The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-01-16

the arrest of General Walker by Commodore Paul
ding fully meets the approval of the great mass of
the conservative people of the country have the
most gratifying evidences through exchanges,
both of the North and the South We published
Few days since extracts from the Journal Of Com
merce and the Richmond Enquirer heartily ehdors-
ing the message, and we to-day lay before read
the comments of few other leading democratic
Journals of the country, sustaining the President in
equally as strong terms
From the Boston Post
II difficult to understand how the candid and ineli
gent refuse TO the main positions of the clear
temperate yet decided message of President Buchanan
relation to the fbusterng expedition to Central Amer
lea The neutrality principle, here practically applied to
the Of Walker has been sanctioned by all parties
and by the great statesmen of country for sixty years
and is the only becoming the dignity the honor of
the republic,
awlessy set foot military enterprises in the United
States directed against foreign countries and the oath of
his office requires the President to faithfully them
This has been done by almost every President for since
the establishment of the government such enterprises
from time to tme have been planned here But no
President connved at them and President has
hesitated to suppress them,
From the Republican pa Democrat.
We desire to express hearty admiration of this
statesnanlke message from James Buchanan His con-
domination Of the awess spirit of Walker his abettos
and sympathzers, is full, positive and very earnest
While the President thinks that Commodore pauldng
committed grave technical i'm arresting Walker
the soil of Nicaragua he nevertheless highly applauds the
intention of that gallant officer, and uses his conduct
in the particular that Walker obstructng the transit
route which obliged by treaty assist in keeping
open and free from all nteropers and pirates like this
fellow, Walker The message Is altogether excellent and
in this region where not in the habit of sympa
thizng with outlawry of any kind the President is high
ly appauded for putting his foot down firmly and re-
10 all adj tr
down these most dsrepuabe foays against feeble neigh
boring republics with which at peace. We are
quite confident that his noble stand will have the eff
feet to show the fibusters how feeble minority they
are in.
From the Poushkeepsie IN. " Democrat
The message of the President in relation to the arrest
OF Gen. Walker by Commodore Pauding publish else
where 1t will meet the hearty approval of every candid
mind We feel an ample satisfaction in according with
an administration which bases its public actions upon such
high moral grounds While kceny alive to an infracton
of international obligations, the President regards the
right Of complaint belonging alone to Nicaragua and
he safely concludes that there is little prospect of pro
test from that quarter
While the act of Commodore Pauldng so far as it
ranscends the province of government in its dealings
with foreign powers, is dsapproved and dsavowed the
intent OF that gallant officer is acknowledged only
above all blame but to have been dictated by patriotic
and sincerely equitable motives.
The acts Of the administration an admirable com
mcnt upon the clustering charges of the republican Jour
nails against it. In firm and quiet manner devoid of
parade partisan aims and looking to the welfare and
honor of the country at large Mr. Buchanan has sought
American progress and the expansion of American nflu
in Central America only through their legitimate and
peaceful channels And muttudes of all political parties
will rise above party prejudices and approve and honor
his course in this respect
From the Raleigh On, CD Standard
The President and his cabinet devoting themselves
with diligence and patriotic zeal to the settlement of these
questions kansas, Utah, and Nicaragua the most i'm
portant of which is that relating to Kansas They de-
and entitled to the sympathy and support of
every true democrat in the country The work of the
administration in these aud other respects has scarcely
begun and yet hear already the muttcrngs of dis
content and opposition from our ranks Members of
Congress and Others who disposed to join this oppo
ton, whether on the Kansas Nicaraguan questions
have iscalculaed their strength and the sorndness of
their positions If they think they influence the great
body of the democratic party to go with them. The
masses of the democratic party are with the President
and they will continue to stand by him. He may make
mistakcs-hc may commit errors and tlen-but the
people know that these Of the head
the heart and they will not forsake him. The same
spirit which sustained Jackson in his contests with the
monster bank and tho hosts Of federalism still lives and
burns in the old democratic party and it will
every democrat big and little who may array himself
without the best against President Buchanan The
democracy of the country will stand by their chosen
chief whatever may happen and whoever may desert
him
From the Bangor Daily Union.
President Buchanan puts his pen to paper with
out carrying home to the mind of the reader the convic
ton that the American people have the helm of
government man whose patriotism influence, how
ever powerful, affect, and whose craftsmanship
and wisdom the whole country may reposc in safety The
meaning of his language is always unmstakable He
writes with clearness and to the point The position he
has assumed both in his annual message and in the one
publish to-day in regard to libusterng is right and
just and the given for his conclusive
1t is not too much to say that he will be triumphantly
sustained in it. The spirit of lawlessness and rebellion
whether manifested the plains Kansas or in fitting
out expeditions against people with whom peace
will meet with prompt restraint at his hands.
From the Milwaukee Daily News.
The special message of President Buchanan to the SEN
ate respecting Gen William Walker and his arrest and
return to this country by Commodore Pauldng of which
the telegraph transmitted to u.s. few days SINCE mea
gre abstract decisive of the attitude of the administra
ton with regard to llibusterng And it just such
message the great body Of the people Of the United
States had right to expect from the President.
HON HUGH S. LEGARE.
We find in the Charleston papers the suboined
letter from President Tyler inviting the Hon Hugh
S. Legarc to seat in his cabinet We ropublish it
matter of general interest to Mr.. Legares friends
and the public
WASHINGTON, Sept IL, 1841