Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-06-25
COZ. xIsssy.s xxrxDITIoE.

Il expected that stirring news will soon be
received from Nicaragua, The course Of
che Coloaci csr,sit II shows how yeEy little
reliance is to be placed on the word or the
oath OF the f;iiibusserf. Over and over las
il been asserted. ii not sworn 10, that the
intentions OF this expedition were entirely
peacesbic, and vet in the manifesto which
the Colonel lef, behind to be published. 1t
10 almost expressly arowed that il is the IN
ssnticn oi hi,nself and his canfederates to
revolu,ionize Nicaragua. and establish a
form OF G Government that hall be exclusive
w conducive to their interests and agreeable
TO their notions.
We do not know that in this pararuisf
case the Administration could have done
rhore 10 stop the enterprise than 1t d'd DO
for though il was foolish TO expect that
three vessels could 50 blockade the port Of
New York that no ship could slip out even
in the night time. il is about impossible to
restrsin ! man at liberty, and possessed OF
the cxpedients Of the Colonel, from leaving
some part Of the coast for any lawless oper-
alton which he might have in hand. a
.,pr,e vessel, like the steamship United
States in the present instance, may be Kept
from saii,ng,-but. as in the present IN
stance also. the principal ccnsfirator may
have gone on his way rejoicing, while The
blockading squadron is let, watching The
l-.-I... Nd .iasayfpd sipamer
1t certainly is not only to be regretted,
but 10 indeed surprising that IN this age Of
the world. and from country Ike the uni-
ted States, such pra,icai expeditions
should continue TO be 6ued out. They
seem to belong more to the era Of the bae-
caneering operations on the Spanish main'
some two hundred years ago,-eseept that
in every view Of the subject, those English
sdventurers had the advantage Of their
American imitators: then, Spain and Eng
land were in a state OF at least quasi war,
Blake and his confederates were ,ae.tly il
not expressly couu,enanced BY Que en- Eli
xsbeth, Spain was the highest nation In
the world:-now, the United States and
Nicaraoua are at peace With each other and
bound BY treaties of strict alliance and am
isy, 50 far from countenancing such expe-
ditions the Government has arrested those
suspected OF being engaged in them and
blocksded the vessels which had been pre-
pared for sea. and in the third place, Mica
rssua is one Of the weakes, members Of the
family of nations. In every point OF the
comparison, the English freebsoters have
the. advantage over the American pirates.
The latter, indeed. do not encounter dan
ger enough 10 dignity their enterprise with
the name OF an adventure. When the buc.
caneering Englishmen. two centuries ago,
to~k treasure on land or sea, they took il by
virtue of hard fighting, and at the expense of
MANY lives-When our rnarauding Amer
leans attack Nicaragua or other similarly
feeble government. it is like the wolves
warrire upon sheep; they can count upon
all the % ofits ofplunder, without any ofthe
unple.san. accessories Of standup fight
with men. This degrades the business be-
low that of regular pirate; it gives it the
dignity of petty larceny, and the bravery
Of an assault upon women.
But, much as these expeditions are to be
regretted, and dsgrscelul as they are in
themselves, they are the legitimate fruits
ofsha, wild spirit ofreckless ambition which
has been festered and famed into fame by
euch national acts as the annexation OF
Texas and the Mexican war. Il was said
at the time, by the best men in the country,
that such deeds could not be eensumma.ed
without drawingin their trims long cata-
logue of future evils. Their prophecies
have been fulfilled, and the decentralization
which is so common cver the country, is
part OF the baleful harvest Of that unholy
seed-time. Kinney, Quitman, Walker and
others are the legitimate spawn Of such an
event as the Mexican war. So that they
did not implicate the country. nor carry
death and suffering to innocent people, we
would not care how soon they were entire
ly sloughed off BY the body polite. But,
at all cents, IN whatever difficulties these
gentry may entsngle themselves, we hope
they will not look to the power Of this coun-
try for protection or release. They have
traDpled upon its Jaws and fed from ii.
jurisdiction, and are no longer entitled 10
the name or immunities Of citizens Of the
United States. We wish that the Niear.
sguans were better prepared 10 give them
. proper reception. and if we hear any
stirring news from that quarter ofthe
world. We hope il may be tina, the Ex-
petition has been entirely and rretreyabiy
discounted
The Kingston fcanada) British Wig,
s2ys that duel took place near that city
on Saturday last. The combaiauts are both
members Of the City Council, and the chal.
ienge was produced BY the disrespect shown