The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-10-01
Aiclmono Qispattb.
NON A1SNlNo. :. OCTOBER / ,se.
Eas,and aud F,ineu.,erins gen. walker

W. have never felt any especial sympathy
with The nnibustering schemes ofGen. WALK
manor af Any other fiiiieuster, North OK Souah'
nor OF y fliihastering enterprise whether IL
he for the acquisition OF Central America, or
the more extensive programme iateiy an
nouuoed by W. II. SEwAap, for annex'ng Gan
ala, the Russian Possessions ara mextco.-
Nevertheless, we regret 10 near that Ieheisi
wnxxs has been shot by his captors, as
lateiy announced. and We are somewhat sur
priSea that the cordial supporters of Mr.
SEWARD shou,d be ferociously exul'ant
over the alleged execution of a man who
might he serSiceaele 10 their chief IN carrying
out has ls;e prouuneiamento Of our mani
fest destiny" We think his memory might
be SHARED by those alneasters of another
section who approve Of piracy only "heh
their own conntrymen ara 10 oe the SieAd''
or when tits to De conducted On the "hoiesa'e
xvstsn and take in q continent instead Of an
is,hmas.
Rat smart from the merit or demsrit Of
u,x.e,s en,erpr.se wecannot be sufficient
IL nrsud and thankful for the effective inter-
,,.ttiau II Great Britain in enabling us TO
r,..tralp aud punish illegal expeditions from
oar own country IL toe territory OF weaker
movers. We are surprised and mortified that
the repe. ed acts of neishborly assistance and
co.cperation which she has rendered us in this
regard, aud III pursuing suspicious American
vessels upon our own coast have not before
now been suitably acknowledged by the
American government. In view OF these many
nureauited kindnesSes, we don't know how
Mr. BUCHANAN expects 70 look Baron RIM
YREw in the face without blushipg. Here Is
England keeping up At great expense r. large
navy, and helping us 10 put down fillibuster-
iugand the Afsiesn slave trade all at her own
expense without asking one dollar from this
government, and yet not SO much as q thank
We from the Executive OF the United States
I.ituot The least that we can do, under such
circumstances, TO tender John Bull the free
dom of the country, and place al his disposal
all the departments of the government
We are afraid that the absence OF some such
token OF generous appreciation VIII give rise
Io the idea, either that this Republic, ike all
others, 10 ungratetul, or that 1t ID boorish ND
in-maunereG or what is worse. that II Is ca
pabts Of conDiving at dlllbustering, and is
really sorry when any enterprise like that OF
WALKER is defeated. How humiiiaung the
thought that the representatives of Eng
land, now in this country, may be forced 10
believe that the youthful JoxAl HAN, not yet
arrived at years of discretion, is another JON
ATnAN WILD, In the capacity of receiving sto-
len goods! How can Mr.. BUCHANAN lock
Baron REsTREw in the face-that childish,
ingenious countenance, which is so strikingly
smblematic OF the virgin purify and uncor-
rup1ed honesty Of Old England-without
snuGde1ing at The evil repute OF his own pro-
ftgale country? Who ever heard of British
nlIibustcrins Were not the OLIVES and
HAsTIHGs patterns of Christian morality b
Did they not 60 forth like self-depying mis-
sioDarles 10 India, and reclaim hundred
aud Atty millions ot heather from the bond
age of the powers OF darkness, and cause
them 10 glitter ike Jewels Of the first
water IN the diadem OF English civiiiza-
tiuni what beautiful contrast to the ra.
paeity ana wicksdness of WALKER who
seized upon the property Of Il small Central
American State only TO aggrandize himself
and without any concern for the civilization
ot mankind. 1t lie true, there is such a ma
ti0nal song as Britannia rules The 1oarss, which,
however, only expresses q fact that no one
doubted iii the war Of 1912, and which is ne
cs,sary 20 the interests Of civilization, aid in
entire conformity with the old common law
which held that the ocean was the King.
highway. This being well known legal prin-
ciple, IL follows that the constabulsry iuris-
C4Cilo-l NDlCu England mas II necessary EOTne-
times to exercise, is perfectly right and proper
rs Is also the occupancy OF every important
naval and military post on the face Of the
clone. that being essential to the exercise Of
the jurisdiction which Is established by the
common law. We are, therefore, surprised to
see an intelligent contemporary complaining
that the ships of Great Britain have been the
greatest buccaneers ana hilibusters extant :;
that without any formal declaration of war
tney destroyed Spanish gallons loaced with
specie for Mexico; thai they captured the
neet and bombarded he capital OF Denmark
without ANY motive of hostilities thai lhev
stopped other ships and took what seatnen
they chose from them, TO be put aboard their
own vessels, when they were short OF men
that they insist upon the right Of search to
this day that, being originally little cluster
OF lsIauus, scarcely visible upon the map OF
the world, they havegone iliibus tering around
the globe unit now lhe sun never sets upon
their dominions. All this is true, but it is all
essential to the unrestricted enjoyment and
exercise OF The supreme and q bsolute domi nion
III the Kings high ways also to another lit
tie fact. which explains aud yiadicates British
morality, IL spite VI ali appearances TO the
cenLraTy--lhaI in the world OF nations as in
the world Of ind .viduals, and Of The whole
animal creation, Might makes Right"