Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1857-06-05

Necessity of National Mrasures.---No More Private
FiIlibustsring.
/ We trust that Walker ard all others are done
with their private Flibusiern.. The time for that
has gone BY If American interests to be defend
ed or promoted, America hersrlf, must openly, and
avowedy see to their defence and promotion.
little private wsr will not answer the purpose.
The British Minister makes pretty after-dnner
speeches, any Ling man, who is full OF his SUD-
uec with The slight addition of two bottles of cham
payne, is bound to make. The golden age is to be
restored. The lin and the lamb are to lie dov r
ogether-jea ousies are to be al al end But mark
| the sober reality. While MIR. Dallas and Lord Ciar-
| endon, negotiating, the British Government
was sabIishing Colonial Governments on The
islands commanding the inter oceanic rout through
| Honduras; and, while nominaly receding Territory
10 Honduras by treaty 10 which the Uni'ed States
to be incidentally party, she was clogging
such re cesson with conditions avowedly disrespeet-
fu to the people of one halt of the States, and de-
structiye of the Sovereignty of Honduras since the
disputed territory only to be so coded TO her on
condition that slavery should be forever prohibited,
&c, thus taking away from Honduras the right OF
/ regulating her own institutions Now again, while
The Minister Napier, we believe, is talking in
such hoped strains, Great Britain has been gaining
control Of the large islands commanding the Bay Of
| Panama, the Western terminus Of the only inter.
oceanic route practicable and this she has done
in direct violation of her treaty stipulaons with the
United States.
| TIE pirate brought before Alexander the Great,
said that he himself was only stigmatised as pirate
| because he had but ship, while Alexander was
called great hero, because he committed murder by
the Wholesale was prepared 10 do so if necessary
for bis purposes. Great Britain is just fllbuster
ish as Walker or Crabbe but she is not pirate al
| though she does the things that wouId make
them pirates and robbers! 4 mere spasmodc energy
exered through Walker and other unrecognised and
unrecognsable agencies, will never suffice for The de.
fence of American interests and the cOuneraciloa OF
British schemes in Central America. For these pur
poses a national poliey-an American policy in lis
broadcast and best sense, is alone sufficient
| Walker Jailed mainly because he zquabbed with
Vanderbilt ard other speculative parties interested in
the steamship and transit lines. He did not fail
sooner because he received easure of aid from
other rival spectators and aspirants for the control
of the transit through Walkers means. Surely, the
progress Of American influence, of Anglo Saxon in
stitutons ought not to depend upon the schemes Of
rival Spectators. We do not suppose that General
Walker cared aboutthe>e people their contrvances
he had to manage 10 gel SUI plies and renforcemens
the best way he could, and he managed badly, thas
all But time is approaching when it would be
simple insanity for the country 10 base its calcula-
lions for The defence of its Interests ami Of
its policy, upon any such dtsuory and i'll conducted
private raids. We say nothing about the pIopriety
of such things, or their b. comjnIness in great people
We refer only tc their insdequacy to the requirements
Of tie position. point appears 10 have been
reached demanding decided action the part of the
proper authorizes. If we 10 be sustained and
advanced, it can only be done in that way. AS for
Gen Walker and his braggadoco, that can impose
upon no person. Another tone would better
become one whose history as been but a
tissue of bloody failures, of lives sacrificed
in vain, of battles won, yet their fruits lost by
civil iDcompetency, until at length, the very head
of the leader himself is only saved ty the timely in
tel position of United States vessel. Walker we
see telcgraphs that be will soon be in Washington
! City. Well, what Of it ?
The fact is that the General is a strangely consti-
tuted persona fataist in the fullest of the
| word. A fatalist 10 tile extent of Authorization
With such there be reasoning. There will be
no tuning aside no matter WHO suf rs. Those who
are not victims of such ballucnauon should at least
reason with those still amenable 10 reason
DJ No. Is an unpleasant answer to give, especially
to an appeal for assistance, made by those WHO re
present themselves as suffering. We know that there
is suffering in community. The plice of provis
ions is excessive, and labor is not abundant at this
time OF the year. Those widows, orphans, and per-
of feeble health large families 10 whom the
battle OF life hard at all times even the best
must arily be hardly pressed IN times like
The present If ii is unpleasant to say No, al any
tine, IT is coubiv so now yet however unpleasant
ii may at times become necessary and right Hardly
day passes indet d, hardly forenoon without some
appeal BENG made to US, tale told of which, in
he press of business we have no means II ascertain
the truth. to know that the mite given is Properly
bestowed or that really does lis little part in fc
ieving persons n need
We mention this, because we suppose others have
noticed the growing frequency of these calls, and
because we fear tina his desultory giving NAV have
a tendency to encourage systematic course on the
part of the more obtrusive and perhaps less deserv
ing while The more dfident aud more really needy
may suffer for want of their due proportion of asss
lance 1t is desirable that some active and ORGANIZED
means dew sed and put in operation 10 ind anc
understand the mode of giving well as to raise thu
e amount necessary to be given.
d Dc Governor Gardner Of massachusetts would an
pear to have good deal sense than his brother
Republicans of that State. This is shown in hi
refusal 10 remove Judge TOrnp al the rsouas+ &c 49,