Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-01-15

our <StSSs Just aitcf SOHiInSAS1nS
off the first form-we are compelled to
Issue a half sheet to-day; which we are
enabled to do through the courtesy Of
our neighbor OF the Standard. The dam
age can only be repaired by the manufac-
turer, but we hope to be able to get right
ed in season to resume our regular issue
next week. It being the first time We
have been unier the necessity of thu S
asking the indulgence of our readers,
we doubt not it " Ill bs cheerfully accord
ed.
THE F1LLIBUsTER QuEsTIos.-The Mes
| sage of the President, in answer to the call
for information in regard to the Nicaragus
affair, will be found in another column
as in the Kansas matter, he plays the part OF
the trimmer, ami adroitly endeavors to sail be-
tween the two diverse factions of the party
and positively commit himself to'the views
of neither. In reference to the Kansas Con-
| sti;u.ion. he would have "orefer red" to see 1t
Submitted to the people entire, but as the con-
vention refused to submit il, he approved then
action-in the case of CON-. Paulding, he
condemns his action, but upplauds his motives
and defends the result. In both instances
his true position is easily discernable, and
he has signally failed in his efforts to please
EalI, as the D ,ugIass rebellion in the one case
and the more serious revolt of the southern
wing OF the party in the other, most clearly
demonstrate. The reception of the message
in the Senate gave rise to a discussion in
which the President and Com. Paulding, as
had previously been the case in the Houses,
were denounced with savage ferocity by sew
eraI Administration Senators. including all
the more prominent sof the Southern fre-
enters in that body; aud the only defenders
| of the President were Senator Pearce d
| Maryland. an5etd line Wing, and Messrs.
| Seward Of New York and Doolittle of Iowa:
both Republican Senator'S; while Senator
Mallory. of Florida. ventured a defence Of
! Cen. Pauldine. Davis, OF Mississippi, COM
Idemned the act in toto, and the President iol
attem pting to palhateit. Brownof the sans
! State, was extremely denunciatory of ihepo-
sitions the President assume in his message
regarding the. whole affair as a miserable
farce .disreputable to all engaged in it,
and the letter of Com. Pauiding Informing
The Government of the capture of Walker
"a dssrace to The eP4uietts he wears upon
hissisauf,sers Mr Plgh Of 0aio also pitch
ID Ins' aed proclaimed il as kis decided opin,
lion that s.Jhe principles which have been
announced BY The President in his message
are ueither.warranted iy the Constitution Of
the United States, nor by any statute law Of
the Unitcd Statess nor By any principle o.
the law of nations Doaglass, Of I4Hois
also condemned the message and It's doc
trfnes. ButsToombs. Of Georgia, exceeded
all others in the fierce and defiant mannei
in which he dissenfed from the views and
condemned the aetio On of the President and
his subordinates H said: w call. then.
on The President of the Bnited States to
know by what authority these things have
been done by an American Sost-captain in
uur A~~F-Hed does not yindSgate them; he
does not declare they were lFgafs he dares
not defend, while he ventufes 70 Paliiafe
this Outrage to an America 1Senate and "a
American ConrrezaAre 70 examine
some of the grounds on which ne has placed
this pulliatien. He claims that not only
on this continent, bnt throughout the whole
world, he can use the Army and Navy OF the
United States ut his discretion, provided the
Governments having jurisdiction over those
islands and over those lands do not object.
| deny it. / say it is a usurPation of authoFi.
ty not granted by the Constitution or laws
but in derogation of both" sSir, II will mo-
do to get rid OF this question by ~denouncing
GeueraI Walker and his men,. As has been
properly asked on this floor, ii the President t
the United States was enforcing your own
laws, il he had a right to ~a!e these men
why has he not held ten. 4as21abie to the
laws of the United Sc Why does YOU
aged and venabie Secretary of State say
when General Walker is brought before him
take, him away; I have nothing o do with
Rim; do not bring him near me? Why turn
loose in one Of your ports, with out succor
/ I'LL b ICbQS ALOAS OhS
and fifty men, who are you do not know whaI
-Amerieans or Ni~caraguans! The Govern
ment seems to have found itself in a serapej
and it threw away, | will not say the stolen
! goods, but the evidence of its wrong; il
dropped them at the first port, and then comes
to Congress and attempts to vindicate, be
fore the nation and the world. this outrage
on our-eonstitution and on the law of nations
by turning round and vilifying the actors il
this scene; and I believe the President at
,empts 10 mend the matter by quoting
Scripture" 3r ne a4l rs
And of Com. Paulding he thus speaks:-
~Senators may vaunt the distinguished Com
rmodore Pauldlng whose coarse brutality mus
be admitted by every human being who ha
read the correspondence. It shows that he
is totally unfit to discharge any duty. The
language he uses shows that he is no, .onll
unworthy to be commander Of a ship, but tina
he is unworthy to be its cabin boy"
AZ date of last advices from Washingtor
the discussion was still progressing in botl
Houses, and seemed to be the all-absorbin:
, topic. 1t is manifest that the demand i
the fre-eaters, that CON-. Pauiding shall bs
punished and Walker and his followers sen
back to Nicaragua in a National vessel wi
not be complied with.
THE HoRrIcULTURIsT.-The JaEuar.
number of this NJ agazine is the 1st of
r.