The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-04-03
FiIlibusteriug, Foreign and Domestic.


The fIlbustering propensity, Inherited by Anne
ricans from their Anglo Saxon forefa,bers, has
lately taken new and unexpected direction. II
has hitherto been, In general, successful because
whilst Its great headquarters were in the North
where necessity has brought forth many inven-
lions, mot always Of the most useful cbarac"
teri where the fertility of resources is great anu
capital plenty, 1t has found instruments Tor e1ecu
ting Its purposes in the South where there Is iho'
boldness and energy Of action, and more 'hii.'s''
ardor and enterprise. The North, which FURNISHES
the golden sinews of operations Is also tue c"1e'
commercial gamer, every new acqaisiIion going "
swell her trade and wealth, whist the 9ou'D'
whose .dveuturers direct the military movements,
reaps the martial renown, and very scan'y pio'
norton Of profits. With its usual modes'y' TIE
.ection in which the mainsprings of hiliousferisni
are found seeks to shift the whole glory oou''
"A in the case of Nicaraguan and Cuban filsous.er
lam. when the fac. Is that most of the money ana
man came from the North, whilst the South furnishes
. sev master spirits who lead the rank and file
vhere they are confoundedly well peppered WIN
the exception of those restless and daring spirits,
who rove about on the borders of civilization like
erratic comets. the South is Inhabited by con-
tented, placid, agricultural people, who are con-
servative, opposed to change, fond OF homes ana
fresides, and paying great reverence 10 nresioe
virtues, among which honesty and good fai'n
are not the least conspicuous. Nevertheless
with characteristic subtlety, the Free Soil organs
have managed to make the whole world believe
that the South are race of fre-eaters and border
rufians, born with revovers in their mouths ano
bowie knives in their hands, and passing the whole
of OK Itence In bros, rencontres, butcheries ana H.
nbustering Thus it is that, at this moment, when
Northern commerce is looking with gloating eyes
upon Cuba, the acquisition of which would make
New York the Tyre of modern times, the South
which has no commerce, and no interest compared
with that of the North ia this darling scheme OF
New York merchants, Is believed by ninety nine
men out of every hundred in the civilized world, to
be the chief mover in the project of Cuban conquest
and annexation
1t has been reserved, however, for Mr. Eli
Thayer of New York, fwho has discovered that
lands can be bought In Dinwiddie, Essex, Aceo,
mac and Southampton at from 90 to SIS per acre.
70 inaugurats system of domestic fillibusteripg.
The hordes who have hitherto been shipped off 10
Nicaragua Cuba. &C., are In process of time to be
ct loose upon Virginia. Should the first exped-
ton be successful, we may expect the general n~
various States of tbs Union the stronger members
overrunning and swallowing the weak, pushir e
them to the WALL crushing them out, and appropr
ting their goods and chattels If the fiibusterir
against negro property issuccessful, we may ne xt
expect other descriptions of property to become OBJ
jects of adventurous expeditions, such as lads,
horses, watches, gold and silver. Whenever New
York gets over crowded, some Thsyer can issue
forth with thousand men for foray in New Jer-
soy, or Delaware, AID after plundering the whole
of the population, put the States in their pocket
books, and present them for annexation to the
Mayor of New York. Virginia will have to inter
pose at the Threshold for the benefit of other
bers of the Confederacies, and enact laws whereby
6Ilibusters will not be able to vote to hold pro
perry of any sort in this Commonwealth, except
one rope for each MAJ, the value of ninepence.-
Let Eli, the high priest, take warning, lest like the
other Ell, bis fillibustering progeny should come
to an untimely end, and his own neck be broken