The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1857-06-03


some of his friends yet pretend to have
confidence in his ultimate success. Such
is the following:
New ORLEANS, Nay %.
Gen. Walkers friend, assert ,nfdent.
ly that he will return to Nicaragua in the
course of fifty or sixty days, with plenty
of men and means He and his staff at
tended by invitation Spaulding's Ampi.
theatre tonight The house was douse-
" crowded, and the whole audience rose
and cbeered enthusia stically when Walk
err entered; tho Band meanwhile playing
ma 'onal airs.
1t is confidently predicted that Walker
will return in ninety days, at the head
Of five thousand mar.
Now we confidently predict" that
Gen. Walker will never fn6 himself at
the head of 5000 men. FIR this or any
other purpose. 1t is plain enough that
fllibustering Is pretty thoroughly "de.
moralizcd." 1t has always had rather a
low place 10 the estimation of civilized
men, and now, entirely wanting as it is
Of success, it is lower than ever, and
Gen. Walker is at the bottom Of it
No matter how many cxtcnuating
pretoxts may be invented, everybody
knows the great motive for 6!libustcring
is an iuordina,e desire for more slave.
territory, reckless determination
to have tho institutions, of Slavery plant
ed in advance of all others We are per.
suadcd, however that tho depressed con.
di,iou of this species Of enterprise will
have sanitary effect upon the minds of
many who have invested in it. Indeed
there has for several months been reason
to believe that the continual decline in
Gen. WIS prospects has been tending to
such result.
1t seems certain that the men of sagac.
ity, who have given all and comfort to
this disastrous expedition, and are really
responsible for it, will connect the lesson
of its failure, with the philosophy of our
brief history and be taught that there
is no other right way to add to our ter
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peaceful emigration We do not object
to the doctrine OF manifest Destiny but
We do object to this modern way of put.
tingit in practice.
The history of our race, for the two
centuries ami a half it las occupied this
soil, Indicates that it will continue to
progress. as it has until those mixed
races Of Spanards, Indians, and Blacks,
shall have reached fate similar to that
of tho original owners of the soil But
admitting the demonstration to be clear,
it by no means proves that it is possible,
much less expedient, to jump 70 such
contamination before the wants Of emf.
grafton demand it.
Not only do such enterprises want the
elements Of success, bat they are cacu.
lated to put off the ultimate realization
Of their object.
Every abortive attempt like this we
have just seen, will divert the people Of
those states from mutually preying upon
one another, to mutual defence against
common enemy thus doing more than
can be done in any other way, to devel
ope the strength and resources of the
people and country At the same time
such hostile demonstrations must create
national antira,hes, which will be strong
and lasting standing impeachment to
peaceful emigration.
The Manifest Destiny Goose i, a val.
liable bird. She has laid some "go,dea
eggs OF pondorous size, which have
chiefly Injured to the benefit Of the South
but such unnatural acquisitions as the
South has of late made upon her arc cal.
culated at best to impair her fruitful.
ness. We feel confident the intelligent
friends of The South will not permit this
policy to DO persisted in. ..-.