The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-05-27

1t is often the fortune of events. surprising
enough In themselves to happen unheard-
The public mind must have sensation, and
the strongest at once dwarfs all the others.
Thus on the war question, although. Central
America has been disturbed to the extent OF
armed rebellions in all directions, nobody
seems to care. The fact is that the Franco
Prussian war, with its harvest of throat-cut-
ting on an immense scale, so riveted attention
that quiet earthquake or massacre In Mara
caibo, or anything Of the gently murderous type
elsewhere, could have no hearing while the
cannon Of Sedan Numbered on the public
tympanum. This Is all very natural 1t is
simply human. But there is often lesson la
these smaller matters which glide unremem-
bered out of the public mind that shames the
bigger sensation when the truth is all known.
The true judge Of events never hesitates in Q
comparison which points healthy moral;
therefore we say that there are four recent
events which should be jointly considered in
order to be properly appreciated. These are
the civil war in France, the civil war in New
Granada, the Mace and Coburn fizzle and the
Collins Edwards fight. Those who wish to be
shocked at this are moral towards, and there
is no such thing as parleying with such.
In the French civil war we see an immense
prize fight savagoly conducted and Of doubt
full credit to either party, since the Versalliss.
though courageous, showed no quarter from
the start, and the Communists retaliated like
tigers. The rules Of the terrible prize ring Of
war were violated again and again, yet the
great referee, the vor popuA, declined to de-
clare 'foul." In that little s'mill" which
took place on spring green meadow the day
before yesterday, in East New York, s'fouls"
were frequent, ut the bloodthirsty lockers on
and the purblind referee, creature called
''Snatchem," overlooked them ALL declaring
that the linen should fight it out" While no
one questions the brute courage of either tho
Paris insurgents or Collins the pug" we
cannot help seeing but very little difference
between them, or between the soldiers of tho
Assembly and Billy Edwards.
Now, If there is anything we admire 1t Ia
the aesthetic, and on this ground we commend
of the Colombian civil war to universal adj
miration. The cause will be seen in compar-
ing the graceful pos.uring of the two gladiators
who were afraid of each other with the
HERALD's dispatches from Central America
published yesterday. We will not point out
to further admiration the noble bearing OF the
two buffers, whose refined, delicate, aesthetic
taste, displayed in their caution, alone
saves them from being considered AFFECT
cowards but the names Of Correoso and
Herrera, the chief parties in warlike struggle
going on at Panama, should be above all
praise. Correoso is the President and Herrera
is the head rebel there. There is such q
continual round of revolutions there that thus
much is all that Is necessary to be explained
a good cause for fighting outside of the
''stakes" In the shape Of government Offices for
the chiefs and direct plumber for the followers
being altogether unnecessary. The rebels had
seized steamer, the Montijo, and some three
hundred of them getting on board and steam
ing away caused unutterable anxiety to Cor
reoso lest they should come back. Ger
tain hackers of both parties in this
matter called conference between the princi-
pals, and Herrera modestly commenced his
claim by demanding Correoso to resign the
championship is, the Presidency-and
pay his (Herrera's) expenses in the unplea-
santness. Correoso, the champion, waxed
wroth and refused to give up the champion
ship, but said he would not hurt Herrera or
his hackers if they would put down their
''mauleys;" In other words, lay down their
arms. Outside of that he was willing to meet
Herrera and his eight hundred friends in ten
mile ''ring" outside the city-no Paris bust
ness, mind-and fight it out like man. This
last delighted all parties aid Mr.. Herrera and
friends went into immediate ''training'
is, began to drill. On the other side Correoso
called to his aid six hundred State and three
hundred national troops. Mr.. Manuel Diaz,
with his three hundred on the Montijo, landed
also to take hand in with his ''pal," Her
rera.
So far, although the preliminaries for. this
big set-to were all that Is fair, civilization had
cause to deplore. But the aesthetic has its
heroes even In Central America. These were
the Consuls of foreign Powers stationed among
the Spaniards and half-breeds Of the peninsu-
lar town of Panama. Through these pupils
of the graceful in everything a treaty or
peace was arranged which turned the pic
turesque Spanish demons into angels Of
sstheticism. We can look in Imagination at
them, clad 10 the long scarlet or blue
sarapa, smiling the smirk of fraternal affec-
ton from under their wide sombreros, turning
their Remington rifles into duck guns and
the STRENGTHENING lGzz0 into clothes limo
with poetic fervor. Surely isuch desirable
end should Justify the means. At any rate,
here they are. Correoso sgives to Herrera
and his friends all the minor government