The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-06-20

THE ADMINISTRATION AND FILLIBuSTERish.
An cande men will readily concede that the present
administration has discharged the obligations imposed
upon It. TO see that the neutrality laws executed with
degree 81 fidelity and vigilance which win challenge
con carlson with amy former administration II Il We're
possible by any degree Of watehulness and promptnes
and energy the impression prevalent IN Eu
rope that our government looks with Indifference II not
with iyor upon llibustering movements, the history Of
the successful efforts made by President Pierce TO discover
and defeat all such violations Of the neutrality laws since
his Inauguration would extort from transatlantic
tradueer the admission that they have heretofore misep
resented and illuminated national character We
must frankly confess however that look for no such
result If there disposition abroad to do us justice
10 thls respect have class OF journalists in our
own country who would keep up the delusion. This
class Of journals acuated by controlling motive
tie embarrassment and prostitution of the democratic adj
ministration Whenever fllbus,ering movement is sus
peoed foot these papers aboundn conservatism and
in nsnuaons against the administration for its want Of
yglance in ferretng and furnishing the offenders. If
the efforts Of the to prevent the consummaon
Of the expedition prove unsuccessful if attempt to
subject the fbusters TO the penalties Of the law is in any
way thwarted the administration ia straghtway held
sponsibe and the result attributed to the alleged sym
pathy Of the administration with fbustersm. On the
other hand if the administration has information that sat
Isles il that arrangements on foot for violating the
neutrality laws and effective TO defeat
its consummaon the camor is raised by the same jour-
rails that the government regardless of the rights of the
citizen and rcsoring to oppressive and vexatious meas
the purpose of gratifying selfish malicious
purposes No of credit is given to the for
the zeal promptnes with which its powers called into
requisiton for the maintenance of the neutrality laws
These remarks have their application especially in
the pursued by certain journals in the city Of New
York. aud particularly sustained BY the circumstances
connected With the Kinney expedition. Papers in that
city which labored day after day satisfy the public that
Col kinney getting up illibusering expedition and
which actually at time made the impression in Cuba
that the expedition directed against that island and
very probably nsgaed the captain-general of
his oppressive and fatal acts have been quite active
and PERSISTENT OF late in abusing and rdcuing the ad
mnisaon for its efforts to defeat the sailing Of the expe
aon which these papers had heretofore denounced
Illegal As it is now announced that Col Kinney has
eraded the vigilance Of the government and has left Tor
Central America may reasonably expect that the tao
tics Of those journals viii undergo another change and thai
the charge hereafter will be that all the efforts break
the expedition insncere and that Col Kinney really
sailed with the connvance of the government With such
INSCRIPTIONS opposition TO deal with, it is be
pectea that foreign governments which pfedsposed
regard the administration with suspicion the subject of
ibusterism will be just than they have heretofore
been But the administration viii do its full duty in this
respect has heretofore done regardless of msrepre
sentaton and abuse at home, unjust suspicion abroad
Whenever and wherever illegal expedition is believed
to be foot within territory prompt and energetic
viii be resorted for its suppression and punish
II these fall the fault will be in the
disposition of the administration connive at such illegal
movements. Its record on this subject will be clear Of
blot blemisi and just and discriminating popular
Judgment win render true verdict whatever may be the
opinions abroad