The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1858-01-09


an on the assembling Of Congress We beg
90 inquire on What principle Of sanity these
fine scntrucrs cana be Taaaur.Ird r.lh thn
behavior u the go'pmfrl boz refusing 90
recognize ihr arrest ~ iAc hiIh-sier HAose
departure che PRECEDENT regretted twenty
DAYS ego. lh,s 10 What lhr Flnidru ihcn
ralrmpJ saId 90 che ppIi1nf
10 4, ono VI ltr Guf and highest fHi.npl
aus iudrlrrdHut State, Zoo d. relations WIN
inc mrmlrs ~ ihr great lamllt ~ r4in.f,
90 TcstUiu itt people from ulh Of hnaIilr
aggrrtairu against their rt.zrus 90 subjects.
no moot eminent writer's uu public l1' HN
not hesitate 90 dru0unce such hostile Acis 7
Iohbfy pud murder
Weak and feeble State, Nhc those OF
Central America, may not trrl Mem'tilt
able ~ assert and yiudicItc tHrIr rlht, ll'
q. ,c would he far different if expeditions were
rrt ON foot Within our own territories 200 wt.,
uu,utr war against powerful Elllnu. ~.
such expedition were b,lru out uHW abroad
against ans portion uf nug own country ''
bum down our r.nrs, mWdrr wh Wi"Nn'f
our people, uEd usUlp uNr governments N'
should call any power uu rHih 90 ihr hiritlr'l
account lol not preventing furh rnn.Willt ..
"l,er aimee fhr administration pi General
Washington 4,ia # Congress have NlDtu BOD
fnrce a. punish st,crrly ihc crime ul seiHne
on foot military expedition within Che limits
Of lhc United statr proceed thence usH'Hh'
nation pr Stale with NApm 500 ltr 90 peace
The present neutrality nd Di Apul @ni ~
" Lut little morrtlUu collection ri Frr-rAlsl'
inf laws Under tlla act lhr iurIful B.
empowered 10 employ iue lnnd ana naval
forces and the militia, "lur thg purup-o ~
b.. q La. ID .H. az I d .
pedilinn or enterprise hnm iNn iau'nIir
and jurisdiction al ihr lU,raI tuiD, nuo
the collectors # CUSTOMS urr authorized auN
required tp dclbu ans vessel 900 port When
there ia reason " believe .hu ID about 80 tN'
part n snth las enterprise,
"Whu 10 Vrs llfst rendered probable llN
au attempt would hr WHdc Go. grt up another
unlawful expedition against Nicaragua ih'
Secretary OF state issued Instructions Z,
the mnrshuls md district attorney, which
were directed hy the Secretaries Of War and
the Navy a. the appropriate army Uud navy
officers requiring them tu hr NlpIuut Wo
to use their beet cNrJ.lous iu carrying 'ul'
effect the provisions OF The Ud rt ISIS. Not
Withstaudiug these precautions tho expedition
has escaped from our shores, Such enter
lTl.es cas-, ea .e ,,.-ll.!.t f.,ad Be- the esul.lA
but have already inflicted l3ueA Injury Aeu
~
prevented pcncclul emigration from tAr luitct
States 20 the state, Of Central America
which could not fail 90 prove highly beneficial
To all partics concerned, Ia uucWuuA
point Of view alooc, our citizens have sustain
ed heavy losses from the gCizutc and closing
Of the transit route hy the san Juan between
the two oceans,
"Thc leader Of this expedition was ARRESTED
1T New Orleans, but WAS discharged on Civ
ing bail for bis appearance in tie insufficient
sum Of two thousand dollars
II commend the whole subject 10 thr
serious attention Of Congress, believing that
our duty and our interest rs well ~ oui
national character require that rr MoWo
ADOPT such measures Gs rW he cNc0iupl n
reSiraiHny ar citizens GoW committing 1I
ouirdgcs
Commodore paudmg had doubtless rca,
the President, Message, be believed that "oui
duty and and our interest, as well os our va
tiona character require that We should odop
uch measures Us shall be clIcctuui In restrain
ing QUE citizens from committing. such out
ragcs'-outragcs which, as the president sail
"thc most cmincn, writer's ON public law d,
not hesitate to donouuoc as roiderY ami mv'
DER" The commodore adopted the VERY
"cfcctual means Of arcstug the yoibr Hn,
tho mgrdcro-0 man branded wilhthc gull
Of these crimes lay the executive himself
aud. when the prisoner gets Ia Wa.hiugioi
he is set Grr-ai-t lt'--fr---TTTru- nc almimr
tratian. What trHiug i- the With Ia, sober
ness Of honest government
1t is true that the reports from Washing
ton represent that the cabinet are in con
sultntion whether formally 10 ccusurc Com
modorc PUuldiug for hi' conduct, and per
haps they may decide not So 10 outrage pub
liz nHilinI- ia-LlL. GI4hlhg. a,aa. ihI
Walker may be- arrested again and brought
to trial. These things do not alter the plain
fact that when Marshal ltyndcrs brought hi,
prisoner to Washington, hc was discharged
from custody o, the instance an, in the very
presence of the Secretary of State.
If Marshal Ryndcrs had 10 RICH, to as.
sumo the arrest of tho iilhustrr that indi.
,dnal may even bring an action against lin
FOR false imprisonment This would indeed
he an entertaining spectacle To show the
world.
Since the telegraph informs Us That there
was great feeling at The Souh" when Walk.
cr's arrest was reported, and rs there is equal
rejoicing in the same quarter at the speedy
rccalcitroton of the administration, VIC trus;
that without arou,ing the bugbcar of iauuti.
cal sectionalsm, we may be permitted a.
suggest that there may properly be some
manifestations of tttiiHg at the NORTH in re-
latdn to this matter Here is a question
not of negroes or of slavery, but simply Of
plain common sense and national faith. De
our neutrality laws or Sccrctary's circulars
our Presidents messages, mean ANYTHING or
s1rc they empty words