Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-09-30

POSITION OF OUR GOVERNMENT TOWARD THE CENTRAL
AMERICAS STATES.
WASHINGTON. Sept. - l


WASHINGTON, Sept. %, 1857.
The demand of the Minister'S of Costa Rica and
Guatemala for the active interposton of this gov
eminent prevent Walkers return TO Nicaragua has
given offence to several members of the Cabinet
from the somewhat Incorporate manner in which
IL has been preferred. On two or three occasions
when the actions aud motives OF our government
were almost of openly assaied, General Cass re-
piled verbally that the States invading Nicaragua
had In fact made the United States by
Wantonly assaing the officers, depots, wharVes and
steamers Of an important American enterprise and
highway, and in making them especial obiets of
destruction. The Secretary remarked that before
Costa Rica could possibly claim TO be in amity with
our people, Il would be necessary to make some
atOnement for
LIST. The lives Of fourteen of our citizens muir.
dered IN cold blood, in their place of business at
Virgin Bay, while in pursuit Of their legal occu-
patons.
I'd. For the forcible detention, plunder and i'm
prisonment OF some twenty more citizens, in the
isWldl and peaceful employ of the American Tran.
cit Company.
Sd. The seizure, detention aud destruction of
the Transit steamers, and the consequent stoppage
Of an international highway up to the present
time.
9Th. Costa Rioa TO answer with Guatemala for
the murder Of unarmed and non eombatapt Ameri-
cans, ministers OF she Gospel, women and children,
at Granada, and other points, and for the cruel tor
ture OF our Innocent citizens 10 chains and prisons
not recognized by usAges Of war amoug civilized
natons, but In the qualification Of lawess barbar
n.y. by these acts, says the Secretary Of State in
ME semi-orneial conversation with these Minister'S
costa hes and her allies have placed themselves 10
an attitude Of war with the United States and
should preface this loud call for protection by some
eort at reparatOn for the past aud security or the
future. From this IL would appear that COST RI.s
is not State 10 amty With the United States ana
has no claim to special care, until sh,, ba,d.
over the Transit steamers and makes other renara-
tion; but. nevertheless the United States officials
have instructions not 60 permit the neutrality laws
60 be violated and have had such instructions for
two months past / am also assured that General
Walker has written 10 the President 70 the fleet
that he Intends 10 return 20 Nicaragua TO resume
bis otcial duties there some time beiOF Christmas;
shat he does not conceive public notification 10
shis EN- CT necessary, as no one could doubt his e-
gal right to return, with his personal staff aud
guard, a. be Is De rs the only actual President OF
the republic, although, unfortunately the country
had been Invaded and was In the temporary militia.
~ occupation OF she allied enemies of Nicaragua I
aud the United States. further understand that 1
'here are members of the Cabinet who support this
view OF affairs aa taken by General Walker The /
promptness OF President Buchanan IN early trans. /
hitting Instructions TO government oficiala 10
observe our neutrality laws with the Central Amer
lean States came with surprising effect upon the
Central American Ministers, Who we're loud ia their
demands for public proclamation or for some iu-
mediate open action b. this government against the
hlhbnstrrng general and bis imagined thousands Of
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