New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-12-19
9HE CENTRAL AMERIC IN CONSPIRACY
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" tho PfSse onu eho PuohO boH0'--S'
site eI<gerAtiOn Of numbers and colorso'n TO
sse an old word in q new plsee) Of events, which
has been adopted by the Central American Bac-
eAneers, and their friends, the Slavery extern
siooists. Walker ws reported to have 400 aud BY
another account 500 men with him, on the steamer
FSskion. This number was reduced, in the report
q tho Aspinwsll correspondents of the Nsw-York
press to 200; and subsequently, the captain Of tho
steamer Fashion acknowledges to only $50 men on
his vessel, from Mobile 10 San Jusn del Norte.
To be satisfied Of the corestns" Of Captain
Chughlins report you have only TO look over tue
freight list Of the steamer Fsshion. Inc outht Oh
tin cups, axes, plates, &C., 10 barely sufhciens
% LAST $50 men three months The quan-
tty Of provisions, beef groceries, &c., taken BY
such an expedition canDO. be msde n criterion, IS
the waste is enormous. Buccaoeers are notorious.
y more wasteful and decorative than even the
lowest class of common soldiers; and the officers
hing uniformly drunk from the time they set foot
rpon foreign soil until they drop into the grave,
their careessDess and extravaganza are excessive.
Ehe hist of officers on board the Fashion presents
one or two exceptions to the above rule. Walker
himself, the resuscitatOr of American buccaneer
eoterprise on the Spanish Main is not drunkard,
in fact has no taste for liquor. Fayssoux, the best
officer in the buccsneer service, is strictly temper
ate Most of the others ready at any time TO get
On q head Of steam" whenever good liquor or bad
can be had. see the names of some precious ras-
cals in the list; but hemp does net grow In those
countries As the number of the buccaneer force
increases drunkenness becomes more continual and
universal and the influence of the two or three tenn
perste men is BONE down by the mass
Henpinasen, the. Englshman himself, is said to
be very indulgent to the creature; and to q social
and imagr alive man like him, literary dreamer,
the temptations of camp life must be irresistible.
II the stigma is true, he will not conquer Central
America
The word "demerazed was first applied by
Napoleon to the temper of large bodies OF men,
organized for military purposes. 1t was an idea OF
his that genuine confidence in the goodness of the
cause for which they fought lay at the foundation OF
military courage and success, as distinguished from
the mere ceiling fury of desperadoes The South
eTn buccaneers are essentially demOrsllzed by the
abseDce Of patriotic or even credtable motives.
Their first step an evasion of the laws of their
native land, and virtual expatratiOn; by their owl
act they cease to have q country or government
Their second is to become the military slaves of an
ignorant and desperate adventurer, who values them
only o. animated rifles and bayonets, and Is himself
n citizen of no country, and deher OF ALL
Demoralized in the birth. the eggs OF the eagle
vvifed by the seed of the lizard, American buccan
eersm presents mOnstrous and revolving shape to
the eye Of humanity and it is only the direful ne
coesty of the SOuththe necessity Of extending the
dominion of flavery, and reOPening, at all hazards,
the original trade in saves-that enables her to tol-
crate them.
The presence and associations of Henningsen in
this city lend confirmation to the rumOr that he Is
soon 10 70 South to lead of the second expedition;
but whether from Mobile OF New-Orleans, madam
rumor is undecided; if were to conjecture, should
say from Mobile. The people who advertise
regular line" consisting of the steamer Fashion,
A., NIX nj have hQaU
Maid for their services. Ships cannot sail out of
port without money or credit, even in the buc
cancer service.
The friends Of Mr.. Charles Morgan, steamship
owner of your city, and of Mr.. T.. h. Garrison OF
San Francisco, CAL, and Stamford, Conn.,, associate
Of the latter gentleman, positively deny all connec-
sicn with the Nicaraguan buccaneers. Ihey assert
that Garrson's advertisement of a new steamship |
line By the way of the Nicaragua Transit to be |
opeped bv himself was based upon his confidence In
the resusctated lnteroeeanic Canal Charter, pro-
cured by Mr.. White from the Nicaraguan Munster,
and which subsequently, as learn, did receive 1he
approval Of the Nicaraguan Governments the war
nj that time pending between Nicaragua and Costa
kica.
Innozento Lacoya, who went out as bearer of dis
patches for Yrissarri, the Nicaraguan Minister was
formerly civil officer in Nicaragua under the Wal
ker-R ivas Government fact which lends some
color 10 the suspicion that there is secret under
inAnt party in Nicaragua. am not inclined to Gre
dit the assertion which has been made by some OF
our correspondents from this city that this secret
understanding extends to President Martinez him
self or even to Jertz, who was the political opp0-
nent of Martinez. The latter was ele,ted prlnci-
pally BY the influence of President Mora OF Costa
Rica; and it was supposed by Mora and his friends
that Martinez would stoutly defend the interests OF
Costa Rica in the negotiations for the Transit. ny
what arguments he induced to violate hn
pledges by reyivng the old defunct lnteroceanlc
Canal Contract in favor Of White, Stebbins, Morgan
and Garrison Of your city, is easily cOpjectured.
The public officers of Nicaragua are poor; Martinez
Ass suffered severely by the buccaneers; White,
Stebbins, Garrison, Morgan N Co. had only to 80
cure to Don What's. his-name Martinez reasonable
interest in the concern, and he signed. Tho grant
the Eicaragusn Legislature and by Costa kics, VINO
has an equitable lien upon the Transit.
The language Of President Buchanan, In his Nee
sage indicating the propnety of afording protection
30 the Transit against interruption from any source,
no doubt came from the inward conviction and good
sense Of the President a. an honest man and citl-
nsp. II remains TO be seen whether, as President
of the United States, he will have tins courage or
tho ability TO carry out the views Of James Bu-
chanan. have some fears that the position Of MIR.
Douslas may by driving the President into the arms
Of the South, compel him to sacrifice his honest
convictions, expressed in the Message, to political
necessity. Henningsen's movements will be nearly
a. good hest Of the real position and necessities OF
The President as his management of Kansas affairs.
III Hepnipgsen carries of body OF men, under pro-
tense Of emigration, aud these men subsequently
land in Nicaragua, and form junction or CO.
operate with Walker, il would be IDLE to deny that
tie extreme South dominates in the Cabinet
do not credit the assertion that the Nicaragua
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