Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-11-25
NUMBER 81,

VI COURSE we must not be understood 10 eudar.e )
'h's article. We giv~ it simply An expression OF
public opinion in Great Britain:
TIE STRUGGLE IN NICARAGUA. Y
From the louIon Times. S3r.s
The American nhbnSf-r is fast taking d,ini'e
and recognised place in the order vt wrld hr,o~>
Robin Rood IN. Italian bravo the Highland ca'-rsn
aud the trooper have had their day. The !.
of cavalier robbers VINO used 10 stop carriage aih
the courtesy of finished grs."rrars has did Out \
Piracy is all but obsolete. The rhusr,r IN, .ur.
ceei-d Ia the eccentric hOnors and pr-rru.iurs ~
these dashing warriors. He is persOnag-. III hiI
first place uf high ne;ii-, quick r~-rn'n"uf. rnG
sharp sense of injury Entire inability 10 WAL III
explanation Is the proud Ehrinity winch 'orm- thn
oasis OF his whole character and dictates his cote ui
honor. touch, word a look cough out ~
place, Yes or no. i. -u"ugh tugNtn-s- l. Inp"s>.
BILE, and death must take place. The relation ot
touchpaper 10 gunpo"drr supplies hi~ only rien 81
the relation OF man Ia man. Man was inrrutrd ~
be shot as the sparks iy upwards-that is the design
of his creation. All in;rrr"urs- ot man with man
that does not produce this rrsult il anomrly III his
eye, which he hardly knows whether 10 charge mC-:
with folly, wckeGnsss ar b~-phcmy The great
Grecian philosopher describes happiness A. 'sn en-
ergy, the tIbuster adla o this d-tniIou what th-
energy is-t IL shooting your neighbnr through tbh
head. That ID the bulls eye of human existence "i
duty All other relationships parental tnal or TIA
terna, public or private, cummercisi or s"cial-gise
way 10 the relationship "f the shooter 10 the shot
That is the one fundamental and sacred connection
Society is valuable III sO Tar M II promotes THE ni
inate tie. Did men live alone like hermit. they could
not shoot another, but the social principle brings
| them toge ler, and makes this not only p.s-
sble but easy. To the first Frederick Wi.
| liam any provvcatiou was reason for the cane" 20
| the second vicinity enough. II IL the sam" II
| the tbuster. Mr. Blanco White could not forgive
| ST. Augustine for the summary exclamation w1ih
which he solved the difficulty of universal cel'bney.
with which Of his theological antagonIst- press
ed hun, rs consequence 0t hls ascetIc teaching "n
that point He told that il he thought ceiibhcy
such virtue. he ought 10 be glad If nobody marr'rd'
and that il nobody married the world would come !"
an end; and his reply to this difficulty was the slilis
! ejsculstion-"Oh friir mundt erRinm!' II TIE
whole human could, by one magnificent, uniHer-
SAL mutual shot. tuh the hibasters precept u: per:
lection he woLd say the same. The extinction Ut
the human race would be more than cninpensaed -
the hcrosm of ITS final 1t would be at once tho
glorious martyrdom and apo;heoss OF humanity; a:'i
though no earthly millennium would follow, s'dcrea
abode would doubtless receive the hrr"lc race
Ecce ti5 jam brschis cont.sh!t ur!, ns
ScOrpus, et co:lI Justa plus pnr.c !e.nquN
The Roman Emperor wished the whole population
of Rome hs one throat, and the hbuser is inspired
by the dream ii universal muzzte-one terrible re-
| portland 80 all over with mankind III li'nco"
saint after passing through ten thor and meiemlsy-
chosess at rewarded with the lnhns bliss OF toiaI
snnihilaun. The ilibusters Elysium IS the liinI"0
Nirwa ana or the state which follows after all mankind
have shot each other. The improvements oi gun
smiths are the augures which usher in the new E'!'
lenniun and the revolver is the herald OF The gr' At
revenr -aton-i. O.. the annif 'laton OF the human
race.
But the mere general appetite for shooting dcea
not complete the Character of the hbuster b. must
have somethng of public or patriotic cHuse 10 cnii
forth exercise and give direction 10 this appetite.
