New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-11-10

In these days of general and wide spread mod
esty, We don't upon impudence. We are pleased to
see or to hear from man who, in disregard Of all
the decencies of public life approaches the Admin
istration at Washington with front of brass, and
with pgus abilities Of the curlsst serpentine or
der. We have said many things sharp and severe
Of Mr. William Walker, the distinguished pirate.
If our memory serves us, we have held him up to
the public as one who, by all right and law, should
be suspended upon that plant so different from all
other trees, aid which is known as "ths gallows
tree" about which 'sae rantiDgly, so dsuutiog'y"
we'll known Scotch parsonage once performed i'll
bottomed Terpsichorean evolutiOns. Not TO put
too fine point upon it, we have thought that if it
were right to hapg anybody, it would DO emlnently
ft and proper to hang William Walker. We beg
pardon Of our readers for this mistake. We have
not understood William. We have not, We con-
fess, made proper allowance for that subhm'ty OF
insolence which amounts to a virtue for that PAN
Only of "nggerism" which enables any Pro-SaSery
sdytnturer to place himself at once in conf
Dental relations with our Government; for
that noble principle which permits Any
di.conteuted Yankee to trarsmosrfy himself
Lillputan or-s NicaIaguan Our political est.
mate was too narrow. We should have under.
stood that the reigniDg monarch Of that empire
20 immense and powerful-of Nicaragua was by
no means obliged to keep squatted upon his august
throne, but had leave of absence from the Imperial
domains whenever pleasant or convenient; that he
might run away, and so live to fight upon another
occasion; that his occasional departures from bis
domains albeit sometimes compelled by the ngrat
itude Of his subjects and an occasional bayonet.
probe poserior, argued nothing against bis lsgit
imacy. Be it known unto all people, then, that
TIE present ard perpetual Executive of the Rep1b
lie Of Nicaragua is now a warderer and way farer;
but that with or without the pomps Of power, the
modes, forms and shows of authority, he 10 still
Governor and Is not BY virtue Of his absence from
the immediate scene Of his dcminions lessened in
his pretensions by the ninth part of hair. Are
We not right in admiriug the plucky impudencs
which can sustain itself under such adverse cir
cumstahces'
Sweet William has written to the Hon. Lewis
Cass-at this moment, unless dead, our Secretary
Of State-upOn terms Of equality, and as one great
functionary should write to another. William sp-
pears 10 consider himself modern Themistocles
quite entitled to what he calls the rights Of hose
taity" in our Artaxerxes Of q Republic. He does
not happen to have Secretary Of State near him
ust about this time and thus il compelled to dis.
card etiquette and to communicate in yropria per.
soma. He is quite panied to learn that Mr. C.ss
intends to prevent his return, with that of bic
companions, to his Principally of Nicaragua.
He is still more hurt to hear that there is q rumor
that he designs to violate the Neutrality Laws
popularity supposed, in the least well informed
parts Of The United States, to be still in existence
Now, in spite Of his palaver it is necessary to
bring this maraudipg William up with q round
turn; to tell him that politically he is humoug
and practically felon. Any losfsr of corsair can
write to the Secretary of State. Gentlemen Of
buyplsrious tura Of mind, sent t, septennial 10
clus;on from this wicked world, may open corre-
.pondence with Mr.. Lewis Cam, This is free
country, and pens, ink, paper, Pos. Office aud
three penny stamps are at every ones command.
wiIlism may write, and so may We. 1t ii. 10 eur
power to send word to the Secretary that We have
sutjueated Orsrge County in the State Of New.
York, and that hereafter the jurisdiction Of the
Uued States will not be regarded In that bsiEwick