Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-01-12

io,eign nation with whom are at peace but 10 y
oloe o;M OF our limits and make war ID no SHr.,,N
n"t s oy .ne neutrality laws anything ese HaGiS
et want to punish any man for an error ofjudgm.s
IaaIid9g dd right he ought to be rewarded viii:
Jus' as lngraham for violating the neu,r.
nrna"a;.; ~ turkey for praiseworthy obiyrf. r,>
hs u,S.n. Iss 10 substance. that the END justaes
,ne means. lie denied the right of the eOStrnrrent
h Persons upon the high Seas and ak them
sue'e tney were going, and what their brsinas and
Ts usm nome u they were not satisfied abouNIem
80 sua VI an american citizen to sxpairiste himself
~as sscred right. and should be careful how Wa
trsnoh upon it While the uimini.,rnton ara t,,ki,,
aoont the iniquy of Walkers proceedings Ia Cen,rG
Amer,ca they 60 on deliberately in violation OF then
o ueatiee and honor OF nations TO invade tho
foreign country for the purpose Of arres,ius inc
Fsioomos, tadml Of Gs-, thought the messAss>
EconHiped grave aud important errors, and ent.reX
|2s ciseept from ,hsm The Ptesiden, dared not de-
fNRile he shdesvorsd 10 pallste this on,rse. 10
nsecan Ssna&e! After esamining some of the
gEonnds upon WHICH tbst paliation was ATTEMPTED. he
1alo ths Presides sed q question now before the
Egas .nounsls os ebnDpy. He assumed that the
lpsss 10 sGs Sr. ToomS. NIB denied s d' that ba
-sfePewas ny Ytodf that such wac the case; but ad.
M.gingi for nS cake Of argument that this wers
nns ns Wat E has the hesidsnt to use the army
sHaA navy &3aSr the face Of the earihi This was
oT3s authority, not only in derogslion Of
gof, hiA' oath of office. He must
1ges tcs sA&&oSx TO use any extra Territorial
Js''SNosVSss~~S>sAz1kfk-.L16 Gould command
'ar respect as vndicafOr Of the laws his country
unless he himself should obey the laws But in this
case one law has been violated for the purpose of
ylndlcatlng another. Governor Kossuth was n the
senate chamber to show himself years ago. Thst
gentleman was driven from power by Austria and
hussla and came here after 'msteral ad 10 repIac,
himself That vas just the case of Walker; and
While one was glorifed the other was villifed Asto
Inc letter OF Pauldng. the coarss brutality Of that
correspondence must b. admitted by every human
being. 1t NOT only totally untitled him to be the
commander OF ship. but even 10 be s cabin boy.
Mr. Doolittle topp of Wis Understood that il would
oe cause OF war by Nicaragua against this couu
try it an expedition was unlswiuIy act on foot within
our Jurisdiction against her. The President was "a
much bound to maintain the faith Of treaties as any
law of the country.
Mr.. Mallory, adm.) of Fla, vintlicated the char.
soter OF Commodore Psuding and alluded 10 bis ~.
voutionary ancestry, but did not pretend to paIiae
this act IL such acts we're permitted 10 be commit
ted by naval officers in very short time ths coun.
try would be involved in hostites with foreign ma
tions II you send naval captains TO stop fibuster-
ing, with loose Instructions, they will understand
them as sesmen not as jurists He uuderstood that
the Administration had detached Chatard because he
did not arrest Walker. II he is punished for not
doing that act, We ought to applaud Paulding for
doing it.
Mr.. Douglas, topp.) of ILL.,, returned the compliment.
OF Mr.. Brown, who had said he admired bis Doug
las) pluck for expressing his opinions. He Dougasl
iOunu ns was getting into good company, and beat
thought II would be found after a while that they
were ell The party and to be accused of fac
ton because they happen TO differ from the President
10 some oil then views. Some strange things happen
now days. Even the Senator from New York was
supporting the administration aud defending II from
the attacks of Democrats.
Mr.. Seward said that the Pres dent had announced
that alker had not only violated the laws Of the
land but the higher law and h. tSswsrd) would be
recreant TO bis duty as an advocate Of the higher
law, II he did not support the President tLsughtrr)
MIR. Douglas thought the higher law very well in
its place. but not in executing the neutrality lava.
ne would rather look at the statutes Of the United
States and see where the authority for the Presi.
denf 10 use the army and navy. The law OF 1SlSde.
lined the jurisdiction TO extend one marine eagus
rom the coast, and the government had authority
% make an srrest beyond that distance. He WAS in
aVor OF giving the neutrality laws fair, faithful
md rigorous execution. This is a government of
aw, and lot us stand by the laws and execute them,
whether we like or dislike em, go long as they stand
IN the statute book. lie had no sympathy for fiji.
ousterlng lts tendency is to defeat th. very object
re have in view-namely, expansion of the area cf
reedom. He was in fSvor of the expansion of thin
country, but in lawful aud regular Inanuer. He
vas not willing to send out naval officers with vague
hbusterng all over the high seas under
he pretencs of putting down 6libusiering. He had
opposed the Clayton.Bulwer treaty because he did
lot wish to bind the county not to do that which it
night be necessary for its safety TO do-that is to
nnsI those territories only half the distance 20 Cali
orna and on the direct road.
Dir. Pearce thought the debate premature. Nothing
ad been read but tho message. They did not know
'hat light the instructions would throw on the sub.
'ct. lie believed that ths expedition Of Walker
rom the United States was fagrant volaiion of
be laws of the United States and that the President
id nothing but his duty in authorizing the naval
orces to prevent that expedition from attacking peo.
le with whom we are at peace. He believed that it
as due TO the character of the nation that such stepe
that should be taken to put down these maraudiog
Ipedtons. which bring Disgrace ON III. country.
No question was taken on the reference of tie
essage.
Adjourned till Monday.