The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-01-09


verbal international good faith, honor and truth
of our country and its government are fully
restored.
The administration Of Mr. Buchanan is thus
placed upon the highest ground of international
integrity; and in this position il may safely
challenge the emulation Of the pretentious, but
somewhat slippery colonizing Powers Of Eu-
rope. We presume that the imperial press of
France and The ministerial journals Of England
will now dismiss their fears concerning the fill
clustering procliyities of Mr.. Buchanan. But we
cannot let the occasion pass without suggesting
the remarkable contrast between the official
treatment administered to the filibuster Walker,
on the one hand, and the late African slave
trade experiment Of Louis Napoleon, and the
various filibustering movements with which the
British government has been and continues to
be implicated on the other hand.
But especially with the government of Spain,
we hope, will this anti flibustering message of
Mr.. Buchanan be satisfactory and consoling.
We apprehend that the very broad hints thrown
out to Congress in the annual message Of De-
oember in regard to the liquidation Of our
unsettled balances with Spain, read ptsd 0's with
the Ostend manifesto, may have somewha
shaken the sensitive nerves Of the court and
cabinet at Madrid. But they can no
longer entertain any misgivings of q
filibustering descent by moonlight upon
1.-THE ever faithful island Z" of Cuba, under
the protecting authority of the Cabinet at
Washington. The policy of Mr.. Buchanan is as
emphatically anti. dlibustering as even Queen
Isabella could desire. With these assurances,
however, let us hope that she will meet our 60
vernment in corresponding spirit; for thus all
causes of complaint, distrust and suspicion be-
tween the two nations will speedily disappear.
In domestic view Of this case Of Gen. Walk
er, our readers cannot have failed to remark
the difference between the dignifed, compre-
hensive, practical and conclusive views Of the
President, and the shallow, fippant and con-
temptible stump speeches in Congress for seve-
raj days past upon the same subject. Mr.. Sena-
tor Toombs, for example, is a man of admitted
talent Of high order as political debater,
and yet his speech upon this message hardly
rises above the level of the crOss-rOad poll
tician. Mr.. Senator Davis and his colleague, Mr..
Brown. of Mississippi, exhibit most amusing
regard for the law in this matter, when they
know, as well as any one else, that the
late Walker expedition was essentially a
piratical affair. Mr.. Senator Seward JUS
titles the President, but this justification is
mixed up with pettifogging argument which
it would puzzle Tombs lawyer to comprehend.
Mr.. Pugh, Of Ohio, only betrays his utter ig-
norance of the real merits of the case, and Mr..
Douglas stultifes himself. Lastly we must aot
overlook Mr.. Senator Mason, Chairman Oh
Foreign Relations. Like the sly old fox in the
fable, who had q had cold in his head, he feels
unable to give any opinion on the subject.
The more contemplate discussions of this
case in the House are scarcely worthy word
of specification. Suffice ii to say that Mr.. Ste
phens, Of Georgia in pleading the duty Of the
government to restore the Nicaragua filibusters
TO the island at Punta Arenas, degrades his cha
racter as national statesman and that Mr..
Haskin, Of New York, heretofore a petty lar
ceny lawyer, has not improved his position in
becoming public advocate Of grand larceny.
All such loose opinions, however, on all sides,
in both houses Of Congress, have at length re-
ceiyed their quietus; and, in this respect, let
us hope that the excellent lesson administered
by the President win operate to establish a
higher sense of moral responsibility among all
parties concerned than that which they have
betrayed in these recent debates.
With the proclamation Of the exact and spe-
cifc views Of the President. us set forth in this
special message, the business of tilibustering in
this country is extinguished. We would say,
therefore, to all hands concerned in il, that The
best thing which they Gun aow do is to turn
their talent and their energies to more honest
and useful pursuits. The President will enforce
his policy, and the country will sustain him.