The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-01-28
THROUGH ENGLISH EYES.

That military adventurer and Nicsrsgnsr
hero, Mr.. William Walker, does not supesr
through English eyes, SO much of man to
say nothing of his heroism, as he does through
he eyes of his Southern partisans. The Lon.
- Times, commenting upon his second sd.
''n' ,Hto Nicaragua, remarks:
& geographical situation of Nicaraura
nns,anoa ITS chief settlements places of i'm.
20 49, "a number of traders of all nations
;ts nd eII ,Sonest livelihood within its lin.
;ts settIers arc 70 Eospects of this country and
Southern ro,odies' iC1parred by an Eruption of
der and means of idle on nothing but plum.
combined squadrons of teulgence: That the
able, with the cooperation 70 NATIONS VIII Dc
troops, to extrpate the wholene Nicaraguah
| firmly hope. 1t is time that for We mos'
ings due Ietribution sh ould be exacR1, procesc!f
Walker, Henningsen, Anderson, and Suu :.
should on this occasion be treated as leoS 1
and murderers, the world will have little ca ssea
to drop tear of pity"
The Times will have long since learned hat
Walker has been saved the fate it suggests h
deserves, by his own countrymen, but that k
is ungrateful for their kindness,
The Times is also quite severe upon this
Government for its delinquency in allowing
Walker to escape. We quote further
ave cannot but think that the American
authorities would have acted more creditsby
had they frustrated this scandalous enterprise
which will now probably result in fresh blood
shed and confusion. Whatever may be the
constitutional position of the Federal Govern
ment, it is q mere afectation to say that it vas
unable to prevent a notorious ruhan like
Walker from gathering together his band 3D.
dressing them in inhsmmatory speeches, svoW
ing everywhere his designs on Nicaragua, and
finally sailing from an American port WITH
nearly 200 armed men. That the New Or'
| leans mob sympathized with the adventure,
| and that the law was not put in force to cheCS
him, are only what might be expected; ou'
surely the President might have taken care
that the vessel which conveyed him and MS
| coffee planters should be seized, in spite Of
so psltry a subterfuge as regular papers Inc
Saratoga, too, knew nothing of Walker tl be
landed; and the Wabash respected the steamer
which the horde had just quilted, simply be
cause it had complied with the usual formal
ties on leaving port 1t is plain to the world
that men in all ranks and in all positions have
been afraid to incur the unpopularity Of stop
ping the adventurer. A party in the States
support him; and an active party is more pow
eriui than an inert public. What is a friend f"
an enemy? The intelligence and even the NJ
merical majority of Americans would approve
the conduct of any man who drove Walker
back to port, or seized his ship and storesi bot
no official, civil or military, has courage to tsce
the anger of the INSCRIPTIONS and vindlcG'S
faction which speculates in Walker stock
Philadelphia, Jan. 2l.-The application o.
Miss Smith for the possession of her bro'9eli
Thomas Washington Smith, recently cleared 4"
the charge of murder on the ground Of INSANITY
was argued before the court this morning.
Medical testimony was adduced, showing 5ns'
his confinement in lunstic asylum would n
suit ia his speedy death, while the careful aIeS
ton of his friends would restore him to heal~
The court decided to give him TO his susie,
meanwhile placing him under bonds 70
amount of $4,000. He will be taken to Ns'
castle county. Delaware,