New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-12-19
A SINGULAR PROCEDURE.

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Immortality There is no doubt Of that fact.
Neither is there any particular question as to
the description of Immortality the fat of the
future win declare to be its portion There are
various degrees Of Immortality -taking the
worlds logic for authority are as vide
apart as the antipodes, as dissimilar as June
and November, and as easily distinguished as
is the woolen- headed, ebon- faced Ethiopian,
from the fair-haired and white complexioned
Anglo. Saxon. There is an Immortality of in
tellect, of great deeds, of glorious purposes,
and Of self-sacrifcing patriotism. The pages
of history are illuminated with lofty and
soul. inspiring incidents, all of which tend to
cultivate noble emulation among the sons
Of men which incite to exalted enterprises, and
irstil into the minds Of the rising generation q
desire to walk in the straight paths which lead
to honor, distinction and renown.
But, there is also an Immortality, as we have
intimated before, Of q very different character.
Dishonesty in high places has stained the re-
cords of the past from the earliest period of
recorded time. The red stamp Of treason comes
down to US from the past, in characters that
never will be obliterated until the dread procla-
nation that eTime shall be no longer" rings
throughout every portion Of an expiring uni
verse Imbscility has brought innumerable
woes upon mankind; and Inconsistency and
ineficiency have also left behind an ineffaceable
mark--a detestable and contemplate immor-
tally.
We opine that President Pierce's administra-
ton will be written down by the impartial his
torian as eminentty distinguished as alone
entitled to any sort Of earthly Immortality on
account of the exclusive possession Of the three
last named characteristics. For blank imbecil-
ity, constituencies inconsistency. and q shame
less betrayal Of pledges given directly or indi-
rectly. the political annals of the past may be
searched in vain for parallel.
Pending the Presidential canvass Of 1852, it
was openly and authoritatively asserted that if
Gen. Pierce was elected he would inaugurate a
course Of policy that would keep continually in
view the enfranchisement of the glorious but
oppressed island Of Cuba. The affirmation and
re-affirmation Of this statement gave him hun
dreds, if not thousands, Of votes in the State of
Louisiana There were then in this State, and
there are now, multitudes Of men who prefer
the freedom of Cuba to success at a mere party
election. And we Gre quite free to say that the
results involved 60 very strongly to make up
justification for a temporary abandonment Of q
political organization. Although we cannot 60
all the lengths Of libusterism. still, if the flag
Of old Spain was driven from the Gem of the
Antilles, and free standard reared in its
ofo ia u1r phns1 Aar
than we unless they had stronger lungs
Coming into power under such circumstances,
what has Gen. Pierce done' We need not re-
capitulate. The facts are we'll known to our
readers. We can only say that if single effort
was left untried to strangle the exertions Of
young freedom in Cuba, it was not the fault of
Gen. Pierce! 5o ~
And now, while one Of the most promising
Central American Republics is rearing its head
above anarchy and confusion, impoverishment
and spoliation; while government has been or
ganized far superior to any Nicaragua has
known; while stability and security 60 hand in
hand and the people are just beginning to reap
the blessings which. flow therefrom when the
Government has been acknowledged by the
American Minister in that country and when
its de facto Jurisdiction is undisputed; and when
it is proceeding regularly in the discharge of
the high duties deyolving upon it--what do we
see-What spectacle strikes the vision Of the
amazed beholder
Why, the President Of the United States,
through the District Attorney of New York,
tsee letter in another place, )--and very likely
horr
proper officers all over the Union--has assumed
the extraordinary and unheard of position that
preparations are being made in parts of this
country s for the invasion of the State Of Me
araguav' A greater fallacy, or more wanton
peryersion Of truth, was never heard Of The
ysry opposite is the case--the very reverse the
fact. No invasion of Nicaragua is contempla-
ted, or ever has been contemplated. The liberal
party Of Nicaragua intelligent and repub-
lican portion Of the State-the only persons ca
pable Of governing it wisely and we'll, and pro-
tecting it from intestine commotion and ruin
invited Gen. Walker and his associates to come
to the country. They did 50, and have rendered
such good service that the government desires
more Of the same quality of men, and has &C.
0ViuiuBty eAtSuutu lhfltdtloHS Huu HbtraCuiV6
Inducements to such q portion Of the people Of
the Great Northern Republic as may not be
averse TO change of climate and residence
This the Nicaraguan Government had an indie
feasible right to do, and if any Of our people
choose to emigrate thitherwards, it is none Of
the business Of the Administration The prin-
ciple Of repatriation has ever been recognized
by our, institutions. A man may go to Catfra-
ria or Nicaragua, just as he pleases. and the
federal authorities cannot say him nay. Here
is the whole story in nutshell and if the
President has tortured cordial mpitation into
an act of premeditated inpasion, it only shows
his utter unftness for the exalted position he
holds. s"s
As well might the governments Of England,
France and Germany, affect to believe that
their neutrality laws would be violated because
of the emigration Of large numbers Of their
people to this country, on account Of the induce
ments held out by cur institutions and laws of
naturalization, as for our Government to pre-
tend that its neutrality laws were in danger Of
violation because the authorities of a sister
Republic, in need Of population. had taken
stems IN induee a largo and uaefn1 am; pro t;nu