Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1849-11-01

honest Chief Magistrate TO swerve him from
the path of duty and honor. Our treaty
with SPAN stood before him; our neutrali-
ty act of 1918 was faithfully executed; and
the Presidents proclamation, backed by the
! obedience of the officers Of the Government
| under his control, succeeded in dispensing
this expedition by the calm administration
of law, and the moral force of good faith
which distinguished the proclamation. For
this act the President has received the
thanks, not only of foreign nations, but of
all good men in his own country; and the
time is not distant, if it has not already ar
/ rived, when the thoughtless men who en-
| listed in this illegal enterprise, without
| knowing its destination, will thank the Pres
ident for an interference which saved the
fate of the followers of Miranda and the
horrors of the dungeon and the gibbet 1t
is now ascertained that the Spanish com
mander, Roncali, was ready to receive them
with disciplined body of regular soldiers,
against whom they could moi possibly made
successful head. No vindctive measures
were adopted by the Administration against
those who had violated the law, or medta-
ted its inlraction The whole expedition
was peacibIy aud quietly dispersed and the
Administration was no less distinguished by
its cemency than its lirmness.
simultaneously with the proclamation to
arrest the illegal invasion of Cuba was an
other act of President Taylor, which stands
in beautiful relief in conneXion with it. Ii
was the prompt and efficient action of the
Secretary of State, through our Consul AT
Havana, in procuring the return to the u.
States of the keeper of the prison inilavana,
who had released Viavcrde while under
sentence of death for high treason.
Firm III his purpose to vlndIcate the hon.
or of his own country, aud the right of ev-
cry man to the protection of our laws who
seeks shelter under them, whether native or
foreigner; resolved to maintain the honor
Of our flag, and the inviolability Of the per-
son Of every one entitled to the protection
of our laws, the President secured the safe
ty Of Garcia at the very moment when he
had been removed to the prison adjoining
the CAROTID, and trumphantly placed him
in the custody of the law officers of the Uni
ted States at New Orleans.
While many were astonished at the rapid
ity of the Executive movement, all were
grattied at the fortunate result. Had the
President proceeded to demand Garcia from
the Court at Madrid, it would have been a
fatal mistake, which might, and probably
would, have involved the peace of the two
countries. The delays of tina, dlatory Court,
! if resulting in the execution OF Garcia, could
never have been satisfactorily atoned for to
our Government or People. We regard
this decisive movement of the Executive in
the right direction as an act not merely for
tunate i'll its consequences, but evlnclve of
that wise forecast, that sagacity and quick
ness of decision, which distinguished Gen.
Taylor in every battle he has fought aud
every victory he has won. Yet these things
which have been, and will continue to be i'll
! future, the topics over which good men will
rejoice, have furnished the Opposition press,
bound to oppose to the bitter end no matter
what face The Administration might wear,
nothing but themes for contumacy aud a.
buse. They are evidences of" the bnng-
| ling diplomacy of the Secretary-of " the
laundering and ignorance" of the President
of the United States-oi the " imbecllity"
of the Cabinet.
No act of the Administration, of any de-
scription, has escaped their censure. The
President issued recommendation to the
people to devote one day-while fatal pes
ilIence was spreading its ravages through
out the land-to humiliation and prayer, and
the nation responded with extraordinary u
nanimty to the appeal offs Chief Mags-
trate. The temples of tho Almighty were
opened on that day, to all who acknowled.
ged his existence and feared his dlsplcas'
ure. The prayers of the millions went NJ
10 the Most High, for relief from the dread
full scourge, BY His kind providence the
pestllence has disappeared; yet the recon-
mendalion of the President was scoiled at
+ and he was scurvily assa'led for having dar'
ed to make it, FROM the tone of portion
Of the Democratic press, the elimination
Of disease--the banshment Of a pestjlenct
after recommendation Of President Tay
) lor of prayers to God to expel il, was it'll,
better thaa a usurpatlon of power; and i
required but one step further for them {,
take---a natural aud an easy one-to place
= the whole party on the side ofthe Cholera
5 to defend 1t against the Executive encroach
| ments OF General Taylor, and to enshrin
c il as political martyr by the side Of TIT
e French Minister the Round Islanders, an,
= the thousand victims who have been de
d capltated by the bloody axe Of proscrip
{ ton"
{ The conduct Of the Opposition in takin
= sides with the French Minister, Nj .Poussln
I against their own Government, whom h.
Il had twice insuted, exceeds, for lis shame
. less ehrontery, anything that has occurre
> in the past history OF this country. Be
! llcvlng as we do, that Mr., Poussn had n
l authority in his instructions for the insult il
: the case of Captain Carpenter, aud know
= ing, as all know, that Mr.. Secretary Maso
at the head Of the Navy Depastmeut unde
\ Mr.. Polk, us well as Mr., Clifford, Nj
II Folks Minister in Mexico, had both, vii
4! full knowledge Of all the facts, approve
" of all the conduct of Capt. Carpenter, "
Z blush for IA press, which, III its rage to AZ
Al sail the President and the Secretary {
Is State, has not hesitaled to delnolish til
IA characters Of two of Il e leading stalesme
OF It's own party Be 1t remembered Thu
le the immediate insult mplMned of by GU
n Government was MIR. Pousslfs letter to til
d. Secretary Of State, in which lie lecture
v the President and his Cabinet about tn
l. dignity of our national marine, as involve
n in Mr.. Mason's own decision in the case