The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-09-28

Flag Dishon0rod.
The remnant OF Gen. Walkers foolish expedi-
ton has arrived at New Orleans, with the intel
ligenoe that their leader has been shot at Trux-
lilo, and Col Rudler l. still retained In con-
Hpement there.
We publish elsewhere the correspondence
between Commander Salmon, of the Icarus, and
Walker, relative to the surrender of Truxillo,
and also the protest of the latter against being
delivered up to the Honduras authorities. In
the correspondence we have received there Is
q hiatus in the history Of events between the
evacuation Of Truxillo and Walkers return to
that port as prisoner, and his protest against
being delivered to the authorities of Honduras
In that protest, he afdrms that be surrendered
to Commander Salmon, as the representative Of
her Britannia Majesty and that officer,
in giving him up to the weak and blood
thirsty local authorities for execution, has
cast a stain upon British honor aud the British
flag which no repentance on the part of Com
mander Salmon can ever wash out. We have
no excuses for Walkers foolish aud criminal
conduct in his late expedition. 1t was begun
in folly, conducted with eriminality, and has
ended in blood. Had he been captured by
those whom he attacked, no regret would have
attended bis fate.
But be was no. captured by those who have
been his executioners He surrendered, with
out resistance, to an officer Of the British
CROWN and that officer, powerless, and even
without cause, to execute him himself gives
him up to those who had not the valor to at
tack and take him, but who, it was well
known, would gladly murder him If ne
we're only delivered harmless into their power.
This ia the disgracetul act that Commander
Salmon has performed, and it will be lasting
stain upon British humanity and chivalry.
For his conduct he will, no doubt,
be called TO account by his Queen,
whose crown he has sullied with
his own inhumanity. Walkers great and fatal
error, next to making his fool hardy descent on
Truxillo ITSELF was his declension to accept lite
rally the terms proposed in the first letter Of the
British commander, which were to give up all
arms, side arms Of the officers excepted. refund
all moneys and papers that had been taken and
accept the protection Of the British flag. Walker
said he knew Of no money taken, and therefore
could not refund. 1t does not seem that he
made any answer to Captain Salmon's second
letter, except by an abandonment of the port
on the night of the same day on which it was
dated and q retreat down the coast 1t Is evil
dent from his protest that he surrendered in
the full belief that he and his followers might
confde their safety to the British flag. The
result Is the most bitter comment that can be
made upon those who accepted his sword
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The Sunday Laws and the Elections to
the LegIslature.
We perceive that in some Of the election dis.
tricts resolutions have been passed not to sup
port candidates for the Legislature who are not
in favor Of repeating the Sunday laws
Public opinion Is gradually making head
against those fanatical enactments which have
been the source of all the political trouble In
the community for several years; the liquor
laws pronounced by legal authority In this State
and several others to be unconstitutional and
void, "a interfering with trade, with the revenue
Of the general government and with the inalien-
able rights Of the people; and the Sunday laws,
which are equally unconstitutional and void,
stitution a. well as the constitution Of the
United States, by restraining the people in their
religious observances, and their healthful re-
creation and amusements. For these laws the
Puritanicsl republican party are responsible.
But as the election approaches We would
rot be surprised II, under the pressure Of
popular indignation, they would try to back out
OF their position on these questions, or try to
explain IT away, or perhaps get some bogus
Germans to come out and defend their action
and pass resolutions In favor Of Sunday laws
against lager bier and the innocent enioyments
Of the people. If any persons protesting to be
Germans should be found to do this, they may
be safely set down as not the genuine metal
but spurious raps. such as are nailed to q coun-
ter But II is quite likely that the trick will be
attempted, In order to break the force Of the
strong feeling among the German population
an orderly class Of citizens, who justly appre-
ciate their rights, ''and knowing dare main.
tain
Some twenty years ago the fanatics tried
to STOP the Sunday mail trains till their
attempts were pronounced unconstitutional,
and they actually succeeded In stop
ping Sunday passenger trains to this day,
so that the people Of the large cities canno,
leave their prisons, called tenement houses"
on the Lords day-they can neither go to the
German gardens nor to any places Of public re.
sort in the city, nor can they get to the country
to breathe the fresh air and enjoy the works of
the Creators hand The tendency Of this
gloomy severity Is to break down body and
mind-to drive men to secret vices and In
dulgences, for human nature must have play Of
some kind or other.
The Sabbath committees, and the legislators
whom they have Influenced to perpetuate these
odious enactments, know how to indulge them.