New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-02-23
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$500 fests RIGA. New Granada, CuatsnAs add
Paraguay -, ., ,.,,els tr-tv n, p;s yraa,
L.. to work itselfn.o. Hamf-n isfonpd qusrrelng
sh everybody be meets, the rorld vsTyap 70 pass
ssrt..e ofeoEdemDstion sgtnst him. on the prssemp
a. tlst one Who involves bimse in trouble with all
ss,as 6lslv 10 be himself wholly b1mcless; this is
.s,srnl judgment 10 ke pronounced both agsn1 an
ndIyiausl and nation; end what "a II that has IN
VOWED us in 80 many difficulties ~ IS el'hsI 1no
usrt proper energy or disposition on the par OF ou
Government to discharge rs duty faithfully 70 toe
csaniry and to maIkinc it is either cupaoS 'iino
nv 10 the execution Of the laws, or II IS SUI Hole
sfninsl desire 10 acquire strength ana Popusaiiny
With peculiar class Of dizens, BY Ignoring al "a"
sssd winkpg st its Asgrsnt violation 10 open usy,
lathe countensnce that has been given 70 lhs isM 49,
svirh Of Einibuserism, as II s poh'eiy terne1'
- rotkrg ore and nothing less than war o. uesRs.
AZ svless men against the property ana the reh.s
81 The rest of NJ snkind in whatever region OF caia.
the prospect Of private fortunes ana s0cc07' "i''
How l. Il that one man has been permitted to set the
vkole Governmept at defiance to rase ms troops
charter ms vessek-sbip his men ana huD No. o..
var ard SAD from tte ports Of New-YoIk, New,Or
Mans ard Noble in defiance Of the law, and al lts
efEoers. with the proclamation OF the Executive 70
Atom Il and when be is arrested by naval ON ger, ID
,r,ft obedience TO the spirit Of his orders, Tor II was
=. moe violation Of the Laws Of neutrality to arrest
Nm on the Territory Of Nicaragua than on the waters
vhip The Jurisdiction Of Nicaragua to which the et-
Ter of hb orders extended, ard wnen he is brought
Aou en- offender against the Laws OF bis county, ne
10 deebsTged, not o0ly without punishment bat with
ost Ieproach and Is turned loose only to repeat his
fsSnsI effenses.
N.v.Orleans sends 300 men with arms and munitions
~efvsr board evidently and almost lsdgediy
es fbusteIing expedition, against defenss lssS Peo
ME, with whom were on terms OF peace-he IL then
resteS ard carried before federal Judge, VINO re-
lened him on 81 600 bail, which was promptly given
by these who were acting IN concert wta nun ana
syppathising in 81 bis movements; he Tepairs on
SoaId and sets sail from New Orleans for Nicaragua
the facts are communicated 20 the head OF the Govern
meat orders are issued and sent out TO the American
squadron, rot 70 permit him TO lsnd-he ls arrest
immediately on lsnding-he is sent home al offender
nranft the laws Of his couutry-be is delivered 70 tne
sIthorities 10 Washington by the Marshal oi tos ms
tzot-snd the President, upon whose procsm .uon no
has been arrested, and who, 10 hls Message 10 Con
eItss in 1857, rebuked Judge Caleb for the lnsuci-
esey Of bail required, coOly informs the marshal
through tho Secretary Of State that he hes no Sse iO
M Walker and seems 10 treat It as very ottcious
and impertinent thing in Msrshal Rynders TO trouble
them with Gen. Walkers affair.", who is further DIS
charged with bail at ell and tuTnsd loose 70 get mp
another expedition, that set gail from Mobile IN open
day on another pstca erEse, which by the interpo-
,ition Of Divine Providence, arrested, and the
honor in some degree and perhaps the peace OF the
country saved, alone by the accidents OF the sea,
wLieh beieD these maraudiDg men.
II We eau persuade ourselves thst all h lar anu
honest We hope to make the other powers OF the
world believe it Does any man believe that, WIN
Abe means at the die posal OF the Government the AZ.
