New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-04-02
from WASHINGTON.
THY s,cKLEs CAsE-GoRE oUSELEY.

x,rsn Our Own cone'p'a0 100
w,susGTox Thursdsy, March 81, 1859.
vo,u;tb.,.piins the persistent efforts TO preju-
d. The publ. n nd, by partial statements, mi're
presentations and fabric,tiOns, which can all be
nearly traced to one inspiration, and notwth
stspdiog the cclored romsDces which have been cir
culsted 10 certain Journals which now stand IS the
accredited organs Of Mr. Sickles, there is decided
re,ction in sentiment here among the rejecting
and intelligent portion Of tbs community. Thus
far, it may be raid that only one side OF the story
las been told-,he abstract story of the homicide
ayepeifg his wounded honor. There Is another
aide whieh is yet to be revealed; aud though the
fiends and kindred Of Mr.. Key have made no
psrsde in the newspapers, and have refrained from
usenfying every trfing Incident into an even.
worthy of notoriety, they are none the less deter
mined to have his memory indicated, and the four
innocent orphans who bear his name, relieved from
some Of the reproaches with which he has been Vi
sited, by those, who lsst OF all othersf half the
truth be spoken-sbould utter such damnng con
demusiion.
Amid the popular feeling and clsmor which have
been 90 sssduously cultivated here by those who
hsd an interest in roustg resentment, the present
probability is that Mr. Sickes will be acquitted, or
that the Jury will disagree. But this will depend
materially upon the range the case may ultimately
assume, and the character Of the evidence that
shall be admitted. II such testimony as is alleged
70 be accessible can be introduced it may exercise
an important influence on the verdict. No de-
fnse of extenuation can be set up which will
besr recognition 10 law and at best the whole proof
of that side must be crcums tantal and only infe-
rentislly Of that character which the civil law
admitted TO b. sufficient provication for homicide
The murder is not denied and even the intention
is said TO be admitted II the law is 10 be yndi
Gated at all, conviction becomes a necessity, sld
then the question Of mitigating circumstances be-
longs 70 the psrd)liLg power. Otherwise, the Law
is wretched farce, and, worse than that an in.
centiye 10 crime. When all the facts of this tragic
sflair, which, since its occurrence, has been in.
ve.ted with sort Of melOdramatic tinsel, shall
have been disclosed it will be then seen, and not
before with how much fitness aud propriety Mr.
Sickles assumed the championship OF society, and
how worthy Of that vindication was the
woman for whose sake, in part, he imbrued his
hands in the blood Of an erring brother. The
conduct Of the unfortunate victim Of his terrible
vengeance cannot be justified, however criminal
ing TO Others may be the exposures which to
ocme, but the nfrmities Of human nature might
.tpallisted under t'mptaiiOn and if there be such
fady sympathy with the living, some charity is
& Ito the dead who sent - unsnnointed and
unannealed" to Dis last dread account. 1t is
~, hat opao If ha last m ant
criminal cases which Key tried wss Of nearly the
same general character az this. young mechanic
at the Navy Yard here betrayed the sister Of al
acquaintance. He wss met by the brother who
insisted upon immediate marriage, which being
refustd, he shot the seducer dead. The jury &C
quilted him without leaving the box
Mr.. Buchanan is greatly perplexed at being
duped by Sir Gore Ousley for he has at length
reached the point Of admitting the deception,
though it is but few weeks since his special
organs, Tie Herald and Union, assured the public
that everything was working smoothly, that En-
gland was acting in good faith, and that our rela-
lions in Central America were about to be estab-
lisLed on the best possible footing All VINO eN-
pressed doubts were rebuked as cavllers. NO"
the whole story is out, and we are " sold as
price-not enough in fact tn pay for our
offended national pride. Like the Spartans,
who punished for the detection and not
for the crime the President is most concerned at
she publicity which has been given to his folly.
Sir Gore Ousley regularly bamboozled hun from hrst
to hist and, after eating various dinners at the
White House, he promised 10 make the British
Treaty counterpart of the Cass-i rissarri, which
was Voluntarily accepted as the model, aud then
went down to Nicaragua for the purpose OF dspos-
sessing us of every pretence of right there, by in-
sorting an article in his own treaty Tor the expul-
sion of flibusters, aud requiring Nicaragua to III
corporate il in ours with full knowledge that II
would BE- promptly aud indignantly rejected by the
Administration. r..
Having perfected his work in Nicaragua, Sir
Gore mas now gone over h. Costa Rica, for the pur
pose of assimilotiug his diplomacy there. Mean
while the President is much excited and threatens
TO assert our original claim under the Clayton bu
wer treaty. But as England has very distinctly
eiRnfed that if we return to that position, she VIII
assert and maintain her construction at every haz
ard il is not likely he will long adhere to this ihc
nation. In fit of bad humor, our Minister may
b. recalled, aud diplomatic int recourse stopped but
after the recent example in Mexico, that captods
experiment viii hardly pay; 50 that IN the long
run. the chances are the Central American ques-
ton will be bequeathed to the new Opposition Ad-
UihlstfatlOn.