The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-01-20

servant, ANTONIO |. DE IRISARRl
Secretary of State of the U s., &c, Washington.
Mr. Kisarri to M. Cass
[Transla,ionl
WASHINGTON November 10, 1857.
The undersigned, minister plenipotentiary of the re-
pubics of Guatemala and of Salvador has the honor OF
imparting to the Hon Secretary of State OF the United
States that he has seem the public papers printed in
these States letter addressed to his excellency and said
to be written by the Sonora and Nicaragua adventurer
William Walker, who has unduy arrogated the namo OF
President of Nicaragua by which he has been
ognised in the States of Central America, in any of the
Spanish American republics in this government of the
United States in any other government OF the world
and who could have been President of that repub
lie because the Nicaragran constitution excludes any
not native of Central America from the exercise Of the
executive power of that State
Under the assumption that the letter alluded to has
tuay been addressed by said Walker the honorable
Secretary of State of the United States it is the duty of
undersigned contradict the assertions by which the
writer has endeavored to msead this government and
to continue deceving the people of the United States
Truly astonishing is the mpudcnce with which this adj
venturer expelled Nicaragua her and those
of all the Central Americans attempts to constitute him
self the champion of Nicaragua The whose
in that country exclusive of assassination of
the defenders of that countrythe burner OF WHOLE VII
lagos the spoer of national property the tramper
all rights the punderer of churches the leader of the for
eign stpendaries which he gathered under his ban
neraOne could nave alleged MS rlgnt OF CitlzcnSllp In
Nicaragua, and thereby held ounces oil men else on
earth.
This same man. without bitter insult on the common
sense of mankind could not have contrived alb
surd pretext under which carry into effect the expe
ton which he has levied to treacherously
usurped authority than this claim, that his expedition
is not hostile to the country, but peaceful cooni
zing enterprise He himself has, time and again, and
with characteristic mpudence published that his pro
jected expedition looks to recuperation of wer
in that country whilst in the very letter attributed to
him, and addressed to the honorable Secretary Of tho
United States he claims for himself the title Of .Lafl
Erecaape Pouer Of Nicaragua
This is ample to prove that the expedition, composed
of spurious coonsts is in reality, of soldiers moving
with the design of supporting this dream begoten egt
mate executive power of the country. But whatever
may be the character of this coonzer and Of those colo
nss under patent they cannot foot the ter
ritory which they about to invade be there
ceived, real pirates because in Nicaragua and in
Costa Rica well the other republics of Spanish
America, Walker is held in other light than that of
traitor to the party which he went to in Nicaragua
of usurper of the sovereignty of that country of
booshedde whose object to destroy the defenders
of their country whilst his satellites nothing else
than accomplces of his crimes proof of this
nit to the Secretary Of State the decree Of the 3st of Au
gust last officially communicated to me by the minister
of foreign relations of Nicaragua, by which it will be
clearly that the expedition which Walker intends to
lead into that country under the appeaton of colonists
will be received expedition of pirates in view of
which, communication through the isthmus has been
dered to be foreclosed.
Neither in Nicaragua nor in any republic of Central
America is any colony desired formed by Walker by
any other adventurer, who like him, has dreamed Of
mastery its lands to divide them among his foreign
followers Experience amply teaches there, well
here that the thousands of individuals shipped colo
nss 'or Nicaragua from New York and New Orleans du
ring the Of the last two went there with the
exclusive aim Of wagng against the natives OF the
land under the command of an intrusive usurper And
it, with miserable cunning they battle the laws of the
United States which forbid the citizens of those States to
disturb the peace of friendly nations they will certainly
not deceive now they have been able to deceive
the Central Americans and they must not complain of
the that may befa them, however hard it may ap
pear to them. Natural law imposes the Central
Americans the duty of making example of the ncorr
gible violaton of the laws of all the nations.
Walker was he be, President Of
Nicaragua or citizen of that republic from the time
that he was declared to be traitor to it any
that may be led by him, any else in his name
fail be received and treated in any other than
that due to bandits and pirates by chdtre they may
be known, from whatever quarter they may come.
This fact which grows out of authentic documents
from the true erace ousr, natonol and not foreign of
Nicaragua and to this should the citizens of the United
States rvet their attention. that they not venture
to follow the private banner of the adventurer of Sonora
and of Nicaragua.
1t of worldwide notoety that Walker was not elect
ed President of Nicaragua by foreign sodiery,
which backed him in the usupaton of the supreme pow
which could not be vested and wonderful repeat 1t,
is the impudence of the man who pretends to vndcate
MS right that which bears other character than that
of the worst imaginable outrage
The undersigned, minister plenpocntiary of Guate
naa and of Salvador and in his appointed capacity by
the government Nicaragua represent her in the Uni
ted States but protest against the contemplated
expedition of colonization and peace to Nicaragua under
the leadership of Walker declaring that it cannot be
received in that republic hostile expedition 1t
shall be treated by the three StatesCuatemala SALIVA
DOR and Nicaragua of real pirates This the
dersgned has deemed it his duty to bring the knowl
edge of the government of the United States
The undersigned improves this opportunity to tender
to the honorable Secretary of State renewed Of
his very high consideration.
A. J. DE YRiSARRI