Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1858-01-07
The Northern Light.

The vessel which bore the captive of our |
Sir Hudson Lowe to New York was eminentIy |
.ipniicant in name. The "NUrthern L'ghtl'
bv this soJriouet President Buchanan, as the
much Wanted friend of the South and the
chef sipner of the Ostend Manifesto, should
hereafter he known to the people of this long
entering down-trodden and outraged section
of the Confederacy.
T. he no, the s'Northern Ligh'2" Let the
violent seizure of Walker, though but one Of
Tense in a catalogue of political offences, an
swer this question. Throughout the kansas
difficulty he manifested the most cuipanie IN
difference to the rights of the Southern peo-
nile leaving it's Governor tn pursue lis neftri-
ous policv to the litter end, and though COM
| peIed at last TO sustain the action of the Le-
compton Convention, left that functionary TO
| ouietly resign the trust which he was permit
| ted SO long to abuse.
/ Steadily and effulgen'ly has this Northern
Light" placed in the White House burned r
The North. almost as steadily and effulgently
as the Aurora Boreslis upon the bleak cold
rocks and castillaied ice-tergs of the Arctic
Circle. Northern Democrat and Freesoiler,
opponent OF the regeneration OF Nicaragua,
demaeogue, office holder and place-hunter,
with linked hands and unrenitting attention
fed its fan e. and some of the Southern Demo
Gratis were proud 10 assist IN keeping IL bright
and steady, thinking, Gold help them, that
thew were illuminating the South!
We trust that these latter now see their
mistake. The invasion of Nicaraguan soil, and
the capture of its President is conclusive
! enough of the determination OF Mr.. Buchanan
; 10 prevent Slavery expansion Southwark, and
the affected disapproval of the course OF Com
modcre Paulding will not shift the response
,, hility from the shoulders of the executive u
those of his agent at San Juan.
The President rebck, Capt. Davis for hi
' conduct in the first capture OF the Nicaragua
+, President Had not Commodore Pauldi0s
,een &C ing under such order rs gave him th'
mower TO make Walker and his troops prison
RS, tits scarcely reasonable TO think, tina
| with the facts Of the transaction OF Capt. Da
3 yis before him. and the denunciatiops levele,
, the head of that officer, he would hav
Jared to proceed To such extremities. Ii h
,,as really transcribed his orders, he should b
eld 10 a rigid accountability; and right her
D, we ask Southern men TO watch The cours
. which the President pursues towards tn
Commodore For, II the President is at fault
W. think he is, the Comm odore will be lee
emily and not severely dealt with. In
= Waker-Ka nsas farce will be played over again
! We see that an Indignation meeting has bee
u 4eld in Mobile in the teeth OF the telegraph
Q eport of he Reputation by the President c
" he proceedings of Commodore Padding.
o milar meeting is, We learn, TO be held on la
% tyette Square this evening.
y Throughout the South these public damon
/ trations should be made. Nor should the pee
u 10 stop al mere expressions OF indignation
20 hey should see In the hostile position of Nj
Il buchanan, In this Nicaraguan business, q sci
IL led determination Ia prevent the South~ ar
IT xpansion Of the country. The languag
D. ( his Message, the police instructions 10 b
u Ulcers in the various parts OF the Union, an
X specially in New Orleans and New York, I'll
', 1rsuit of Walker upon the high seas, the n
~ isal of his officials a. Mobile 10 permit Wei
q. Il laden with coal and merchandise To eies
" r San Juan, the expulsion of the Unit
ot jtates Attorney for this District, the co-op'
G alton ofthe Saratoga, Fulton aud Wabash Wit
Ks ne British men-ot-war Brunswick aud Lee
T. ard 10 blockade San Juan, the invasion
ID ,icar sgua by an armed force. and the seiza
Ill Gen. Walker aud his men-we say ths
m Mould see ia all this settled design npon u
nd I,ht 10 expansion Of the South. They shon
ZEE, too, in thus permitting or ordering an 1
en- yasion of Nicaragua that the President b
ch himself violated tie spirit of the nentrail
rs avs. violated the coil and the rights OF an
dependent Sovereignty. And more than th
they should insist AS the only reparation p
lille now 20 make. that the President Of Ni'
e.sus, and his emigrant bard, shall DO 90
m. back 10 San Juan In . national vessel.
h. IL not air. Buchsban, We ask, Norths
.t | Light of the purest orderf TIME, We thin
IA II maks the inos more spp-renl.-Asn
] sans DsIta.