The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-04-09

treaty thus clearly showing that they did not wish
adjustment Of the matters in dispute. No. the tyrant
Caera with his hands yet reekng in the best blood Of
| Central America, medating . blow at Honduras
with his barbarian soldiers.
The career of Carrera commenced in slaughter. He
castles against the whites and foreigners-far more
bloody and successful than that Of Yucaan when the
whites received all our sympahes. He rose to power
by murder He crushed the State Los Altos by butcher
irg in cold blood the City Counciand officers of Quesa
tenango. The pathway OF his barbarian ambition
despotic than that Of Louis Napoleon or the Gar He
rules by the sword He controls the Assembly by the
bayonet Once member Of that Assembly spoke Of the
power ofpubic opinion Carrera present, but said
nothing He Immediately left the hall, and returned
armed with his myrmidons, who filled the house and
surrounded the doors and windows with their g,ering
bayonets pointed at the affrighted members "Now"
said Carrera, in derson, where is the force of your
public opinion? While have these armed Indians can
control t This is Characteristic Of the monster His
murders, ourages and conscations unprecedented
in the annals OF crime. The murderer Of Hugo Bassi
was saint to him. Yet every tyrant has apologist
Napoleon has in the fulsome Abbot and Carera
in the prosy en- and the editors of the Ienigencer
Is true that Honduras and Salvador invaded Guate
mala in 1881 but it for just and righteous
for repeated insults and aggessions and acts of the
had notice Of the invasion or warke preparations
against her enough to refute this to show that the
battle field Of Arada, where Carrera met the invading
force ON the "a February is the frontier OF Guate
maa There he met them with the whole regular
Of the country; and owing to want Of concert of
ton between the forces of Honduras and Salvador they
were defeated The only stand made by the troops
OF Honduras, who were inferior in number and disci
pne to those Of Carrera; besides Carrera had heavy
field battery and outnumbered the Hondurenos both in
men and guns 1t is well-known fact that the troops
OF Honduras are the best and braves in Central Americas
and when well oicered and disciplined those of Guate
mala have never been able to stand against them Hon
duras produced Morazan almost the Only and good
| man OF whom Central America boast He uni
yersaly victorious with his counymen and the people Of
| Salvador, for more than ten years.
constany asserrr e a anar o, Araa kept
the Entertainments of Guatemala. There gdsette
war kept tho subject of boundaries, and crmina
tion and recrminaton proceeded from the presses Of
both Guatemala and Honduras until November 1852. At
| that time the government of Guatemala made a most
unwarrantable and unfounded complaint against Hon
| duras That government seeking be and
it falsely and fraudulenty made one Honduras
accused OF being the asylum of 'lawless marauders'
that che encouraged legal organizations for the pur
pose of making horrible inroads" into the territory of
signed as blow against the free institutions OF Hon
duras denying her the right of becoming the protector
ofthose free and liberal spirits who driven by bar
baran tyranny to seek asylum among the people Of
Honduras.
Honduras was, and is the refuge of political offenders
if those who favor free and enlightened institutions
can be called offenders She afforded shelter the
crimne-to marauders and volators of the laws, who
are the associates of Carrera and his Ministers. Hon
duras has sheltered and protected those who fed from
the savage tyranny and msrule Of Carrea because they
had the manliness to democracy Has she done
more than the United States has always doneS Has not
our country been founded and built up those who fed
from oppression to seek freedom our shores Do
not now shelter every political refugee from Europeg
Who Mitchell Meagher, Martin Koszta and hosts of
ohersg And yet the apoogst tools Of tyrants like the
eai!crs OF the lne9sncer would deny Honduras this
right right born In the heart of democracy and sacred
to fsseaG nn: er,o0.on.v stated
recruited and armed in Honduras, attacked and plaged
| the town of Gualan, in Guatemala, than two
months previous to the accusations Of Guatemala against
Honduras Now, If Guaan was attacked and taken by
bandtti, it banditi from Guatemala and not from
Honduras. Honduras knew nothing Of such lawless
characters neither her people her government
tenanced them. In fact, the banditti were linen in
buckram, got up BY Guatemala pretext for the in
vasion of Honduras
This bandits in buckram were dispersed-no person
in Honduras ever them but the soldiers Of Carrera
followed their phantoms across the Honduras line
tered the rich district Of Copar destroying everything
| before them-shootpg and butcherng unarmed and de-
enceess men quietly at work their plantations and
insulting and ravshng women and children. No army
of Goths vandas which swept down from the North
on the beautiful plains of Southern Europe,
such ;depredatons and yet YOU sir as the ed
by publishing an article like that Of en-" and by up
holding the baIbarous conduct Of Guatemala.
