Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1857-02-07
Nicaraguan Affairs.

aqua, which give SO gloomy a icture {
> the prospects Of Walker and his gaII"n
band Of struggling patriots, come througI
channels rendered tortuous by prejudice
and characteristic bornbast, they hay
nevertheless created a deep feeling 9
anxiety among the friends Of the glor'
Gus cause thus involved for the present
in doubt and uncertainty. Apart tron
the many and lasting benefits which tht
Americaniza,ion, or, in other words
eiuiIizat,on Of Central America, viii, a,
= natural consequence, confer upon thai
lovely portion Q. the western void, the
wide spreading prestige Of American
arms is at stake-tte heretofore inv.n
chile valor of our countryrnen is poised
upon the question OF Gen. Walker >
success or .iuaI defeat. So far AS the
expression Of our WI opinion goes, we
do not believe that lie vii! be defeated :;
at least, that the allies will never be able
to drive him from the country But in
view Of the acknowledged strai. to which
he has been put, it bahooyes every true
citizen Of the South to give his outspo
ken sympathy, and such aid rs may be
in his pc wer 10 those who are Drawing
dangers in every form, in sustaining what
at no distant day, will be recognized
by the people of Louisiana. aud of every
Slave State, as Southern Rights,
The sympath'es of despotie Europe
are all enlisted upon the side of those
who are fighting against American pru>
cipIes and American progress, and the
gold Of even our own country is being
poured into the Golfers Of the allies that
it may purchase the life blood Of our
Abolition England and abolt-
New York stand side BY side ID feed
ing the exhausted treasures Of the petty
who surround with their barba-
Ran hosts, the small but determined
army which stands as the representative
If American fmness and heroism, and
'eslstless American perseverance in the
Of freedom. II is difficult to i'm
'glne the existence Of an American hear,
hat does not tLFob with anxiety in the
contemplation of this struggle, /. is
raught With results IN the plainly out
med future almost beyond tie grasp
I the mind-wilh results in which the
eople Of tie South have 9 deep and
interes..
Il affords US pleasure 10 note tin. the
'emhers Of the Legislature, turning !
SIDE ior the moment from their poIi:iea.
''fe'ences, have unltedIy given their At. :
'ntion to the subject, and have initiated I
movement which has for its object the c
tension of sympathy, and succor to
10 Niearagusn cause. An informal =.
eeting OF members of both Houses took '
ace IN the Hal! Of the House of Rep =
sentatives on Wednesday evening. and :
series OF resolutions institutiug an Ell
l'ry into the practicabi.ity Of some &C. :
on the subject, we're reported. :
though nothing, which. It i~taafI.
az Of much importance, vas done,
was an earnestness NANTES. !
4 b! the leaders OF the movement.
Itch encourages us to hope that the
will not prove in vain. As the
setlng was of rather a private cbar.c. D
:, and merely preliminary, we DO not
i at liberty to make $ full report OF it. -,
t suffice 1t, to say that various reso- =,
were offered, and a Joint cons :,
ttee consisting Of members of eacl, (,
inch ofthe Legislature, was appointed :,
report, or suggest some plan Of &C. 4,
at q future meeting. We sincerely u
that at least, tic General Assembly,
formally express the sympathy Of
with the struggling, and war.
n American patriots in Nicaragua. i:
re IS much, even ia words Of en- ~
ragement. -
Co
HE PUBLIC LAND OFFICE SysTEa- ,
trenuous effort is now being made in :"
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