The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-12-20
The APPROXIMATION OF NICARAGUA N WASH

THE AUTHORIZATION OF NICARAGUA IN WASH
NGToS AND AT THE SoUri-The intelligence
from Washington in regard to the position Of
the filibus.ers there and two articles-one from
the New Orleans Bee and the other from the Mo-
bile Register-which will be found in our news
columns to-day, are marked indications of the
tone and tendency Of public feeling.
The fact that two members of the Cabinet and
two and twenty Senators are with the flibusters
does not at oil surprise us; but to find the New
Orleans Bee, one of the most conservative of the
old fossils Of journalism, and the Mobile Register,
an ultra hre-eater, standing on the same plat
form in regard TO Walker and the Americaniza-
tion of Nicaragua, is strong indication Of the
unanimity Of public sentiment In the South. In
believing that they must oppose the President
and his policy, however, the Southern irc-eaters
have gone of. as usual, at half cock II what
they desire is really a sound and rapid national
progress southwark, and not the furtherance of
private or individual schemes, they have no
reason to be dissatisfied with the President and
his announced policy On the contrary If they
will 60 to work honestly on the measures he has
recommended to them, they will achieve
greater and far more rapid national progress
than can possibly be attained by the largest
liberty Of individual enterprise.
Mr.. Buchanan frankly avows in his Message
his ground Of opposition 20 these private move
ments TO he the conviction that nothing Is bet
ter calculated TO retard our steady material
progress, or to impair our character as a ma
tion;" and having this progress as much at heart
az the most ardent Of its advocates, he at once
proposes to Congress TO take measures which
will place our government in its true position
on this momentous question, and which it has
never before occupied. We recommend the two
members Of the Cabinet and the two and TWEEN
ty Senator'S, who arc favorable to Cen Walker,
to consider that portion Of the Presidents Mes
sage recommending the abrogation of the Clay
ton-Btswer treaty, and the portion where, treat
ing Of the Isthmus routes, he recommends "the
passage Of an act authorizing the President, In
case Of necessity, to employ the land and naval
forces OF the United States to carry into effect
this guarantee OF neutrality and protection" If
they will go to work and pass these acts at
once, our government will hold power which
IL ought 20 have, and which Is exercised by
those Of Europe whenever occasion pre-
sents. II Is the power under which
England is extending her possessions in
India, France in Northern Africa, and Russia in
Central and farther Asia Its very existence
will preclude all necessity Of private e1pedi-
tions to interfere in the civil discussions of the
disorganized countries south OF us
These private expeditions all rise from the
invitation Of some one Of the contending par
ties there. who, tired Of civil war and anarchy,
desire some strong ally to restore order. II the
government had the power to use the national
forces for this purpose, its aid would be sought
TO a far greater extent than is now sought from
private expeditions. Had these acts which
Mr.. Buchanan recommends, been passed before
we should long since have arranged the ques-
tion Of the Nicaragua Transit route TO the ad
vantage Of the whole world. When il once
possesses II occasion will rise faster than