The true Democrat., 1856-06-03
The Nicaraguan Question.
HUN AUEUHTIN V1JIL TO MR. M
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WASurNoroN C,ry, N .,

WAsHINoToN CITY, MAY A. 1856. 10 h1s Ercellency, William {. Marcy, Secreta,u
 cf &ate cf tue United States:
 SIR-Ihe unhappy situation of the coun- try Tn which l was born, and the desire of ex- ertlng my best efforts to relieve 1t, have led me to leave my native shore to come to represent It's interests in the capitol of this blessed Re- public. In your Excellency's reply, declining to receive former Envoy sent by my govern ment. you say:
 Those who were chiefly interested in sur prlong or overthrowlng the former government Of that State were not citizens belonging to it. nor have those citizens, or any considerable part of them, so far as is known here. freely expressed their approval of, or acquescence in. the present condition of political affairs in Nj caragua."
 If your Excelency is not already disabused on this subject. trust the explanation I have the honor to make, will place the affairs of Nj carasua ln such light as to induce YOU to view our circumstances ill their true position. Nicaragua more than ever since her history be- gun, for the last three years, has been bleeding at every pore. The inauguration of Don Flu reto Chamorro as the Director of Nicaraoua was the commencement of the storm; shortly alter It he began to show his tendency to des- potSm, and uSurping the sacred rights of the people who had elected him, he commenced toform the chain of their msfortunes.
 Fearing, however, a few citizens who had the interests and liberty of the country at heart, he adopted coulSe calculated to render their patriotism useless, by commencing criminal proceedings against them The greater part of these men were liberal members of the Constituent Assembly which had convoked for A AnrlI N1
 to vote away the liberty of the Republic.- Among them were Don Francisco Castillon and Gen. Jerez; the former we'll known, upright and influential citizen, man of liberal views. of superior education and correct knowledge of the world, that he had acquired during q long residence at different courts of Europe: the latter is also of similar character views and ex- perence. These and other patriots Chamorro imprisoned and banished subsequently,, to Honduras. Gen. Jerez, at the head of a few courageous men returned to Nicaragua; and at Chnandega, the first large town near the bor- ders of Honduras, he organized a Provisional Government The popular masses joined him freely, they having become alarmed at the pro- ceedings of Chamorro. The forces of the Pro. visional Government marched to Leon, where Chamorro had his comp; and as soon as both armies met the whole Chamorro force came over to Gen. Jerez. Chamorro then took re- fuge in the city of Granada, and by sacrificing the wealthy portion of tho population he as- sembled together force of one thousand men, to stand siege of nine months in the Plaza during which time a large portion of this beau- tiful city was completely destroyed The Pro- visonal Government was compelled to raise the siege and invited American citizens to lend their aid to it. Ninety of them responded to the invitation, and became naturalizcd citizens of that country.
 Shortly after Chamorro died and the Consti- tuent Assembly, trampling on the very consti- tuition and charter they had made but few days before, arrogated to themselves the ordi- nary legislative power, and appointed Don ose | Maria Estrada as the successor of Chomarro whose footsteps he began to follow. This is the kind of government which has been styled l legitimate, and which was not and could not be according to the constitution ot that State, be- cause Chamorro's term of office having expir- cd, only the people of Nicaragua, represented by the Justice of the Departments, and never the Assembly, ought to have appointed the suc- cessor. With the assistance of our brave al- lies things were soon changed, and our forces took possession of the city of Granada on the 18th of October, 1855. At this time the Americans in the service of Nicaragua did not number more than one hundred men, command ed by Gen. William Walker.
 And what was the conduct of those who overthrow the government of Estrada? They used every effort, and successfully, to restore and maintain order, to protect the persons and property of the citizens; to gather up the ele- ments which war and revolutions had scatter ed abroad, and to frame them into new order ofreconcilation and peace. They invited Gen. Corral, the chief of the hostile forces to a con- ference, and the latter being fully authorized by the government that styled itself legitimate they agreed to appoint Provisional Chief, fol which office Don Patrcio Rivas was selected and that Gen. Walker should be the General. in. Chief of the whole military force of the Re- public. It is impossible, sir, to describe the en. thusiasm that prevailed on that day Two ar. mics that were hostile to each other the day before, became merged into one, and the two Generals marched arm in arm to the house ed of the God of Peace, to celebrate the bless day of their reconciliation.