The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-11-22
Thc Breaking Up or the Walker Fsiibuster'-
The Conduct OF England.

Ihe Breaking Cr or the walker FsihEussers-
The Conduct OF England.
The firm course which Mr.. Buchanan has pur-
sued has evidently laid over the plans Of the fill
busters for long time, il i, has not broken them
up finally. There will be no invasion Of Near
aqua by General Walker al least, and President
MARTINEZ may lay aside his fears Oh that score,
and thank our government that be is enabled to
do so.
But now that the President has performed his
duty on that side, without fear of the threats Of
the Southern fre-eaters, or any ostensible regard
to the hints Of England that she would protect
Nicaragua against American invaders if the
United States did not it is time that some notice
should be taken Of the course England has pur
sued in this question. We have received infor-
nation from many sources that Lord Napier not
only intimated to the government the determi-
nation OF his government to protect Nicaragua,
but that he has given expression to similar in
tentions on many occasions in Washington We
do not care a fig what course the British govern
ment intends to pursue in this Central American
imbroglio, for we are convinced that il means to
cheat in the matter, and tina. ii will fail in the
end. But we do not want any Of its threats
however honeyed may be the terms in which they
are conveyed.
TIC declaration that British forces would I'M
dertake to capture any American citizens who
might evade the laws here and go to Nicaragua
to resuscitate the civil war there, is Of itself
reflection on the good faith of our government;
and when taken in connection with the declara-
ton of England to the government OF Nicaragua
in reply to the Mora-Martinez call for European
assistance, that it will protect that republic
against the designs there falsely attributed to
the United States, the whole course of Great
Britain becomes insulting in the extreme 1t
would have been much more consonant with the
professions which both the British and French
Cabinets have been for long time making to
our government Of their acquiescence in the
course it had adopted, had they advised Presi-
dent MARTINEZ to rely upon the assurances of our
government that it would prevent any flibus-
tering attempts, instead Of giving color to his
false accusations against us by promising to pro-
tect him against our designs. But while they
have been making these professions. they have
been also making preparations to head off the
American policy SO clearly laid down in General
Cas- letter to General Lamar on the pending
questions with Nicaragua and Costa Rica
These complications in Central America and
the Gulf of Mexico. and the double dealing Of
the Auglo-Frcnch alliance in their foolish wish
to stop our manifest progress southwark, are
pregnant with future difficulty. The only way
for Us &c avoid war is by exhibiting the deter
mination and being prepared to meet one. So
long as England and France can keep US in good
humor by failacious professions at Washington.
just Sc long will they egg on the petty Spanish
American Powers to resist our influence. Yet
that influence is the only one that can bring
them 10 reason and restore them to {. state OF
peace that will be advantageous to the whole
world. European diplomacy amorg them has
only tended to foster false ideas of their own
importance, stimulate revolutions aud engcnder
anarchy. For long years English and French
Ministers in those republics were continually
plotting against each other. Now they unite
everywhere in intriguing against the rising in
fuence Of the United States,
We hope the President viii take strong
grounds upon AL .hese qut stions in bis coming
message Let Tim ask Congress to authorize the
purchase of Cuba. Let him lay before it. in
strong terms, the state of our relations with
Mexico cn6 Central America and ask for
authority to act in the premises in way that
the national honor demands. These two steps
alone will enunciste policy on our part which
we are accused OF following and of not daring TO
announce. And its enunciation would have
more effect in Europe and Spanish-America than
twenty years Of diplomatic coquetting viii
attain. I, would define our position before the
world. and give an energy to our influence
which il has never yet possessed.