Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1858-01-06
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ana bringing 10 Tue Unfteu States OF. General
WArkER and a portion Of bis nleu. The tel
egrans which frs reached the city stated that
both the President and Gen. CAss denounced
the conduct Of PAULDENG. that ii was in vioIa@
tion of the ueuttshty laws, that our Govern,
nent had nothing to do with Gen. ". after he
had once got-his foot upon foreign soil, and
the Commodore would be held to Il strict ae-
copRtabiiity for the responsibility he had ass
saued. Ar6sana6. Of those Geographic des-
patches since last "Wednesday viii show the
reader The position in which The matter has ia,
ken daily up TO The latest dates.
Dee. . .A1te Administration ard Coss De
nounee Paulding. ffis arrest Of Gen, Walter
was Illegal, inexcnsabie and unauthorized, and
it is expected that he vii be tried by court
martial. Southern emeia in Washington claim
pefemptorily that ii is he duty Of The Cow
eminent TO send Gen. Walker aud his.men
back tQthe place whence they were taken, and
place them in as good condition.
Dec. 3o.-Com Pauldjng's letter to The Ma
Wy Department says he could not consider
Walker and his followers other than as out
laws who had escaped the vigilance Of our Of
fcers, and who had left our shores for the ex~
press purpose OF rapine and murder. He saw
no other way open but to send them home
To-day TIE Cabinet had Walkers arrest under
consideration thinks Paulding's conduct pal
lated BY circumstances. Walker arrived in
Washington yesterday evening in charge Of
Rynders; was met at Browns Hotel by, u
large coneourse of citizens, who received him
with cheers and honors.
Dee. 8l--It is positively asserted that Com
Paulding viii be recalled. Walker means TO
ask the Government to ~reinstate him in the
position from which Paulding removed him.
Walker was surrendered to Gen. Cass, who
ordered his immediate release.
Jan. 1.-The Washington correspondent Of
the New York Times says that the tone of the
Administration relative to Com. Paulding is
materially modified. Notwithstanding the po.
sitiye official denaneiation Of the i~Ilegality Of
Panlding's act, the President privately express
SEES his admiration and approval thereof The
Cemnpodore will neither be sacrifcednor tbe-
oretically sustained. The President proposes
to send Congress a message on the subject on
Monday,
Jan. Alt is understood that the Cabinet
after full deliberatiou upon the subject Of the
arrest of Gen. Walker and his men at Punta
Arenas, has finally decided against Walker on
the ground that he was interrupting The transit
route. II is further understood that on AIon
duy next, 4th inst, Mr.. Toombs, in the Senate.
and General Quitu1an. in the House, viii in
troduce motions condemning tie course and
policy Of the Administration in relation 10 The
whole matter.
Thus the reader has all The phazes in which
the subject has been presented, or which il has
assumed, since the issue Of OR extra. In our
opinion, the President has got himself into a
delicate position, from which be will find it We
ny difficult to ~extricate himaelf TO the ~salisfac.
ton Of the American people, save that portion
which live to the North'ard of. the slave line.
Oh! with what ] hallaluiah Of delight viii the
decision of The President be received by those
psalmssingiDg hypocrites OF the Eastern aud
New England States, who can see right in no.
thing which merits and meets the applause Of
Southern c%itizens! If such is really the deci-
sion of the Cabinet as recorded above, il will
be received by four-ffths of the American peo~
pie with feelings of deep humiliation. We
first acknowledge the existance of a Govern.
ment and the legitimacy Of an individual Ss its
ruler; we then abduct that individual at a mos
ment when the combined enemies of his coun-
try have since acknowledged that he was about
to prove victorious; his vessel of war taken
and delivered over to the enemy every effort
is then made TO prevent this acknowledged ru-
Ter from returning to the people who first in-
vited him among them and then unanimously
elected him their President without organic.
ing any military force, or doing anything else
in contravention Of existing laws, This Presi-
dent whom our Government was endeayoripo
to foreibly detain upon our soil, makes use, not
Of the right which every American citizen has
Of going where be pleases, bat the right which
every foreign citizen has guaranteed to him By
our laws, and with afeW chosen friends, elades
the vigilance tha!! would illegally detain him,
and in a vessel properly cleared from our Gus.
tom.hoass. reaches oRee more the soil of the
country that rs was previously acknowledged
as lis legitimate taler. The remaining history
Of this a%iatter, 81 diSeraerful fo our Governs
ment. is too fresh before ,he people 10 require
recapiiuiaiioa. Two frigates Of war loom ID
sinht Of phala Atnnas liha mimi in Mianrn.