Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-04-03
NiCARAGUA-NEW MOVE.

Latest advices from Nicaragua Indicate an entire
change Of programme in the performance, on the
part Of portion Of the dramsts persona, in the ori.
gual cast. deep diplomatic movement is about to
be m.ds. This partition of Poland is 10 be initiated
on tho American Continent. Ills ntnstsd and with
apparent authenticity. that Nicaragua, the scene OF
80 Inu:b strife, so many sanguinary struggles and
civil feuds, wsr.worn, distracted aud confused, is
about TO te Incorporated uto the adjacent States,
partitioned between them. aud relieved Of eubar.
rassnlents and troubles by being oberaied FROM the
msp Of nations.
Walkers fortunes are represented to be desperate.
And it is, of COURSE In anticipation of the utter ex
tinctlon Of his enterprise, either by the capture or
capitulation of him and he brave band Of adveutu-
rers, or their snnhilaou upon the ground they have
The Costa Rican authorities are evidently no novices
10 one Of the arts of war. Like Napoleon, they are
not unmindlul that human nature may be made TO
avail as we'll as bayonets and bullets. Instead Of
dealing death 10 every deserter from the ranks of
Walker publishing pronuncameutos, fall of h.e and
brmstoue, reeking with revenge, Lnd picturing pas.
sons aud torturer worthy the edc:s of demons from
PandemonIun with view 10 inspire the invaders
with awei Instead OF rendering them desperate in
their danger, and challenging them to sell their lives
at the highest price, Costa Rica insidiousy the
seeds Of discomfort among them, osr. inducements to
dsserlion, treats them kindly when they do desert,
gives them safe condder, and pays their passage
home. Under such circumstances, it 10 no matter of
Amusement that We hsve accounts Of reduction Of
Walker'sranks by desertion Exposed 10 hardships,
and dangers, with waning hope Of eventual victory,
in foreign land, with mere handful OF fellow
soldiers, and under national aag, that mau must
Indeed be hero, whose heart does not sometimes
sink under the priyetions and pors Of such si:ua.
ton.
The lion can be co1ed by confinement and dis.
eass and want of food. And it s no: unnatural, that
man, with bis high hopes aud aspraou. his activity
and energy, his associations aud sympahes, should
be impsired In resolution and 10 spirit, when he ia
broken in health disappointed in bus airn di'hear,.
ened in an enterprise in which he has enlisted With
the concentrated Zeal of h.. nature and with his hap.
piest hopes upon single bsot, when the sar Of bis
de,tiny" is under cloud and With little prospect Of
II, emerging again.
Walker himself has displayed an iron nerve; and
his fol 'wsrs for the mos. part have bold on with be-
roic resolution, and proved themselves worthy his
command. The progress Of the enterprise has been
anxiousy observed in the United States, aud its re-
suits anticipated with no ordinary interests. There
are those doubtless. who have hoped from the frat,
for bis failurs. But there others, and they arc
not a few, who have wished Walker God speed, ard
the Nicaraguan people redemption from oscord ard
revolutions, and the establishment in their stead, OF
firm aud healhlul republic.
An infusion Of such energy, intelligence and cour.
ego ia.o the character Of lhs Nlcaraguan natives,
have been exhibited by William Walker, through
the fundamentally of institutions 10 forn and in fact
akin 10 our own might have opened way in ad.
vance for the accomplishment Of that which "desti.
ny" decreed to transpire or later-the erec.
ton of mighty republic In Central America which
will cooperate with, If not be embraced in the Uni
Ted States, and on the side Of the South.
Negro slavery as /, exists In the Southern section
of this coufederacy, is Obliged by the bounden edics
Of industrial economy the laws regulating races, and
the genius Of self government, to be ultimately
tended ali that portion Of the American con,i-
neDt, r which it will prove profitable and Is in 40
cordance with The education Of the people and or.
xanizeton of society.
Intelligence of Walkers rever,es has again and
again come 10 U.s. and his overthrow has been pre-.
dcted not unfrequen:!y. But still he holds cut
ssains, superior nu,b.rs against the diseases Of the
climate, and deseron Of his troops. II is trus his
prospects appear darker cow than perhaps at any
previous period ou, with such men, until they art
captured or killed Is beyond the pale
Of possibility. IT, however, the day Of his dificu.
ties and dangers about be succeeded by the IRE
parable ruin Of his enterprise, and Nicaragua is to
be torn in pieces and parceed out between the
States combined against the invaders, there Is moth
ing let, for the present. but to hope that the other
Republics will administer The affairs Of the people Of
the American Poland more wisely and well than
their own sutscedent history would justify Us in
anticipating.