New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-01-08

only II Cerogaion Of law, but IN derogation " his
oath Of ofhck He mus, get the authority OF law 10
NE snv ex,rs-srfttorai Jurisdiction whatever. He
| could command nc poplHar respect az Nndleato,
OF the laws OF his country unless no hiInseii sno"
obey the lsws. But in this case only one Law mas oee"
violated Cor the purpose OF vindiC atng atother' Syv
Kos-uth into the Senate chamber % show hiu,'
self yeas ago. That gentleman was driven from
por er by Austria and Russia and came here after
material aid to replace himself That was just the
case Of Walker; aud while one was gorihed the
other was vfed As TO the letter OF Pau.dIng, the
cosse brutality of that correspondence must be ad-
miit,d by every human being no, only UNITED nun
10 be the commander Of q ship, but even 10 be Us
cabn.boy.
NJ DOOIITrI F. understood that il would be
cause Of war by Nicaragua against tins country an
expedition was uBlawiully set on foot wahn our lu
,isdjc,ion against her The President WAS a. much
bound to maintain the faith OF treaties IS any Is" Of
Mr.. MALLORY vindcated the character Of Com
modore Pauding, and alluded to has revo1'nary a9,
ces'ry but did not pretend TO palhate TINS act Al
such acts were permitted 20 be committed by naVA
officers in a very short time this country would DO
iuyu, ed in hos,iltes with foreign nations III you
sind naval Captains 10 stop administering. with oosc
r..rpc,ion. they Wi, understand them seamon. not
a. iurst lie understood that the Administration had
detached Chatard because he did not arrest Walker.
Ii he il punished for not doing that aci we ought W
applaud Paulding for doing Il.
Mr. DOUGLAS returned the compliment OF Mr..
Brown, who had said he admired his lDougasl Rluck
for expressing his opinions. he (Dougissl tounu ne
was getting into good company ana beatnS uprecrts
faster than Walker. lie (Dougasl thought would
be found after a while that they all IN the party,
and were not 10 be accused OF faction because they
happened to differ from the President in some OF ther
views Some strange things happen now-a days.
Even the Senator from New-York was supporting the
Administration and defending It, attacks Democrats
Mr. SEWARD said the President had anncuhced
that Walker had not only violated the laws OF mo
land but the higher law and he Seward would DC
recfeant 10 his duty, an advocate OF the higheI
law. if he did not support the President Laugh1er.l
Mr. DOUGLAS thought the higher law very wen
in its place but not in executing the neutrality Jaws:
lie would ra.er look at the statutes of the United
States and see where the authority for the Presi.
dent 20 use the army and navy The law OF 1918 De-
fined the jurisdiction To extend one marine league
from the coast and the Government had no authority
10 make an arrest beyond that distance. lie was u
favor Of giving the neutrality laws fair faithful and
vigorous execution This is Government OF law,
whether We ike thesn or dislike them, so long they
stand on the statute book. lie had no sym
pathy for tllbustering. Its tendency Is 10
defeat the very OBJECT We nave New'
namely: expansion of the area Of Freedom.
He was in favor of the expansion OF this country out
in lawful and regular manner; lie WAS not Wiling
10 send out naval officers with vague instructions,
fbustering oil the high seas under the pretense
of putting down flhbustering. He had opposed the
Clayton Buwer Treaty because he did not wish TO
bind this country not to do that which 1t might De
necessary for its safety to do-that Is, to annex
those Territories only half the distance to California
and on the direct road.
Mr. PEARCE thought the debate premature. No
thing had been read but the Message. They did not
know what light the instructions would thrown on tho
subject. He believed that the expedition of Walker
from the United States fragrant violation OF tha
laws of the United States and that the President dd
nothing but his duty in authorizin; the naval forces
to prevent that expedition from attacking people With
whom we are at peace. He believed that it was due
to the character of the nation that such steps that
should be taken to put down these maraudng eIpedi-
tions, which bring disgrace on the country.
No question taken on the reference Of thu
Message.
Mr.. MASON moved the reference Of the Message to
the Committee on Foreign Relations and that 1t be
printed, together with the accompanying documents.
Motion agreed to.
Mr.. DAVIS dissented from the arguments contained
in the Message. The President had assumed that
the Neutrality laws, which required that such expe-
ditons this should be suppressed also conferred
upon the Executive the power to go beyond the urs-
diction of the United States to suppress Them Ths
seemed 10 be the key to the policy the part Of the
Administration which sent the navy down to the coast
of Central America instead of statoning the vessels
where they should have been stationed, namely, at
the mouth of the Mississippi and on the coast OF Ala
bana. Were this expedition all that it is described
to be, 1t is only misdemeauor. instead of yio-
laton OF the Neutrality law. The suspicion thff
there an intent to make against 4
nation with which are at peace would
have justified the detention of Gen. Walker
and his men within the limits OF the United States,
but not their arrest beyond our own limits. IA we
have no extradtion treaty with Nicaragus they could
not have lawfully been taken upon her soil, even had
they been fugitiyes from justice The President has
no more power to make such arrests than any Mem
Der of Congress. Ii our ncighb0rs are too weak 10
protect Themselves, should use all lawful means TO
prevent citizens fcm invading their territory; but
Il is not within the theory of our Government to fit
cut expeditions 10 catch half dozen, Dozen
one or two hundred men who may choose 10 leave
the United States and land upon their shores In this
respect he thought we . ere making q great de-
parture from those principles which heretofore guided
the conduct OF our Government Ii il be the pleas
ure of Congress TO give the President police powers
the high seas and authorize him use the Army
and Navy as constabulary force let it DO done by
the passage Of laws with that view.
Mr. MASON doubted the expediency Of discussing
the subject without more mature deberation. The
President was by the Constitution the head OF the
Army and Navy, ard the laws Of the land direct how
these are to be used. lie conented himself with the
remark that II was clearly incumbent the President
10 see that the neutrality laws faithfully exc
cuted.
Mr.. CRITTENDEN referred to the Presidents adj
mission that Commodore Pauldng committed grave
error. According 10 his own premises such conclu-
zion was altogether Illogical and the conduct Of
Pauiding was as conformable TO law if he had
ceiyed express instructions to do what he did.
Mr.. BROWN regarded it as little singular that
while the President disapproyed Of the arrest of Gen.
Walker he at the same lime excused that act. The
arrest OF Walker was in violation Of law, for if
Paudpg had the right to make the arrest his conduct
is not only 10 be excused but to be appauded. Ii
he had no ega right to do that act then the Pres-
dent Owes i to the people Of the country to condemn
Il. II Walker was guilty of any violation Of law and
had been arrested and brought back 10 shores as
fugitive from justice. why is he not put into the
clutches of the law Why was he taken to New
York and placed in the hands Of the Marshal there
then brought here and delivered to the Executive and
then set at liberty Why was he not carried back
to Louisiana by the same authority that arrested
him, and there put upon his trial on this charge of
violating the law This farce being