Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-06-08
Rlv6s. Nav 4, 1858.


There is a wicked oabal, eonsp Tracy, or congress
Of foreign ministers now at work in this lovely city
Of orange groves to cheat the Americans out Of this
Transit Il might be called the Congress Of Cir
cumvention, for the whole object Of this exraordi-
nary conference, is to ciroumyent the Government
Of the United States BY appearing TO give them
treaty for opening the Transit, which shall never
theless and in fact, be treaty for keeping it closed
against the Yankees.
These are the parties 10 this remarkable confer
enee and after looking at the Ingredients, you viii
not ask my aid to pronounce upon the result Of the
mixture,
l. In order Of rank, We must name first, the rather
TALL somewhat stupid, and excessively malignant
mulatto President Of Nicaragua, Den Tomas Marti-
nez he never had but one full idea in his head,
which is, that Nicaragua is too good for the Yam
KEGS to live in, and Egland viii keep them out of it.
3 General Jerez has more sense and better skin,
but he is deoetful and dangerous as a scorpion.
He belongs to England, and Martinez is his cap
tive but fer any that wants TO know their price,
1 will state that the pair although they hate each
other and plotting against each others life, are
at this moment in the market together, for ten thou
sand dollars cash. The New York eommOdores prom
Use great deal more than that but Sl0,O00in hand
viii buy them now.
8. Monster Belly, the officially anonymous
French Minister ought, perhaps, to head the list,
for he is the great Of the conference. He is
round self-satisfed, and common place, fussy col
ieCtOr OF spiders peDDleS anu talkB Immensely
about the French Academy, and his brother SdUaHS.
He is no fool nor yet solomon; but he is con-
WINGED that the people, laws and institutions Of the
United States are one grand mistake, which it is
time to correct 1t is his business here to teach the
Central Americans how to dispose Of the Yankees NJ
Belly proposes TO put the Transit in the hands Of
French company, who viii make their money out Of
tolls on the Cafornians yet always be prepared to
cut their trade asunder by French fleets at an IL
stants warning.
4. Gen Nora the Minister of Costa RIGA, bat
acting under the instance Of his British masters, is here
to delay the American treaty and prevent the opeD-
ing of the Transit Mora looks aud acts more like
white man than Martinez and Jerez; but he hates
the people Of The United States, and talks about
" the drunkenness CO ardice and brutality Of the
Yankees" with surp .ng venom
8. San Salvador and Guatemala are represented
BY rather respectable specimen of native industry
and talent Col. Negrete aud some way or other,
we are coming the opinion that San Salvador and
Honduras will not draw too sWeety in the French
harness In the crowd Of attaches and followers
who make up the suite Of this medley Congress of
Powers" General Mora styles 1t, is an influential
man who was and is favorable to Gen. Walker and
! American alliance, and he droops red-hOt words
about the plans before this meeting
deputy from Leon came to Rivas from Mansgua
early in April and reported to the friends of the
Americans, that the only motive he submitting the
American treaty was TO gain time and have the use
of the American feet to drive out American rifles
! and revolvers in whatever hands This Jerez told
| the Alcalde and Padre -- "WOuld be useful
precedent for the navies of our European allies
and, he added they viii this valuable advant-
| age with vigor and promptitude." -
" But my General" said the good Padre, when
do you propose opening the Transit for that IS
bread to our poor people, and they are praying for
it." Seven or eight persons were sitting in the sGa
at the time and this answer Of the real President Of
/ Nicaragua did not fail to the ground: Suppose,
my friends those dogs Of Americad do not lOpen It al
ALL and that true friends in Europe do 1t for US
and employ nothing but menof color from the West
Indies on the boats and oiices-will not that be
better?"
This was ten or twelve days before the Frenehmau
| came ION TO Rivas. When he did come, with the
representatives of Costa Rica, San Salvador, SC,
in his train and the President with the two chef
members of the Cabinet, left the Capital to meet
| them here, there was lnO more to disguise The
American Minister was thrown off san fqcoE, and all
the native officials said that France and England
would assist them TO protect the Isthmus from tht
/ arrogant devourers Of Texas and California.
Paulding ard Davis have produced more contempt
for the American flag, andiOne more mischief tC
the American name, than Lockridge and his drunken
associates. As for Walker, be is the Ceur de Leon
with which these brown skinned SaraCens brighten
their children bat the intelligent and patriotic
whites of the country ready to CO operate with
! him. Let him come with thousand men, and be
will find the Liberals ready to declare Ter him, MOI
only in Nicaragua, but in Honduras and San Sal
| vador
If there hal been a division Of the Union, as the
papers here said there was to be, France would have
proposed strong treaty with the Southern division
and advocated the closest relations with Mexico and
Central America This is what Belly himself said
over his wine, 20 cur friend --, for said he, the
interests Of France and the Southern States per
fectly reciprocal while they almost entirely an
tagonistic to the northeastern pretensiOns to manu-
featuring and commercial interests,