The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-11-11
Gen. Walkers Expedition aud Central
American Aflnirs. TIT7

0 The New Orleans Delta of Mond,
h evening publishes the following dispatt
!, from Washington City, dated Octob,
: 3Oth: President Buchanan has issued
J proclamation declaring that the object
9 the proposed emigration from Mobile |
B Nicaragua about the middle of Novembe
under the auspices of Gen. VIM. Wake
is hostile to the Govern ment of Near;
qua.
He further declares that all person
will be repealed from entering Nicaragu
unless they are provided with passport
from Nicarguan authorities residing il
the United States, or are simply .crossin!
from ocean to ocean.
" He cautions all persons not to engag,
in the pretended pacific expedition, an,
cnjoins upon all officers of this Govern
ment to be yigilant and active in thei
efforts to suppress these illegal enter
priSes."
We are disposed to doubt the correct.
ness OF this. The New York Herald
whose statements in regard to govern
mental affairs are generally considered
seml-oificiaI, thinks that in view of past
ocnrrance and the present position of the
Central American im6roglio, it is very
questionable whether our Government
can take such steps as in this
matter will be etlicacious in preventing
the reappearancc of Walker upon the
scene OF action in Nicaragua.
That paper, only few days previous
to the date of the above despatch re-
marks that
The peaceful departure of band of
emgrants, without arms, without military
organization, and without known military
leaders from one of our ports for Nicara-
qua, is certainly beyond the preventive
power of Government. Walker and a
few leaders can easily slip off from
southern port in small vessel, laden
with arms, and join the emigrants at sea,
IN the same way that Lopez joined the
Cuban expedition near Conioy, in 1850. |
AS for the debarkaiion, the experience of !
the last Walker expedition, and the
Paulding folly in regard to it, 20 to show /
that it is feasible thing. 1t is there.
lore, not at all improbable that another|
invasion of Nicaragua is at
land.
With this probability before us, it be-
looves us to consider our position as
lailon in regard to the entire Central
American imbroglio. 1t will be remem-
,ered that during the last session the
asked of Congress the
uthority to take such steps in the pend
ng questions of Central America, Para.
nay, snd other Spanish American conn.
mes us might tend to bring them TO an
arly settlement. This was refused by
congress; but that bod y reconsidercd the
uesllon SO far as regarded Paraguay
nd authorized the expedition which has
ISL been ftted out against that TYRANNY.
% Recourse was, therefore, left to Mr. !
nchanan but to make the Paraguay
Spedi'lon as imposing as possible under
le circumstances, in the hope that eff 9
ent action in one quarter would produce L
moral effect in all the others, and to II
slfuct Gen. Lamar to present our Il
aims to the Governments of Nicaraona n
I'd Costa RIGA in the strongest manner, tt
wing him such support as the presence tt
our few disposable vessels in the ports h
those Republics would afford him K,
MIST these events were Transporting,
Belly contract and the mendacious W
ora-Marlnez manifesto to several En-. OF
pen Governments transpired, the Cass. IN
lsaffl treaty Was rejected, and our re
hding questions with Nicaragua and "A
sta Klca became still further commit. ha
led. This is the present position Of 81
relations with Central America, and Fl
:. Buchanan having exhausted the pow te
conferred on him, no further steps can ma
taken IN the matter until Congress hl'
cts and takes action upon it. &c
n regard to the simple question of the 10 ia
ming OF The lsthmus transit route bv ~
river San Juan and Lake Nicaraouo Till
Government can take some action in ch
venting the arbitrary despoiling of our loi
zens OF their just and legally acquired ag
It, and this it is determined to do luf
course in this matter will probably 'nt
ten the opening of that route to tbe Syyii
lmerce of the world, and render if an OFT
initial advantage col
'ut while the hands of our Govern. -.
u are thus tied through the default IN
congress other parties are PREPARING af
make an exhibition of force against ea,,
argua, such as we ought to have 'o'
lie some time since. Sir William ,ou
e Ouseley will leave our port in a .Uv
days for San Juan del Norte. on p;,
ri The british steam frigate Valorous c;ti
Will there be joined by a large por- Al.
OF the British West India feet nm nra
Commodore Kellett, who commands p p;s
le absence of Admiral Sir Houston 70 '
vart' and will Immediately demand of If
iragua a settlement of the claims of ad ,
nlng u Glenton, amounting to bav
ter OF million of dollars. He is al. ha,
no doubt, instructed to recognize sly,
Belly contracted, as Lord Malmes. sna
has written letter to that oa,tla A"o