Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1856-12-01
Gen. Gtoc u gin and walker.

pipcOuria anu Tue agent OF zen. YAK
CT in New York, Mr.. J. /. Hess, an Of
ficer Of the Nicaragua Army, manly
relating to the affairs Of the late Tran
SIT Company . Commodore Wander
bilt. II appears that Gen. 6i"'ourla
went TO Nicaragua ami tcndcrcd lts
services 70 Gen. Walker. under the
promise from Walker. that when the
independence Of Nicaragua wa secur-
cd and its government consolidated,
he would aid the Cuban patriotin ,ccu-
ring the Independence OF Cuba. from
Spanish rule. Walker appointed
the General as Minister 70 England,
aud pursuant TO that appointment tie
came Ia New York, where II secus
Commodore Vanderbilt enlisted his
services in endeasorlng to procur, a
restoration of the forfeited franchises
OF the Transit Company, and IT," hcn-
eral wrote to Walker III strong terms,
advising such course. and " alkct re
Piled by directing him toproeccl forth
with 70 England, and attend to the
objects Of bis mission, THIS did not
suit the purposes 81 Gl"c"ura. and
he wrote To Walker advising delay,
which Touched the JAchsoN ~ him.
and a curt and brief letter informed
the General that his mission was a; al
end, and Minister appointed III ms
place. Thcreupon Gen. Gioc"uria, re-
gmdlcss Of all proprIety AMI arlno~i-
edged rules governing private cores
pondcncc, gets into m,F m.d put
fishes all correspondence that had pas
sed between them upoh tn, subject o.!
Nicaragua and Cuban aifairs
The character Of Gen Maker is
not well understood l., ,io-c who are
not intimately acquainted with hm.
His determination 81 making N,cara-
qua free and independent NATION,
was without any exception IN favor 81
fraudulapt monopoly IN tue hands Of
Commodore a,derbilt, and when the
news reached the United States that
Walker hal seized upon the property
OF the Transit Company to pay its
past dues Of half million OF dollars
fraudulcntlv witt holden, aud finally
declared the character at an end. the
people were amazed at his daautlcss
courage, IN undertaking sud-. step,
surrounds as lie Was, ~it, - manv
difficulties and dangers. But Walker
stood icarlcsslv aud deiiantly upon the
grounds OF right and justice, an Van
dcrbIt found Ia his cost, that no con-
plica,lons or difficulties woul deter
Walker from asserting the full rights
of his State. Gen. Giecouria should
have been wiser than /" nav become
entrapped N the Specializing ,thcm,>
and entAuglcmrnt> y IL, Trans't 60.
mana-cr> Walker j If Muv,t IL
i determined I" secure the .orla,tc
independents II tns adopted ,o..;ry:
and all hls agent, ~lI' b..iropp,-l ), tn
"u; ceremony, 81 the first iut ..iipl
that thew havr been drawn ru'o th,
schemes o. outsiders. iHis Is -:uc
wisdom. The consolidation 81 l5, uwu
government j. ~ first care, aud "a
mid all the predictions Of iailurc. and
AL the tcnuuclaiions OF maule. G"u.
Vim. Walker viii car, ont ior han
self nanc a impcrshabc as that ~
Cortez, PizzarTo. and llou,,on, and
give 10 Nicaragua sigor and power
that will enable her to become one Of
the wealthicst commercial nat,ols on
the continent. He has defeated all
the combinations OF the uejshi"ring
States. and now he will invite into Me
aragua class Of hardy All, entu rers
from the United States 10 conlnoucc
the development II the Laiurai and
commercial resources of the State, and
give ii IA prominence unknown 10 any
Of the Spanish American States.
But Greedy has smelt a "nlgger,"
aud from encouraging, has turned to
abusing Walker most bitterly. and of
course all the small fry abolition press.
es arc initiating the yeipng of Horace.
They would prefer to see the red IN
tanable savages OF til, forest III posses
sion Of the world, than American CIV
lixation with the institution of Sla, cry;
and when they suspect design of its
establishment, they open their news
paper batteries with unspuaring viru-
lencc. They prefer Ha,ti under So
loque to Virginia with the institution of
Slavery. We do not believe that sla.
very will be permitted by Walker,
bat il it should be, who would not
prefer to see Nicaragua in the hands Of
Americans with slavery. than in the
hands Of tho natives with their barbar
tiles!
Negro Slavery is one of the evil. in.
cident to torrid climates, where the
white race are not physically cons,i,u-