The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-07-12

Tho Tondon Times has lately INDUCED 1T one
If those paroxysms Of passion to which 1t so Ire
oueptly pives vent, and which have earned for 1t
the high sounding sobriqud of The Ihunueref.
Cen. Harvey S course at San Juan is the cause Oh
ito nresent irritation We published yesterday "n
otroot from one of its articles, in which Inc pro-
1t. e the American commander are dis
tome of mingled arrogance and anger.
n.y. 7,;,se complains that Gen. HARVEY, ami
lad Inv hostility towards England, is deliber-
a,I, stseekine for an OCCASION 10 involve us in a
diGiculty with that country 1t will be remem-
bered that after a detachment of American troops
had been stationed at San Juan, and while Gov.
DOUGLASS was still threatening TO send British
force TO dispossess them Of the Island, Gen
SCoTT directed 10 proceed there and make
such temporary arrangements as might be salts
factory TO both parties until the dispute could be
finally adjusted. He discharged his task promptly
and efficiently and the Island was left in the Joint
occupancy of both claimants until it should be
determined to which power it rightfully belonged
The Times now asserts that Gen HARVEY has re.
moved the officer who was appointed by Gen.
Scorr to command the garrison, and replaced him
by one who is more disposed 10 be aggressive TO-
''repudiated altogether the proposition of Gen.
SCOTT for a joint occupation, and has notified
the English Admiral that as the Legislature of
Washington Territory has incorporated the Island
in of the counties of the Territory 'tany at
'tempt TO ignore this sovereignty will be attended
f'with deplorable consequences" Such, accord
ing to The Times, is the present situation of af-
fairs at San Juan. We are not in a position TO
obtain at this moment accurate information about
Gen. HARNEY's later movements, but we believe
we may safely doubt the truth and candor of the
Times account of them. We cannot but think
the facts of the case have been grossly exaggerated
by that Journal, even if they have any substan-
tial foundation. 1t is well known that however
much Gen. HARVEY may lack "English proclivi-
tiles, he is nevertheless q man of some sense
and dissection, and until we learn something
more about the matter we must decline to admit
that he is guilty Of the wilful and stupid miscon
duct with which he has been charged. It is not
probable that he has disobeyed the orders of the
President, and repudated the act of Gen. SCoTT
aud if he has done it may be fairly assumed that
he has some reason to give for his departure from
the line Of policy he was directed to follow. But
errors imputed to him, and has proceeded in
"iirect contradiction to the instructions of the
"Commander-in-Chef, and the sentiments of the
President HIMSELF" then the buster of The Times
is more than ever unnecessary. Could any one in
all England doubt that under such circumstances
the delinquent officer would be instantly superse-
dedi and his measures promptly dis
avowed? The Times admits that the ''gov-
''ernment of the President has met that
Of England Gin conciliatory spirit" and
it knows perfectly we'll that if any subordinate
officer, setting at naught the Presidents instruc-
tons, should do what is certain to endanger the
peace of the country, steps would be taken TO re-
medy the wrong before suggestions or remon-
strances could reach us from London. At all
events, the violence of temper which The Times
has displayed in this connection is wholly uncaed
for Our conduct has not been so aggressive as
10 drive England to 'the limit at which, her
courage will be very justly suspected, !" if she re-
trains from coming to a rupture with us 1t is
merely hlgh-flown nonsense to talk at this juno
ture about escaping coming troubles d" through
the open portals of the temple of Janus IF the
English press would but speak of us half as consi-
deratey as it processes to feel towards lis, instead
of taking us to task in so naughty a strain, the
San Juan and similar disputes would be much
better understood and more readily settled But
1t seems as if it was utterly unable to comprehend
how we can ever be in the right or England in the
wrong. Ii treats us on all occasions as q race of
land pirates and no one would suppose in read.
ing its dispositions upon our dishonest propensity
to annex our neighbours territories that England
had ever sought to acquire an inch of ground ex-
cept such as had been cultivated by the aborgnes
of Britain, from the time of the Deluee down to
the present day There is no journal more prone
to read homes TO other people while it glorifes
the virtuons policy of England than The Times,
and as it has treated the question on which Anne
RIGA and England are now at issue with lis habi-
tual insoence and Unairness, we are not disposed
10 attach much Importance to its conclusions lis
statements about matters at San Juan have been
from the outset of the dispute partial and distorted
and we see 10 reason for supposing them to be
otherwise now. 1t will be time enough there
fore to comment upon General HARNEY's pro-
cee1ingS when we receive information about them
from some other source than the London Times.