Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-09-05
STATE OF AFFAIR. Nicaragua

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/ Disposition a. The Nittrss- EHropep Intrigue
sali-4r's Tfsason Consul, Ndnning's Case.
/ Ten. Walker aud The >fat- Of Nicaragua u-e
/ making q very remarkable chapter in the history
T # America. but - truly understand the state 1t
aiiar- il -. neee-sary to & somewhat inio the
/ pal.
Alter tn. masniiiceut country threw of the
yake Il spain II becniue the prey Of few Genrr-
/ al nul revolution makers by profession, who
] a7aYn the poor docile. ignorant masses Of Indians
/ =Hiz4 the inazt hurnhle atrocities ol civil war.
/ Ia. wa. kept up for more than thirty years'un-
I Il the industry aa1 resources Of the eonnirt
! .s4a entirely exhausted, aud thrn it occurred IL
aaaaf ihc paftie- 10 invite the Amgleans 10 CONF
i il aud help little the dispute.
pom this invitation. Col. Walker landed from
C4liieruin with fifty .ix men. and after sone des-
/ pafate lighting he unexpectedly marched upon
t.ranada. and carried the city by assault October
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Granada commands the hikes, aud. indirectly,
/ fhe I-hmus transit aud this bold and decisive
/ blow brought both sides IL terms Of compromise.
+ Przdcu, Rfea- and his cabinet were iakrn with
! eyend1ndcd mparlialiiy Rom both parties,
and by common consent Gen. Walker was named
commander in ebi"f of the afmy.
The daring and ability he displayed in the
capture Of tbs important city, and in the prompt
organization Of government, inspired an unver.
~ sentiment TINT he WAS born to rule, and from
+ tint lime be has been confessedly the real head
u tie Sate.
The super.titious old tradition, that fair man
with eyes the color Of the heavens would come
nero-s the .ea II restore 10 the Indians the peace
nul abundance Of their ancient days WIS sud
denly revived IN the popular mind; aud thl-, with
tie sudden appearance aud surprising victories
# Walker has marked him with the MASSES a.
tha Man of Destiny" They are the more con
WINGED of thi. a. he never presses them int" his
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pie products Of their industry, a their native ru-
ers have been III the habit of doing; and SO long
ms these quiet, d0ce Indians left 10 work
their 6cd- AMI labor IN peace, they never know,
or ask, or who rules them, whether he
i called prince or president.
With the exception of two or three hundred
men who. NJ eaid before, revolution makers
by prof ,-ion. and who i've by the confusion aud
plumber of these civil wars. the whole country
la. bnt one praycr--"Giye us peace and a sta.
BIZ eDyernment.'
When the election ola new President came
on, half dozrn of these turbulent oppressors
took the field candidates. aud strange rs it
may appear at II disanc' all that is best, sound
est, most conservative, most intelligent aud most
patriotic ia the country, rallied on Gen. Walker
the man of the crisis and the only one capa-
bic Of permanently maintaining the new order of
things. They demanded him at the helm rs the
only sure guaranty against arcturn OF the old
anarchy. The masses voted for him in super
slitou- faith that it ordained by fate, and
thus Walker became the legally elected lre8i
dent of Nicaragua.
When l2ivas saw the country would not accept
him fox her next President, he was led off 10y the
other dcf-ned candidates, Mariana Salizar and
Maxine Jerez, IN getting up another revolution.
They manufactured an imitation government at
Lon the former capital If the State, and came
out with "a set of grnndiloquent proeamations,
such as only Spanish American reyolutionsts
can produce for tho humiliation of Walker
Tiny invited the people Of Nicaragua they call
Cd on all the other States of Central Amercn,
aud on the friendly and nagnnuimuus powers Of
fuapr - unite for the "tatal destruction of the
Amencuuos."
The people of Nicaragua that i, to sny,the mas
IS, have no disposition 10 trouble them selves
about the matter, md the few hundred natives
under the command of Rivas and Jerr2 ARE most,
Is pressed men, and will be certain to away
mt the first charge.
The urighbming States, under European ala
aul encouragement, have marched troops into
Lon, aud quartered them upon the inhabitants.
Cen. Walkers policy of mastcrly inactivity has
kept them cooped mp in Leon for several months
eating each other up, and giving the whole coun-
Try thorough and iiual suririt Of the folly of
inviting these hordes of devoarng wolves into the
/ country
Meantime the great body of the country is in
state at profound peace under Walkers stea-
dy lulr. Not native is pressed into his army
anathry are perfectly satisfied TO leave all the
soldier work II the American rifles. He is mas
ter al the hikes, of the transit, OF all the chief
routes to the Pacific, and there are no two opin.
IN, among competent men, whether friends or
enemies, about his ability to crush the revolu-
tionst- at con, and clear the country of their
eaes Whenever tits his policy to strike the final
blaw.
General Saliaar, one of the prime instgators of
tbs invasion, went down to San Salvador Ia i'm.
/ plore more help, but General Walkers cruzer
caught him in the bay Of Fonsccn, charged with
iatter, from the British Consul and others, say.
las that more troops must be sent or the Ameri-
/ cans cnulduat be eNterminated. Sazar who had
vowed to dl awn the people Of Granada in their
own blood, and bury them under thu ashes of the
lat house. died the death OF "a traitor an the
Pima Of the city, without one TO lament his fate
I With the same stern prompttude the British
/ Consul had his excquntur taken from him, for his
/ inefn9jnry correspondence with the enemies of
! the country.
There was not year parey Ia Champion
/ over Mr. Mannng's violation of the neut,ality
I laws The very day thlt hi- intercepted letter.
! proved his guilt, President Walker revoked his
eAeqoatur. \ strong British fleet was concen
tratng at San Juan in remarkable coincidence
with the invasion of Leon by the .'allios" of
/ England from San Salvador and Guatemala but
/ all Nicaragua had to say TO this demon tration of
/ British Power was, that the British Consul had
violated her laws, and conseq had received
without fear, favor or delay the punishment al
/ iatted to him by the laws # nations.
As the insurgents at Leon dared not march
upon Walker, obey Ncnted their hatred to the
| Americans by imprisonng and threatening to
shoot DIR. Livingston. former United States Con-
/ sal His fate i. uupprtniu I'm VII bn. :,