New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-01-08

svch l6N les enterprises, our CNiu"Ul lHt'iN'N
~ dictate this policy. These expeditions are 'he
n o.. ~ ctua. mode of retsrding Ame1can pro.'t'
l.ueh 10 promote this is the avOwed OBJECT Vi ,"e
|, sders and contributors IN such undeTtakinSs -
bcyCnd question the destiny OF our !hcr sPieau 80:
likes ever the continent Of North Americr and tns
at no distant day. should events be permitted to taAe
thelr Cw natural Course -, =, -
The tide of emigration will How 10 the oIytn' gu
nothing can crcRfu0Ut arrest ITS progress IL perm"
ted 10 90 ere peacefully Central Antuc VIII soon
contain An American population which VIII confer
blessings and benefits a. well upon the hd'lNeS o.
their respective governments, ana hoeFt! uuuea ~
restraint Of law viii preserve domestic peace "n1.e
the different transit routes across the lrluiuT' Ia
which We are ~ deeply interested. VII nave a.
sured protection. Nothing has retarded tois hapPy
condition Of affairs much the unla" iuI eNpeii
tons which have been fitted out in the United States
IN mike wa upon Central American States. Had one
half of the number ef American citizens VINO
have rriserubly persisted in the first disastrous eN
ned;tiop Of General Walker settled in Nicaragua a.
peaceful emigrants, the object when we az
gesir. would ere this have been in great
Georee accomplished These expeditions have
os5S(d H. neople of the Central American
s,ste. 10 regard us with dread and suspicion
I, !; our pocy 10 remove this Apprehension ana con
Nc them that we intend TO do them good ana MOI
vi W. desire as the leading Power on this Con
t;rar, IN omen and if need be- TO protect every
transit route across the lsthmus mol on! l9' pu.
own benefit but for that of the world ana thus
oven a free access to Central America, ana through
~ our Pacific possessions. This policy WAS com
n,enced upder favorable auspices, when the
erp.dition under the command ot GencisI naiAsi
esfaped from our Territories and proceeoeu
Puuts Arenas. Should another expedition ol s.i .
Law character again evade the vigilance OF our ocers
ard nroceed 10 Nicaragua. This would De iNHi al
last for q sson to the peaceful settlement OF 'SSe
countries and TO the policy of American preets' Ane
truth is that no Administration can successful? IN
Jnc, the Foreign affairs of the country IN CentrG!
America or anywhere else, if to be lnerereu WIN
az every step BY awless military expeditions SET Oh
foot in the United States. -- r,.cu,y,Y
Wa.hingtor January T. JANIS d. 0"A'N'
ACCOMPANYING the documents, many ct when are
already published is letter from the Secretary oi me
Navy To Lieutenant Amy. of the steamer FUTON ea'
ted October r. as in which he tells nun tnat M IN
attractions do not authorize linn 10 ACT alol.raif VI
mon mere suspicion but where he found an American
,isseI monifesilv engaged in carrying on an eApeui.
80, mr. enterprse from the territories or jurisdiction ol
40 Tinted states against Mexico Nicaragua, or Costa
Rico he will use the force under his command 10 pre-
wont II and not permit the men or arms engage III
or destined for II To DC lahUe" III a"' P"' -
America or Mexico. r. p.iI;,
Similar instructions were sent 10 Com. fauIu'ES'
who in a letter from Aspinwall, dated Ocio0er ~
complained to the Secretary oil the navy ~ LS
ntrnsted Lieut. Amy with the execution OF the orders
pdenendently of himself adding that ne tet ina, MS
nyera0ative as commander.in-Chiet OF the squadron
wss Turned aside with but little consideration anu
that his presence at Aspinwal could have out snS'
fSecretary roucey replies that he had right under
the instruction of the President to order the Futon
on business Of which Com Pa"idng could not nave
Mr.. HOUSTON was anxious to have the documents
printed because he wsnted information on the sub
iect. When the information was made public he
would express his views.
Mr. SEWARD referred 10 the fact that the Presi-
dent had announced in his Message that the arrest OF
Walker without the authority OF law, but the
question then came up whether the officer who COM
united this act should be censred punished in any
yxu fnrI In
excuse for Pauding, which was that the party who
had been arrested had been indicted in the United
States for an offense against our laws. ana falling TO
arrest them on the high seas, the naval officer
had arrested them in the performance OF
the very act they had medtated. Here
were two parties who were delinquent.
In the first place there was band OF awess men who
had escaped the vigilance of the police and gone
abroad to levy in violation of the laws of the United
States with nation with whom we were at amlty.
On the other hand, there was an officer who, through
of vigilance, had surpassed his Instructions
ard had himself committed violation OF the
law. He thought the President had balanced
tlis case with exact ustce. The President
had censured the fugtves, and while admitting
the good intentions Of that officer had ao censgred
him for violating the law. What more could be
askedl Suppose punishment, more or less severe
should be passed upon this officer what shall be done
with the chef offender who has been brought back
Nothing mas been done toward bringing him to
a trial for the Ofensc for which he stands in
dicted and the President Is defed 10 his teeth
by Walker in his late letter, in which he
states that no matter who may interfere, at home
or abroad he is determined TO proceed in the prose-
cnton Of his design. If honorable Senators insisted
upon it he was quite willing that censnre should be
passed upon Pauldlng; but he must ark them in JUS
tice to nete out some punishment for the greater
criminal. Suppose the Government should punish
Paulding and leave the others to go unpublished,
what is the lesson that will be learned from this
affair." II is that You may 60 ont OF the jurisdiction
of the United States and levy war against any nation
hon NJ t1ady raD
escape the vigilance of the police on land, aud If you
shall be arrested after you commence your acN, al
though the State shall be grateful for the protection
they receive still the officer who makes the arrest
slall be punished and you shall 90 unpublished 10
be consistent, they should go further, and propose
to restore Walker to the place from which
he was taken. If it was right to invade Nicaragus,
was equally right TO invade w-Granada or Bra
zil or any other South American State Why should
We punish the PawIees or Apaches for committing
depredaiiOns upon citizens, and claim that our
people shall 60 abroad with IMMUNITY and commit
depredatiOns upon the people OF other States II
gentlemen think the principle il right, let them intro
duce bill to repeal the neutrality laws.
Mr.. DAVIS-To what principle does the Senator
audel
Mr.. SEWARD-That the crime is altogether in the
offender being caught but if he escape from the
United States and reach the country against which
the war is to be made the act innocent and right.
Mr.. DAVIS-Nobody on this side Of the chamber
asserts such principle as that.
MIR. SEWARD called attention to what had been
said by his Davis's) colleague Brown, that Gen
Walker had violated no law-but the PRECEDENT, the
other hand thought he had not only violated the law
of the land, but had also violated the higher law
Laughter.l
Mr.. DAVIS replied that il was the sacred privilege
Of an American citizen TO bear aHns and whenever
he chose to leave his country and risk h- life and
fortune in fighting for the oppressed elsewhere, he
mad a right to do IL was upon that principle the
war Of 1872 took place and it principle dear to
every American heart
Mr. PUGH was Of opinion that the principles laid
down in the Message neither Sarranted by the