New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-06-11
FROM FLASHING TON.
THE FILLIBUSIERS.
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| WASHINGTON, Juue !, l25'.
Although ags.ice snd Interest may control ma
jnriiy Of civilized msn, contend tina. the mere
love Ct adventure, or, ifyOu please, Of excitement,
Yields respectable minority. Wbst possible IN.
terest OF gaia mSy he hoped for By the sxaTns
Of adTenturers VINO rush into enterprises Ike
those Of Walker AID his desperate crew, my
be suggested perhaps by some whlomc tenant
of msdhouse. The gambler is j1st fed by
| tie luck Ct Others, while the ilhbuster sees
nothing but failures. The lamp of experience ia
not the guide Of bis footsteps Ills leap has not
even the merit of leap in tie dark. With no
stimulus but despair and no motive but the in
stiIct Of adventure without the chance Of GAIN or
the hope Of glo'y. be throws himself into cause
where tue chances Of miserable death are ten to
one, and success itself if it passible
digging Of the coil under the lash of dcspOlIsm. in
order that others more prudent may plant the seed
aE6 reap the fruit
In word Walker is certainly preparing third
expedition against Nicaragua. His followers ia the
South make no secret OF the matter and the Ad.
niDistratiOn hive received official Information OF
the fact from the headquarters Of the movement.
The original design of the managers to have
started the first expedition in the present month,
under the auspices Of the novel Alabama Ncaraguan
Steamship Company, chartered for the purpose of
~aging war upon the Spanish American States
There has been postpoDement agreed TO, say the
New Orleans MAJ sgcrs, provided the Panama
people come down with the first instaIlment of the
promised S. 600. Now, the OILY panama peo-
pie who have money are the representatives OF the
grand New York and California Steamship mOnOp-
oly in your city. TIE Pacific Mail Steamship
Company, " the NewIOrk aud Aspin~all Steamship
Company (Marshall O. RObertss line), and the
d.. .oI fi.tr .I.ft
mOrigOgees and ossigns, aIo the only parties with
whom Walker could negotiate with any hope Of sue
cess north Of Mason and Dixons line.
will noW give you the benefit of my independent
researche. in tbs department Of rumor. Please
to credit me lth nothing that do not assume TO
have been proved aud established. Where there is
much smoke there is little fire. The party
currently b'eved to be most deeply interested in
the Panama line e. the largest indis dua recipient
Of profits from that concern is undoubtedly Wander
bilt. assumc this belief to be true and proceed to
reason upon it, If the Walker interest opened ne
gotiaions with the Panama line, they would
naturally select Vanderbilt, first. because he
occupies detached and isolated position
in regard to the Panama interests. ard cOud there
fore negotiate without publicly committing those
very respectable and conservative people who
manage tie COmpauc-; and, second, that h3 ha:
been always q loud aud yiolcntopposer ot!lbuster-
ism. In word Vanderbilt is the only man who
suspected Of negotiating Vanderbilt and Walker
are men who in some degree study their Interests;
they DO not Ike ,hc motley crowd OF fools, allow
themselves 20 be entirely carried away by shadow.
Walker aims at the Dictatorship OF Central America,
and sacrifices every thing and ever! person to that
AIM Vand6 rbilt aims Mt either absolutely closing
or absolutely possessing the two being Identical
while his Panama interest remaioS as large az 1t is
at preselt) the Nicaragua Transit.
Now Vanderbilt though an uueducated man, IS
endowed by nature with very sound judgment in
matters that concern his own interest lie never
lets 90 of u thing till he has sucked It dry.
Drawing al present the handsome income OF
500, 600 year. OF thereabOns. from the Panama
interest without cost or trouble, or even the ex-
pfnse Of bO0hheepcr's salary, he must see very
large profits and very little risk III the project OF re-
opening the line through Nicaragua, before he viii
exchange it for the 500, 900 which would be Tor
feited By the adoption of said project. To what
cause are to attribute the late bnoyancy oil the
Panama interest in Wall street, If not tn con'ic'
tioa il the minds Of few leading bulls that Walkers
new erpedition would be assisted by Northern
money-rponey Of which they knew the source, The
deetpatior and the purpose
II i, hard 10 compute the actual profit that
would accrue to tie Panama interest pending and
in consequence of third expedition of Walker
agsnst Nicaragua bat it may safely be computed
at 81 coo 900 for every six months continuance OF
the war. While the five States OF Central America
are engaged 10 fighting the iillibUsters the entire
business and passenger communication between tne
Atlantic and Pacific il confined 10 the Panama Rail
road and steamship lines which connect with 1t. It'll
consequently necessary for the great leading stock
holders and. managers Of these concerns 10 ioslcr
I and favor NiGarsgusn fbuster:m to The utmost Ol
( their ability. Ii is for that reason. ard tor that
alone f credit thu assertion of the Mobie ra0-
/ hlr, that Vande rb Is their hacker IN the Norm,
and that he Will furnish them with money. Inns
Kind of reasoning is rs good if not better, than
documentary evidence. were any such 10 existence.
That the nigh contracting parties have actually
committed themselves to paper, or would. under
any circumstances, be guilty OF 80 gross blunder
as 70 compromise themselves 10y written contract,
I can hardly believe. The damnoc evidence would
work such fatal mischief against the " house OF an
6erbilt' as 20 500, 900 would repay. lie sagacty
Of Vandt rbt would never permit such slip. sup
pose &c were to have made d contract with aker'
and subsequently, us matter Of course, failed III
lis complete iulAlment The world j. well ac-
qua:nted with Walkers mode Of concluding steam
ship negotiatlons-the correspondence and contract,
Il such existed, would be published, and If the busi-
mes, had been successful for Walker, tie Nicard'
guam Transit grant suppOscd to be 10 his possession
at the time) would be given 10 some ne" aPpA'
cant.
Judge from this hind of reasoning. that no agree
ment can have succeeded in getting itself on paper.
with devils help. for | never heard II said tnai
the "fouse OF Vanderbilt WIS entirely dali
ard foolish. Ii no other reason should proven, H.
then the polticsl prospects OF that talented ana age
representative al your city. the Hon. Horace j.
Clark who is distinguished, perhaps the most dis-
tpQuished member Of thc "House OF NanderOu.,
would hsSc prevented so egregious and ruuiousa
folly.
Its not nv object ar wish after the fashion OF
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