, 1860-09-25
Gen. VIM. Walker.

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The career OF ten. Walker, whose sad fate
d!nArT cnc. lis foray into Lower California
hrst brought him into public notice as q man Of
Grea: daring, ot high powers Of endurance. aud
possessing The gilt in III extraordinary decr.e
Of winning and attaching followers to bis peri on
AID tortuueR.
That unfortunate expedition seems to taye
given the direction to his who g subsequ=pt
life. His snIdea irzupsion into Nicaragua: ii.
gradual acquisition ol the entire autaori.y Of
government TT hat State his bald adainiatsa-
sion o: ITS kllairs, alter ho wa8 elected 70 tue
Presidency; the long and blocdy struggle
against the combined Central American Gov-
etnmen't. eEding in his discontinue ard re-
tura to tie G1lttd States, are too well known
TO Feed rrpcti:or Though c1iyen out Ct MIC
aragua hr .ee union Of Central Americans and
the interference Of our owu Federal authorities,
he never Lost Eight of1he dream OF his lie. To
weave anew pfaas for return TO power in MIC
eragua, he devoted ali bis energies. Though
momen: the; promised SUCCESS, be never de-
SPARED, hut get agsin about their reconstruc.
l'on and at last, sissr men supposed he had
lost tie power for reorganization, he Suddenly
reappe4rs upon the Uondcrau coast. capsurex
its p:izc;psl town, and is apparently On tbe
h'ga road TO success, when, it late refo ere
true, his expedition fails, and the tragic drama
lis ca!eer e1hibits extraordinary secretiYe-
ness aud inyincble trmnets of character: q
bravery unsurpassed, aud 4 confidence in his
OVID abl1.ty Impossible to be shaken, as well a.
a disregard Of national faw and the common
mera!it:es Of civilized nations. The most nh-
servant we're at 4 laasto know pnde- Hnat Zig
be returned 10 Central America, or by wha;
right ne re-lnvsded ts1ritory from which be
hsd been driven by tbs combination Of all ita
people. This question, asked when his descent
upon the coast was learned, has Jet to be an
swesed.
1t .ho zame time theinquiry may bs made by
what authority an Eoglhh ship. Of war inter
Tened in behalf of the Hondurans, entering
with an armed force upon the territory Of the
Republic 10 arFest Walker and his men? THIS
and other movements Of European powers On
the 1sthmus, would attract the attention Of the
Government Of the United States bat for uufor-
tucate political di6eens:ons and the bind scram-
Bile for office that NOW exist.
Although there mar be soma qualities of
mind and soma public acts Of Geo. Walker that
are calculated to win popular applause, it is
doubtful whether biz Hhnie career hiss not been
disastrous to the progress OF liberal principles
in Central America. He has created deep dis.
trust ct Ill North Americans throughout the
e1tirsIsshnus. Our Government is regarded
as ambitious, deccitfui aud treaeheruus By those
who, before General Walker vitsed them, looked
upon our Republic as model for 1nita:icn. lie
has prepared the way fo7 the p1edominauce Of
European, particularly English. irflu:nco from
she Gall Of PAnAms to tins southern Boundary
Of Mexico. 1t il well thas expeditions with such
results should end. What intervention may be
necessary foz the interests Of commerce, nation
nj Development, or humanity, We should be pre-
ptrcd to mzks openly as anaston, and not leave
tbs opening Of tho Way to mere irresponsible,
private Individuals.