The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-05-26

lowing remarks reiatiso .h ,-;,v II
lty.,he Psesiden, Of Waise'
Igicsanps:-
n 81, \. s.een 81 the Exstative Mes
.;,sed TO Cengresa .Tharsdays
Issee 49, nt of the united States has
snss ~ q tho Wa 'ker- RNas authority 10
Ns"ssssua as Z le facto Government and
cd;eally received the Minister from 'hs'
ountry Padre vuD as its diplomatic rep
lresentivc. .a,s.assss.. :, I, |
Alter Mr.. Marcy's iet,erto M Parker !.
French. We had not anticipated this step o.
,,ur Government At this time, and eandor
~ ouires M to add ths expression Of QUO re-
.,ret thai i, has been taken. We had sup.
oossd thai the President wou'd hare waited
.urther adsices fam Nicaragua and the bet
t,r consolsdation OF Walkers authority |
there before acknowledging his Govern
.nept. This appeared To W the course OF
prudence; and ne nothing 10 now known
that wss not kaowa fortnight ago, "ueh
IN fsc, the fortunes OF Walker did MOI wear
IN auspicious aspect, we presumed ~ was
the course which the President Would ioi
low. Bst, at this season OF feyer'sh poi"-
.cai excitement, prudeut eoanseis are nor -
nfuential as they ought to De- Inc ress
dent has decided no, To wait, ancs SINCE ns
.as thsus BIT st to Precipitsis the Acm'nss,
,rat,on into this questionable position "a
We have 70 say Is that We must hepe Iot
me best, and trus, it may MT prose aeu',
,nes.sl 10 the public veal Or the peace ana
character ofthe ccunsry."
After reading the message Of The Presl'
den, which co,nmunis ates the fact Of this
recognition. two facts naturally present
themselves to the consideration OF eli In.
tellirent men. The first 10 that it Is the
nerest sas,srfuge 10 place Risss in the
foreground and conceal Walker At the bot
ltom OF the pack, in relation to the events
which have recently transpired in Centra
Americs. Every one, At all acquainted
with the history Of those events, knows ina
Walker was their author and active execu
tor. He invaded the country and estao
.ished the government which has been KEEP
up By the troops uLder HE command ana =
! ID folly or something worse, 70 recognize
his puppet Riyas Is the authoritative neae
Of the government, and assert thss ther'
would have been no recognition had The
chief authority been possessed BY Walker
The second and perhaps the more impor
tant fac, suggested By reading this mes
sage, 10 that every question. whether il ms.
b. OF great or little consequence, sn'
whether it relates to foreign or domestic
affairs, 10 immediately dragged into the Po
: IIticsl arena, and used By unscrupulou
men for the fur,herance Of their individua
views. In the mild language OF the Intel
,igeneer,--aat this season of feyerish Poiit
cal excitement prudent counsels are not a
influential a. they ought to be-" But tina
/. s.r,no moderate a statement of the case
. and however it may consort with the code
: Of politeness, it by no means meets the ex
isencies of the present crisis. OF the dit
;eret sspirsn:s for the Presidency, Pierce
and Douglas have been notoriously bidding
: ,r.ins, each other for the favcr Of the
South, and using questions and subjects 10
: ubicb The mos, vital interests Of the coun'
try are involved, as If they were SO many
p,~ns on the political chess board, TO be
moved about solely for the purpose OF win
ming the bold game they are PLAYING They
have thus used Kansas and Nicaragua, ant
Gil other questions which could be made sub
serv;eut 10 their purposes.
II mus, be evident to the commonest ca
|, pacity that such mode OF treating cues
lions cf the greatest national Importance
is frsueht with the most imminent peril t
the country. The persons who practice
are well aware Of that fact, though they en-
de.yor to delude their followers into the BE-
. lief that they are at the worst only obeyin
thsdicia.es Of Legitimate ambition. WhsI
therefore. the affairs Of The government ar
administered with the exclusive view of pre-
serving The succession TO the present exec
utive, and when the other most prominer
of the Locosoco coveters Of the Presidenc.
is pursuing course alike unscruPulous an
: dangerous to the constitution, il is big
time that there should be coalition Of tn
y patriotic men Of all parties, TO ares! III
. evil proceedings Of such men, and to brin
y back the administration Of the goyernmeI
0 to the constitutional fashion of former day.
D II Is inms.erial by what name such Goa
e lition may be called,-whether "fusion,' c
any other term implying the same fact
9 Such union IL imperauyely demanded b
q the most vital interests Of the country, an
being 90 demanded, I, will be triumphant
consummated.