Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1857-06-11

N' " "'S euehies WAS Out IN act OF
humanity, what can be said of the use be has
made Of this merciful interpositioni He had
scarcely landed in New Orleans before be poblic.
y proclaimed another invasion. The first use to
which be puts bis regained freedom is to publish
bis intention of repeating his crime. He talks as
II be were perfectly unconciOus Of being an object
Of the governments clemency-as il the govern
ment instead of being hisjGdgs, were his patton
aud best friend. He has good ground perhaps,
for this belief There Is much evidence in its
favor If it be really true that Walker is thus
secretly countenaneed in his fILustering enter.
prises, AID has nothing to fear from the neutrality
laws, let it be so understood. Let the neutrality
laws be swept from the statue book, where they
stand but as an evidence of hypocrisy and false pre-
tense. Let US declare ourselves free from all the
obligations, written and unwr:ten, which are i'm.
posed by international law, aud at once boldly
assume the position of an Ishmaelite among the
nations. Let US have done with scruples-have
done with all care about what the rest of the
world thinks, and at once proclaim, with bold
Rob Roy,
That they should take, who have the power,
And they shOu Id keep who can,
| A lesson that is quickly learned,
signal this which all can see!
Everybody can at once understand this. There
will be no danger of bIunder, either in dealing
or being dealt with. The weak will know when
to shun us, and the strong will know where to
find us. We say, that if our government has re-
ally come to the point of making a prOtegs of
such marauder as Walker--If it has deliberately
determined to contrive at his movements when in
progress, and to succor and save him from bis en-.
emies when hard pressed-there is no further use
ofetecting national responsibility. We may as
well at once plant the blood.red standard on the
capitol, and run up the black flag at every mast.
head in the Navy.
The administration, having assumed the rcspon
sibility of aiding Walker, should be held to I
strict accountability. 1t is true, The people o
New Orleans pay distingu ished honors to the re
turned fllibuster; but what has he done 10 enti
tie him to their gratitude? He has plundere
without mercy the property of American resi-
dents in Nicaragua. He has restrained American
citize Is of their liberty, refusing to allow thei
exit from bis hateful domains, even when the in
terests, not of themselves alone but their depend
ent families, urgently required it. Travellers, bi
own fellow countrymen, while peaceably attempt
ing to cross the lsthmus, on their journey to thu
Unitel States, have been forced into bis service
and while suffering everything short of absolute
death, have in vain besought the dictator for per
mission to rejoin their friends. Poor laborn!
men, whose families at home were actually desti
: tute in consequence of their ABSENCE have will
tears in their eyes, entreated him for passport
but were refused. They were decoyed unde
specious promises of reward, into country vher
they could not earn their salt, merely to help few
monopoFzing spectators to secure possession o.
lands which did not belong to then. He LEI
them to believe that he was lighting for the ex
tention of Republican freedom and got them to sac
rfce their lives to build up an empire of slavehol
ding proprietors, and his first act after bis estab
. lshment in power, was the exclusion of free labO
by decree for the reopening of the African Sav
Trade. If these acts enttle him to public hon
Ors, he may be said to deserve them, but no
otherwise.
= Walkers bloody drama in Central Americ
a should not be forgotten by the people. 1t wa
!. conceived in sin and brought forth in iniquity
t cruelty and blood attended every step Ofits prog
ress, and the seal of public condemnation shou
!. be placed upon the leading actors in it.-OM
State Journal