The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-12-23
The Commercial Effects OF the Nicaragua
MoyemenI--Our View Indian EmpIr..

Ihe Commercial Effects Of the Nicaragua
MovemenI-Our New Indian Empire.
Some of our phlosophic and self-styled com
mercial contemporaries are exceedingly wrata at
the success that attended the meeting in favor Of
Walker and the flibusters on Saturday evening
They have dwelt upon the subject with an aac-
tuous morality that is very delightful in these
latter and degenerate days. In doing so they
have no doubt supposed they were jumping with
the times and hitting the tone Of public opinion
here as well as elsewhere. But this is owing
entirely TO the short-sighted view they take Of
what flibusterism il. and of the true results that
have attended its Development all the world
over.
The movement that has in the present times
received the name Of filibusterism is the true
national development Of the Saxon race, and all
history so exhibits it, The Saxoas first filibus-
tered into Great Britain. Then they despatched
their flibusters to the New World, against the
Spaniards who claimed it by right Of discovery
and bull Of the Pope and the Puritan filibus-
tiers Of New England whose advent was 70
warmly celebrated yesterday, with the Catholic
flibusters Of Maryland, the Cavalier flibusters Of
Virginia and the Huguenot tilibusters Of South
Carolina went on with their schemes until they
had driven out Indians Dutch and Swedes aud
limited the Spaniards 10 Florida The CONNER
cal success that attended this movement led the
English filibusters TO India, where they have
built up an empire. Upon these operations was
based, aud from them has grown up, the great
commercial power OF England. SO we'll is this
understood there, that We never hear in the
marts Of London or Liverpool an expression of
condemnation of the continual flbustering in
India, where kingdom after kingdom is an
nexed in the coolest manner A groan some
times comes up from Exeter Hall, a. some des-
poilcd nabob makes his dt5m there and
sometimes the English merchant will condemn
our flibustering operations on this side Of the
water. But that is only because Two Of trade
can never agree. Occasionally, too, We hear our
fiibusters spoken Of there in different tone, as
when Disraeli declared in Parliament that our
operations in that line were only an extension OF
the markets for British goods
Following the history of ilibustering on our
sdc, since the Revolutionary war. We behold the
same results. The philosopher Of the TsiJage Is
In error In stating that its first exhibition was in
over Baton Rouge before Louisiana was pur-
chased. and the original banner il still preserved
In the Capitol Of that State. Then Jackson Gil
bustered into Florida. to the great horror Of Mr..
Monroe: next came the Texan movement: and
then Fremont flibustered into and conquered Ca
litoTnia before the Mexican war was declared
That war obliteratcd that operation. but II gave
birth to another hibusier plan, which failed only by
an accident. After Mexico had been conquered.
Gen Qutman who was Governor Of the capital,
was ordered 10 Washington to receive instructions
from the government relative to the details
Of the establishment of our Indian Empire
there. The folly Of Trist Ia making Che treaty
Of pace without authority, and The want 9,
nerve 10 President Polk, who was afraid 10 ~
joct IT, quashed this grand scheme which would
have made New York the commercial centre Of
an empire as productive az il that Of India to
England
We have come honestly. by Inheritance, By our
flibustering propensities, for they belong to the
Saxon race. and, like the English, they have
been applied TO our commercial develope ment,
and particularly to that Of New York The re-
suits TO this city have been stupendous We
need not refer TO the hundreds Of millions in va
lue in cotton, sugar and tobacco all OF which
pay their tribute OF commission to New York;
hut the trade Of California alone has doubled
the trade Of car city in six years. IT is the life
Of our ocean steamship lines, and is the germ Of
that great com merce on the Pacific which Is ra-
pdy starting into being, and which should cen
tire in this city. For 1t TO do 80 the Isthmus
routes must he under American control; and
when they are 50, and our Indian empire once es-
tablishtd south OF M, the commerce Of New York
will again double in six years and may 90 on
doubling with rapidty that will mock all
precedent A wise foresight for our commercial
pfosperity and n true reading of the history of