. "ths
&" Notwithstanding which existed between the Uni,ed
states enc Paraguay relative 10 the treaty msie by
PEND Teton sId schenck assumes imp pctsnce alto
gether from misre epresehtatiop nor does he even e1-
urrss 8 doubt that sad Misunderstanding " conld ba
i settled in An hour by any Ams rican not mernantle
ivAl ot Lopez II he attempted to refate the yer
ion Of the Water Witch sfut given by your corrss-
pos IT. is sbor would he lost because facts are too
.ubb m ~ be- SET ssiie by argument but it's worthy
oi remark that he does rot attempt such . taiag In
short Nr. Clement confirms every Important state
m,ut OF your correspondent at eist the "o" import
ant ere. by cotiliag himsM II t. discussing tenaicsh-
ties touching the one grand eneytnce which over-
shadows all our troubles vita Paraguay. letit is not
Iorg sirce NJ. Clement Hopkins published IN The
Ncl- YOik Erpycss waat he called an account oi tne
difficulties between the United States Government ard
Lopez "srrsnged chroL oiogicsu', snd aecornng 70
mir Importance" In thst article, "ths on,-
ess coIirovcvsy between our Consul to Paraguay.
MIR Hopkins, end President Lopez, was placed
sst ard Ess' although your man-oi' var m'n says,
cnd MIR. Hopkins ir., by silence, admits, that " It
has been the principal incentive q wsrl'ke preps-
rations by our Government Tue columns OF Ihc
EreAiHr P0n also contained version Of toe " oliti-
Guilty" from the same prohdc pen tha. wrote IAe
ErSress article and in that epstle also tue business
controversy ives treated lightly. In The San We
we again enlightened by Mr.. Clement on the
cause Of quarr.l; and last but not least, in repy
to n communication published by you some three
weeks ago, rejecting on the mi management oi tse
D-v
Hopkins, now Mr.. Editor \ wrote very sprtei
note 10 Tar TRiBUNE, recapitulatpg the old story q
the ustice of our csuse. II this tst letter reered
10 was pourod by Mr.. c. Hand his teoandlty Tor
nDitine forth commune Aiiops lately, well as the
tsct that very few look the Paraguay difficulty as
h, docs Notwithstanding his industrious efforts TO in-
eruot the peope On that subject, would seem 10 ID
Jeate that il vast furnishes illustration of nov
very easy is 10 be eloquent and noisy without being
either instructive cancii; because the writer OF it
plainly states that it would be news 10 him, al al
eyeuts) that Lopez ever condescended TO entertain
the idea of reuun( rating tho L :. 4 L. N. Go.
Now, how is il tha, the plain, blum. assertion Of
your Mo1teyicco correspondent, that "Lopers viii
lireness 10 pay fair estimate ct the Company Pc
cuniay loss is known to bs true IN every psrticu-
" lar by several American citizens in Brazil, Uruguay
ard Buenos Ayres" is not gainsayed by the brother
of tie Consul-the gentleman who, l strongly sds-
pec'. pretended To be 50 certain, few days ago,
about the sheer impossibity of such thing.
Sowc find out that the Paraguay difficulty is merely
a controversy between a Yankes merchant and Par
agugyAn jew. it may be- summed up thus: The
L = & Z. y. Co. invested 81 900 in speculation,
in which President Lopez invested $40 600. Lopez.
Tor some cause or csuses not detotely known, broke
up the Company. Now the Company wan, damages.
How much sould be fair Hopkins calculates divi-
dend Of ~ or 80 per cnt The gross amount a. co-
pound interest .or number Of ycars, then adds AL the
hguies together aud says, There's the total" Too
much replies Lopez " II You don't pay it, rstods
our Consul, "Il tell Mr. Marcy " Eel away
says LOPEZ. Hopkins tells away, and over tso mill
hons of dollars are expended 10 obtain fro Shylock
tzho il woald seem, has changed positions in this
conroc.on, The few thousand he refuses 10 psy. 10
psyr about slOo 600 for the of vessels tbs cond
be bought forever for $50 000 Is cused with sqnan-
derrg the put ic money he modestly recommends the
couury TO pay over another sl00OO0 for the perma.
nent pfoprietorshp Of the steamers. What pcturel
Hopkins, Lopez, Buchanan, Toucey! hands round;
rire ie begoieiei Can such things be without our
speCial WVLder Psf.