New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-12-16
THE CENTRAL AMERICAN CoN5PIRACY.


| it is cot true that Walker hurried of bi, small
force Ct I9O men from Mobile merely to get the
| st,t Of tie EngIishms1. Tue Committee of two
from esch one OF the Southern States after mature
deiberatOn at Newt Orleans, arrived at the conclu-
sion that HenniDgsen better qualified to bead
military expedition than Walker, whose blnnders at
| Leon, Gianada, St George ard Rivas fairy eX-
haUsed the enthusiasm even Of bis Southern adher
eLts.
The Committee of two from each siaveholdiDg
State organized by the industry of Col. Kewen,
meeting personally or by proxy at New-Orleans,
gave to the present expedition the charsc.er and
dignity Of political organization. The duties OF
each member of the Committee are TO gather up
recruits and subscriptions aud forwi them t. Mo
bile New OIlesns ana other points selected for the
embsrkatiOn of 6libusteIs 1t Is ash .rted by the
friends of The cause that not esq than 81 800,
600 has been subs .rbed in the South, ard that OF
tbs fund at least $500 900 has been realized. The
Committee claim to have enlisted three thousand
men, who are 70 be sent off in detlcbments. WAX
ers party of 10 was the advanced guard. 1t ia
supposed that Henningsen vii follow with about 500
The report that 400 were to sal with Walker
proved 10 be mere teegraphic exsges ration. In
ike manner we must divide by two the EXPECTED
] 600 who are to move upder Hennin9ssn. Ihe
p1ude nj EDgIshmsD at ono time positively refused
to move unless with force, in all, OF not less than
= 600 mem deemDg that number necessary 70 make
= forcible entrance by the way Of the San Juan
River. He may possibly be induced to attempt the
conquest Of Nicaragua and Costa Rca with bali
that number but it will be in the nope Of powerful
support irom dsafected party, supposed to exist
in Nicaragua, and who are stpresent the friends and
followers Of Jerez ard Martinez.
Several plans we're agitated before the Committee
in New. OrleaDs one was to send out large ioics
Of = 900 men, under the command OF HennlngseD,
who was to be commander iD-chef OF AL the hllibus-
tiers. Walker retaining only civil authority, with The
title of President. This WAS effort ~ get nd OF
Walker. whose prestige had been destroyed by bis
military blunders. This body was t. land III
Costa Rica, below San JUAN push their way inland
to San Jose the capital and thence dictate terms to
all the States of Central America. The possible H.
reference of the United States and Great Britain,
at both points of embarkaton and debarkstOn, was
deemed sufficient reason for abandoning this plan
A second proposition to send out two small
bodies of men, one under Walker and second uD-
der HenDDg.en to be followed by small detach,
ments of three or four hundred at intervals and
from different parts of the South. This would less
excite the attention of the United States authorities
and would give time for the collection OF funds,
which, it was feared would continue to come IN
slowly. Men were to be landed at different points
of the coast to unite on the San Jusn River One
bcdy of men was to move up the Sarapiqul klver
into the interior of Costa Rica, while another At
tempted Fort Castillo, leaving small garrison
the juucu of the SarapiqUi AMI San JuSv
Tie proposition that HenDingsen shor be COM
msnder. ,-chief was agreed t., but Waker was al.
lowed to retain the name and title OF President OF
Nicaragua, with civil control. Tbs was The maj
upde rstandng, arrived at 10 crafty the personal
friends of Walker who wished to retain for him the
merit and the benefit of originality.
Walker on the other hand has views OF his 0wn,
and is not the man to play scondary part. II he
cannot make he will break; and If the hlnoussers
effect an entrance into Nicaragua we may look Tor
GOOD time among the leaders. The Office OF CON-
msnder chief in military despo'm Is enecu'
aly the chietan of the whole civil ofhcer, Presl'
dent or pocemsn will be of small value in the camp
of Gen. Hennlngsen.
There are few illibersl psOpe here who have
lea, cor fidence in the sincerity Of Mr. Buchanans
denunciation of filIbusterism than they have in
Papal accommodation 1t has not proven, VI the
Instrumentation of troops and munitions OF war, ana
their landing and occupation of Nicaraguan terri
| tory; nor is any apprehension Expressed by the
friends of Walker and Henungsen OF Troublesome
interference on the part of the United States GC
! eminent They Claim 10 be protected by ah1d
| construction OF the Bulwer and Clayton treaty,
| which forbds the occupation or fortiyIpg OF any
pslt of Central America by England or the United
| States.
have taken the pains to read this famous treaty
line by lie 10 order if possible to find It's purpose
| and intent. If have rightly understood It's com,
plcatsd periods aud semicolOns, the Clayton ana
Bulyer treaty is Kind OF limited copartnersblp In
which England and the United States engage fof
mutual benefit to favor and protect all enterprises in
which The citizens Of either country may engage Tor
the purpose Of opening canals and other commercial
| HIGHWAYS across Central America and Mexico. In,
speci6c purpose of the treaty is the protection OF
the projected interoceauic canal which Is named In
the treaty as being the object Of negotiation. BNn
the high contracting powers agree mol ~ ilefpo's
sny military or civil obstruction t. the completion oil
that work snd that neither shall atemptto monopo-
Lzs IL They then extend this agreement 10 otner
anternrises Of the same character sOng the entire
line of Spanish American States, from Panama u
| NJ xco inclusive. The Clayton and Blwer treaty
provides that neither power shall occopy, fofsiY'
xc. any part of Central America for se purpose oil
obstiuciiDg monopohzing, POLITICAL! OF. Otherwise
| the class OF enterprises specified ID the treaty.
If nv view of the treaty is correct 1t implies as'
cor structye obligation on the part the CONTRACT
ing powers to protect, by their JOINT influence anu
| mower the great lines II interoce3nic conmunca-
lion AGAINST the aggression of other foreign powers
ar predatory bands of marsuders and hllbusters l
| have no doubt in my own mind that the true lnten'
and neaniDg oi tie treaty is Understood here oy MI
| Buchanan and his CabiIe Why, then, you VIII
ask IA not the Ncarsgaan Canal and Transit route
nrote,tsd against hIlibusters BY whose operations
4 has been in effect closed or made useless for two
years. to the great injury of the United STATES
The reason is plan. Walker and bis people are
not what many now suppose tbem-a band oil roo
| bers with out sim, policy or authority. Ihat may
have been tie fact at frat but they are now repre-
| sentatiyes and agents OF the extreme ffo-SiS'ery
action of the South, robbers, marauiers and muir
derers By commission, and therefore require {" De
tenderly handed by the Administration.
| No man In his right senses viii believe that the