Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-05-07
FSittbusser;sn, In Ceutrpt Asweriea- y H~ct. OF
the W aILer gava~ioo of Niearagua.

ter was au honored one the isets and KEYS of
the Caribbean SEA-. The sea rover and the buc-
cancer then constituted the chiynlry Of this beau
lifu region and of the long seaboard of the North
American continent. Tho traditions of their
bloody adventures have come down TO us mel
lowed aud ohasiened by tho soitening Influences
! of time yet even when seea in the far West of
! memory enough Of horror olings tn the recitals
! 10 show Us that the 6llbus,ors calling, even in
/ those days, was rough seasons toughest work.
! Whatever might have been the then, thus
much at easl Is clear-that modern civilization
refuses io recognise the heroic element in these
exceptional yocatons. The pirate now n days
Is mp to the yardarm or reserved for the gal
lows at the nearest port without scruplo and
with little pretenee of sympathy. Fair ladies',
even in their perennial chrymaioros, have not
single tear for the modern Turpins and Duval-,
who are tried regularly at tho Assizes at the
Central Criminal Court and regularly exocu-
ted, unless tho Home Secretary commutes their
punishment into incarceration. and bnnishment,
and bard labor for life There il. indeed. an &c.
casonal and partial outbreak Of morbid sympa-
thy for some particular criminal. but still the
opinion of the majority takes its course, and crime
for the most part receives its due return. There
hns been of late years but Que exception TO this
rnle and that has existed in the United States
| Of America. We will not be unjust as to say
TINT even in the Great Northern Confederation
public opinion has been in favor Of fibusterism;
"A concurrence of circumstances combined to pro.
dnce the result II was known that territorial
extension IN various directions was desired by
all classes there was an infinite variety of local
government; the central executive was feeble,
and not easily reused to action; there dis
persed throughout the States Heating popula
ton of desperadoes, the off scourings of Europe.
| men without national feeling, and scarcely with
human hearts, finally. the tribes or nations
against which atthek was directed were Of so
savage and debnsed character. with the ex
eePtion OF Cnbn. that 1t could not be supposed
Ia" distant na''ohs oi me western world would
INK ','u'" II" o''s' IN 'h''r ih'e. ne uin'' now
'F''' nus o''''t" wheh' even III Inc states 'ils
''es ""'''' i'"o"o" se'"s 10 nave ih''en mo
soeh usieP",e 'h"' tue Puohe force OF The c"un'
ny wiz W. o"eo'un''y eNerc'sea ior lis rePres'
o'"',' "'"'' "'' "''"oh 'oo "'oeh Importance
- '"' w. "''''' VI n'"y '''eteo IeS'uen''
WI" on Tue occasion OF ms Inauguration neces-
sh'', SP'""S' IKE ''e rope from Tue gallery "i
~ '''e, VI Ens'er sunday To the world nj
'"'P'' c''' huennhhn 'AlFfhss"h oi just
".'' P"0',o l,o'on oa' OF ho"e'er' ne "ho'Iy
o'St'e"'u'o Tor II II fo!'r sets h1s tnce against
""J"S, W"s' III Reherh' ne can scarcely counter
"n'' "'''ou '''''',n' wnrh l" organized warfare
"hat murder ana burglary ara tn those great
contests 81 haoons ny H'oa anu held when make
hmnl''on virtue. II oppression and usnrpatlon
anu injustice nre 10 be worked out, by all means
s'a'"s"e" ana generals ma admirals than be
,',' !" IN" hnnds oil reckless adventures, Ike
Na'k'r "i Nicaragua who produce an Infinite
amount or ma Ian misery without any ultimate
or c"rr"'a'lVe dement, to mankind. The citizens
oil the th'eo states should CONSIDER that one
snch enterprise rs that oi Walker works them
lar more harm III tho public opinlon OF Europe
man any considerable operation OF war, which,
anhouRh undertaken on insufficient grounds,
may yet be rxtenoated, # not justified. by the
pr'c'drnts OF other nations and the sangunary
chronicles "i Western conquerors
Walker. if we are To Judge by the accounts we
have just received, is at his very last grasp. 1t
i not only that he lhs been foiled in the upera
] tons he has undertaken. nor even that his com
mnnIcbiions with the spnboard of tho Isthmus.
and consequently with the United States. had
been cut oil. far worse than this remains be-
hind. Sickness and famine had lecimat ed his
ranks. which he could not rcplensh. and the sur
vor-, undetrrred hy the terror of his threaten
iay- ani the sight Of his military executions,
were deeerting to the Costa Rieans ia large bod.
/ les. So long as the process had been carried on
/ by piecemeal. and the men had left his lines by
two, and three, by fves even. and by tens, il
was not impossible for him To catch the runa-
WAYS and II very simple matter Is kill them ms
! warning To others so long as those others could
be- found to level their mnskets against the
! breasts of their comrades We arc now inform.
! ed that of the 500 men whom no Ind left n body
of l2G went OYER To the Costa Rcan lines and
| surrendered. The Costa Rieans behaved with
sound policy ms well as with great humanity to-
wards the fupifiyes They received tbem kind
! ". and gave them food aud clothing and free
| passage 10 the United States. We have receiv-
cd an address to their fellow soldiers with Walk
or, which seventy of their number signed before
ou;ttinU tha country into which tbey had becn SD