New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-06-08
kss given majority In the Convention 70 N. @.
Democracy.
The public has lately been favored with IN.

eriDg. One is the speech Of Mr. er-See,...-
Davis, late Of Pierce's Cabinet now Senate, g.,
Mississippi, delivered at barbecue given to In, :,
Jackson, the capital Of that State. The oh., :
the speech Of ex.Gen. Walker, who, on re,u-,;..
from bis late tour Of service in Central Ans-,.'
has given to bis constituents Of New Orlean. :,
like cOngratulatory meeting held there, a b..is,,
ton and history Of his past career similar 10 a.,
which Jefferson Davis gives to the people Of NJ,
sissippi.
There are indeedin the history, character sp,s.
tune of these two individuals certain strong p0,.
of resemblance. Jefferson Davis, according % \,
speech went into Mr. Pierce Cabinet not TO g,t Ne,
any personal ambition or to serve any persOnal a.
jects of bis own, but purely and solely for Ii, a,
quistien Of Cuba. Just so Mr.. William W,n..
went to Nicaragua, not from any motives Of ay.ro.
or personal gaiu-he seOrns the impttatou--uo,
even 10 crafty his ambition and make himself nam,
and fame--he denies that also-but purely sai
exclusively for the patriotic and philanthopc %.
iect of Americanizing Central America The nOu.
grel Central Americans, according to Mr. Wsler
had proved themselves by thirty-fye years Of civil
war incapable Of governing themselves; and IA
went there, according to his own account, ier TIA
sole purpose of giving them master-Of pgits,
the administration Of their affairs into the hands a
men, not mongrels like the Nicarsguans, but nsa
of pure breed, and capable Of doing things a
they should be done-and, to judge by his proceed.
iDgs and the long list Of eon6scated estates which
be offered at auction, not merely their public af.n
but the administration, also, of their private prep.
erty. As the objects of these two persOns-Dus
and Walker-were similar, SO, also, has been thar
success Both return to give an account Of Thea,
selves to their constituents bat as the one does %:
bring Cuba in bis pocket, neither does the OAs
bring Central America. The projects, Whether Il
Davis or Walker, for wrestling Cuba and centnl
America from the hands of their mongrel inhabsnt.
and of setting up pure white empires therein, have
totally failed; not, however, through any fault Of
their own (they did all-at least, so they ay
that mortal man could do), nor yet by any
powers Of resistance and selfprotectiOn pos
sessed by the mongrels. Take their own S
count for true, and we must look for the
causes of their failure neither to Spain, to Cuba
Central America, nor to England, but exclusively
to Washington. Both these great patriots sA
wOuld.be conquis,adors fell victims, so they tel
us, to domestic treachery and home.bred maice
Mr.. Davis fully comedies TO ex-Presdent Percs
and to the now President Buchanan the merit II
having done all they could to help him. Pierce,
sent Soule to Madrid to threaten, bully and peks
quarrel; Buchanan drew up the 0stend Manifesto
to prepare the way for seizing Cuba and the Black
Warrior affair afforded an excellent pretense. But
just when the game was. half bagged, as it were
an enyious, malicious or cowardly Congress failedb
come up to the scratch; and, by an absolute refaS
TO give Pierce that unlimited control over the pure
and the sword Of the nation asked for in the Black
Warrior message, put a complete extnguisher On
the project of grabbing Cuba, and upon al Tie
splendid visions in which Mr.. Davis had iniagd
The fate of Walker, and the slipping through
audour fingers of Central America, is to he-
planned according to his speech, by similar Peco
of domestic cowardce or treachery. Ia his Gaze,
however, the blame rests not upon Congress boz
who could have thought itl-upOn the VcJ
Cabinet of Mr. Pierce. Walker traces his downfall
entirely to the refusal Of Frank Pierce to receive
bis emssary, Parker Ii. French, when he was seat
to represent the Rivas-Walker Government Al
Washington. But when this refugee hlllbuster,
in bis efforts to throw entirely upon Other
people the blame of bis failure goes 20 Tar
as to pretend that the appointment OF Parker
II. French was contrary TO his oPhoa
and against his opposition, he is guilty Of gU-
piece of falsehOod-sll these fllibusters, and Wam
especially, as this speech of his abundanty shoss
being much more ready at lying than at hght
iDg-falsehood which subsequent part Of thisvs7
speech sufficiently detects. In speaking of theR
pontment Of Parker III. French, Walker descnSes
himself as "not in authority" and bis oppOstOu'i
"unayailing Yet little while after, when attempt!
ing to excuse himself for assuming the Pre'ideSc!
Of Nicaragua, be declares that il was through hln
as Commander.n-Ch Chief of one portion Of 'ae
army" that Riyas had been "named' as proN'0hh
President, and that he, Walker, was the 500
cause of his, Riyas's, elevation.
There is another remarkable point OF rs'e"'
blance between Walker and Davis, in addition"
the objects Of their aspirations, their total hno"'
and the domestic treachery Of which they ba'e 0ee'
yictims-a point upon which Walker, with al n'
boasted sefcommand and cOmposure, Is Scaie'1
able 10 restrain himself sour worst eneme'
be exclaus. we're Americans. Oh, that theylLe
"Pierce and his Cabinet and Captain Daysl"
been born in some other country IL is 'hs%
that they should at their birth have breathed~
"same air with Honest Americans Waller ~
Davis have also another strong point u re'e~
bl,nee in the cobiusOn Of their ideas on tie 'u9e"
Of allegiance, and in the Protean faeult, WEE
they seem TO possess of taking on different cI'n'S
ships in very rapid succession, il not indeed