The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-11-04
VOL. XII.


prefer their social condition to that Of Cirs,,
Britain, or Of Germany, or even of France m.
der Louis Napoleon.
MORE FILIBUsTERIEo.-It is stated tho,
Walker, the flibuster, is about to sail from,
one Of the Gulf ports for Nicaragua, ana
that he has advertised for passengers to accom-.
pany him in his emigration movement. 7,
is unlucky for this enterprise that the latest in
| telligence from England states it to be the pu,
pose OF that Government to prevent the LANDING
of such expeditions upon the shores of Nics,s.
qua or Costa RIGA. There is nothing of which
the propagandists have 30 much horror as Emo.
lish guns. With their revolvers aud Mimi
rifles they will wade through the disordera5
ranks of the northumberland of Central Amer;ca
with as little hesitation as they wonld CHARGE
into a cane-brske but just mention Englandto
them, and their courage forsakes them; they in.
stantly begin to talk of the things that make
for peace, and are shocked at the idea of " "a.
tons speaking the same language, processing
the same religion" &c.
If England interpose with Der military force
for the protection of Central America, we pre-.
dict that flibustering will cease, and that the
ultraists will not insist upon going to war with
her. They are the most peaceful and conservs
tive people in the world as it regards the first
rate powers of the earth, but wo to the weak
and helpless.
The PRESIDENTS PRoCLAMATIoN-A cox
CIDENCE.-The Proclamation of the President
which will be found in another column, is a
document which will meet with the approba-
ton CT all good citizens but we cannot fail to
remark, nevertheless, that it comes very oppor.
timely for the Northern elections, where 6libus.
tering schemes for Slavery extension are less
popular than they are in the Gulf States. We
doubt if such paper would have issued from
the Executive on the eve of a general election
in the Cotton States.
1t may be the sincere wish and purpose Of
the President and Cabinet to put stop to the
bootless forays of 6libustering marauders, from
a conviction that nothing can be accomplished
by such means for the extension of Slavery.
But no intelligent man of any party vii! believe
that the men who attempted to introduce Sls.
very by force and fraud into Kansas, against
the wishes of the People, are sincerely anxious
to protect the rights of the Central Americans
nS5- A correspondent asks, I" Is Martha Rus.
sells Autobiography of New England Girl
published 2" 1t is not yet published in beck
form.
He also asks, {" Is George Ticknor Curis's
History of the Constitution a reliable one7"
The following testimony to its great value ia
from the pen of distinguished foreign scholar,
Robert Van Mohl, of Heidelberg, author ofths
History and Literature of the Science of
Craftsmanship" which appeared in 1856:
"The work by Curtis on the origin of the
Federal Union, which has recently appeared
is one Of the greatest Importance for thorough
insight into the political history of the Amer
can Revolution, and the first founding Of the
United States as an independent Power. The
gap it fills is filled in a mastery manner. With
an accurate knowledge of the facts in the case
with commanding, statesmsnhke views, and
nice judicial tact, be develops those separate
political results which, by logical necessity,
the disconnected colonies; out of the passage
of those colonies to entire independence, both
of England and Of each other; and, finally, ont
of the lack of a united Government endowed
with defined rights, with sufficient resources,
and with the indispensable organized institu
tons This new Constitutional History Of the
American Revolution may most Justly be re
garded not only as one of the principal works
in transatlantic literature, but a rich and
important addition to the science Of Govern.
ID, ment everywhere"
Trustworthy. The author is a conservative h..
longs 10 the school of Constitutional Expound
ers, of which Mr.. Webster may be cous idered
the head, and interprets the Constitution o..
cordingy; but, it seems to US that he lsbors to
present facts clearly, and to preserve the truth
of history.
The Pittsburgh Post, An organ of the Black
Democracy in Pennsylvania, says:
$50 far as the Republican party is concerned,
we cannot depend upon it to do justice to Penn,
sylvania in respect of her iron interests. The
Democracy are the best friends of American
labor, and to the Democracy American labor
must look for adequate protection"
This is the general tone of what passes for
Democracy in Pennsylvania, and shows how
absurd Is the idea that the result of the late
election was materially affected By the oppos
ton demand for protection. The cham De.
mocracy in that State are as clsmorous for
protection to home industry" as any branch
of the opposition.
B6S The Washington correspondent of the
New York Courier and Enquirer writes that
Sir Gore Ouseley has been pulling wool over
the eyes Of the Administration for year past,
and that, now he is eff for Nicaragua, be will
oppose the Monroe doctrine:
"The first notice we get afterwards is, that
British feet is to be dispatched to Nicaragua,
under the pretence of keeping out 6lbusters.
Well, we shall see how our Monroe doctrine
| Democrats, who are so clamorous against Brit
| ish influence, while consorting with British
agents, making homage to little British titles,
will swallow this precious pill. We had sam.
! pie of the same sort of tactics in the case Of
Sir Henry Bulwer, but the Bourbons who are
now in power differ from those whom Taley
rand knew, inasmuch that they forget everything
and learn nothing"
From the same writer, we clip the suboined
piece of gossip respecting the future:
"Unless the President marches squarely up
to the English bill, and goes even little further
Mr.. Toombs and his followers are determined
upon hostile separation They hava not all