The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-04-14

with the character Of enthusiasts. Indeed,
they have generally appeared TO % very
great scamps whenever they nase ~
fairly tried and the irresistible cohcio
e;on il that sbolitionism, end any other ISM
thew may have espoused, Was not . ss.ss
,nent lint a dodge" for the grasihca'ioh
Of their ambition and their greco =.
HAZE. who was at any time ready 70 aie
eor tbe negro, seems to have been quite
ready to sacrifice what was dearer 'han
l;fo-honor-for as much trash as may DC
" srasped thus" In 1867 the Spanish Wv
vernment a made formal complaint 10
our Secretary Of Legation, Mr.. PERRY, that
our Minister, Mr.. HALE, had been IN Inc
habit Of smuggling goods into Spain under
cover of his diplomatic privilege, for the
profit and advantage Of a Spanish COM
mercial house, and Of receiving regular
navment at the hands Of that house, for
the taxes Of which the Government was de-
frauded. Full proofs Of the TRANSACTIONS
were furnished by the Government. IL was
shown that Mr.. HALE had kept with the
house concerned regular account current
of profit and loss Of this disgraceful affair.
The Spanish Government behaved with
commendable forbearance, contentlng ltseh
with reporting the facts to MIR. FERRY.
Mr.. HALE seems to have been only reused
to make bitter attack upon Mr.. PERRY
and his family. He does not seem to be
| ashamed of his conduct or disposed to MAKE
anv defence Of it. He has recently, in the
prosecution of his long war upon the
PERRrs, made an attack upon Mrs. PERRY
charging her with intermeddling in pollsl-
cal matters because she publicly harangued
multitude in Madrid in behalf OF the
| abolition of slavery! othink of JOHN I.
HALE, the famous abolitionist, making such
| q complaint! He was not content with the
complaint, but he described the lady asshe
stood before the crowd-her age, dress, de-
meanor, SO. Her hair was let loose, and
fell below her shoulders, in the modern
style, looking dry, scorched, and towzled, as
an aggregation of several cows tails. The
sketch was especially delightful to the phi
lanthropist HALEl
This war has been going on since 1867,
and, strange to say, nothing has been done
to vindicate the reputation Of the Govern
ment. Mr.. SEWARD appointed HALE; and
for this service he has been bitterly abused
by the recipient of his kindness. The
Republican party in Congress, on the other
hand, in order to benefit HALE by putting
odium upon the man who was only the me-
dunn of conveying the accusations Of the
Spanish Government, have for two years
refused to pass an appropriation to pay
PERRY's salary.
Now, Mr.. FISH, Secretary of State, pro-
poses to recall both HALE and PERRY, and
appoint persons to fill their places-so that
Mr.. PERRY, who has not offended, is to fall
with the man wko has dishonored his coun-
try by carrying on the business Of SNUG
gler under the protection Of his official
character; and what is worse, ne is to fell
upon the complaint of HALE, who has thus
disgraced himself.
This is O rare case. We believe it ia the
first dishonor of the kind which has been
brought upon the American nation, and it
is not at all surprising that it should have
been the act of On abolitionist. The en-
thusiasts and knaves of that party have,
besides dishonor, brought untold injuries
upon the nation. 1t is amongst the most
painful Of the reflections upon our present
woes that they were brought about by such
people!