New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-11-25
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Under The foregoing caption the Washington States,
Of the 17h inst has the following pertinent obserYa.
! ttons
General Walker will, it is believed, aecede to the
| request Of his friends that he and his immediate
party shal ABSTAIN rom aklng passage IN 1ne hvst
wv u tss om 4 is aa an9 ~
how far this Government means to carry the role Of
foreign police agent and nqnisitorgeneral over those
y our esIsas WY ug gese y s4ange tet Eesi
whether any offieai Of the United States wifi ventura
upon the autocracy Of refusing clearance to shin
prepared for lawful voyage at the pleasure of Lord
aG psssase sen9 MI atissi wv $40 ny Ieeelyed
walker have business in Nieararno and If il time f.
learn who is to forbid their going, and By what au
thonfy.
Perhaps al the above is true. We don't know,
not being in the secrets Of the parties Immediately
interested although the first in the United States to
advocate the Americanization of Nicaragua under
the auspices Of Gen. Walker-a man whom we con.
slider patriot, a soldier and a statesman, most
eauseessly, wantony and viainously prosecuted. OF
course it could not be expected that we would know
anything about the intentions of the present nous.
ing, owllike, contemplate administration Of the ez.
ecutive department Of the Federal Government And
we are equally ignorant respecting the views Of the
Consequently, we can speak with entire freedom and
eander about the matters issue being only possess
ed of that public information within the reach Of ALL
1t may be that Gen. Walker has concluded not to
go on the vessel which mas been refused clearance
at Mobile II may be that ne wishes 70 AVOID giving
even the semolace OF onense 70 the Administrator
It may be that he hopes ior tardy justice even from
it. and therefore, has Withdrawn from active aud pro-
minent participation IN the enterprise. IL ne mas he
leans, in our deliberate Judgment, upon broken
reed, and ne act q hs no matter now legal just and
patriotic, will be sanctioned by the mongrels that
make up the government. AS they nave determined
to crush him. Of course, having the power they Will
not scruple at the MEANS
The British nave the complete control OF the Cen
tral american territory ID ADDITION e the tremen-
dous physical power exercised by that great Severn
ment, and the matchess tact, ability and Industry OF
those who rule it and shape It's desnes, it has the
aid andcooperaton Of the Cabinet and Navy Of the
the United States Inc tact Isl there IS scarcely any
thing in or out Of the United States, American or
honest in It's character, which i not rowned down
and discouraged by Mr.. Buchanan and his stipendary
satellites And, IL anything IS undertaken, calculated
in the smallest degree to advantage Southern inter
ests, Or promote Southern progress or extend South
ern institutions IN the only direction in which they
can be extended the active hostility OF the Admins
tration may pc looked Tor as an inevitable conse-
quence. It has been SO in this Nicaragua business,
ard viii be so in all other businesses of similar pur
port.
It may be that the next Congress will enquire how
far the Administration means to act as the foreign
police agent and uquisitorgeneral over those of our
citizens who may desire to change their residence to