The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1856-05-08
THE NATIONAL ERA WASHINGTON, D. C., MAY g. 1856.

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exacted by the Panama Company for the trans
portation of mailable freight, which obviously
suggest the propriety of setting up another riva
! line, now that the Transit Company is broken
{ down. 1t is easy enough, however, to discern
the cat under the meal. The true design is to
. forward Walkers enterprise-to make the pro-
lection of our regular mails pretext for occu-
plying Nicaragua with United States troops,
under whose SHELTER it is quite certain, the new
I Republic will receive no detriment.
In addition to his appeal, our Government
has been favored by Walker with the sight OF
| certain intercepted correspondence between the
British Foreign Office and the Costa Rican
Consul General in London, wherein Lord CLAIR
endon offers to sell 1000 British muskets, to
aid the latter Government in driving the fill
busters from Nicaragua. These documents, If
! duly authenticated, will furnish us new occa-
sion to protest against the bad faith of Great
Britain in interfering in Central American af-
, fairs, as we'll as to adopt measures involving,
son our part, corresponding evasion of neutral
ity obligations in behalf of Walkers Govern
ment. 1t is, at any rate, not at at all unlikely
that they will lead to speedy recognition of
his new minister, Senior Will, whose arrival
in New York has already been chronicled.
We entertain no objections to any properly
conducted enterprise for the extension of our
institutions and our national influence over
Central America; but having reason to believe
that in the present case, Nicaragua is acquired
principally with view to make it point of
departure for an unlawful invasion of Cuba,
and to pave the way for future accessions to
the domains of the Slave Oligarchy in this
country, we do not think that the interests or
the honor of our Government will suffer in any
way from the defeat of Walkers undertaking.
THE UNITED SOUTH-THE DIVIDED NORTH.
Senator Benjamin, in proclaiming last week,
in the Senate, his adhesion to the so.called De-
mocraey, foreshadowed the policy of the great
majority of Southern men hitherto known as
Wings Know Nothings. Were there any
prospect of the election of Fillmore, no such
declaration would have been made-but the
Oligarchy will not divide its forces, and throw
away its votes. This insane policy seems TO
find favor in the free States alone. Their Peo-
pie instead of uniting as one man, to save Kan
sas, establish the Principle of the Ordinance of
1887, and put down the despotism of the Slave
Interest, are in danger of getting up kind of
triangular fight among themselves, and so Civ
ing all easy victory to Pierce, Douglas, and
Atchison. Lately the Straight Wings in sew
eral Northern States have been laboring to re-
vive their organization, directing it specially
against the Anti-Nebraska rally and as if to
help them in this wise and patriotic movement
the Know Nothings are beginning to prepare
for Convention at New York, June 18th, to
nominate candidates. A circular, signed by
Anthony Colby of New Hampshire, L. g. Peck
of Connecticut, z. X. Pangborn of Massachu-
sets, W. f. Johnston of Pennsylvania, A. S.
Livingston of New Jersey, J. S. Baker of Ohio,
c. Howard Of California, and others, has Just
appeared, calling National Convention of the
American Party, to meet in New York, June
18th. 1t closes with the following call:
"They hereby request the Americans of each
State in the Union, who approve of the action
of the said preliminary Convention, and who
are opposed to the establishment Of Slavery in
any of the territory which was covered by the
Missouri Compromise, to choose the same num-
Der of delegates as the electoral votes to which
the States are respectively entitled, at such time
during the month Of May, and in such manner
as shall be prescribed in the respective States
"The delegates so elected requested to
meet in the city of Yew York, on Thursday
the 18th day of June next, at IL o'clock, NJ,
for the purpose of nominating candidates for
the offices of President and Vice President of
the United States, to be supported by the Amer
lean party.
"The credentials should be certified by the
member of the Executive Committee from the
State to which they may respectively belong !;
or, if there be no member of said committee
from such State, then by a member from one
of the States nearest theirs"
Possibly the gentlemen concerned in this
movement, when they shall come to confer on
the subject, may conclude that the Free States
are already sufficiently divided, that but one
nti-Nebraska movement is needed, and there
fore, that they will do nothing to forestall or
embarrass the action of the National Conven-
ton to meet at Philadelphia on the 18th of
June. Should they come to a different conclu-
sion, the shareholders will be under special obi
cations to them.