The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1857-09-24
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managed better than the recent expedition OF
General Walker, that it shall have more money
and men-among the latter, several officers OF
the United States army. The head of this new
expedition is the same man who conducted the
last, Gen. William Walker. The N. T. Herald
says:
Walker is reported to have put himself in
their hands he is to furnish the prestige and
they are to contribute the skill, which, when
combined, it is supposed will be irresistible.
/ 1t is intimated that General Walker will have
to conform to the decisions of his officers IN all
military matters, and that his availability con-
sists in his title as President of Nicaragua.
He will go back to resume his Government
not as flibuster, violating the laws of the
United States, and trespassing on the rights OF a
peaceful neighbor, but as citizen, obedient to
the call of his confding and affectionate coun-
trymen."
Preliminary to a second attempt upon Mica
ragua, should it be made, General Walker has
addressed long letter to the People of the Uni
ted States, defending his former acts in Mica
ragus for, if they cannot be defended, what
confidence can he expect they will place in him
in the future? He commences his letter by
attempting to justify his act re.establishing ne
gro servitude in Nicaragua. he says:
"The decree re establishing Slavery in Mica
rsgua was the result of observation, not of
priOri speculation. 1t was only after a resi-
dence of fifteen months in the State after at
tentively observing the soil, the climate, and the
products of the country; after narrowly watch
ing the character of the inhabitants, together
with their social and political organization that
| determined to revoke the act of the Federal
Constituent Assembly, whereby Slavery was
abolished. A review of the history of tropical
America-insular as well as continentaE--wil,
1 am satisfied, manifest the wisdom of the
measure so severely criticized in the Northern
States and in Europe.
"Negro Slavery on this continent, had its
origin, as you are aware, in spirit of benevo,
lence and philanthropy. In the annals of hu-
mainly there are few brighter names than that
of Father Las Casss, the originator of the sys-
tenn; and certainly few wiser monarchs have ever
regned in Europe than the Spanish sovereign
who put in practice the suggestions of the holy
father. 1t is true that Lord Bfougham has late
ly characterized the measure Of Las Casas as
{ a union of the most fsr-sighted interest with
the most short-sighted benevolence : but when
did his Lordship forsake his Benthamian princi-
pies, and cease to acknowledge that in political
the most iubtTeSJ IL the puTtSL
and most genuine benevolence? The admission
ofthe noble Lord at once destroys the economical
argument for the abolition of Slavery in tropi,
cal America and reduces it to a pure question
of philanthropy
We see nothing in these paragraphs which
furnish any reason fer General Walkers act.
In his opinion, Slavery is not only right, it is q
humane Northumberland he re established
it. So Joseph Smith considered polygamy not
only pleasant but blessed institution, and
he introduced it among his flock. SO far, the
two Generals are upon the same platform.
General Walker goes on to say:
"The events which have followed the aboli.
ton of Slavery in tropical America strkingly
illustrate the fact that government is q science
and not fine art, and that its laws are to be
sought for inductively-not through the sent-
menis or emotions. The pharisaical phan
thropy of Exeter Hall has made Hayti and all
Spanish America the seat of dire and almost
endless civil war; it is fast converting Jamaica
into a wilderness. Further than this, it is ma
king the whole western coast of Africa one
vast slave ship, before which the horrors of the
middle passage sink into insignifcan The
slavery of the negro to his fellow savage-pro-
human sacri6ce-has been hundred fold in
creased by escorts to suppress the slave trade !;
and the vices Of the gmuggler have been added
to those properly belonging to the SLAYER, by
forcing him to carry on his trade with the halter
around his neck.
GA comparison of the negro in Africa with
what he is in the United States, or even in Cuba
and Brazil, shows the advantage Of western
Slavery to the inferior race. The condition of
tropical America, where Slavery does not exist
indicates is necessity for the development of
the natural wealth of that portion Of the world"
These alleged facts are all denied by intelli-
gent AntSlavery men. Jamaica is not being
fast converted into wilderness" nor has
philanthropy made Hayti the seat of civil war.
The comparison between the people of Africa
and the slaves of this country is unfair. Rather,
if you would get an idea of the disadvantages
of Slavery, compare the lsborers Of the South
with the laborers of the North. The negroes
of the South are Americans, were born here,
have lived in the midst of our light and civil
cation, and what barbarians does Slavery make
of them
General Walker proceeds in his letter to dis
cover to his readers a great and alarming con-
spiracy on the part Of the mixed races of Cen
trail America and the English Government to
confne American Slavery to its present limits,
and thus secure its final defeat Slavery, he
says, is in danger, ard it is only through the
success of himself and followers, who will ex-
tend the area of servitude over entire Central
America, and give American Slavery new
lease of life and prosperity 1t seems that Gen.
Walker does not agree with the new school of
bloodess S!avery-opposes those who advo.
cate the crowding of slaves down into Central
America, and in that manner killing the race
off. This process is necessary to continue life
to Slavery, according to Walker, who closes his
letter in the following manner:
"Independent, then, of the importance to
the whole United States and to civilization gen.
orally of Americanism in Nicaragua, cannot
but regard our success as of more immediate
and vital consequence to the people of the South
ern States. 1t involves the question whether
you will permit yourselves to be hemmed in on
the South, as you already are on the North and
on the West-whether you will remain quiet
and idle, while impossible barriers are being
built on the only side left open for your super.
abundant energy and enterprise. If the South
is DESTROYS of initiating the gloomy grandeur of
the Eschylan Prometheus, she has but to lie
supine little while longer, and force and power
will bind her to the rock, and the vulture will
descend to tear the liver from her body. In
her agony and grief she may console herself
with the idea that she suffers willing sacrifice.
1t is not often that men are permitted to
expend their energies in behalf of a cause
which embraces the welfare of other nations,
and of civilization generally, as well as the in'
terests of their native country. But the Amer