New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-11-17

With the conduct Of the President for whose eace'
ton il - x.alousy, VIC had almost said u,cruQu
lousy lsbored. That print i' gate indignant over
the late departure Of W liam W. ker from tue port
OF New Orleans. II not merely accuses the Al
min,tration Of culpable negligence, tides MT hes
tate 10 insinuste complaisa cs toward this new
Alibus.er expedition, am'antng in fast to 60
cret connivance. 1t eyeI aces 50 far - to
ridcule the report from Washington thst orders
have been sent to New Ohosns for the reveads cus-
tiers to pursue and ares; Walker, asa vain and
tsrds demonstration, merely coorsble bat with no
substaDce in it. "For three months eXclsim'
our indignant contemporary, "bd Walker boon
"opsnly engaged in bis preparations and enlist
"neDts. 1t was town talk oil through the country
that the financial crisis had alone delayed hs de-
"parture, originally fixed f,r the FIRST Of O;to-
der. His plans Of att.,k, OF which Costa hlca
was the first object were to DO found IN the COL
umns of al the newspapers. Under these cir
cums.snces can anybody be made t. believe that
the Federal Government knew nothing Of what
was poirg on and that it was fairly luled to sleep
by mocklDg letter from the chief ilibuser I"
By way of ais yer to al these questions, it might
be ssks On behalf of Mr. Buchanan, what other
course on the part Of the present Administration
thsn the one OF which the Courier now 90 Il udiy
complains had that journ,l any right to expect
when it advocated Mr.. Buchsnsn's eectioni Did
it not support Mr.. Buchanan for the Presidsocy
with full and complete knowledge both Of his oEn
personal antecedents 10 respect to this matter and
of the antecedents Of the party BY which he vas
nominated and elected? What ri Oh! has the Cour-
rier to complain that Mr. Buchanan aud his Ad-
mnistration are ellbuste at heart if not by open
participation? Was not the Courier told over
ard over again, pending the election, that among
the other issues involved in the contest this very
fllibusteripg question was Onel Does not the
Courier know that ever since the Democratic
party refused to renopinate Mr.. Van Baten as
their Presidential candidate, and adopted Mr. Polk
in his place on the bare question Of the an.
nexaton Of Texas, that party has been
fllibusteripg party-a party that is 10
favor Of helping ourselves to such portions OF neigh
boring territory as it might suit US to take pos
session of Was rot the extension Of the area Of
Freedom-that is to Say, Of the territory Of the
United Ststes-one Of the avowed grounds on which
the Mexican war was undertaken IL not the
expectation held out to the South Of aid in the
acquisition Of Cuba, ooe of the principal means ON.
pl,yed to keep that portion of the Union steady to
the Democratic INTEREST," Was not Mr.. Buchanan
himself the daftsman Of the famous Ostend Maui.
festo, and has be not proessed STAGE his no nina
ton, that the acquisition Of Cuba is the great OBJ
ject which be has most at heart?
If aDybCdy were entitled to call Mr.. Buchanan
TO account on the score Of hesitation weakness and
bad faith We should say it was not 60 much the
Courier a. the friends ard hackers of William
Walker and the fllibuster party generally. Having
helped to elect him. they might reasonably co npain
Of his sfectation Of opposing system Of policy in
which they had good grounds Of expecting on bis
part, not merely secret connivaacs, but open
support.