The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1858-01-27

grossly derelict in daty in not return
ing him to Louisiana, gha. h may b.
tried under the la. and convicted -
the offence whereof he stauis charged
But he Is not Seut there, and that /
an admission that he Is not guiily, an,
that d conviction cannot be procGfsG
Then he has not been brought here {,
answer to any Indictment; for if he
has, charge again that those wh,
brought him here are not dischsrs n
their duty.
Now, sir, | hold this 70 be true tha
the fitting out of an expedition IN vio
lation Of the neutrality lave, i. one
thing, that the voluntary expatriatiol
OF ctlZen, is altogether anoihei aul
dtirrent thing II Walker ha. III
ted out an expedition against N!ear a
qua, or any ogher country ~ pear.
with the United States, he has VIOLA
ted the law, bat il he has gift his arm.
about him and voluntarily gone -
board snip gong 10 the coas: o.
Nicaragua, aNuwln- 10 all the Worl
that he was going there 20 wage ~
against the Government. hold he had
the right 10 do so. In that there is NJ
lifting out Of an expedition. / hold il
to be my right under the law, 10 day
to take my mu~ket upon any shOuilcr
20 and tell the President and his SEC
retary Of War, hi. District Attorney
aud his MayshaIs, everywhere, that !
mean, thus accoulred, to go and take
part against Nicaragua, and ,hey have
no power TO arrest me, If one has
The right to 60, Two, three, four five.
or even five hundred have the right in
the same manner, each going upon hi,
individual account.
| Will tell YOU, sir, where think
the mistake in this whole matter lies.
The Government is attempting 10
punish what TIE law never contem-
plated should be punished he inten
ton to lit out an expedition beyond
the limits Of The United States made
OF materials gathered within the
limits Of thc United States. The ex
pedltion must be fitted out here; it
must be fitted out upon your own soil,
it must bs an entirety before the law
takes cognizaucc 0! it. hold that
each individual has the right to 20
a way, ana that you have 10 power to
arrest him. The intention to go be
yond the limits Of the United States,
there to f. Gu. and equip an eApcdi-
ton, is not u violation Of the law. 10u
have in this District a law Furnishing
the intention to go beyond the limits
of the District OF Columbia to fight a
duel but, until you had that law, par
ties did go beyond the limits Of the
District, and did fight dueb, without
being amenable to your antI-duellng
law. 1t is your last duellng law
on the statute book that has taken
cognizance of the intention, and pan
ishrd it. so, sir, if you had law 10
punish the intention 10 take the mate
rial from the United States TO lit out
an expedition beyond The limit. cf'he
Union, You might get hold oi W aiseT
for that i, all that he has done. He
has gathered his material in New
\ ork, New Orleans and Mobile, and
perhaps other points; he has taacn
them man By man beyond the limits
of the Union, and there lifted out his
expedition, and gone to Nicaragua.
In that, there has been no violation Of
law, because there is nothing IN 1h"
law to punish the intention to lit on'
an expedition, if the expedition was
lifted out beyond the Union.
have a word to say now, AZ to the
conduct Of these naval officers. !
have as high regard for The navy, |
think, a . any other citizen; ! non"r III
exploits in every ooEi!ict IN which we
have been engaged, but If anythlns
san bring reproach, cterual dl-gracr,
lpon the navy, il seems 10 me Iha! II
IS this precise Transaction. First we
nave Commander Chatard, who iet
" alker pass him; and then, SEEMING
n have a glmmering Of AN idea that
ne had mistaken his duty, he under
axes to recover his LOST ground by re-
sorting To all the little petty, low, dir
y, mean attempts that could be in
rented, to insult him in his camp; esi- |
ien,ly, by his own letter, trying to
provoke Walker into a conflict, that
&c might have an excsse TO fire upon
lin. Then Commodore Pauldln. |
,omes up; and he, man OF ripe years,
who might be supposed to know some |
hing Of his duty under the law, doe,
rhst all the world knows, and what
need not repeat here, and dae7 IT IN
he most unsracicus way. lie writes
o the Government, admitting that be
lad not instructions 20 do what hr ,
lid; but assuming that Walker and hi
nen were pirates and outlaws, ho /
writes such letter a. ough ht etefnaiiy !
o fix the seal of disgrace and Goa
i-mnation on him. His letter, in my
is disgrace to the epauIct'cs
which he wears upon his shoulders.
While | am on this point, | may az
veil say what ! feel and think: that il
s high time our naval officers should
,e confined within the discharge Of
heir duties according to law. Th-re
$ TOO much disposition to exceed the
aw. BY one and all of them. In my
pinion, the Presidcnt-and no man
.novs better than he how reluctant
y say SO; but will -ay what think
ct the consequences be to my.elf, or
nybody else, what they may-would
,etter have discharged his duty 10 the
aw, and TO the best interests ofthe
oun,ry, BY poin,edly rebuking the