Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1858-02-12
senator Muson,s Report.

Scnafor Muson's Report.
The report Of the Senate Committee for
Foteign Affairs III on the Presidents spe.
ciai message coneernieg the seizure ! OF
Walker by Captain Padding in NicarS
aqua was submitted in the Senate on
Monday by the chairman. Nh. Mason.
Like the message itseli. it Is . paper
which admits OF no answer. aud FAIRLY 81
lenees all honest objection BY the weigh.
y logic sn1 moral power OF its argumen.
taiion. --,-----,.-,-
lis Gear. calm statement Of the facts oil
the whole subject. aud its admirable col
location OF those classes Of the law oil
1919 prohibiting hustils expeditions 6t-
ted out aud csrried on from our shores
against n.ighboring States. absolutely cut
up by the roots every doubt which mieh
have been felt by candid men on this sub
isct. The report is one which entities the
able statesman who psesides over the re-,
sPonsibls COMMITTEES OF Foreign Affairs
30 the thanks Of The administration and
the country.
This diyni6ed and admirable paper
gHes luther mo he facts Of the subjec,
sHaa cid the special message. The in
diSnant exposure il lakes Of the claim
that his xpedition was lawful in its in
cepiion. shroIgh the false manifest i,
T"Ined upon the Mobile collectyr and
BAH Pre'ext Of Peaceful emigration.
throws light upon the transaction which
will prove Hs destructive To its defence as
tAe tabled gaze of the bs>iIiSk.
Tue Committee in the report, while
hone.ing 'he motives OF Captain Paul
ding. very properly Obi cot to that part of
his conduct for which lie had no warrant
IN his instructions. Senators and mem.
berS who have ex oiled that officers &C
'lon have rot duly weighed the impor-
tancs OF DISCRIMINATING. in so doing
Against stre'ches Of authority by naval
ct1 ;.rs IN those waters. Il is not only
ioirinSlcaliy unsafe for the executive and
legislative departments Of our govern
ment TO coun:enance breach or stretch
Q: instructions on the plrt Of military Off
GERS iatrusted with armed forces At dis
tanca from the seat Of authority, but
there Is SpecI u reason why our govern
n"nt snDlld not. bv overlooking u+urpa>
lions of authority by its own officers in
the Central America. estop itself from
resting and resen'in.s like usurpations by
tn" tticers OF o:h+r powers. We were.
therefore. prepared to see the wise dis !
elimination ~.i3n was made By the Pres
i'lent IN regard to the act of Capt. Paul
ding. secon,Ied by the Committee on For
ei&n Affairs. intimately associated with
th. Executive Rs that committee IL in the
snudLc. OF our relations with foreign gov
ernments.
II was natural that there should have
been some etf-rvescencs Of feeling in the
country Ut the frs. news OF the capture
OF Walkers expedition The strenuous
e1orts. too. that we're subsequently m ade
70 manufacture fury on the subject
which never existed at all. were also to
have b"cn expected from the dsvotees of
's=n>asion" and the professional dealers
In 'indignstion." But the sober, second
Thought Of the country, sooner or later,
10 sII such claes, is. sure TO End true
and whitening expression. 10 such en-
phaic u:teiano OF serene statesman.
ship as the special message and this Ad.
mirAble report Of Senator Mason.
-.- H'ashin2ton onion.