The brave and liberal Cabanas-he friend and compan
ion Of Morazan-was at the head of affairs lie gathered
an army to avenge the wrongs committed by Carreras
troops and TO prevent further aggressions aa
marched to meet them WIN Organized army and
fine train of field artillery No hostilties however
took place at that time.
The diplomatic correspondence which ensucd between
the two governments based entirely upon the false
charges of Guatemala and her wanton aggressions.
long array Of facts showing their wrongs, aggresons
insults and barbarian and oppressive conduct lie
by the Honduras government The reply of Rodriguez
issues and pretended facts supported by the
truth Of its statements and interchangeable force Of its
| arguments"
| treaty negotiated between the parties on the
10Th OF April 1853 This treaty was ratified by Guate
maIa, after loading IT with dctaoria and arrogant
amendments, which the government of Honduras could
not accept, and it was rejected II Guatemala had
sought peace the treaty would not have been loaded
| with dshonorable amendments.
In July Of 1853 General Cabanas marched with body
of 500 toops-not renegades and macontens but the
citizen soldery of Honduras who aroused to
by the outrages rapne, and murder committed at CO.
PAN They invaded Guatemala and penetrated to Chi
quimula He here made a retrograde movement before
greatly superior force of the enemy. He pursued
by the troops Of Carrera the ine and partial
engagement ensued on the 18TH at Ocotexeque where
treachery and treason instgated by Carera alone
cured the Guatemala forces from complete defeat.
General Cabanas continued his march towards Los
| Lanos, pursued by the forces of Guatemala, under
General Granadas who is disgrace to his education and
profession These troops committed the most horrible
rapine marked their pathway. They laid the country
desolate Smouldering buildings ravaged fields, and
slaughtered domestic animals greeted the eye every
side; and yet these what an" calls iriang dis.
| orders.n
But this general educated in the United States was
soon compelled to retrace his steps General Cabanas
ceived reinforcement of citizens, aroused to arms by
the brutal outrages committed and advanced towards
Los Lanos General Granadas beat precipate retreat.
He fed beyond the frontier and Ca unable
| bring him to an engagement.
The wanton violation of stpulatons at Omoa finds an
spologist in oN General Zayala also educated in the
United States, was whit better than Granadas-ndeed
he was worse After STIMULATING with the American Con-
sui on the part OF the Honduras commandment that
munitions of war, &c. of the garrison should be secure
the General pretended to find flaw in the stpulaons
and said that II only applied to the private arms &c. OF
the officers and men, and seized upon the best of
the fortress and that too against the
the American Consul who, party 10 the stipulatons
on the part of Honduras certainly knew how to interpret
them
But, sir find my communication Ia getting too long
and will defer the remainder of reply your
/ pendent N" for another occasion. G. C. r.
| Legal Intelligence.
Court OF ApPRAIs April 5.-No. co. concluded. No 90
submitted. Nos and g. called and passed. Judgment
affirmed by default in Nos Is, 81, SO and 10. No 65
served for April 14th No. Go, reserved for April lth
No. H. Schenectady and Saratoga Plank Road Company
respondents, agt. George H. fletcher appeantSfr W.
H. Learned for appellant Mr. f. Potter counsel for
frondents Day Calendar for April 9th, lS54.-Nos 80