New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-01-21
GXNIN.

We 60 for giving Mr.. GwTy the keys Of the National
Treasury We nay as well allow him to help himself
provided be win agree be satisfied with the total
enues of the country and not ask the Government to
bankrupt tsefby issuing bonds after the old Mississippi
STYLE for the benefit of California He has certainly
got the most Unsuitable nav for appropriations of any
man living He never lets slip opportunity for 4
dive into the strong box Of Uncle Sam. His last ad-
venture was to come down the Senate Thurs lay
for line of Notifications and steam feet TO prevent
such expeditions as Walkers from leaving San Fran
cisco Mr. Gwin says if we desire to keep illibuster
ing under in California we must create army and
navy to DO it. Nobody is to blame because Walker
with bis foryve and Watkins with his 2)7 freeboOters
left the harbor of San Francisco on maraudiug expe
dition against peaeeable and unofetding neghbOrs,
except Congress, and Congress should therefore
Immediately set about doing their duty, by building
Notifications on the Pacific and sending ships-Owar
thitker to prevent acts OF the sort in future We
sorry that people cannot through the drift OF talk
Ike this and that Senator's allow themselves to be
gamuoned into assent to endless contributions for the
army and navy on such fimsy pretexts. We have no
faith at all that the object Of this fresh application is
such as il is declared to be- that it Of any
higher motive than simply to afford jobs fayorites and
increase the expenditures from the federal treasury
tie Pscfc side for the sake of the plumber 1t is not
vessels ofwar nor Notifications that are needed in Cali
iorna to prevent freebOotng expeditions but faith
ful and efficient officers of the National Government If
the Administration would infuse little gism into their
prosecuting officers at San Francisco it would be all
that is necessary to thwar tie purposes Of the hlibus
Il oil r,arke
of the world. 1t is not the P0'cer to suppress
expeditions Ike Walkers and Watkins's. but the
nil that is wanting And while this ia so.
all the steamers ahoat would be Of avail TO arrest
them twas long notorious in San Francisco that the
last expedition to reinforce Walker to sail from
that city and thateyerthiD had beepprePared stores
arms ammunition. to furnish the enterprise. It was
known that the brig Arrow had been chartered for the
expedition and that certain was to command her.
Aud what was done Why, complaints were entered
against the Arrow, but the case dismissed Inge,
the District Attorney, declaring there was not a
"scinta of evidence against tie vessel the parties
Then what followed Why the flibusters let the
Arrow run ia q different direction; her master took a
new vessel the Anita aud in her the freebOoters em-
ta1ked ard went of without moestation Now whO
believes If this had beena party to aid slaves to regain
their liberty if perchance slaves had existed in that
quarter that we should have witnessed such remssnes
On the part of the federal authority that the expe-
dion could have begun to get away Bah what
fudge and nonsense to talk of strengthening the arm
of the National Government in California in order to
prevent fllibustering The Administration won't use
tie means it already has for any such purpose 50 long
Is tlere is chance that these expeditions will add
Slave territory to the Union Why talk about
putting extra guns in their hands extra Sd at their
command when the one would only be loaded with wet
powder and the other he put in charge of men who
would chase nothing but runaway nggers.