Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-05-15
WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP

Manageable advocates of the propriety
and legality Of the doings Of the Fillibuster
Walker and his men in Nicaragua, seem bent
on "ushing through" the recognition of his
so-called Government by that of the United
States, as though firmly impressed with the
belief that nought but that act can save him
and his schemes of Central American con.
quest. Indeed this view of the desperation Of
his situation Is distinctly avowed in letter
Published in yesterdays Union. The gist Of
that communications land of the outside pres
sure on the Government here to bring about
the proposed recognition) is stated therein as
follows:
"Let as be done with them withdraw the
outlavry We have 30 absurdly proclaimed
against friendly State On account Of her hos
pitality to our people, and put the two gov
ence. This done, we are in the way to take
the further steps that our past errors have
made necessary fnsznedfateiy to send sEccor
to Nicaragua, assume fchoiiy the 1car
with Costa Rsca as having been made against
oar coH1strymsn in . nsighboring friendly
State, and consequently against our country.
This Is the active, vigorous policy that think
due to the occasion.
But, If this be too strong pslicy for the
present state of our nervous system, the TAX
ing of Of the ban Of outlswry against the
Government of Nicaragua tctU let an or citi-
Gems, on thsir oton account, to its assistance;
and thss, f0tth a su6icisnt ndraL force TO IN
sure their peGceabls debarEation at San Juan
and ascent of the rrrsr, would probably BE
sufficient soon to turn the tide-prortded 1T
be not too late.
al confess however, that look for the next
news from Nicaragua with much solicitude
and no small misgivipgs. The late accounts
show lamentable restitution of arms and
ammunition among the troops Of Walker.
The Government is destitute Of money. The
country with all its natural riches, is, from
Its long wasting by civil wars, bare Of SUP
plies. Under these circumstances, and with
out any encouragement from abroad, even
from our own country, to give confidence to
the native Nicarsguans, the force and re-
sources Of Costa RIGA alone present heavy
odds against Nicaragua aud its existing Gov
eminent. But powerful efforts were also max
ing, and, in view of the partial successes and
formidable aspect of Costa Rica, and the evil
dent European sympathy which she commands
were likely to succeed, to form general hos
tile coalition Of the States adjoining Nicara-
qua 1t was under the belief that this had
already been done, and that troops were
marching from different quarters upon them,
that the address Of general Walker to his
gallant soldiers at Riyas was made. NV appre-
tension Is that the coalition has succeeded
Tor what more powerful argument could be
urged by those who were fomentinQ the in.
trigue than that the United States themselves,
even departing for that purpose from their
traditional maxims, had ignored the Govern
ment and Outlawed the State ?''
To say the least of il, this is very cool in
deed. 1t is p proposition far in advance of
anything ever before essayed in this country
In the way Of fllibustering. We are not only
called on to ignore the existence and obIisa-
lions OF the neutrality Law Of the United
States, but absolutely go 10 war TO cid Walker
and his fllibustcrs to conquer all Ceniral
America, because, forsooth, they are Ameri.
cans. 60 were more or less of the pirates who
infested the Caribbean Sea in Commodore
Porter's time though We had not then ''pro-
gressed" in our national notions of our rights
and obligations under the laws Of nations, to
such an extent as that an article was found
In any American newspaper urging the duty
OF this Government to go to war in defence OF
the American pirates who fell, in those days,
into the clutches of other nations.
Not long since General Walker, backed BY
just such another band from the United States
as is now with him, invaded Mexico He
and they were declared outlaws by both Mex
leo and the United States On being expelled
from Mexico, he came back under the iuris.
diction OF this Government, and having been
seized by its officers, was put on his trial 70,
conduct equivalent to piracy. He escaped
through no lack Of q disposition on the part
Of the Government at Washington to punish
him to the extent Of the law
His next step was to invade Nicaragua as
he had invaded Mexico on this occasion tax.
ing care to essay to disguise the piratical char.
scter Of his expedition under the plea that be
was invited so to do by a revolutionary party
OF that country. He succeeds in first destroy.
ing the existing Government, and then, in
stantly, in setting himself up az the Dictator
there; governing solely by force of the bowie
knife, revolver and rife. No despo,ism wa,
ever more complete than his. No professed
bandit ever 'lorded it" in his cavern or glen
more completely by force, and with less pre-
tenee OF law His fat is the only law known
wherever the bullets Of his followers reach.
1t sufdces to take property, liberty and life
from all allke-Amsricans or natives-within
hs fatal clutches. The better 10 disguise the
piraticai character of his enterprise, he ha.
some two hundred native prisoners constantly
within the range Of the rifles Of his fllibus
tiers, and calls them his native functionaries
aud troops His sympathisers in this country
re-echo his cry for the subjugation Of all Cen.
trai America as he has temporarily subdued
Nicaragua by the arms Of American fllibus
ter'- The Cove nment of the United States
oio Il" oest to prevent the necessary succor Of
men, arms and munitions from being sent to
him IN violation Of the law of the land En-.
ragged at such action here, he openly pro-
claimed the purpose of making an European
alliance that should injure North Am.r;.,r
interests On the Isthmus "a ron.l -