The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-06-01

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Without tAe essratioa Of thsse paltry rursl In
iuences Goverosr King aud his satellites would
never have been able to drive US TO The rsvola-
tonazy necessities In which we ere nov placed
The present struggle ID not, however, wholly
without precedent In our history. II resembles
somewhat the conflict originated between Adams
end Jefferson at the close Of the last
end the beginning Of the present cen
tury. The principle of State righ~ Yves in fact
only q modification of that embodied In munich
pal privileges, or rather an adaptation of 1t to
the peculiar necessities Of our government or
ganization. But In its consequences the strug-
gle between the federal and republican parties
was even less critical and monentous than that
now waging between the city and State authori-
ties In the former the establishment of the
principle Of Capitalization would have been dan
gerous only in degree. a. it would In its turn
have been checked BY the operation of the mu-
nicipal franchises, and no doubt subsequently
modified by the good sense Of the nation. De
stroy the rights of the cities and you remove the
foundation itself Of our whole political perstruc
ture without the power Of ever replacing it Are
we not, therefore, justified in asserting that the
present contest Of principles IL ono Of the most
important that has ever been agitated In this
epuntrys I'd @ -
q is . Characteristic feature Of THE daring at
tempt to rob US Of our municipal rights that the
leaders in it should be tho descendants Of the
very men who, on the State rights question,
made themselves prominent a. the advo-
Gates of centraliz alton. The father Of
the present Governor King distinguished
himself by the violence Of his zeal on the I'M
popular side of that question and his son seems de-
termined to earn for his name still greater odum,
as the enemy of the principle of local selfgovern-
ment. In another generation or two we may
no doubt, expect from this family Of conspirators
against the popular liberties some traitor ON q
larger scale, with projects of individual ambition
proportioned to the weight of his hereditary
honOrs
We have no apprehension, however, that the
results of this contest will rebound much to the
glory or profit of Governor King and his party.
The firmness evinced by the city authorities In
the maintenance of their powers, and the deter
mination manifested by the citizens to support
them through all the difficulties incident to q
conflict with such body a. the Legislature,
will, we think, ultimately have the effect of
overawing the nominees of the latter, and of
compelling them to hold their hands until that
body has had time to retrace the dangerous
course In which 1t ID engaged
Another Expedition % Nicaragua Talked Of
win one be Sents
The returned Nicaragua flibusters are making
. great noise in New Orleans and, according to
our Geographic advices, loudly assert that they
will soon 90 back to Central America Now this
is all bosh. They have played out their full
hand, and have shown that they did not UNDER
stand the first principles OF the game they pre-
tended to know 50 well; and it Is evident to the
dullest mind that neither Walker, who was chief
on the Pacific, nor Lockridge, who tried to re-
open the San Juan river, can ever again get Q
corporal's guard to follow them, or raise dollar
TO nt one out. Not the least curious part of the
vociferations Of these returned heroes ID the fuss
they are trying to make about English and Anne
rican interference Lockridgc nourished his pro-
test and tried to make the world believe that the
Englsh officers frustrated his mighty plans. But
it has since leaked ont that after marching
up TO Fort Castillo, he was the first one
10 vote not to attack il Besides this, IL is long
since well known that had not the British officers
prevented Spencer aud the Costa Ricans from
taking Punta Arenas and Captain Scott when
they took the river, Lockridge never would have
had a chance to try his hand ct retaking it.
Walker, too, makes foolish outcry about Capt
Davis and his interference. In the condition of
things In Nicaragua condition to which they
had been brought by Walker entire want of every
quality, civil or military, that should distinguish
leadcr-the interposition Of Captain Davis was
the only thing that saved him from death. At
the rate men were deserving from his lines he
could not have held out much longer; and he
may thank Captain Davis that he has at this
time chance to abuse him and the American
government
The truth is, that Walker has not at all com.
pretended the true spirit Of the great movement
which be endeavored to seize upon and turn TO
his own advantage. He had great energy, en-
durance and courage-so have all Anglo Saxon
<ssAses's,ssS Sess ~ V"o huFOW IN MS COnCcO-
tions-no statcsmen-and acted too much like
small minded party man, instead of large
minded patriot That great movement, which
he misunderstood contemplates the carving of
American influence and energy TO the rapidly
disintegrating Spanish American States, and
by arresting the continual intestine wars
that desolate them, restore peace and
ty become secure, and the increase of material
welfare bring about its natural result, which ia
the development Of the mind and of political
science. To do this the leaders Of such move
mcnt must show q knowledge Of the wants and of
the instincts Of men, and sympathy with them
in their aspirations When Walker arst went to
Nicaragua, the people everywhere received him
as though he were their political Messiah for
whom they had long snxiously waited. In their
desire for ppace thew uould have "A. rdc..1 .v..-