Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1856-12-03
Nicaragua at,airs...An Expose.

A controversy going on in the New York pa.
pers, between Gen. Goicouria, MAJ Heiss ano
Edmund Randolph, all of them recently cohnec'
ted with Walkers enterprise in Nicaragua haS
developed facts calculated to chill the ardor o
the friends of that renowned fillbuster. Gen
Goicouria was commissioned by Walker as Min
lister to England, but subsequently fell out wi'r
him and came to New York, where ne made
publication injurious to the tillibuster President
Mai. Heiss hurried to the rescue, ana charged
the General with having been false to the cause
of Nicaragua. Gocouria proposed to charter the
steamer FL Dorado, during the month OF Novem
Der, to go to New Orleans, and there take OIL
board eleven hundred men for Nicaragua; bu
Hess alleges that the expedition was designed
to operate against Walker.
To this letter of Major Heiss and its charges
Gen. Goicouria responds sharply and 1t seems &c
us effectively. He admits frankly that he is 6
tilibuster, and that, as is well known, he has
been sfor years, heart and soul, life and fortune
devoted to the cause of Cuban Annexation to
the United States" 1t was to promote this OBJ
iect that he Joined Walker, Nicaragua being with
him a "mere secondary consideration" The sus
picious expedition, for which he sought to char
ter the Ell Dorado, he admits was meant tol
Cuba"
! In explanation of his connection with Walker
Gen. Goicouria publishes two curious documents
The first is 8 regular contract between himself
and Walker, in which the latter,in consideration
| of Goicouria's assistance, promises to ald MN IL
obtaining the liberation of Cuba.
| The second document is letter from walker
sent to Goicouria with his credentials (after
wards revoked) as Minister to England. In thai
letter he Accomplishments Goicouria and throw:
ont hint of the aspect in which he wlshee
Nicaragua to be presented to the English view
'.With your versatility, and, if may use th'
term adaptibiity, expect much to be done II
England. You can do more than any American
could possibly accomplish, because you con make
the British Cabinet see that zoe are not engaged
an aRy scheme for anaeration. You can ma@
them sec that the only acay to cat the erpandan!
and expansive Democracy Of the NORTH, as Oy
poaoertul and compact Southern Federation, oas
ed on military principles"
Upon this letter Gen. G.. remarks
This letter put new face on matters alto
gether. 1t revealed to me for the first time MI
Walkers hostility to the Democratic principle
of America, and his design to establish South
ern despotism as counterbalance to the Unite'
States. 1t entered into no part of my plans t.
forward any such scheme as this, and | yer;
plainly perceived that Mr.. Walker gave me cred
it for an ''adaptability" which | Go not posses:
1t was evident that the annexation of Cuba t
the United States was very far from Mr.. Walk
ers ideas. 1t cannot be considered wonderfr
that paused and did not instantly start tor Eng
land.
} 1t thus appears that Walker wished ito Gu
the expanding and expansive Democracy" OF tn
United States, and to establish military de'
potism in Nicaragua And this is the man VIII
has enlisted the sympathies and active co-opers
ton of large portion Of our people