The Tiffin tribune. [volume] (Tiffin, Ohio) 1848-1859, 1858-01-15

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Mr.. Haskins OF New York said thai
d the proper time he would 90 as far as /
my other member 10 favor Of the suspen-
iion Of the neutrality laws. but not for
.he reasons assigned By Mr. Quitman
Yesterday. The act Of 1918 was passed
TO meet 4 case Of the character now be-
fore them. II is a singular fact that IN
that very year Arbuthnot and Ambristtr
we're hung by Cen. ackson as high as
llaman. In his opinion their conduct
was not more reprebensiblo than that Of
Walker toward Government with whom |
we were NJ pence. Many doubt the right
Of Paalding to seize Walker in Nicaragua.
but II there Is an uchoate treaty with
Nicaragua by which we are 10 protect
tho Transit route, the directions Of the
President and Secretary Of the Navy may
sustain Paaldng The ouIy party which
can object to Paulding's conduct is Eio-
aragua, weak power, which commends
the act. The gentleman from Georgia
{ Mr., Stephens) said Walker was better
man than Paulding. Mr.. Haskin denied
H. Aftor referring to the principal events
in Walkers history. which did not place
him in an enyiablo light. he spoke Of
Com. Paulding in high terms Of sulogy
saying that he was a son Of Paulding Of
Revolutionary memory, who, with Will
Jams and Van Vert, captured Major
Andre and resisted his profIered bribp.
which, IL accepted, would have placed
them in afIluent circumstances. The
Pauding Of that day had no warrant
'rOm the Continental Congress to author
ize the arrest. Laughter.
Mr.. John COchrane wanted 70 know
whether ofenses against the lsw Of nltions
run in the family2
Mr. Ilaskius repeated that Com. Pauld.
! ny has a right to be more proud Of hi
ancestry thar any Of the Kings of Europe
Of theirs. lie had been in the service
'or forty years, and had worked himself
% the highest position in j. and il was
therefore ungenerous to say that Walker
was a better man than Paulding. No act
under this Administration, since the in
tuguration Of the President. was more
worthy Of commendatioh than that Of
Paulding, and no hoped that the respon-
sble majority Of the House would no
lrtter away ts consequences. The thanks
! 1f Congress and medal were eminently
iue to Pauding. Mr. Hnskins remarked
that while he was against individual Glli
clustering, he was a national 6liibuster.-
! He was believer in the Monroe doctrine
and wanted those of the Ostend manifesto
applied
Mr. Keitt wanted to know whether
Mr.. tlasbin was in favor Of nation, in
stead Of individuals, breaking faith.
Mr. Haskins replied that when the ma
ton will take the responsibility Of seiziun
Cuba and suspendtng the neutrality laws
he would go in for it with that gentleman
The feeling Of the National Democrats i.
that they have a right 10 the island: they
believed that they came by il naturally
they believed that the Government should
by conquest do certain things-but thi,
business Of Walkers was petty larceny
| lie Haskins) was in favor of nationa
grand larceny laugh,erl, and declared
himself Hard Shell Democrat.
Mr.. Stephens, in explanation, said tha
he had cast no imputatiou on Commodor
Pau'dlng, further than his arrest o.
Walker was not justified That wa,
without law or color of law. On tha
Paulding was to stand 1t was a grea
outrage, 1t might be that Paulding'
iather had refused bribe, and If tha
! gives credit to his son let it be so. Tn,
gentleman had spoken Of the miserabl,
condition of Walkers men whom he saw
last Spring What placed them in sucl
an unfortunate condition he did not know
but he bad heard some say those a. No-
folk were poor, hzy and lousy. Laugh
ter He believed they were lst seen il
company with officers Of the Navy
Whether they got the contasion or yer
min from them he did not know. II,
would stand on what he had said, tina
| Walkers arrest was great Outra .,
against private rights, aud ought to b.
I redlesse1