Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1856-05-23

The nation has ceased to care for Franklin
Plcrce's opinions or professions Unlortu-
uttcly they are obliged to care for his acts.
because his official position enables him to
make the nation a purity to too many OF them
"n the 10Th. he sent into Congress special
message ayowcdly i'll answer to resolutions Of
the two Houses having reference to routes of
transit between the Atlantic and Pacific
Oceans, through the Republics Of New
Granada and Nicaragua, and to the condition
Of our affairs with Central America. The
only portion Of this message which is worthy
OF notice, is the latter part Of it, which is oc-
rupled with the announcement that Il new
Minister from Nicaragua wiz, Padre Will
had presented himself and had been rccog-
nizcd by him, and with the reason for his 50
dong Col. French ; connection with the
iiIlibusters made reason enough, he slys,why
he should not be recognized As Nicaraguan
Minister, especially taken IN conncXion with
the fact that 1t was not sure then that the
government which he profcssed to represent,
VIZ, Walkers, was government dc Ca,lo.
Satisfactory evidence, he says, has appeared
that the government which Will now repre-
s'nt>, viz, Walkers. is one both d, iacio and
de mr. What that evidence is he does not
state. What has occurred within a few
weeks to establish Walkers power ON SO
sure Il basis no one seems to know. In the
Senate Mr.. Crttcnden truly said
The government Of Nicaragua, which the Prcsi.
dent la, officially recognised was q thing of YES
to-day, as it were. At any rate, the shoes were
not yet worn out upon the feet Of those who had
wrought TINS new revolution, and already the Exc
cutiyc had become satisfied of its pcrmaucncy and
it, capacity TO discharge its duties as a nation in
th" great family of nations. This seemed to him a
very ha.ty conclusion to arrive at in matter Of So
much consequence, the revolution having been ef-
iectcd too, tic President admits by the co-opcra-
uln of our own countrymcn, who went there con-
trary to the laws of this country.
Was this the national prudence which had hther-
10 guided our course What said General Jack son
when Texas long rood knocking for almittance
int the tnion even after were assured of her
ability to govern herself, and when she had by re-
pc~tcd victories established her title to be CON
,ilcrcd one of the communities Of the world Gene
,al Jackson's message gave a thorough, profound
tni patriotic rcbukc to every principle of the pre-
.cnt message. We mix ourselves up in the affairs
81 other nations a dangerously, sometimes by re-
cognlslug these communities suddenly rising into
cNistcnce, by entering into entanglng alliances
with foreign powers.
Mr.. Mason thought the new government
would do quite we'll. 1t was six or eight
months old.
Mr.. Pratt said that the government Of Nicara,u,,
heIuS recognised, our citizens would have the
right To 90 there, and could mako that a stable
government, which was not So now lie thought
that unctecn-twentieths of those who had e.tab-
Nshed the govcrnmc were Americans, who had
gone there IN violation Of the neutrality law.
This sudden determination of Mr. Pierce
to acknowledge the new fllibustcr govern.
m'nt in Nicaragua no doubt is an Office seek
ins movement ON his part. The Gllibuster
spirits from Soule to Ryndcrs, have been ON
IN, stir lately, and Mr.. Pierce became uneasy.
The % Of June is close by, and it would not
do to risk their diSplea,ure, Douglas had
inoimltcd his favor toward, them already
OF Ill" brninsol this step Of the President s.
the ) J Evening Post thus remarks
Meanwhile We are drifting iutouurert lin aud
L. I"u- attitudes. The new. iIom Washiugtuut this
morning BE-. that the priest who cuucs as Walker,
envoy from Nicaragua has been received, and that
the government of the day, -ct up by Walker. f. /
fully recognized ~ the l'rosldcut We snail now .
localities, have ad'cuturors rushing in crowd, 10
JOIN Ndihti III \ Nicaragua, anu arms and munitions
" War will bc freely exported to that country. II
10. their aid Walker Is enabled To- sustain himself
30 o. uuIcr,tuol that the invasion OF Cuba viii take
place a. early a. the necessary preparation, can be
nar. II Cuba is struck at, tAcrc is every iudc.-
tI'u that shc will not bee defended by spanish arms
alone England and France may come to her holp: /
90 as the object of the invasion would bee to annex
Der 90 thc utcd states, we should Gnl uur,cly,..
with such men have at the head Of our gov /
eminent almost inevitably drawn into the war
1t VIII not at all surprise it it should appear,
wren the Cincinnati Convention assemblies, that |
Mr.. Pierce has lost ground in South Carolina and /
Virginia by his hurry to adopt Walker enterprise /
in Nicaragua. Whatever his chances of a nominn.
ton were before, they diminished now and those
of Douglas also. II does not appear to US, however
that buchanan Is likely to gain what they lose. |
buchanan Of the authors of the i,tcnd |
Manifesto, and if his advice had been followed we |
should have had war our hands long ago.
buchanan Is not of an cnterprising disposition ON
the contrary, he is rather quiet he Is excellent at
acIuiescing but ho associates too much with /
rogues, and being Of plastic temper his compa.
Mons mould him easily to thor purposes.
The present threatening state of our foreign af- |
fairs seems, therefore, to bode a. little advantage
10 buchanan to his rivals, and increase the pro-
liability that a southern candidate will be noinin.
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