Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-01-16
CONGRESSIONAL.
WAsrn NGToN, Jan. IL.

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message and accom- panying documents. relative tt
Commodore Paulding, having reference to tn
orders Of tho Navy Department, were referred t.
the ommitt on Foreign Affairs.
A message was also received from the Presiden
stating that he had received q copy of the Con
stitution of Minnesota, together with an abstrac
Of the votes polleG for and against it, and nov
laid it before Congress, in the manner prescribed
by that instrument.
Having received but one copy, he had sent that
to the Senate.
Another message was received, in response to
the resolution whether the Government Of Nicara'
qua has made any complaint on account of the
arrest of Gen. Walker by Com. Paulding, on its
soil.
The President through the Secretary of State,
says that no such complaint has reached this De-
partment.
The House then went into n Committee of the
Whole on the state of the Union, on the Presi-
dents annual message.
Mr.. Kellogg said that if ever a President re-
quired the supporting hands of his friends, it was
now. Who could tell which were the Admins
ttration measures Look to the Senate.-There
'the Warwick Of the party, in the prido of his
power, hurls defiance at the Administration. The
president entered upon the Presidency with a full
treasury, which is now bankrupt.
The Central American question is pressing hard
upon him the fllibusters about to overwhelm
him. Besides, there is the Kansas question which
he is pressing forward for the destruction of free
mems rights, and the indignation hurled back is
sinking him. Utah is beyond the control of the
Government, and Brigham Young is laughing him
to scorn. Well may he exclaim "Save me
from my friends"
As to the Central American affairs, if the Presi-
dent was derilect at all, is was because he did not,
with a firm and steady hand, carry out his in.
structions and prosecute Gen. Walker while he
was within our jurisdiction.
This was not a question between Walker and
the Government. 1t was whether the Government
shall discharge its duty and sustain its honor.
1t is only when we are Just to our neighbors
that we sustain our character and dignity, and
therefore we are bound to defend Nicaragua
against the aggressions Of our own citizens.
He would not hang these offenders, as has been
suggested. but they were properly brought back
in sympathy for their wretched condition, and to be
taught, be hoped, that the rights of the Govern
,ment must be respected.
lie maintained that it was not only the right
but the duty Of our naval officers to enter upon
the soil of Nicaragua and arrest those whom the
President d%enominates murderers and robbers.
M. IIaskin explained \ remark made by him
on a former occasion, namely, that he was in ia
vor of a national grand larceny. In his argument
he intended to convey an alternative proposition,
that if tho poyarnment iustifad Wa1kpr which
he hoped it would not, then it would be far better
for the government to fllibuster in a grand way.
1t was ajocose and hgurative expression and
excited laughter. He did not seriously believe
that any gentleman really thought that he favored
grand larceny.
In a literal sense, larceny was stealing person
al property, and therefore it could not be applied
10 Cuba or Central America. If the term was APP
,%propriate to any party, it must be to the Repub-
-licans, which would appropriate their neigh
boris personal property. lie admitted with
Mr.. Thayer. that larceny was mean and contempt
able, and sincerely hoped that the Representa-
tives of the Republican party will do as much to
prevent plumber rs some of their predecessors did
in the last Congress to promote it.
Mr.. Moore, without venturing an argument to d
'HuStuln walker ) Nuliu ute, 10 ut IfeSluenCy OF
Nicaragua, commended that not only had Paulding ,
gone beyond ibis in Instructions, but that a majority t
of the nation never could sanction conduct like :
his. OF Pauldiug he knew but little, but had no u
doubt that he was a gallant and experienced off =
Ger but be would say that u more wanton and g
wileul outrage had never been committed by any
one clothed with authority, and it became the
Representatives Of a free people to protest against f
this wanton abascment Of power. t
He could not concur with the Administration in .
its CO construction of the Neutrality laws; therefore, G
in speaking of Walker, he said, that after he had II
been brought here and released from felony he il
suddenly became a hero. From IL ruthless invader a
guilty of robbery and plumber, he became a y
Moses, leading the nation from the wilderness into a
a land of promise. From a scourge and curse. he t
became the pioneer Of a good government. and a Z
benefactor to his race. The gentlemen say that a
great wrong was done by Paulding. that indemni v
ty should be given to Walker, and a national yes. |
sci ought to take him back. What did this mean ? a
1t indicated diversity of sentiment in this House c
Walker was not the pioneer of the civilization of a
which we are proud Ct. Under a semi-barbarous J
policy, which obtains a foothold by force, and holds :
it by trampling on the rights of the people, he was a
guilty of violating both the International Law and r
the Neutrality act of 1918. Walker was never a "
citizen OF Nicaragua.
II so where is a record of his naturalization p z
He thought the Administration was bound to have s
Walker prosecuted for a violation of these laws g
The President is right in asserting chat Walker G
is guilty. Tine mode of his arrest is a matter of c.
no consequence whatever. Under these circum- ?
stances. while Nicaragua did not complain whether
the technical letter of the law was conformed to or
not, the President is justified by the International G
in the spirit of his instructions to arrest Walk a
er, and did not violate the latter. Mr.. Warron said a
that he had no hesitation in asserting that Pauld-
ing exceeded his instructions. The President ad-
mitted this, u