Butte record., 1855-12-08
NicaFagua.

der the control OF " dlker ana his lOrces
The correspondent gives a glowing des-
cription Of Central America, and closes
his correspondence by asking for more
men from New Orleans. The cause of
Fthc revolution in that country is sta
ted to result from an attempt Of the SER
vile or Aristocratic party, to change the
existing constitution Tor a less liberal
and more tyrranical one. Throughout
Guatemala, San Salvador, Honduras,
Nicaragua and CostaRica ever since THEN
independence, there have been two par
ties struggling for snprema cy, viz: the
Servile or Aristocratic and the Liberal or
Democratic parties. On the attempt Of
the Aristocratic, or, so-called govern
ment faction, to change the constitution,
the Democratic party h.w to arms, and
after Struggle Of seventeen months are
in possession Of the country.
A country situated as was Central
America, was, necessarily, more or less
affected by influence of other nations Z;
ana it is charged upon the so-called gov
ernment faction, that they have alwal 5
favored the English interest to the ex-
clusion of all others In the present
struggle that party have asked for the
aid and sympathy OF the negroes of ia
maca.
The Democratic party, on the contra
ry, has adopted our government as their
model, and always looked to the United
States tor encouragement and sympathy.
Honduras furnished men to aid the Dem
ocratic pa1ty of Nicaragua Guatemala
aided the servile party by invading Hon
duras, but the insurrection at Los Altos
forced Gen. Lopez to return to Guate-
mala. Under such circums ances it is
but natural that large numbers Of Ame-
ricans should be found aiding the Demos
cratic party of Nicaragua in their strug-
Gle for constitutional liberty, and espe-
cialIy when invited by struggling free
dom to that lich and productive regain.
\ portion of the American Abolition
press, who fancy they see in these move
ments the future annexation of more
southern territory, have seen fit to speak
of Walker and his command as robbers
and brigands Mr. King, the CORES
pondent alluded to, says he "has seen
them in all the changes of a military
life, in the retreat, after four hours hard
fighting with an enemy outnumbering
th9m fourteen to one, preserve all the
order of veteran troops, and in the hour
of victory over an enemy three times
their number, show the most strict re-
gard for the property Of all, even those
they knew to be their most bitter enc
mics" There is no disputing the fact
but large majority of the people of
Nicaragua are in favor of independence
and the policy advocated by the Dem
ocratic party.
Now that the country is in the hands
of the Democratic party, every induce
ment is offered to emigrants from the I.
States Lands that vie with the best
sugar and cotton lands in the world, at
sixty cents per acre, or to young Ameri-
cans willing to serve in the American
Phalanx, one huHdred dollars per month
and five hundred acres of land. Under
this arrangement, thousands will, without
doubt, flock to Nicaragua, tempted by
the novelty and apparent openings for
enterprise, capital and labor. The Alta
speaking of emigration to Nicaragua,
says they "should remember that there
is worse enemy TO fight in Nicaragua
than either Democrat or Legitimist, a
more deadly foe than even the treacher
Gus native. We mean the climate,
which, particularly along either coast,
and in many portions of the interior
breeds the low tropical fever, so fatal to
the European races Many years ago a
colony of Germans was established near
to Grenada, but in very few months
these hardy men were dying like sheep,
under the withering fleets of the climate,
and those who lived were forced TO aban-
don the enterprise, glad to save what OF
life was left them" The Alta, however
disclaims any desire to discourage emf
grafton thither, and we have no doubt
that the danger to be experienced from
the climate of Nicaragua, is not greater
or more deleterious, than the change
from the Northern to some of the South
ern States. The sad history of the Ger
man Colonists in Nicaragua, might have
been the same had they located in Lou
isiana. Ii is but a short tine since the
announcement 5as made in n Orleans