The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-11-25


country. Our Washington correspondent informs
us in despatch published this morning, that the
administration have had their eyes opened to
the true state Of affairs there, and are dgesting
| plan OF action based upon the information we
| have thus spread before the public. Whatever
secret passive support has been hitherto given
| TO that distinguished flibuster is now to be dis
continued, and henceiorth or at least during the
brief remaining existence OF the present admins
uation, We may expect to see its whole power
| brought 10 bear against Walker and his grand
| scheme Of an independent Central American and
| Mexican federal republic. Among the measures
| to he resorted to are the dismissal of Mr..
| Wheeler the United States Minister to Nicaragua
| who sympathized With the movement-and the
| commissioning Of minister to the republic OF
Guate nala to encourage that and the other Cen
trail American States to renewed exertions for
the humiliation of Walker and his army.
This fcgay upon Nicaragua, originally made by
Walker and force Of fifty-six men, by the in
vitation Of the democratic party there, which
was then in revolution against the Chamorrista
government, attracted to his standard many OF
the discontented and disappointed spirits who
had participated the several futile attempts to
liberate the island OF Cuba from Spanish dom-
mon. These brought to his cause a large Access
sion OF strength. Among the most conspicuous
Of the Cuban patriots who supported the cause OF
Walker in Nicaragua was General Domingo de
Goicouria, who was raised to the rank Of Briga-
der General, and subsequently received a com
mission as Minister to France and England. His
recent destitution Of both those commissions
without the assignment Of anything like sufficient
cause, has led to the disclosure Of important
facts in connexion with Walkers policy, which
cannot fail to prove ofyery serious injury to the
movement.
This Mr.. Goicouria was-as master spirit Of
the Cuban Junta in this city-assocated in 1853
with General Quitman, OF Mississippi, in the or
ganization OF new expedition against the Ever
faithful Island. But difference of views be-
tween them as to the proper mode of conducting
the enterprise broke it up. The same thing has
occurred between Goicouria and Walker We
see by the disclosures that have been made by
Goicouria, that Walker agreed and stipulated
that so soon as he had firmly secured pos
session Of Nicaragua he would employ all
bis dsposable means in descent on
and an attempt to liberate the island of Cuba
But in the meantime Mr.. Pierre Soule goes to
Nicaragua and Identifies himself with the move
ment. He, too, had his peculiar plans and no
tons as to what should be Walkers line of
policy. We have no doubt that Soule was at
the bottom Of all the changes that have recently
taken place in Walkers programme; and we
think it is quite safe to say that he was at the
foundation of the quarrel between Walker and
Goicouria, which lie now being exposed in this
city. That whole dispute and the develope-
ments that have arisen out Of it, may Justly be
attributed to Soule's modifying Walkers pro-
gramme in such way as to embrace the idea
Of a Southern confederacy, with the restoration
Of the system Of peondgc-a species of slave
asor-in those States, and the foundation of q
ort of military despotism covering all Central
America Mexico, and perhaps some Of the dis
contentod Southern States Of this republic.
Soule is magnificent in all his political views;
and undoubtedly the changes that have taken
place in Walkers policy have been brough
about by his influence.
While Goicouria remains here, isolated from
the Nicaraguan movment, SoulG becomes its
master spirit, and is now engaged in the South
in the work Of collecting men, money and NUM-
tons Of war for the purpose Of enabling Walker
to sustain his position, and to carry out the
grand plan Of flibusterism which has superseded
that agreed upon between Walker and Goicouria.
The new programme does not embrace Cuba. 1t
leaves the liberation of that island TO time-to
the administration OF Mr.. Buchanan and the
working out Of the Ostend manifesto or to the
dsintegraiion and falling to pieces Of the Spanish
goyernment-which must, in the natural course
Of events. soon take place Strangely enough,
Soule again finds himself face to face with
Marcy, bis inveterate enemy. The astute Secre-
taTy Of State is preparing a plan Of proceeding
which he expects win blow sky-high Walker,
Soue, and the whole army Of Nicaraguan adven-
tuIeIs. lie has his heart set upon witnessing
this spectacle and if his wish can he realized
before tie 4th OF March next, then will he be pre-
pared, like old Simeon, to depart in peace"
and surrender the seals Of his department.
All these views, resulting from the disclosure
of the programme and plans Of the flibustcrs
must strike with astonishmcnt not only the go
vernment at Washington, but also the British and
French governments. The singular fact of an en-
terprise of this hind being supported by an army
of four or five thousand men, under such leader
as Walker, and with such objects in view, might
well astonish those engaged in diplomatic bust
ness on both sides Of the Atlantic. But still they
ought to be aware that there are in this enter
prising, energetic, go-ahcad population, from
fifty 70 hundred thousand Disconnected spirits
on the Atlantic and Pacific shores, ready to en-
gage in any undertaking which promises fighting,
plumber, empire, glory, the erection Of new con
fedcracies or any other such inducement. The
enterprise started in 1853, by Gen. Quitman and
Gen. Goicouria-and on which they quarelled,
broke up and separated-had collected together