The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-06-03
General Hcnninssen's speech IN Monday
Night-Anglo-Ss Saxon Pluck.

General dcnnlugsen mas spoken Oi UcncTa
Walker as one brave man speaks Of another In
deed, the need Of courage and tenacity Of pur-
pose arc awarded TO nearly all who have taken
part in the recent struggle in Nicaragua; for If
there is any one quality that pre-eminently marks
the small ibuster band that for two years has held
four Of the Central American republics ct bay, it
is what is termed in honest Saxon-pluck. Walk
or has shown it everywhere; Henningsen has ex-
hibited il throughout his career and eminently so
at Granada; Hornsby, Natzmer, Waters, Jacques,
Farnum, Cole, Caycee, West, Ellis, and host Of
Others. had no lack Of it in hundred fights;
Scott, Lockridge, Wheat and their companions
displayed II under the most arduous circum-
stances on the San Juan river; Commodore Fays-
soux gave the highest evidences Of il in the COM
mand of his little schooner, a. he had
already done on previous occasions; Van
derbilt Garrison, Morgan, Law, Ran
dolph and fifty others have shown it in
backing bold enterprises with capital; and Spen-
cor and others, who claim no lineage with the
Costa Ricaus, have demonstrated that had they
not carried their pluck TO the opposing ranks the
San Juan river never would have been rctakcn,
and the present triumph would have remained
unachicved-
| Although the late Nicaragusn movement has
1 failed, its deeds have made deep impress upon
the descendants of, the Latin family in America
and have sowed the seeds Of greater and more
successful achievements in time 10 come While
! thc mongrI republics south of US are becoming
every day more divided within themselves, the
spirit u revelation and intestine strife Is daily
| growing stronger among them. New dissensions
will bring new invitations 10 throw American
pluck into the scale of their contentious and the
future ilibusler, avoiding the errors Of the past
will yc, carry n stable organization and peace
10 Mexico and Central America Had the ele-
meuts which have been expended in mutual op
position. in the Nicaraglan war been united In
action, nothing could have prevented the estab
! lishmcnt of firm and well organized empire ia
Central America before now. But for want o,
one cool, sagacious and powerful mind 10 unite
and lead the movement, Il became divided. and
b ~ for time destroyed ITSELF
Walker has shown that, Notwithstanding his
undoubtcd courage and strength of will, be wa,
not the man. for be was lacking in judgment and
IN appreciation Of the sympathes, aims and i'm
pulses that throng The bosoms of men He
divided the Glibuster interest in this country by
ausrrelIing with Vanderbilt He destroyed biz
native support by quarrclng with the President
and government which he had created. III,
aliepated the popular heart in Nicaragua by in
malicious and ill-timed DEGREES He failed I,
consolidate his own partisans by unwisc selec
lions of men for prominent position, and by for
rcttine that in rewading aud eievatipg meri
under him, he in fact elevated himself And
above ell, he failed to inspire his followers will
that unity Of purpose and determination which
can only exist in an army where the men knoV
thai their immediate leaders, whom they kno'
and in whom they have confidence, have part
! cipatcd in the councils
We have no doubt that other movements, lik
the one recently attempted in Nicaragua, Wi
spring from the impression made by Walker upo
the whole of Spanish America. The couddenc
] in American courage and endurance that he an
bis followers have created among those republics