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


81 enclose you list of property to be cold on
the lst OF January next (under the decree of CON
iscation), with an annexed valuation at very lOw
rates, which hope you will have published, as
think it will give to young Kentuckians, and. in.
decd, to all who wish to do SO, opportunity To-
procure estates inrinscally more valuable than
the best of tho Southern portion of the United
States"
And again:
81 must also mention, that gentlemen from
southern states, wishing to en.igrate to this coun
try with their slaves. arc invited to come and a
decree has been issued by Mis government giUiRg 10
all persons tic prirtiege To do So the object being tn
Hvi'e SLdge idbor, without which the resources OF
the country can never he fully and proHtably de-
veloped upon this subject you need not entertain
doubt. l am now acting as subsecretary Of state
and speak by authority.
Quite unable to repress his enthusiasm at the
prospect of the liberty that is to from the
1 invitation Of slave labor and immigration of gen
tlemen from the southern states with their slaves,
the subtreasurer of state indulges himself in con-
clusion, with natural reflection, to which Cap
tain Canot, in the barracoons of the African slave
coast reiec ting slaves blOated with gunpOwder,
might cor daily, and with the same propricty re-
! spOud:
Thank God it is not only the privilege, but the
minds to reform and elevate, instead Of mourning
and lnmenting,a and they come to elevate this land
aud people from their degeneracy aud fallen con.
ditiOn."
I The position of the supporters OF Walker in
this country showed clearly enough what they un-
derstood by the Nicaragunn war. Directly after
the publication of this decree, the New Orleans
Delta, the most logical and able of all the pro-
slavery journals, stated that it had ALWAYS held
the necessity of introducing slavery into Nicara-
qua if Walker wished tn consolidate and perpetu-
ate his government, and added
1--WE also alluded to significant assurances we
had received from authorized sources (thc reader
will remember that the Hon. Pierrie Soue lives
; in New Orlcans) that Walker designed soon
! he could prudently do 50, to publicly legaze sa-
very within his dOminions, and invite savehold-
: erS to immigrate thither with their slaves. We
knew, come weeks since, that decree to this eff
feet had been drawn up, and we now learn that it
has been promulgated. Mum.
bers of slave holders have already written to US
. to know if they could safely lake their slaves
into Nicaragua to cultivate sugar coffee, rice, in
digo, or chocolate plantations, as the might
il Ge. We have always assured our correspondents
that, though slaves we're not recognized by law i
r Nicaragua, we had no doubt they would be secur-
G ed to their owners during Walkers adminstra
g ti)n and that, ultimately, slavery would have an
e existence there of law as well as fact"
- The Deiis.si ~ adds that but one thing is want
ing to the millennium in Nicaragua and that is the
Il African slave trade. With that blessing, and
n Africnn slavery conducted humane prin-
" cpes" the country would be quite perfected into
C II little heaven below.
. But General" Walker, and Mr.. John L. Rich
mond, and the Delta forgot to state one fact to
our Southern friends. who propose emgra ing to
t. Nicaragua with slaves. The federal law abolish.
= ing slavery, is indeed, abrOgated by President
It Walker but the State Constitution Of Nicaragua
In1n nj tho lOfh nf Nnyen,bar 1929 which
s. still the supreme law Of the land, declares that
: ''ere,y is free, and neither sell himself
nor he Sod by Others" and all persons, who trahc
l. IN slaves, or who are pryy to such traffic, forfeit
= their citizen ship
e In the two last points, We have no hesitation in
e saying. thatthe constitution of Nicaragua is supe
Is ror that Of the United States, upon which, like
the constitutions of all the Central American ttaes
: il was modelled The fundamental law Of Nicar-
* aqua, ut this moment, prohibits slavery and YET,
u the citizens Of New York we've publicly summoned,
ID little while since, to express their profound SYM
~ pathy with stranger in that country, whose
ST duet had put him beyond the range Of any other
feeling, than that ho might suffer the extreme pen
II, atty u the law, and who, despite the law Of the
vi land and Of justice, had openly declared, through
Ot his sub secretary of ste that he desired pro-
IT. mote the imrn grafton of sayeOwners and slaves
1n into the country. This meeting, ludicrousl
ne worthy Of Walker in its character and results, wa:
~ taken in charge by severll hack politicians Of tn,
~ utmOcrntlc party, anu the American democracy
u were invited by Messrs Duff Green and Isaiai
- Rynders in speeches, and by Mr.. Thomas Franci
iy Meagher, in highly AJrid letter, full Of poo
- rhetoric about tyranny and oppression. to sen,
's instant aid to the discounted missionary who
We trying extend the of slavery, the meanes
IL of tyrannes and who with the express intention 0
proptiating En- land of which he democratic part,
% and Mr. Thomas Francis Mcaghcr are fond
G had instructed his agent there to show the Gov
L. ernment, that the only way to cut the expanding
40 and expansive democracy of the north is by Il
a, powerful and compact southern confederation
n based on military principles"
es The Tabernacle meeting the last snasm o
1t public interest in the present movement in Nicar
r. aqua. The steamer, which sailed at the end o
IL February, did not carry Il single recruit and the
le agents. with tender reverence of the Neutrality
TO laws which, considering their antecedens in The
r. Walker, war was truly ediiying, requested tht
United States district attorney to take particular
l., care that no improper passenger had smugSled him
= self ON board. BY the time article is published
-. General" Walker will hardly he found, in tn
-, impassioned and picturesque words Of Mr.. Sub
:" secretary of State Richmond, knocking at tn
~ doors Of Costa Rica Guatemala, and San Salvador
- demanding reparatiOn for the mi ures done to ti
20 State Of Nicaragua" but quite On the other hand
h those states will, probably, have thrust the Gen
!, eral' out of doors.
u, ~; Such is an outline Of the facts of the Walker
-, foray into Nicara! ua, which has so occupied th
", newspapers during the last year, and has suggest
Vii ed many reflections upon the destiny Oh I'M
"a country. The chief mischief OF the business Il
~ ~ the fearful suffering which Walkers imbecllit.
~ ~ has enailed upon his followers The desiltu.n n
starvation agonized deaths. by loathsone disease
Sc Sc and mortified wounds, are dreadful to consider
w There are no more p;eous tales, in the history
ne uny campuicnr, than those told by impartial pas
sengers across the country from California as tn
m ne result of their own observation.
~ ~. The motives of the movement were, undoubtedly
~ ~ many and complicated II is fair to presume
~ upon general knowledge Of the snirit of trad
aud commercial rivalry that the steamship con
to pany, acting through its immediate agents, pei
he suadod the liberals in Nicaragua 10 apply
ty, Walker. In that there can lie little dout
M that their agents had understanding with hiI
irs alter he landed IN the country ana ms SEIZURE
nd steamer TO transport his forces IRON virgin Ba