Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1857-04-11

wish well 10 The walker war in Nicaragua ana
the midsummoy of 1856 therefore, finds Messr-
Soule and Goicoura in full intelligence with the
! Fllibuster--the oljcct of ALL of course being t.
extend the blessings Of American laws and pro
gressive popular institutions over those unhappy
regions.
! In August, 1856, GOicouria was appointed by
Walker, who had elected himself president in June
as his minister to England. A letter from Walk.
or to Gocouria then in New York. fully explains
the general intention of the Central American
movement. 1t is dated in CANADA on the 18th
August, 1886. Walker tells his agent that he can
proytate English favor 10y showing the English
government that the Nicnrnguan movement does
/ not mean annexatiOn-'You eau make them see
that the only way to cut the expanding and ex.
passive democracy of the North is by powerful
i and compact Southern federation based on militia
ry principles" lie reminds him that the arrange
ment of the Mosquito question "is necessary to
! the work we have on hand after our Central Amer
lean affairs settled" The prospect elates
General Walker. "Te,l-he must send me
] the news, and let me know whether Cuba must
and shall be free'-but not for the Yankees Oh
no that the country is not fit for those barbar.
Gus Yankees. What would such psalm-singing
set do in fhe island ?" The tone o., this letter.
with collateral circumstances, probably induced
GOicouria, who was native Cuban, tn consider
whether cat spaws were altogether extinct. lie
delayed Walker was inpatient and heard sus-
! nlclOuS stWleS-WrOte MN II curt Ietter eiHnt
days alter the one from which We have quoted; was
asked for satisfaction by Gocour.o and that gentle
man was deprived Of his mission the27th Uf Sep
tomher Therenpon Guicnurai. withdrew entire
| ly from his completely with Walker, and was re-
placed by Mr. llenningsen who had been sol
der in Hungary aud Spain. and had married in
this country southern widow with possessions
I IIeuningsen is the only man of the Walker crew
who has shown any military ability. He was sent
by the "Gcncral" to burn Granada and, being
surrounded by the enemy, he fought with skill and
spirit.
l During the month of September, 1856. it wa:
well known that Mr.. Soue had been in Nicara
qua, and it WAS announced that he had purchas
ed large estates in that country. This was very
credible (; for by two decrees-One Of the 22d
April and the other of the 10th July, lS5G-thC
property of 1.-THE enemies of the country" hat
been con6Scated by Walker and it was estimated
f that five millions of dollars worth of valuable
property would be sold within three or four years
in consequence of these DEGREES. This meant
+ simply that Walker had elected the propertyOwn
ers and seized their land. We are not ap
prsed of the truth of the story that Mr.
Soule really bought lands; but his name, as
friend Of the slave system. WAS well known, an,
the mere rumor that he had invested in Nicaragua
would inspire confidence in many minds that tn
waste places of Central America would, unde
Walker. be taugh5 to blossom as the rose with tn
a system e sraci0usiy uesiSheu toieau AFRICA 10 I'll
Lord. The intent and spirit Of the rnmor wer
> cofifrrlel an the 2yd Of September, 1856 by d
cree anA3libg all the acts Of the Congress OF I'll
r.s.ieh Nscaragua was cahstiiusI
p,rt untii sl.e withdrew irf Arrij 1893. and viii.
acts, when she Withdrew she confirmed as sti
: authoritave. The reason given by Walker tt
; annulling the laws, was the safe one that the
we're unsuited to the present condition of tn
country.
Now the simple history of this important ma
) ter: The Central American states became inde
pendeny in 1921. In 1923 the federal consttuen
assembly met, and in April. 1924, abolished sla
very and declared the slave trade piracy. lu Is
49, the confederation was dissolved-each state bt
came again independent and soveregn-but eac
! recognized all the federal laws which were not ii
compatible with their own state constitutions
Those old laws had, therefore, precisely the sam
authority rs the new ones. But the old laws wer
never "codiied," and, consequently, there wa
great difficulty in knowing in detail what the
? were. Mr.. +. George Squier, General Taylcr
: minister tJ Nicaragua, who has written boo
about the country which contains great deal
= information, and who went up an1 down tho Ian
: with his heart hankering and his mouth waterir
: for IT, and clearly in a constant drOli panic lie
Il En- gland should eat it mp before America bit IL
e Mr. Squirer writes to the London Times that &c
J. erel Walker has only washed his slate" AZ
/ that by ahrogating the federal decrees, he had n
-
c tue of positive laws. Now, whatever contuSit
= there may have been in knowing the old laws. O'
law was simple and supreme the one aboishii
= savery-and if Walker had meant really to he
u the cause of human liberty, he "Ould have exceE
l. ed that, or would Immediately have restored it.
lie did neither. Probably he thought-cer'aih
l. his partisans in the United States thought
l. that, as slavery had always existed in those stat
II bv the Spanish law the original status OF the sa
o recurred by the abrogation OF the law OF abu
- ton.
if This was doubtless, his intention. His deere
p was dated in Granada on the 22d Scpteml err 100
= On the 30th of October following. Mr. John
v Richmond, to pnt beyond all question what tt
r, views Of Walker were, writes from the same ur
1t NADIA to the Hon. Charles 5. Morehead' OF Ne
II tucky n very long letter. in which he descrD
n the charms Of the country, and the happy advel
NJ uf the GOOD General" Walker among the barba
"A ians of that region. In strain OF the purest pm
ne losophieal ,piracy, which would have edihed u
,e Sieur de Lussan, who did not trouble himself
to write letters when he tarlied lin Granada M
n Richmond states:
= 81 have said. and it is the opinion Lot on
'e of General Walker but OF those at the head oi
~ fairs here. both in the civil and military depar
'l ments that there is no power in Cers'al Amer
e that can unseat General Walker, or retard the o
r. ward progress Of this government to the perm
u neut estubishme of IL republican gOvernme
y upon the model OF the United States and we ha
e. an abiding faith that our brothers at the Mort
e. being of a common birthright with us-tho her
e. Are uf liberty and government-will not perm
'e the rude hand of European tyranny and power
ne blot out the light Of liberty that comes to redee
n this land and the people from the horrors of c
~ war aud the worse than savage barharianism a
~ role thar wholly torbids the idea ot the esabs
H. ment Of any permanent good government. IL
We auires neither prophecy nor diyination 10 iores
tha MT good