The New York herald., 1860-09-20


we'll as their cotton and tobacco. The de-
mand, however, will not be huctuating one,
but regular and steady and while we
have constantly increasing crops, there Will Dc
no dif6culty In the way Of our feeding all Eu-
rope at fair prices. California alone can raise
wheat enough to make up any deficiency In
England. So our farmers and grain dealers
must be satisfied with . moderately active
market and fair prices, but no forestalling or
specializing in famine. The day for that sort OF
thing has departed, never, we believe, to re-
turn.
The Fad or Walker-Phases OF Filibus-
tsrism I'm America and Europe.
The execution.of Walker, which we presume
may be accepted as thing that has occurred,
marks the end of one era in ilibusterism and
prepares the way for another, which, from pre-
sent appearances, will not be very long In
developing itself.
The movement that has received on this con.
tinent the name of 6libusterism, is one of the
phases of the popular eftervescence that cha
racterizes the middle period of the nineteenth
century, and, though looked upon by the super
uClbl OUotINcI ID uoNLu6 0SCh AoAAASi ~ -s~~
produced remarkable results already, and is
destined to work still greater changes. The
origin Of American flibusterism in the present
era properly belongs to the efforts that were
initiated some fifteen years since by the Gu
bans to throw of their colonial dependence on
Spain. The fight Of Lopez from Cuba
to this country in 1SiS marks the ini-
or piaalipn
the cause of people striving for
independence, Lopez found among us ready
listeners and many sympathizers, and the years
1850 and 1851 record his two unsuccessful ex-
peditions, and death upon scaffold in Havana.
His execution delayed for while the move
ment, but did not kill it, and the steps that
we're taken soon after by the Spanish govern.
ment to initiate o system intended to end in
the abolition of slavery in Cuba led the people
of that island to look again for assistance from
those who, in this country, sympathize with
them.
In the year 1854 formidable expedition was
organized in the Southern States, under the
lead of the late General Quitman. A variety
Of circumstances combined to prevent its de-
parture from our shores, and Quitman eventu.
ally resigned into the hands of the Cubans
again the powers which had been conferred
upon him by the Junta and numerous revolu.
ionary clubs in that island. His resignation
marks the close Of the first era of modern Ame-
rican Hlibusterism. Although it produced no
ostensible results, its effects upon the system of
colonial government in Cuba were great
and palpable. Fer time at least
the home government has abandoned the policy
Of abolishing slavery In the island, and has ma
terially softened the character Of its rule. 1t
has, in fact, been brought to the verge of grant
ing to the Cubans representation In the Cortes-
thing in direct opposition to the Tacon policy
of government in Cuba, which was the true
progenitor Of Cuban flibusterism-
The disbanding Of the Quitman organization
left the active elements of filikusterism without
field, and prepared the way for Walker, who
came forward In 1885 as leader. The magni
tude of the resources which bis appearance In
Nicaragua called into active play awakened the
attention Of the world and alarmed the cabinets
Of Europe But Walker had not the genius to
perceive nor the wisdom to combine the vast
intellectual and material elements that sponts-
neously offered themselves to his guidance.
None Of the leaders In the old school Of Quitman
nlibusters Joined him, for they soon saw that be-
tween Walker and themselves there were i'm.
mense difference in aim and in policy. The
strong native p.Nty In the country that had at
6rst accepted him fell away from him. The
moneyed interests here that had supported him
tired Of his mistakes and loft him. The popular
errors, and rapidly dwindled down to a small
band Of adventurous and brave spirits, with no
thing to lose and everything to gain, and the
governments found him, thus abandoned. an
easy object to deal with. His recent expeditions
have been petty affairs, and his fate will awaken
little sympathy anywhere.
Thus closes the second era Of American Gil
bustersm, and Its end here Is marked by its up
rising In Europe. The movement of Garibaldi
from Sardinia upon Sicily has all the character
istics that marked the Rlibusterism Of Lopez and
Quitman, with this important difference, that
here Lopez and Quitmen were discountenanccd
and opposed by tinid policy on the part Of
the Cabinet at Washington, while Garibaldi is
countenanced and supported by half the
Cabinets Of Europe, the other hall being
prevented from armed Intervention against
him. Under such circumstances, Euro
pean filibusterism Is in the full tide
Of success, and will give The finishing
stroke to the proclaimed policy Of Louis Napo-
leon, that "Italy must be free from the Alps to
the Adriaticr In the meantime American nli-
busterism sleeps, and II is not at all strange that
some portion OF Its elements should End en-
ployment In Italy. We have seen that enter.
prising purveyors Of ships and munitions, as
piring soldiers and surgeons, and adventurous
spirits Of various kinds have crossed the ocean
from here to ioin the European flihustar Carl