New Orleans daily crescent., 1857-12-31
4p1rr rroAItaGuAn OUTRAGE.

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H1fE NT<A1tACsUAN OUTRAGE.
M .s ~. ~ Noi,i,p Racister Of the
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st intense nxcte,ncus was created Throughout this
nmmunity ~ the intelligence received yesterday,
General water ane ~ men nad oesn has.eS
bv an naval forces nnder the command
III Sannoaofe pauldine There Was but oiie senti-
uent slt and expressed and that was of unncasured
ipagnsslon g nas y, sesm g consloer M Moss uh
one fhst shs nysFseiinr Il SitSn1t authorty from
oar II Washinator1 ana That Commodore
rauldin VIM " found u have transcendsd his in
ssfnesaons N this matter. We cannot gee now our
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81 nations eyel, adnittne that walkers expedition
sySs a. unlawful one. Was It not enough for our
ssogernnent . employ aN la means e prevent
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endeavored e intercept Biz landiag Il his destna
tiOn? Was not this itself stretching Of the right
@ our g Interfere te an extent q most
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laws? Bat to invade the territory 81 foreign iuris
dicton, and forcbly abduct Walker and party there
seems 20 us to be the climax Of outrage,
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traton car nossbiy excuse q palliate W. wait for
some explanation of this extraordinary proceeding.
The indignation SO Justly BY the Register
Is as natural ~ IL ID proper. The disgrace Of the
outrageous transacton spoken of win long attach to
The navy, the country and the government of the
United kates All viii alike share in the opprobrium
that always clings ID the preparation Of dishono
able, cowsrdly snd coltemptible procedure, aud te
lsckey pimplkc pandering to the wishes and policy
/ of the British.
Our Mobile contemporary states the case strongly
and ven, nd while .the hope IL expressed that tic
authorities ii washington may be able to clear them
selves from the oailn Of Commodore Paulding's pro
ceedinRs, bold ana manly ground is taken, ai,t
censure o tie seycrst sort ii indirectly visited upon
the administration.
4 The Federal authorities undoubtedly strained the
neutrality law o rerilous tension ID their effort,
ID prevent the lawful President 81 Nicaragua from
retnrninq peaceaby and quietly to the shores of his
adopted country, large majority of the people d
whicl Wold welcome him with alad hearts and warn
i kinds. aud where be has no enemies 81 opponents
except ID fise military chieftains whose alternate
reias III rIisrale. pluuder and oppression. have re
duced cice thriying md prosperous country 10 TIL
[lowest depths Of ppoyerishn1ent and degradation
The peoDle Of Nicafaeua The honest, industrious
producing classes, Ne mean would hail with 10y The
4 return of Gen walker, 4and his re-assnmption 81
pfoaidential authority for, nnaer his brief admins
thation, they were better protected in person and
fia they had been for the previous quarter
Iof century. wen do tbey remember this important
fact and consequently, ii Is So wonder that the,
Il yearn for 4 restoration of the auspicous yeg;m,
II under which they lived 4 year or two aro.
Under st,cli condition * circumstance. ana VIII
these facts apparent 10 the world, the invasion
4 Nicaragua and capture Of Gen. Walker and his mer
IL wholly and absolutely without shadow Of excuse
decent pretext III sensible Justification Invasion o
foreign territory ii an act Of war but neither tic
President nor any Of his subordinates whether ia
the civil, military or naval service have the powe,
i to declare war. That power ID vested solely and
exclusively in the General Congress of the confeder
acy and any offensive act of war, no matter Of
what character, committed by either department Of
the Federal Government without the express warrant
and formal authorization Of Congress- should bring
upon Its perpetrators swift and condgn punshment
Such an encroachment upon the constitutional pre-
rogatves Of Congress should not be tolerated for an
instant for should ii be tolerated. and pass into
precedent the EXECUTIVE, through his suhordinates,
over whom lie has absolute control, would become
despot Of the most odious, ilImitable and respons
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the fepudiation Of Com Paulding's conduct by the
Secretary of state, is not to be wondered at. The
telegraph states that he will be held to "a strict
accountability.u we hope so We shouldn't care if
e was strictly ana straitly dismissed from tile service
II he has exceeded his Instructions, no punishment
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