War gives him good excuse and respecfahl- Is
guise, well as richer harvest. W ar has tw"'"i
effect on the human character; il II imparrr er"ry
10 peaceable minds. il asO ives some rrsprc:nbiIy
10 ferocous and wild ones. They hnd their pale ~
the military life. and u" 81 eccentric there a. thy
! ARE at home. How many wild lad IN our towns hni
villages has been improved by recruiting H. goes
TO the Crmea and finds a scene hery enough l" -ni--
ty his utmost cravings for exrrII -nt IN egll'lpH" "
way. How many CRUSADER WAS roooer III leg 4.
yuss-i. T., would ha, been robber II lie hnd not
b.rn n Crusader. lie was lucky IN having rgIti'
mate vent for his wild nature offered to .lm "n'"h
made nj tn, difference hrwec' his being can"i'
and hanged. The ilibus'"r. in the same way hnd- T.
public and patrluiic, 4. NJ! strictly irei"r"',
i vent, to bis appetite Tor sho"'ing IL the chu-" -
u American aggrandlz .In-nt. He IL Determined to
r spread American sway. aud liz en!-'s or tuor ~
Nicaragus upon the principle of the OstenG Ma'ii-"
He nus mixes the en,hu-lnst and the patriot WIKI tie
-hOutrr, aud his revolver becomes wenpor oi A'n7
" "" rican inspiration instead "t -lmpe n'nrd"r
The confession vt one oi Walkers ihbusttr- III y
- caragua will Illustrate thi- portrait. Ihio unru"-'H
Young man attempted TO cul;rIn- private with pur.ic
y bu.rring, aud, content with the large n; pa
trlotic field which the NIcaragunu INVASION offered ii
= the e1ertous OF his p-cun gltr ex-rt-d upon ;"d
= viduals as well, the cunsrqurnce "f winch Wa, 81
. course, military execution, which WAS accumpIn"
! by a confession. 81 was br say Lieutenant J.u'
nny, Estele, .'in Marshall Teun-ssee, in Tie ycar
1883, aud was raised from my infancy IN Ind c"un
y ty, Mississippi I started {" California in lS5! On
. the road had difficulty with man OF the m7n- OF
. Howard, and sho. him. | afterwards sh" man q"
| the name of HAYS but the wound did NOT happen 10
l. prove fatal. In the same year had difficulty with
e Chas Robinson, aud stabbed HIM in three places. NJ
IL last two difficulties while in California; occurre,. mi
g. the State prison, where sd been employed tor III,
last two years. After getting in the last scrap.
). came to Nicaragua, aud sat Thomas Edwards.
afterwards shot Charles Gordon. ] mus -ny that it
i all INV difficulties wa not once in my right mind -
< Twice had been forgiven. and hope to br i"re""t
for Them all. think there /, a God IN Heaven thn
u will and can forgive aud he knows, and know, lin
!. i, was not that killed Charles Gordon. II WI:
Il whiskey a. il my crazy mind thai did il. ssy .ai
- wrs not in my right mind when did the d"'d nnl
- God knows it. Forgive me- off aud soldiers, amc
u .an die happy man."
D, Such il the material of General Walkers srmy o
>. occupation in Nicaragua. The American hhbu-t-
is man who, having had difficulties, ~. r, hav
= ing shot his iwo or three lines over-enie7 Il"
Nicaragua or other scene ot America. InvHs"r
. and ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, and plays the American en'hu
D sast ar patriot. He becomes the .hvor- snd con
e venient tool of the Demo attic party In the Cuir,
-, States who live upon the cry y! American enplr'
" and greatness, and who pat their hibusterH "n th'
IL back much in the spirit in which the InedIsvh
monk ready 10 absolve the awless Crusaner fro
u all his sins. past and future, 1t h. would only =
fight the Ssracen. No matter what "dilfcu!tir- -
IL poor fellow may have h-d, if he will -ht for Amer
can sway he is liberated from them A.; he h sb-"v-,
D. from all SINS and raised at from the mur-r"
- n the hero Had Mr.. Jennings Esf-le only kept III
e hands off General Walkers own officers, all wnr!C
u have been right, and no Crusader or Greek pa. a
y. would have deserved better Of his church or h
:. country.
!, J, Such being General Walkers cause and such h
military mater AL il will surprise no one 10 hear n
probably Nicaragua is at this moment on the v".i
" verge Of junction with the United States-i. Z"
NJ becoming State IN the American confederacy. lh'
tyrsuny of bis government, .IGeed, and the trenen
y dous confscarion Of private property, have rrn
II the Indignation Of the Ncaraguans and b. ughI Dad
from the other Ct lra American States so that wirt
10 The last news left things the of hs;tl.
which, according to some accounts, had taken place
o and ended in Walkers victory. Much. Of course
: proved favorable to Walker. the triumph ot III. DO
o rnocratc candidate for the Presidency would greatly
II aid the absorption of Nicaragua into the United Staa
"A step which immeC .ately revves the Central Amo-
, rican question.
u DESTRUCTIVE FIRE Al JACKSONVILLE
j, SAVANNAH Nov. "D.-The mails from Flor'a
port destructive fire which occurred at Jacksonville
y on the 18th instant large amount of property
consumed but the total loss is not yet definitely
a known.
: FLORIDA ELECTION.
AUGUSTA, GA. Nov. 20.-keturus have been to'
cevsd from sixteen counties IN Florida, which g"s
a Democratic gain OF 9O0 as compared with tho Las,
election.