, 1870-03-12
SINKING THE OHEIUA,

csa be found 11 all the staer ptpess Of this city
puttcsether.
SINKING THE oHKIDA.
Mnny American readers viii be unable to
understand the epth Of meanness and cru
city which, judging from all the reports yet
published, characterized the conduct Of
Captain Eyre Of the Bombay, in sinking
the Oneida, and the brutal cowardice Of the
boasts he Afterwards made, as proved by an
English Lieutenant, that he had "cut the
whole qunter of id Yankee frigate. aud
served hG bloody well right" Every few
yea1s wehave occasion for similar surprise.
We wee equally surprised when Captain
Eyre:s namtsake, the Governo. of Jamaica,
deyotei eix thousand nou-resistant negroes
to slaughter, from the mere fear that
an lnsurrection was contemplated. No
vera surprised when the English In India
blew the Indian rebels from the mouths Of
their canaon, in vain rags that they could
iDf1iet no severer punishment. We were
surprised when, on the breaking out Of q
pro-slave1y rebellion, the Broughans,
Russell., and Carlyles Of anti-slare1y Eng
land became The allies and participants Of
tho SHAREHOLDERS crime. Not to multiply
instances, W. were surprised at her whole
course throughout the rebellion.
The Americans are a cosmopolitan peo-
pie, made up Of representatives Of al Ms
tons, familiar by travel md by versatile,
though often superficial culture, with the
peculiarities OF all nations We have al
wsys maguanimously ceased to hate English
men in very few years after they stopped
fighting Us, whether it ware after the peace
Of l7ss, of 1915. or Of 1865. To most
Americans, therefore, the barbsrous anti
American prejudices of the maas Of Tory
Eoglishmen is new lesson in character
whenever it is sprung upon us. We have
no Euch meanness among Americans, ,and it,
therefore, lakes us unawarss. Bet
there is large class Of gently
and officials in England, and still
q larger one II her military and naval ser
vice, and holding offices OF various grades
by appointment in the colonies, in whom
hatred Of everything American is mark of
British bloo9, sign Of gentility and patri-
otisn- Bk:ktrood's Magazine, the London
1;m<s, ard the Saturday RerieD express
the pohter side Of this phase Of British ms
Lightly. Optain Eyre, in his crime against
tho Oneids, expressed the vulgar type Of
the same maliclcua 1nesnness. There is a
moral certainty that these journals and
periodicas, and all the e9aque7s Of their
class If the Lords and Commons, and
where3<1 throughout the world the initials
Of ii brta Regina are 1uscribed on the
beer bats1es, will sustain Captain Eyre, and
echo, n more or1ess polite phrase, the aenti.
rnent that he served the "d-d Yankee
fricaz bloody well right" Thoss
who h1ve ever come in contact will
this English depravity will hay
p1fect clue to Captain Eyre's conduct
Thee who have had no experience G
Erflish manners are hardly prepared t
comprehend Captain Eyre. There IL L
do1bt that, when he ran down this Oneida
vessel; ergo, in hiz view, Was being sailcd b
r,ople who could not possibly know ho'
t, Fail vessel, and who ran her with he
helm a-atarboard when shc should have hs
j; a-port. This VAS reason enoug
Why he, Captain Wc1lsly Ey.e, snob raio,
should cut her quarter of and send her I
tho bottom Then, conscious Of his gnu
b dared not face tho victim
OF his levilish rnAlice, but left them to pe
ish with their ship. Though the steward I
the Bombay raw that hole had been c.
into the Oneida at tho waters edge, 80 III,
he could see men in the officers cabins cal
ring the sick on deck, and, Of course, Inc
she must sink Immediately; though th
Captain himself saw that he had ''cut b.
whole quarter off, and knew, therefore
she would sink; though the Oneidas viii,
ties were blown and guns fred immediately
and must hare been heard by the Thug i
command OF the Bombay, yet hs sailc
away from his murdered victims
in doubt whether he had don
d good thing to boast Of, @
mean thing to lie about, and pre-
pared to do either, according to tho nAtut
Of the audience he might be addressing.
In noble confirms. with this brutal w7ete
is the calm bravery and thorough couras
which pervaded all, from tho command,
to the cabiu-boy, on the sinking Anne
ican steamer. Though he. certain ia
was known Immediately, md thong
through the fault apparently Of son
others than her officers, she WIS 1hort
boats, the sick we're lowered and secur
in the few boats that wero at hand, a,
the rest met DEATH as calmly as they Won
have sailed into port.
This tragedy is one that should not
overlooked by our government. The mo
1t is discussed tie more it viii assumo Il
form Of one in long series Of represent
tise cEuelties and meauneases, noue
which have ever been punished, and whit
few nations hut ou1s have the power
punish.
The ari1nus Of four.fsths Of the CO,
randers OF British vessels toward tho
bearing the American flag does not diff
essentially from that which fttcd out !
rates to prey on our commerce, or fsc
that which sunk tbs Oneida. Ths bills 1
none Of these injuries have been paid. 7
hctors in none Of these outrages have be
punished. Time is running against and obi
Grating them all. It my be TINT We net
as aration, lone such horrfying nanif
tations Of the British spirit to induce rs
take up the cudgels of defence in behalf
the injured evetywhers against the avsz-i
solens marauder. We hope that, il Capt.
Eryes conduct is truly reflected by the
accounts, cur government viii make i
national matter, demand the Just puni.
nent Of Eyre, and add the indemnity
to the poslic treasury and the relatives
those drowned On the Oneida. for the Il
they have s1ztained by this act Of brutal
to the long list Of similar claims agai
Great Britaia which already demand
earliest actio1 Of our government.
GENERAL LOGAN AND TIE 1HDI
BUREAU.
We regret that General Logan has 8.