New-York daily tribune., 1857-04-20


1t very generally happens in the case of every
rascality that sooner or later il returns to plague
the inventor, and that often in the most wex-
pected manner. OF this We have striking in
stance in the case Of the fllibuster invasion Of
Nicaragua. The responsibility for that scheme of
robbery and plunder is not BY any means to ts
limited to Walker, nor to his immediate agents in
this country, by whose gross fasehoods and studied
Misrepresentation so many unfortunate men were
induced TO enlist in that wretched and disgrseetul
service. Nor does this responsibility rest solely or
even mainly with the capitalists who took stock in
this piratica enterprise and in defiance of the laws
of their country no less than Of every sentiment OF
Justice and right furnished money, PROVISIONS,
arms, ammunition and transportation for the in
yasion and conQuest and plunder of country and
people with whom neither their country nor them,
selves had ever had any quarrel, except indeed
the quarrel related by Esop between the wolf and
the lamb. Nor are We inclined to lay the whole
blame, or even the larger share Of it, upon our
Government, which, while making some faint pro-
lenses of enforcing the neutrality laws, stood BY
and permitted if it did not encourage this outrage.
The true and responsible culprits " the case were
the American people, for, without the support and
encouragement given to this enterprise BY the
sentiment and feeling Of large part Of the public,
it never would have gone on, and the Government
never would have permitted it to go on as it did.
And as Americans have been the instigators and
getters up of this enterprise, 30 it is Americans
who are the great losers snd sufferers byjt. Nor
is this loss limited to those who have contributed
money or personal services to the enterprise, to
he Transit Companies, whether the old or the new
ne, or to gentlemen who, as it appears, sent
INVOICES ofmuskets aud howitzers to the fllbuster.
A great many innocent persons have been drawn
into the circle. 1t appears that this plundering in.
vasion of Central America, by the interruption
which it interpOsed TO the operations of Legitimate
commerce, was the direct cause of the failure of
Greene & Co. at Paris--a failure which will prob
ably cause inconvenience and loss 70 greater
number of Americans than could that of any other
single European house. Not only were they bank
ers for almost all the American residents at Paris
but Americans travelling in all parts Of the Eastern
Continent were accustomed to take as the means
of paying their expenses Greene g. Co.'S cireu'
lating drafts Many an American traveller, stopped
short far off from home and left destitute Of the
means Of getting back will have cause to curse the
folly Of our people and the feebeness of our Gov
ernment in allowing bands Of robbers to b. enlisted
and organized in our great seaport towns for
objects hostile and fatal to all the regular operations
of commerce. If our merchants and people are
not to be kept from fitting out plundering erpe-
dtions to pick the pockets rob the houses and steal
the lands of their neighbors, by any higher consd-
Grafton, we hope that they will, at least learn IA
time that honesty is the best policy.