Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1856-12-29
From the Burlington Gszsits.
Highly Important from Mica us

The following copy Of letter address
sed to Gov. Grimes, Of this State, by
certain soldiep in the army OF Nicsrs-
qua, has been handed us for publication.
Its details are quite narrowing, and the
appeals u these poor fellows to the mag.
nsnimlty Of Gov. Grimes will not fail To
reach the soul..of that sympathising func.
tionary. Tho older settlers Of Iowa will
recognize among the names appended
mahy whose faces among us were onee
as familiar as the MONDAY sun. But,
t. the letler.
GRK>.DA, NicaRsoCA, Nov. Is, ls5t.
TO liis Excellency, James W. Grimes,
Governor Of Iowa:
SIa-Ths undsrsi gnej, soldiers in tho
armv OF Nicaragua, but formerly citi
zens OF Iowa, have recently received and
read with much pleasure, your spirited
and unansweraJle letter TO the President
OF the United States IN relation to the
wrongs and injuries inflicted upon "for-
mer citizens OF lows" who are now citi
zens OF kansas. As our position in Mic
aragua is precisely the same as that OF
our former fellow citizens who are now
in Kansas, we have been iorcibly struck
with that portion OF your Excellency's
letter which takes lhe bold aud originsl
ground, that your jurisdiction as the
| Chief Magistrate OF u sovereign State
extends to tho protection Of oil it's ''for-
mcr oitizcns," no odds where dispersed
4 or how employed. And We have been
led to hope that The timely snd vigorous
enunciation of this doctrine on the part
Of your Excelency, will ultimately des-
cend 10 all it's philanthropy and coDsti-
tutionality upon the fortunes OF the for
mer citizens Of Iowa who are now in Mic
arsgua, and thus rescue US frsm the
scenes OF rnplne, murder and outrage
which are laily being perpe,ratcd under
our eyes and sometimes upon our own
persons.
/ We came to Nicaragua Of our own Tree
will and accord just rs other 'citizens OF
Iowa went to Kansss. Like them, too,
our object was TO become settlers, and
to tight for freedom. But, We have been
disappointed and wish ourselves home
sgan.- The doctrine so distinctly avow-
ed in the mastery State paper Of your
Excellency, pregnant as it is with hope
and snccor to the furnishing everywhere,
particularly to those who were formerly
"ctizens Of Iowa." has inspired US with
the belief that we shall be forthwith
honored with yur liveliest sympathies,
together with your best efforts, at the
approaching session Of the legislature to
.open' way for our safe passage and
Stree ngress" to our former place 0
abode. No such hope. it is true, inspir-
ed us at the time Of taking our iepar.
ture for foreign lands, for at that time
"A different construction OF the constitu-
ton prevailed, and the idea OF illimita-
bic jurisdiction and perpetual shield
over the former citizens OF Iowa. bv the
Governor thereof. had not been breach
ed, If indeed it had ever suggested it.
sell to the most dreamy monarch that
ever sat upon throne. W really
thought for candor compels us the con
icssion OF cur ignorance) that We were
leaving our native land "for good and
all" if not for 'the countrv's good:' and
that we were taking upon ourselves the
rights and responsibilities, the dangers
and the duties Of another spere; or more
plainly speaking, the trials and hard
ships, the ev lis and difficulties Of citizen
ship under another and diteren, sover-
eignts;-but the new, aud almost novel,
but certainly genuine idea promulgated
in your letter to President Pierce, touch.
ing your power to protect "sormer c!ti.
zcns Of Iowa" wherever found or even
mon est inventus,' or however engaged,
whether in fight or as counted out Of
fight, has knocked the scales, from oul
eyes aud let in upon us the light OF a
new construction which is as appropo.
to our whereabouts and condition as j,
is crelitable 10 your Exceilency's learn
r ing rs a lawyer, 10 say nothing Of your
comprehension Of the English language
or of your astuteness as "a statesman.
We take profound pleasure in quoting
, from your excellency's letter, the follow
ing paragraph, which, whilst it frank,
intma,es TO the Presidea, his proper lin,
: OF duty, also illustrates your Excellen
cy's undoubteI knowledge of the cons.i.
tuition as well as Your Excellencv's zeal
for law and order and for the suppress
>, sion Of AL evils The particular sen
! timent to which we refer is this:
a compliance with these REASONABLE,
E requests will tend to restore peace il
Kansas. and quiet the public mind o
this State. In the event Of non com
pliance, in my views a case will have ar
: isen clearly within the principles lsi,
down by Mr.. Madison in the Virgins
resolutions of 1898, when il will be tn
g duty OF the state "to interpose to arres
the progress Of the evils" in that Terri
tory.
: We greatly admire the spirit, not t
:. cay the tone OF defiance, which breathe
through every word Of the above quota
! tioH-and it fires US with moro or lee
il Indignation, that the public mind OF tn
States Of which we were formerly citi
y zens' should have been disquieted fror
= any cause whatever! But TO be fran
O with your Excellency, in the hurry o
leaving We forgot to bring with US
copy Of the resolutions of '9s' and ar
therefore at loss to know whether YOU
Excellency. would win or lose on tt
!. ease to which you refer under Mr. Mad
h. ison's deal But anon.
The sevils' in this territory, or YER
ne tropical region, which would be likel
, to to come under the principle adverted I
a by your Excellency, ore Of decided
On progressive character, and cer,sinl
'N should be arrested il possible, consis,
ing as they do mainly Of ceutipedes. Ii,
G. Yards. snakes, boa constructors of ell,
n phantic dimensions. Besides these ev
there are myriads OF insects from the si7
ie OF bnzkard down TO that Of pins hea
IA which will fill the air, infest the camp, c,
Yer the body, I'LL the pockets, and suck II
III blood from every vein in the ody, thus IN
g. king hard looking case, if not ca
clearly within the Virginia resolutions.
e. Your Excellency will readily inf,
". from the above, that we "Former cit
-, zens Of Iowa." have had our blood sh,