Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-05-09
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TO THE FRIENDS OF NICARAGU

To The FRIENDS OF NICARAGUA.
Since the advent of VIM. Walker into Central |
America his severest conflicts have BEEN not with |
the naive defenders Of the soil but agan the will
full misrepresentation and studied calumnies of |
North American enmity. powerful opposition has |
GrTayed itself in New York against his success in
the person and influence of Cornelius Vanderbilt,
and every expedient which ingenuity could devise,
malice originate, has been employed with savage
zeal in the unhOly attempt of accomplishing his |
overthrow. Treason, falsehood, and the foulest |
spirit of assassination have been subsidized to his
service, and the blood and misery of many hearts
have atested the partial success of his pitless
tagOnism. The tFeaeheries induced, and the muir
ders Of American citizens committed under his di-
restion and through his instrumentalty have been
so openly and boldly avowed by the instruments Of
his iniqUitOus designs that they have seemed to
court instead of shun the infamous judgment ofthe
virtuOus Of mankind. The purchased treasons and
assassinatiOns of Vanderbilt have, however, been
insufficient in their prejudicial effects in COMPARE
son with the nsidious circulation by his emissaries
Of rumOrs of reveTses Detailing the American cause
in Nicaragua, intended to dampen the enthusiasm
and discourage the exertions of those who might be
friendly 10 his success. This expedent of malig-
nifty has been perpetrated through period Of months
and has doubtless exercised potent influence in
disturbing the hopes and exciting the apprehensions
of the Wel-dsposed portion of the community.
In the recent disbandment of the forces of Lock-
ridge, the San Juan river and the retirement of
IlaJ OuGer from me LleaLer OF his hopeless enter
prise is the fruit of the persevering and IN
scrupulous policy Of the.Wall street Financier but
the partial triumph which it affords him will only
render more poignant the inevitable sting Of final
disappointment. The position Of Walker is no more
perilOus to-day than 1t was four months ago, Whe-I
through the irredeemable infamy of Vanderbilt. the
San Juan river was surrendered to the Cos.a Ricau
army, and its waters mingled with me crimson
streams of American hearts. His Position at Rivas
is impregnabe to the assaults Of he Allies however
formidable their forces may be The Ieagued States
OF central America are Incapable of concentrating
an army WlIhln SIX NOR. ms which could give any
rlous annoyance u, the present position of Gen.
Walker. With ave hundred men, he can defend
hlVas agaln| five thousand of the flower Of Central
american chivalry From the first of June to the
hrsI November the continuous rains Ofthe tropics
VIZ. render anything like a systematic warfare
utter impractcabity, and will certainly prevent
the marching of rOOTs from the adjacent States in
Nicaragua. The armies viii be compelled to remain
for the most part within their Notifications and Wal
ker amply provided for this necessity thanthe
Oft-defeated discouraged and impoverished enemy.
In the meantime aid can reach the American army
by way Of Panama and the Pacific, and strenuous
efforts from various sources are cOneurring in the
speedy contamination Of that project.
The Wall street Commodore may exUlt at the pas
sing cloud which for a moment Obscures the pros
porous fortunes of the patriot in Nicaragua but the
sunshine will come, and when he reflects upon the
victims sacrificed to his cupidity-sacrifced to his
debasing lust of gold-sacrfced TO his arts his
spiracies, and his malgnity, let him but look to
Heaven and despair. ''ROomfOr the leper-rOoml'
The more recent apprehensiOns Of the friends of
Nicaragua have been awakened by the correspondent
Of the NeO Orleans PicdyuRe published in the jour
nails Of Memphis yesterday. That such a tissue Of
inconsistencies and absurdities should receive the
Credence Of any rejecting person, surprising
than that respectable newspaper, ostensby friend
ly to the progress of Americanism in Nicaragua,
oh h1h ag
siduously and scrupulOusly absOved himself from
any suspicion Of ever having written truth in
latiOn to Walker his army. The whole course of
Francis W. Rice, the Panama correspondent Of the
PtcdyURe, has been characterized by unseTupU-
lOUsness Of eXaggeTatiOn and a prohigacy Of mis-
statements that would do credit to the mendacious
accomplishments Of the basest employee Of the Wall
street capitalist.
The avowed enemy of Walker and his designs, the
TuCUlent slave Of the preUdicies which riot in
Panama, and the flterer of information from Costa
Rlcan bulletins he is as much capacltated to speak
veraci0usly Of the movements in Nicaragua, as his
Satanic ExCellency would be to represent the true
religion of the Saviour. His late correspondence is
but reproduction Of the fabulous perils which have
surrounded Walker for months, and which the first
ray Of reliable intelligence has invariably dissipated
The prolific Imagination and pen Of the redOubtabls
correspondent has hemmed in, surrounded and sur
rendered the American army innumerable times;
and not disconnected by the repeated revelation Of
his mendacIty, hke the dog, he returns to his vom
and like the SOW to her Wallowing in the mire"
The destiny Of Walker, maintain, is not thus
summarily to be sealed. He has enemies Unreenting
and merciless, but he has friends vigsnt and
untiring. Hearts as warm and valorOUs as
ever thrObbed in human hearts are pulsating
with eagerness to illustrate their devotion to his
cause, ndthe cause disqualification and the South,
by the generous sacrifice Oftheir blood. The recent
disaster the San Juan river, far from discoWag
ing their laudable ambition, acts only stimulus
to their exertiOns. 1t is not where the sun shines
and fortune prOspers that the friendly heart reveals
its wealth of sympathy and devotion, but most does it
exhibit its unselfshness when adversely claims the
tribute of its sincerity. Now is the time when the
friends of Nicaragua should rebuke the presump-
tons of Northern avarice, and the calumnies every
where of the malignant, by responding, with liberal
hands and willing hearts to the necessities of Wal
ker and his gallant solliers and insuring the naity
and pernanence Of his success.
E. J. c. KEWEN.
MEMPHIS, May 9Th, 1857.