Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1858-01-19
/ WASH EVICTION, Jan. 4, I3bI

| honor 10 pQdfesP you aletteri REARING u
| the n1aAler III which I emigra;ed from
4 Californid 10 Ni3aragna. Tie events which
followed Fls presence in Central .Ameri-
All, 4+anI thk unlu$t and illegat acts. BY
f,MhicA LH as. forfeit fer u .tinleto abandon
5nEY ado34$d eountfy.F 81 III IT.;
\ 7lh lla+ Gqsyee. | state ! facts which / de-
l.fy rry ene hiie4 to cbntroytrt and / 'theu
HOPED your Exec lIencyIwould take steps
l.for the pHhishraei,t ef the. grierpus Of.
fences asaERst night justice anil public
ElaN, committed by United Stays officers
Lila NE seizknre i6la Nicaraguai yesselin
pSrt. CbmmandeF, Davis
fms, howe4fr. gVne unteBaked, so far as
I'D am iuforbted, FIR his violation Of ilrer-
i2tttipHal law and Of the Constitutions d
tAe> CaftelEIStates !. and>it grieyes me 10
say lam a4hin d5lig4d to approach you
wifi a ganHlaint against another and yet
l,higherl ftidSrtofhhe United States: navy.
| 81 lnzapProHcIfipg you AS a2suppliant lior
! Justice, II Know hat it IS necessary for
ma ,to .srenR1Ye erfahfots impressions
I Which haveibeen made foQ your mind con-
Et,nlning{myE conduct II canirection with
[ Nicara taan 5affaits. Corrup and nlaiig-
t1eat personh hare surrounded your Elk,
! ctilehey and pouted into, your cars false
stories concerning events. in Central
America y / |EIf7 "s.I4 Is 5.H
/ Aud now To yhu, The President Of the
!. United Slabs, FL directly Charge, and
fstand ready Ito IrNove What | say that
! your oficer4 Of {he Navy not only by
Irresponsible Statements through the
press, bat+al4pin @ffieial communications,
have srepHesantea,if facts AMI falsifed
events: Fed1ing hndp believing as 4 Do.
that. yoR woFald liot willingly wrong any
individual, phi inatter how humble. ! am
satisfied thaNtheI summary Judgment you
I'pass on N.Y. conEluet III. your Annual
Messageto G9ngrEss. il tie resuleof in-
c5rrect inforniaiipn:' and I trustahd con
.,identl u eypeHt, that when. the ruth is
placed before kIou, yoarjudgment will .ac-
quit nae of the grave Eshafges brought
against nc. E.Il r r. ..'~ f.. 'T.t
permis me- ff y9n please, before Ipro
coed to caH ybhit attention to the conduct
sof CommedorpE Pauidihg, to, deny most
,ineqnivocaEIy. that lhave ever. been en-
Gagged At any timelpr 10 any manner with
any unlawful adxpeaition against Nicafa,
qua. III yy6af messass To Congress You
sseh 10 imply that nE first departure
from San Ffaheiseotwas Illegal, Tor you
say I.when i9TasEfFst rendered proba,
Die That an atteinpt would b. made to get
np.anotherr fudlAw fill expedition against
Nicaragua" Wish alf Difference beg.
leave y repeat what 4 said ii q previous
letter, and 70 n gain inform you, that !
left san Franfikco ID May, 1855. with
The sahrtion aid Approval Of the Federal
Officers .ofthe pdrt,, md thattlte Captain
!tt55f the revenueI Gutter suit his sailors3to
,bqnd,the sails which catfied us from Cal
5ifornia;to geptlal AmeHica, ALLOW me,
ALSO to suggeslthat the Movement Of the
United States !rAeognizad and legalized
the immediate rdsaIss ofEthe emigration
from California, fnti,e reception Of Padre
Vigil as Ministar from the Republic Of
.Nicaragua MOI only MAS the firstsexr
petition. AZ II Ibis been called, 10 Me
aiasua entirely l.wful III lis origin, but
all Its conseqheFfces were marked by
strict adherence to law and justice
Some have tpl,t YOU, / know, that ! am
= man .:withnut filth and without
money bukfTpm -th4 begining to the
end Of MY carearIin Nicaragua, / cnal-
lenge tFs world t9 produce / single Yio-..
LATHAM M nifhlic bfatthA sinirIn dayiation