Tiesn ssve-trade be successfully carried on, and
two esrgOes Of Africans Landed our Southern coast,
there was honest desire TO prevent II
The law lie strong eDOagh, why is 1t not enforced
1y. there is the question. Who are these flibus.
tSs and African save.dealers To what party do they
al belong happy say have pa PSssr h te nS 81
~sieS 7 b,Isos, .n1 mas given any cOuntenanee to
sAsS awiess proceedings; they belong to the South
nsosSy ySOs re- 'DppOT sh q Ss
sscendency. The moment one Of any other party be-
comes Elbuster African slave-trader he seeks
Che company that suits him, and strSightway joirs
the Democracy, or Imposition party, where alone hs
can meet with sympathy.
How does our Democfat C President propose TO treat
1ess questions Of foreign difficulty Look to his
rnestage and to his organ, The Union, End shudder
while you read. He makes the astounding proposition,
which twenty five years ago would have startled this
aa6tn from It's center 20 its circumference that all the
guards and barriers Of the Constitution shall be un
Hinged that all defenses shall be broken down. and
that Congress shsll divest itself of the wer-mskng
power and transfer TO him. the President, not only
he power OF making war, but that he shall have con-
tsol Of the Army and Navy Of the United States 10
protect the three transit routes Of Nicaragua, Pana-
ma and Tehauntepec, and TO authorize him 10 establish
protectorate in the States Of chihuahua sud nora,
within the Territory Of Mexico; such protection as
The Emperor Nicholas proposed 10 extend TO the Prov
inees Of Wslacha and Modavi8, and which led 70 the
late between that power and the combined forces
o( England and France Dor President has ascer-
FAMED that there is "sick man this continent
for whom he proposes TO become dry nurse and the
pettx for this is that there lie power in the Mex
can Government to restrain it's lawless citizens from
SepYedatng on the rights Of others. WHAT hiss this
Government to do with Protsctorates and nursing OF
rick men Let MS be careful how we set bad exam
pes. have Just shown that there was either no
power disposition in this Government To prevent
lswess citizens from depreda0g on the rights
Of Others and why may not other powers, with equal
preprety, undertake. Protectorate for our Southern
border until the Government of the United States fur
nshes some evidence of its ability to restrain the law
hess mobs of fhbusters from bidding defiance to all
lawful authority at home
And to enable the Presi lent TINS to carry ont his
designs, which amount in themselves to actual war,
and will be regarded, not only by Mexico, but by
al the world il is proposed by The Union newspaper,
fhe home organ Of the President published under his
eve and subject to his control that appropriation
c 500 600 600 sball be made by Congress and placed
NJ the disposal Of the President II there be- occasion
Cor with Mexico or any other power, let war be
declared in the only legitimate mode, by the war
making power Of the United States for when we have
snce gotten into it-whether by the indiscreon of the
President by design, in order TO divert public at
fen,icn from the misdeeds of Democracy, for the
purpose of introducing issue into the next Prcs
Dental campaign we sha have nothing eit Us 70 do
bat 10 fight IL out.
Nor is this the only Infringement Of the Constitution
proposed by our Democratic President.
lie seeks 10 acquire Cuba-by isir means If he can,
by feul means if he must-fcr he fret says; % We
"vould rot If we could acqure Cuba in any
"other manner than by honorable negotiation. This,
he says, is due 10 rational characters and yet he
does not finish the paragraph before he reasSeS the
doctrines Of the Ostend Manifesto, and thinks case
may arise which would render depSrtdre from hon
orabe negotiation clearly justhable, urder the imper
alive and overriding law of seif-preservSton, when,
matter Of course, wcut steal IL; ard from the
next succeeding paragraph, we might naturally
efndc thst the case that would justify stealing had
abou this time arrived.
But I have spoken of another proposition to break
down the Constitution, and transfer the tIeaty-mAk pg
power from the Senate Of the United States IN the Pre-
nSent for he podesty sske at the hands of Congress
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