Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1856-12-12
GENERAL WALKER AND HIS ENEMIES.
From the New-York Day Book

A desperate effort is being made to crush Gen.
Walker in his patriotic attempts to effect the re-
generation of Nicaragua. The boldness with which
be inaugursted his career took the world by sur
PRISE and toe continued success of his heroic little
army, has afforded examples of heroism before
which Roman and Grecian valor sink into insig-
nifcsnce. No sooner, however, was it discovered
that there was probability of hiss success-that
the red star of Nicaragua was in the ascendant
than host of disappointed and visionary flibus-
tiers and imprscticable revoutionlsts, who have
been prowlng around for years, always just about
to commit some deed to mmortsiZe their names
and strike blow for deathess fame, suddenly
offered their services to General Walker and ten
dered their all-importsnt advice. Some OF these
were cast-of, desperate European revolutionists
like the traitor hlessengero were oneideaed
Spsniards, whose chronic complaint is vanity, like
the modest General Domingo de Goicouria, who has
just been exposing, in most dastardly manner.
the private affairs of diplomscy-a crime scarcely
second to downright traitorism. The morning pa
pers have recently teemed with letters from this
parsonage and others, most of whom are cowardly
anonymous scribbers, who have probably never
been TO Nicaragua
To briefly review this controversy It is only ne
cessary to state that Gen. Goicouria was sent on
here by General Walker, to proceed as ambassador
to England, but when he arrived at New Orleans
he sat down and wrote an impudent letter to Gen.
Walker very benevolently bestowing upon him
large amount OF advice. When he arrived in this
city ne gave his attention very minutey to the af-
fairs of the Transit Company, and if Mr.. Edmund
Randolph had been sufficiently accommodating
would have relieved him of his special business in
relation thereto. Mr. Randolph, however, conclu-
ded to attend to his own affairs in his way and
thereupon Gen. Goicouris seems to have missed
chance of making fine speculation for himself.
All at once he discovered that he had better not
go to England, and wrote to General Walker to
that effect, who, becoming satisfied that Gocouria
was playing false wrote to him that he should ap-
point some other person to proceed to England
When matters arrived at this point Gen. Goicouria
flew to the newspapers and bsbbled out all he
knew in order to iDjure Walker to the extent of
his ability.
Thus matters stood when Major Heiss come out
with note in which he ef1ectually demolished
what little Giocouria had left of himself He show
ed that not only had the latter not obeyed the in
structions received from his government, but that
he had actually connected an expedition with the
steamer Ell Dorado, ostensibly to aid Gen. Walker,
but really as it believed to assist his enemies At
all events, the plan to assist him was to do it by
way Of Honduras project which, if honestly
conceived, stamps Gen. Goicouria IS foolish, i'm
practicable man, and if dishonesty conceived,
traitor of the deepest dye. Either horn of the
diemmais not an envisbe one. Gen. Gocouria
says that the expedition was intended for Cuba
but he shows nothing to cOrToborate this assertion
From all that has teen published ii decisively
appears that GoicOurs has been frustrated in some
selfish scheme. He made the discovery that he
could not use Gen Walker for his purpose and
immediately bis patriotism vanished. This we are
bound to say seems to be the case with all the
persons who have entered Walkers service, and
left it With an intuition almost amounting to an
inspiration Gen. Walker has thus far been enabled
to see through tie objects of bis selfish and mer-
cenary sdherents. Divine Providence has appsr
emily watched over his career in q marvellous
ner, and if he shall sow the first seeds of genuine
liberty in the soil of Spanish American Republics,
he will become the greatest dehverer OF modern
times We have never looked with greater conf
denCe for Walkers success. The obstacles in his
path are more than the ordinary observer at once
Sees but he has so far CALAMITY riumphed and the
friends of freedom every where ought to rejoice at
bis success. Tie area Of liberty promises to be
enlarged, aud though a senseless cry has been
raiei by the abolition press sgsinst him for re-
pealing tie law sbolishing negro slavery yet
every friend of liberty knows how essential is the
subordnation of negroes, Indians, etc, to white
men, in order 10 secure the blessings of free and
good government to our own race.