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Government Completely in Walkers GuiIt.
A band Of robbers break into house, and
pillage and kill, until finally, after despe-
rate conflict, they are expelled by the in
mates. They are met at the door BY third
party, who have a conveyance in readiness.
and are hurried out Of the reach Of Justice.
Who would not say that they are all WORTHY
to go into the felon's dock together. And
yet we would like to know why the escape
secured to the marauding Walker BIZ the Of
hcers OF the United States Sloop of War
st. Mdrys, is not in every respect paral-
lei case. This man had voluntarily expat;-
ated himself. lie had renowned his Amer
lean citizenship, and had no longer the
slightest claim upon American protection.
For eighteen months he has been at war
with State with which the United States
Is at peace, and bound by treaty of amity,
and, withal, that war on bis part has been
Of the most unjustifable character. In that
war he is finally worsted, and Just when he
Is about to be laid hold Of and made to an
swer for his crime, United States vessel is
opened for his reception, and he. with all
his surviving comrades in wick dness, is
borne of unframed to place where he and
they may, without trouble, find their way
back to our shores. There cannot be two
honest opinions about the character of this
transaction. 1t is direct participation in
the fllibusters' guilt. 1t is the action of an.
accessory in the crime. 1t does not vet ap-
pear whether the captain of the St. Mary's
acted upon his own responsibility, or in
conformity with instructions from Washing
ton. The probability is in favor OF the truth
of the latter, for it is hardly to be supposed
that the commander Of national vessel,
which had been so long stationed in the
neighborhood of Walkers position, would
be Left without specific Instructions how to.
act in reference to an application upon his
part, which it was long foreseen he would
De likely to make. Unless the Administra-
tian expressly disavows the act Of Captain,
Davis, and visits him with censure, it must,
in justice, be considered as directly impli-.
Gated in Walkers criminality.
II it is said that the deliverance of Walk,
er from the hands of his enemies was but
an act Of humanity, what can be said Of the
use he has made Of this merciful imterposi-
ton? He had scarcely landed in New Or.
leans before he publicly proclaimed another
invasion. The first use to which he puts
his regained freedom is to publish his inlen-.
ton Of repeating his crime. He talks as il
he was perfectly unconscious Of being an
object OF the Governments clemency-as
it the government, instead of being his
Judge, We're his patron and best friend
He has good ground, perhaps, for this be-
lief. There is much evidence in it's favor.
II it be really true that Walker is thus Sc
cretly countenanced in his fiilibusteripr en-
and has nothing to fear from the
neutrality laws, let it be understood. Let
the neutrality laws be swept from the stat.
ute book, where they stand but as an evil
dence Of hypocracy and false pretence. Let
us declare ourselves free from all the obi
cations, written and unwritten, which are
imposed by international law, and at once
boldly assume the position Of IN lshmaelite
among the nations. Let US have done with
scruples-have done with all care about
what the rest of the world thinks, and at
once proclaim, with the bold Rob Roy:
That they should take, who have the power,
And they should keep who can,
lesson that Is quickly learned,
A signal this which all can seei
Everybody can at once understand this.
There will he no danger Of blunder, either
in dealing or being dealt with. The weak
will know when to shun US, and the strong
will know where to ind Us. We say, that
it our government has really come to the
point Of making protege ofsuch marau-
der as Walker-if it has deliberately deter
mined to connive at his movements when in
progress, and to succor and save him from
his enemies .len hard pressed there y no
further use of affecting national respccta-
bility. We may % well at 6rst plant the
blood-red standard on the capitol, and run
M the black Tag ct every masthead in the
NAVY Z. Cosrier and Ehquirer.
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