The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-09-17
LETTER PRON GEN. WILLIAM WALKER.

| introduce slavery IN aicaraaua-ssl aas
OF Slavery C0ntrastsd with the Evils or
| Emancipation crsstIss between sew sra-
NADIA and Costa Hica, and England and
Honduras Considered - O.Ilas- Clarendon
o"vshsio"-PoeticsL Figure for the South,
Sc, &c &c.
NEW ORLEANS, ~ 2, 1857.
HR- In the convoraon We lately aad at AUGUSTA sou
cerDDg the re Introduction OF slavery Central Amer
o. va sgreed thss much Of the opposition my course in
MICA sgua was dae 70 the act anRurs the deurees NJ the
Federal Constituent Assembly. may bs matter or in
ereet to you, well others me to explain the
motives which lead 70 that msa.ure and In this coonec
ton will not be Irrelevant and cersiny not unio,
pcrap 10 the people Of there States for ue to sdvsrs 4,
certain combinations or ihs Spanish Aneriosn ropubos
with view Of limiting the increase Of negro slavery In
| this continent
bas been Incorrectly asserted that and nv comrades
esraied 70 Nicaragua for the express purpose or esab
lishipg negro slavery in is territory For myself oau
only SAY that had no such intention Although horn
and educated amidst Southern inf fences Itr6st hst
not sufficiently intsne 70 ATTEMPT the propas slave
~ independent OF ito adaptation climate soil pro
ductons The experience OF Lo1ke, 10 the forgs Ion o.
his Carolina ocn tutcn, s srfcent 10 deter any man or
drariy modest from The attempt 10 FRA NO Ia ws and iu-
tuons for country he never seeu and facts pas-e-
own time might satisfy any one or the evils "hgne,
law" political philosophers would entail on soris,y n ali
their theories were reduced to practice Certainly am
not 10 partial to such modes OF legislation tempted
to follow them myself.
No-she decree establishing slavery In Nicaragua
WIS The result Of observation, OF priori speou
iai'n II Was only after . residence OF nrscep
n onths In the stste; after ateaavcI, obsers ing
mo sell, the climate and ths products or tns
country; after bsrrowly watching the cnvactsr OF ,s
Inhabitants, together with their social political orgso
xshon, that TO revoke tho cf Federal
Constituent Anemblv wheyeby slavery was abolished A
review OF me his ory OF tropical iususr ~ veil
~ cortipertslvi an satisfied, unsni,e,t the -Id
OF the messuie no severely criticised In the Northern s.,es
Negro slavery this continent had ws orieip a YOU
are aware, IN spirit Of bene and phi .ntoropy
In the spnals OF humanity there are rsw brighter name.
tban these OF Father Las Cssas the originator
tom; and rfapv fee wiser nave ever n Qust
in Europe than the Spsnsh sovereign ~bo pat In or .oe
the suggestions Of the boy ssh'r. Il 10 true thsa Lord
Bropeoam has aey tharanterzed the o,ea.ure OF Las
C1as "a union OF the nost isy lighted interest v,h
tn short sighted benevoence bat when d,d his
ordsnp forate bis Benthsmisn principles ceaya TO
akpoxedge that in political sfsrs ,be post .nHgateped
Interest Il the pures and most genuine be evoeoce che
admission OF tie noble lord 1t the ecouo
| cal Argument for the abolition Of alavey In tro,csI
smerica, and reduces 10 pure question OF philAn
| throry.
was not until towards the CLOSE OF tue last % ,.urr
that people began doubt the wisdom and or
the policy nsusursted by Iav Cssss Then the ds.s o,
Buxton, and GARRISON and wbeTf force became fasnors
be In Amer CO well as IN Europe these ideas
were confined TO q. portion Of the English public; bal
caught up a. they by = religious party which oon-
voled 70 great extent Parliamentary thew soon
became powerful In the British IegsiA,uve fhe fashion
'prcsd to Eance, and the fee hntng legislators OF thar
cornry were a. eager 70 adopt the theories NJ Wubsy
oros - 70 follow the example OF The Pupsos o. IN. nng
Parliament The horrors OF Hsyuan history for he s,t
,S,y I'VE yean attest how dangerous TO transplant
ponuoa senumen~um nom EnRsnd into France; and the
COZ iVn VI jamaica 10 comparison with that Of Cuba,
proves how h,,e good British 'oonsu have derived from
The events which have followed the Abolition or ,.ve,v
In tropical America sirikpgv nlusras the 0Act thA, 90
ave 70 be sought fer nductvey nos through the sen
meus or emotions Tue pharissi al philanthropy oS Ere
tsr Hall has MADE Hay and oil SpAnisn America the
d dire and slmoN entfss ci al var In fat oouvering
Jsmsca into wilderness Further than tbis making
the whols western coast Of Ahcs slave shp.
