The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-01-09
THE wALkE2 PNIBUSTRR QUESTION.
Letter from General Henningson.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8, 1855

Letter froW General Henningscn.
WASHINGTON, jan 8, 1865.
To JAxm GoRDos BENNETT, Esa-
sR-Sensible as i am that have recently in various
ways allied undue space in your columns, am In
duoed With reluctance again to trespass on your udu
geuce in Naturalization. An editorial in the morning
HxIp Akes aiiusons 70 recent letter OF mine and as
sunts that suppose American busterng to be safer
the manner q Moses"-,ha say that its object is to
dspossess existing populations In communication in
voving wide range Of subject may, by an attempt
nj brevity, have laid myself open to misconstruction AT
all events beg leave toSa.e that my meaning has been
misoonoeved American hbustering has been SO vtape
ravely assaed both sides OF the Atlantic that my OBJ
ec remind its opponents by referring to the past
that all the world has been more or less housterng,
though often apparently unconscious OF IT, like the hero
OF Moers comedy who had been talking prose all his life
without knowing IT, do not assume or believe that any
Of the instances cited whether Of dispossessing in
capable Of civilization OF controlling people who could
not attain 70 unaded exactly resembed will
future exactly resemble each other believe that
this continent some cases the present occupants Gas IN
Fiorida) will have be dspossessed against their will
But with regard Central America and ether contiguous
countries las had already limited in previous letter to
Mr. Stepbens), believe that the bulk Of the population
may, under American ascendcncy far materially and
morally progress az TO become useful members Of civil
hzed community; and satisfied that Nicaragua
least majority desire this state OF Things
though ! am equally convinced that the factions,s
aid will continue 10 Did H. will every artfce to
impede American colonization Of which the. have
the result Texas The President in his message TO the
Senate considers both inevitable and desirable that the
stream Of emigration will flow towards Central America.
Taking, however, very different view from the fbus
tiers OF the by which this is to be accomplished he
remarks that better than allow TO private enter
prise would be for government ltsef to get up such
expeditions We could then at least, he says
control our agents and prevent them
from burning down cities and committing other acts OF
epsrmi,y OF which we have read.
crcoms ances in war by whomscever carried On under
which the destruction OF buildings and of cities
sary 70 the security OF military force, and that
where this has not been the case have On the
instance OF Grey town) Central American town destroyed
by vessel Of the United States navy That the outrages
Of which we read always true is evidenced in the
recent debate on the Nicaragusn matter. A New York
member (Mr Sckles makes an utterly unouuded state
ment OF this nature the principal point in his speech
namely, the loss life resulting from Gen Walkers
cent expedi0 Now, sir appears that 90 life was lost
10 blood whatever drawn on either SIDE nor any meG
ton made thereof in OF the detailed accounts from
divers quarters published in your columns anywhere
else that have except the despatch Of Commodore
Paulding c. +. HENNlNGSES