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part OF the family, who ran into the room il .'uss


ment. The plaster was SO hard that il had :" y.
broken into peices by means of hammer and 81;


sci. The strokes were necessarily hard. and ,. a


jars exceedingly distressing. Even after IN. nos %
was broken, the plaster had taken such firm hod
the ears that Mr.. was doubtful wbr,b.r ,h.u W
would be pulled OF or the plaster would b,est


had to be separated from other parts of the r.,s
and skin by runnlng knife between


congress az Panama.-It will be seen, by refer.
ence to our Weekly Summary, that The Min;.s,
from the Republics OF Colombia and Mexico hs.'
been instructed by their respective government. IN
invite the government Of the United States 10 ,.ra
Deputies to the contemplated Congress at Panama
Whether any other Of the new Republics has direct,
ed similar invllatloD does not appear What ouph,
the United Slales TO do? THIS is delicate tbouoh
we think, not a difficult question The meeting Of
that Congress will probably be an Important enocb
in human affairs. If the idea of i, has been :, IN
suggested by similar consultations between ,be
great powers Of Europe, it will have far diaeren,
objects. There, the purpose has been to concen
tra'e the Will and The power Of kings, more sAce,u.
ally to keep down and rive the chains Of their sub
FJecss. There, the security OF legitimacy has been
every thing, the happiness of the people nothing
Here, the Congress will consider if any measure,
are necessary to protect the American people in
the enjoyment OF their self government against for
elgn interference II II should be attempted and will
confer ON those which may have a tendency to pro
mote their happiness. II win be empha.ically The
peoples Congress, assembled for no purpose Of inn
posing yokes on Others, but with views of self pro
lection and seIfinterest


The invitation to the United States emanates from
the most respectable source-thst of the two leading
republics recently established on this continent. II
the United States were 10 decline accepting il,
would it not be SAID that they held themselves aoof,
stood isolated, and coldly Indifferent to the possible
dangers and ultimate fate OF the American family,
OF which, by seniority and by all the circumstances Of
their position, they must be acknowledged the head!
On the contrary by sending deputies to Panama,
whilst they may AVOID compromise OF their peace or
neutrality, they may contribute to the establish
ment OF the great principles for which they have
long contended strengthen friendships OF which the
high value is becoming every day more apparent,
and assis, in presenting America in new and ine
resting lights to the world Without engaging in
any OF the deliberations of The Congress on The
means OF prosecuting the existing war with Spain,
which would be inconsistent with their neutrality,
we can readily conceive OF other subjects deserving
the greatest attention. Our deputies TOO might be-
come meda'crs or convenient umpires, at once
friendly and impartial, for the adjustment OF ques'
tlons oi limits between the sates and for guard
ing by wise forecast, against those collisions and
wars which might arise among them.-The pres
ence Of deputies from the United States would
give additional consequence to the Congress. inspire
the new States with fresh confidence in free iDslu'
tons. and disconcer. European nrigues, which are
known to be on foot, to prevail on ol them 10
change their political systems. The fact alone OF
the United States meeting and commuDing in this
friendly way with the new States would justify, IN
our opinion, acceptance Of the invalion If the CON-
gress should even break up without agreeing on any
one act. What will be the course of our govern
ment we pretend not to know. For ourselves, we
can only express the wish that we may be represent
ed, and ably represented, at Panama.


Nat. Journal.