nsieniocasce mo slavery or negro % sss sso- ss.
ass-poductve - pecessaviy 10 Of oapni ,aIism md
efforts suppress shvo trade; and tue voss Of ,hs
mu7gler have been ADDED 10 those properly beapsisg
he saver by torong him 70 oSiy on bis trade with The
A oom parion Of the negro In AS,A With VIA, he u IN
the Uo'ed States evtn in Cuba and B-sz, shows tho
ooncop of tropical America, wnere slavery dose
st indicates ia peossssy for be deveosement Of Ihe
natural veshh OF that portion OF tue world
And Of all the oounuies OF tropical America Nicaragua
has osi reed for ihoroVgn rcosanzanon OF labor me
revolutions OF nearly forty have male slers Of
arge majo of the popua Ion. and bat for the exoeed
ms fertility Of The soil would l,pg sinoe have converted
into desert me reintroductoo cf negro slavery oous
The white esiabsh itself permanently In Central
America, and the ooprciousne~s OF this fsos which
nh America Cor Ac purpo.s e s.cudss slavery fo-sysr
from The rrriorss nov oecaped ny hc fh@ bcndcnoy
Of this combination H. or COURSE 70 condno slavery
American continent within ia present limits; and n ap
70 OF some importance that the evidrposs OF
combirauss should be placed befSe tho people Of the
Nor are written and palpabe evidences OF this oombna
ton lacking You may nnd the In toe Ocnives OF Costa
Rca 81 san Jose, and In those NJ New Grss u Bog ~
hQrna npr IA nf
The spanhh ameicsn combustion, but also Of arush
mpiciy with ~ amoos iee sobives of weshisg,on and
ssied 90 Ic attention on e par OF the syushern pso
pie; n ey feel the lmpcvsaaoe Of them long srer
they have lost ihe rover 70 control ne oonsequeace Of
TO The (. a. In The mouth Of may 1865 . treaty -
entered .io between e sA. Of Nee s,snsd. and COSTA
settlement Of boundary question long pending bet veen
the tso republics; and the treaty sssed afser
Costa Rca for the pur Of nghnns the Americans
Hic1sgua Bot In ihh treaty ,ne Strange asd Singular
' ,SS slavery shsn ssvsr Il 30 s,rosossS ' INTO me
ierrisories Of eiber. No intimate relations e1ia
between aose republic. for, although ., ss'mt
tween The cultivated dsvioss Of the t-o coussy,ss.
And yet hcse i~o scverssslss yield ssch posers over
ysld snber 70 sssr ais sr % the FEDERAL sovsrn nest
must have been powerful inauenoe which secured
earics Nor ef 70 son,ccurs ma purcs Of ,hs s
nuenoe
Nos many veehs aftsr The treaty bstvesu COSTA Rca and
New Granada signed 0yeaa Britain entered int,
treaty BY .hoh the Bay Islands given up y Hsndu
rA With The proviso that slavery should be forever
oluded rsm them And ths treaty signed BY The Hondu
res Commissionsr and shs Briuss sscrssAyy O. aAae
af,eyvarss embodied In ~hai known he Dallas fna-
repdcn treaty receives the signature Of The American
binssey n Loudon approved ~ an American Sec-eeasy
Of aae, Amevcan Presto ens sends FOR ranncs
ucn 10 the American Sepase One almost eapsef 70 be
Beve that the United Haie ineifs ~ung he
pwy 70 treaty vsich b insult - vel iBjayy
| 70 the whole southevn people
And othev ansh American asee have shevn tbcir do
sure 70 Join h this league Not only the proposiuon
for g neral combination of w. eco republics dscu - In
the hiias ooegren but Chiian oom missioner
70 San jose for The purpose OF ncroistpg treaty vh
COSTA Hoa- ChiliAp brig OF var, NO. haviag
o. mmssionsd and warrant ofBccs furnished by
England and Trsace, 70 The coaN of Osot' Amevca
vhh OF aiding In lhe comD,nas don seAnss The Ame
| fcAns Of Nicaragua
Nor h Mereo indi6svent IN the matter. Hsr border
vrovics furnish place o refuge for he vays OF
the souhsrn and Southwestern sasss and the Mexi
can Constitution st adopted has, am told osuse by