New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-07-14

st fortunate chain Of events invests this annoirt
WIN ali the forms Of legality as under the
S,e"'y executed by the Democrats and Services in
i@n"oa' oh the formation Of the late Provisional
1t was expressly stipulated that General
""iAe[ Siioua De invested with the power to appoint
o" government IN the event of dissolution of the
oi ohe' Ihat treaty, which ia the basis Of all eo;ti
s'e opeaIohs IN this Republic, placed the power to
provide lor the state in the hands of the
Vi the Army, and IN the appointment Of Don Fermin
ferrer Ten Walker not only preserves the Rennbyc
but follows out the line of his duties. 81
In the second place, when President Rvas left tis
city some time since for Leon, he delegated all bis
powers to Gen. Walker, and placed the State under
martial law. Thus the defauItng Executive gave
away The very authority which was necessary to de-.
clare even him traitor, should he desert the State
In the reconstruction Of the Provisional Govern.
ment, therefore, the most complete authority accom-
panes the action Of the Commander-in- Chief Ac-
cordlng to the only law known since the treaty of
Granada, between General Walker on the one side,
and General Corral on the other, the existing Gov
ernment OF Nicaragua, under President Ferrer is en-
Titled to the utmost respect due to any egazed Gov
ernment. An election takes place soon however,
when the people will choose their own President and
when that is done, the present Provisional Govern
men Will dissolve as peaceaby it has been formed
and the State will move on under the direction of the
popular will
DECREE.
WILLIAM MMEEf Generan Chief of the Army Of Nicara-
That by the treaty of the 23d Of October last DON
Patrlco !'vas was named as the Provisional Presi.
dent OF the Republic, and that the power with which
ne was invested was an emanation Of the powers con-
pedentiaIy General:
That. on the Provisional President removing from
the CITY OF Granada to Leon in March last he dele
gated to me all the powers which had been entrusted
70 MN 10 MAINTAIN order in the Eastern and Southern
Departments Of the Republic, and to guard in each
martial law:
That the Provisional President appointed as Minis
LEI OF Haclenda 4eenciate Don Fernin Ferrer, Com
missioner IN the Departments referred to- with all
proper powers TO aid me in my administration on suit
able occasions:
That the Provisional President, Don Patricio Riyas
betlayng his duties to the prejudice of the rights
and wellbeing Of the Government, has absconded to
Chlnandega, with the object to disarn all the frontier
Of the west and deliver the country to the forces of
Car1era, who have invaded it for which object he
has commissioned Mr. Mariana SaIizar:
That, on the l4th of this month, Mr.. Rivas has is
sued a decree which repeals decree which was is
sued four days previous by which the people of Mica
ragua are to choose successor to him in office
That by the treaty of the 23d of October, it was
that the Provisional President should maintain peace
and order in the Republic and that Don Patricio Ri
vas not only has endeavored to excite anarchy within
but has called the enemies without to invade the
same
In order to preserve the integrity of the Republic
and the sacred duty TO save the country from anarchy
and from the enemies foreign and domestic I have
deemed it proper to decree and do
DECREE:
|. The Commissioner of the Government and
Minister Of the Hacienda, Don Fernn Ferrer is an
pointed Provisional President of this Republic until
the people shall elect President in obedience to the
orders OF the decree Of the 10th nst which is in full
force and virtue
= In consequence, all the acts and DEGREES issued
by order OF Don Patrcio Rvas, since the 18th inst
are null and void, in consequence of his desertion of
all the trusts conded to him by virtue of the treaty
of the 23d of October aforesaid.
g. The civil or military authorities of this Republic
who lend obedience to Mr.. Rivas in these matters
natives or foreigners who may render to him any kind
OF aid, by loans mercantile contracts shall be con.
sidered as traitors to the country and punished ac
colding to martial laws.
4. Let this be communicated to whom it may con-
Germ and published in all the towns of this Republic
Done at Granada, on the Goth day of June 1856