, 1878-05-31
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON. ID. c.. May 3. Isl

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=, L,,,,, ,,a1a tr;auds tb,t ,rnrIL hoyn hoo,
of S imsstimah. volue NOW shomid war win
Rnssia n, rm Instead. in his mad zeal 70
dpstrnv Rrnublican Government and to
establish Indefinitely his own supremacy.
he adoptpd that course that made him dis
trusted and dctrSted by both North and
South. His observance OF MS internatiOn-
Al obligations towards Us was so lax that
our commerce was swept from the seas bv
the cruisers whose construction and equip
mrnt In the yards OF his subjects he
winked at; and WAS alwaysa day too late in
the legal steps taken to prevent their sail
ing. His neutrality" was so notOriouSIy
hostile to Us Is to have excited the con-
tempt and indigmtion of many OF his own
subjects and OF other powers for his diSrc-
gard of law and at his transparent hypO-
Cricy. While the letter OF the violated
law may have bern satisfied by The Geneva
award. it had little effect in neutraIiang
the feeling of ill-wil that he provoked.
His fear that many American citizens may
only ue too glad Of al opportunity to re-
taIiate wien it can be done without a
positive violation OF law, are probably
weIl-founded; and the Recollection that
Russia's conduct was directly tile reverse
of his own will not tend to diminish bis
anxiety lest the chickens he was at such
pains to hatch out Il few years ago are
about to come home to roost.
The roport of Mr.. Scleicher's Committee
onuointrd to investigate and report upon
the Rio Grande troubles, places some of our
military gentlemen in a very el. yable light
hefnre the nublic. Accounting to the tcsti-
monv of Mr., Williams. American Consulat
one of tbc towns on the Mexican side Of that
stream Cal Deyen appcers to have been
"n thn NOSE intime te terms with some of
tho Meyir,n brayoes in command along
the hor1ler. and il further appears that
Deven nubiicly endorsed the imposition OF