The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1856-11-27

are now m6lutalnou, uot W PiofChe occooionoi
riots among distressed laboring men, but to
preserve existing Governments against each
other, and against the attempts of their OPP
pressed subjects to assume their just political
rights.
THE CONSPIRACY DISCL0sED-WALKER AND
THE APOSTLES OF REPUBLICANIsM.
General Goicouria, Cuban, appointed the
minister of Walker to Great Britain, having
been informed by him, while on his way to his
mission, of his design to establish Southern
military federation in Central America, and of
his decree to re-institute Slavery, demonstrated,
then resigned. This led to quarrel, in which
the General was abused to such an extent,
that he made public correspondence with
Walker, showing that the liberation of Cuba
had been the first object of flibustering in
Central America. We give so much of the
correspondence as is necessary to understand
the plots of these Apostles of Freedom in Cen.
trail America. The reader, however, must not
be misled into the belief that because Walker
saw proper, for the purpose of gaining favor
with England and France, to repudiate the idea
of positive annexation to this Union, he sen-
ously meant it. We understand such coquet-
ing.
General Goicouria says, of his emigration
to Nicaragua:
"But my object, first and last, was Cuba /;
and with this view l sent an agent in the win
ter of 1886 to Nicaragua, and he there,
on the 18th of January, 1856, concluded the
the following treaty with Mr.. Walker, binding
him, as soon as the Government of Nicaragua
was established, to devote himself to the eman-
cipation of Cuba. This is the convention en-
tered into between US.
CONTRACT
General William Walker, Commander-in.
Chief of the army of Nicaragua, is willing to
form the following agreement with Captain F.
A. Lame, appointed agent of Sr. Domingo de
Goicouria, sole holder and depository Of the
goods and chattels belonging to the cause of
Cuba, consisting of money, a vessel, and NUM-
tions of war.
al. Gen. William Walker pledges his word
of honor that he will assist and cooperate with
his person and with his various resources, such
as men and others, in the cause of Cuba, and
in favor of her liberty, after having consol.
dated the peace and the Government of the
Republic of Nicaragua.
go. General William Walker proposes and
admits the understanding that the material and
pecuniary resources of Nicaragua, as we'll as
those which are in the possession of the revolu.
tionary party of Cuba, shall be amalgamated
together, making common cause together for
the purpose of overthrowing the Spanish tyran-
ny in the island, and of insuring the prosperity
of Central America, identifying thereby the
interests of both countries.
90. Gen. Walker requires full exposition,
manifestation, and explanation, of the resources
belonging to the cause of Cuba, as likewise a
detailed statement and list of the military and
marine forces, as well as the remaining resour.
ces of the Spanish Government in the island of
Cuba.
"a. Capt. F. A. Lame, having taken into con.
sideration the contents of the three foregoing
articles, agrees to and accepts the contents of
the said three articles only as a preamble of a
contract to be made upon q more solid basis, BY
the parties interested; and therefore binds him.
self by his word of honor to keep this agreement
until he shall have fuller powers for its final
arrangement. And, having drawn out two pa.
pers of the same tenor, in confederation of this,
we afix our signatures, in the Independent
State and Republic of Nicaragua, this day, JAN
uary IL, 1856. WIN. WALKER.
+. A. LAME.
"When this was done-when had secured
the word, and, as thought, the cooperation
of Walker, went myself to Nicaragua in March
last, and there entered with all the energy of
my nature into the cause of that country. What
ever language Mr.. Walker may now choose to
employ, he has heretofore been only glad to
acknowledge the value and extent of my SER
vices"
Having been appointed Minister to England,
he received from Walker his credentials in the
latter part of August, with the following re-
markable letter:
General Walkers Letter.
GRANADA, August IL, 1856.
MY DEAR GENERAL: send your credentials
for Great Britain by General Cazeneau. They
are ample, and will be, hope, not without re-
suit. If you can open negotiations with Eng.
land, and secure for Nicaragua the port of San
Juan del Norte, you will effect great object.
1t will be long step towards our end. With
out San Juan del Norte, we lack what will be
in the end indispensable to us-a naval force
in the Caribbean Sea. The commercial conse.
quences of this possession are nothing in com.
parison with the naval and political results.
With your versatility and (if may use the
term) adaptability, expect much to be done
| in England. You can do more than any Amer
lean could possibly accomplish, because YOU
can make the British Cabinet see that we are
| not engaged in any scheme for annexation.
You can make them see that the only way to
cut the expanding and expansive Democracy
of the North, is by q powerful and compact
Southern Federation, based on military prin.
| ciples.
The sooner you get to England, the better II
| will be for US. If possible, the treaty should
be made before the middle of November. By
that time the rainy season will be over, and we
| can open the next campaign. We must have
| all our relations with Central America fixed
before the last of April; and nothing will 90
much facilitate us as the settlement of the Mos.
! quito question. Above all, this part is neces
sary for the work we have in hand, after our
Central American affairs are settled.
1t is needless for me to impress Won with the
importance Of this mission, for you no doubt
feel it as deeply as do.
l hope TO hear from you every mail. Can
| you not make - write me letter? Tel
- be must send me the news, and let me
know whether "Cuba must and shall be free %
but not for the Yankees. Oh mol that fine
country is not fit for those barbarous Yankees
What would such psalm-singing set do in
the island?
Remember me to your family, and believe
me yours, sincerely, WIN. WALKER.
General d. de Goicouria.
This letter, with the re-establishment of Sla
very, rendering utterly hopeless the mission K
England in the Judgment of Goicouris, led Il