The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1857-06-10
Gen. walker I'm New orleans. : Gen


Walker, the noted 6Ibustsr. arrived d Ne- Orlssns
on the 27,h uIiimo. from his disasrOu, esmpsirn in
Central Amercs. accompanied with several d his as
socstes and some two hondred and sixty men, the re.
mains Of his army. Ten thousand people. il 10 sad.
were present al the wharf to receive him. and he was
accompanied the st. Charles Hotel by the cheers Of
the Million" Great excitement prevailed through
GOT the city, and the Hotel besieged By Thousand.
snrioas 10 hes. and see the General. He addressed
the crowd expressing hi. thanks for the splendid re-
oeP,ion given him, saying tina, in the before him
he cosnred the American love Of liberty, aud assur-
ed them that victory vas still sure.
This finale 20 a career which, by the casualties Of
war and Sickness has sacrificed soms Eve or sir thou
sand Wild and impTosdeni Americans. and perhaps en-
equal Or larger number Of The people whose country
he Vas devastating BY Ere aud sword under the pre-
ienee Il giving them liberty" has induced The editors
Of the National ln,ssenceS 70 make some judieious
and appropriate remarks. closing IS foowsi
II is, therefore, not only for the moral
which may possibly be drawn from this
demonstration 10 the disadvantage Of
New Orleans as a city loyal 10 the princi-
pies Of international aud municipal law, but
20 the instincts Of that humanity which has
been outraged by Walker, that we regret
this seeming countenance Of one who has, in
the pursuit Of ambitious aims, shed so much
innocent human blood. and BY his disregard
for the sanctions Of public morality deserved
the condemnation rather than the hozannas
Of even the lowest among his former fellow
citizens. That one who has deliberately
renowned the high calling aud proud name
Of citizen Of the United States" TO be-
come a rowing adyenturcr under far other
banner than that Of the stripes aud the stars.
and who has thus expatriated himself in
contrayention Of our municipal law, as well
as in defiance Of the law Of all civilized ma
lions, should. az the close Of a career marked
by the carnage of his dcluded followers and
the oppression % those 10 whom he came in
che guise Of champion aud deliserer, be
welcomed BY the plaudits Of "ten thousand
voices in the streets Of an American city,
cannot be regarded as very happy augury
for either the intelligence, humanity, OF
patriotism Of those who participated in such
i'll directed acclamations. The patriot who
fails in good and righteous cause often
remains unhonored. The success Of dcspo,
has sometimes won for him the applause
denied 10 the virtue and the yalor which
fortune refused 10 favor. hut in the case
before US II would seem that The populace Of
New Orleans has reserved It's laureIs for one
whose patriotism consists in having re.
nouneed his country, whose cause is con.
demned by the common law Of all mankind
and whose success consists only in having
effected a safe retreat from the country
which he has ravaged with Gre and sword
after strewing u with the bones Of his vic
tins. That such an ovation should have
been rendered TO such hero is, however.
hardly less disereditable to those Of New