The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-11-02

AR PROCLAMATION AND Ibts
INV RAID ON NIcARAGuA.-The preparations Of
Walker for new invasion OF Nicaragua have
called out proclamation from the President,
warning citizens from being deluded INTO q yio-
lation of the laws Of the country, and enjoining
upon all officers Of the government to be vigilant
and active in respective spheres in REFRESHING
these illegal enterprises
There is good taste in the present proclama-
ton Of President Buchanan which has not cha
racterised those Of some of his predecessors. He
does not misquote and misappy the law, ~ did
Mr.. Fillmore in denouncing the Cuban exped-
ton Of General Lopez as piracy; nor does he de-
scend to personal abuse, as did poor Pierce il
stigmatizing General Quitmau and his associates
as bad citizens. He invokes the law tIuthfully,
and warns all persons from being dcuded "a
peaceful emigrants into scheme which can
only succeed by an overpowering force, in a
country where their leader has never received
any substantial native assistance The mild
tone Of the proclamation is calculated to give
far greater efficacy to the laws than could be
obtained by personal abuse of misguided or mis-
taken men, which would only awaken feeling
of resentment
This act of the President, coupled as il is with
the announcement of Senior Irisarri, Ministcr for
Nicaragua, that no persons except regular tran
sit passengers will be admitted into that republic
without passports from the Nicaraguan legation,
and the presence OF several American ships of
war at San Juan del Norte to prevent our citi-
zens from wilfully violating the laws Of the land
render the possibility of a successful landing by
Walker and his followers out of the question.
They will undoubtedly be stopped either before
entering the port Of San Juan or Immediately
after, and Nicaragua will thus owe, for third
time, to the government of the United States
cessation of civil war within her borders We
say for third time, because it is now placed
beyond doubt by the admission Of the highest
authority in Costa RIGA, that had Captain Davis
not interfered at the time he did in the siege of
Rivas, the besieging forces would have broken up
in few days for want Of resources; and it was
only the illegal act of Commodore Paulding in
Selling Walker within the territory of Nicaragua,
when his forces already had possession of the
river that saved that republic second time
The fact that Walker has been able again to
gather men and resources for his Illegal opera
tions against Nicaragua, Notwithstanding his de
monstrated incapacity as leader, is pregnant
one. and should lead our statesmen To analyze
the causes Of such an anomaly. We believe they
will be found to lie i'm the unwise and absurd
character of our present neutrality laws. Under
these, no citizen of the United States within the
terri tory Of the United States, is allowed to en-
ter 1.-The service of any foreign prince, State, CO.
lony, district or people ~ u soldier, or as ma
rine Or seaman under penalty of fine and i'm
prisonment. In thus confounding and furnishing
one of the natural rights of the citizen with
other acts Of a manfestly improper and bcllige-
rent character, which no other nations do, we
place the right and the wrong in the same cate
CORY, and elevate the wrong; for no citizen is
disposed TO admit the wisdom or justice OF
Law which in any Of its parts violates the com
mon sense of right II is this fact that predis-
poses so many Of our citizens to hold our neutra-
lily laws in such light regard and endows such
leaders as Walker with a popular sympathy in
their illegal expeditions.