The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-01-07
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cnn Wake, hs, Addressed . iesterto the rsssi-
s.,,, .nn.aln,no a ,aeciuct and lucid stAtemeutof
h.s course, and protesting asasnet the wrong 70.
.e,.d anon him and bis olaeess, both by the acts
.aa f,l.Iaes,ons gas lie asssftsI Of the pasafef-
cora Of the e,overumsnt The production IL from
the pen Of a prsctieed writer. and Is eouched In
oour,eos, and manly terms- II Gen. Walker DO
tba author. he has proved hif1sef = powerful
champion with the pen,af not the sword Meme
sf his NUMEROUS advocates among the essiiIans
have defended their client, with sueh skili aud
sesusn nee ID their c.isnt has Displayed In his
behalf.
ten. Walker proceeds IN the frst place to deny
aneqrIsoealy that be has ever been engagad at
any time or in any measure, with any unlawful
expedition against Nicaragua. In regard to the
iatma,lon 10 the Presidents message that Walk.
ers rst departure from san Francisco was Illegal,
be repeats what he had said In previous letter,
that he left California with the sanction and approx
al Of Federal officers of theport OF San Francisco,
and that the captain Of the reEenue cutter set bis
sailors To bend the saiIs which carried him from
California 10 Ccntral America He also reminds
| the President that the United States Government
recognized and legalizsd the immediate results OF
the emigration from California, 10 the reception OF
.adre Vigil as minister from the Republic Of Mica
ragna. Referring to his former Illegal expulsion
| iron Nicaragua by an o6lcer Of the e. r. Navy, he
recalls the fset that the moment he touched HIS
native soil be protested against the iiegality and
injustice Of the act aud declared his Intention to
return TO the land whence he bad been wrongfully
| brought. he thus proceedst
! After a long effort and much patient endurance.
we at length sailed iroe Mobile Tor san Juan de
Nioafagua on ths lsth dsS Of November last. The
| la fh-h 70 salad YpuuiAFty cleared by
/ the Collector Of the Port and special Inspector
Tss sont aboard 10 examine the cargo aud passen-
sengers. Our rchte. too. as hiusraguans we're &C
tnowledged for the Collector refusal to clear the
| Fashion with Capt Payssoux commanding. on the
ground that he was CITIZEN OF the United states.
With a regular register and clearance we sup
pased whom oBoe on the high seas we we're beyond
she possible interference of any Omitted States au
| shortly; for even if were admitted bellgerents
| against power with which the United States YVES
| at peace. the owners of the neural vessel had a
! clear right to carry wsrlike persons se well az
contrabrand of war. subject only to the risk OF
capture by the eneny's cruisers Wa did not for
| a moment imagine that naval officers would uu-
dertake tn place restraints on American commerce
! I'm the absence of Federal law aud of Co0gresBion-
| al authority. The Difference, too, We know your
EYcelleHcy has for the Constitution OF the United
States p+eeiuded the superstition that any orders
| had been issued 20 detan or capture au American
| vessel whose papers showed sbs wss engaged Ia a
| Law fui voyage.
voyage did not hesitate to enter the port of San
Juan do Nicaragua, although we knew q L. s.
sloop of war wss present in the harbor. But we
bad scarcely landed hefDre subjected TO a
ssrseq Of illegal and Insulting acts of the comman-
| der OF the saratoga These acts have been detailed
! in twJ letters addressed by me to Commodore
paulding. and now on file, presume, III the Navy
| Depa-tnssnt.
| While We were being embarrassed by the action
of the Saratoga We had not been idle Col. Ander
sou, who had served his native country throughout
the Mexican war. at the head OF fifty men bad
assembled the river aud gained possession Of the
stronghold, which IN the last e+ptury had dehe'i
the genius of the prosilest naval naEoe In British
annals. Not only this. bat be had regalned pos
ses-ion Of valnshlo American property. unlawfuily
held by Cos'a kcau soldiers. aud had given the
order to restore it TO the agent claiming II for the
owners. Permit mo TO ask whether it Is such acts
az these which auIhcrZe your naval officers to APP
| ply to us tho viless epthets Of the languages
Scarcely, however. had the possession of Castillo
NieEo opened to the way to Lake Near aqua and
10 The rraiGi0g Of ail we had lost by Capt. Davis
interference, than most grievons wrong Vas
| again Indicted on as by Commodore Paulding. On
tho 9Th ST December the latter officer summoned
| me 10 surrender 30 him aud the NichraRuan fai;
| was second time hauled down hicaragua soil
! by the orders OF the Cnited states Navy.
! Con. Walkec adds that much az le felt the
| wrong, O. he considers II, somnitted by COmmc-
dore Pauldlng. hs felt sti uers heeHly the decla-
! ton Of that officer, that Walker was dishonoring
| tho United States. He winds up with an express
sion Of hs determlDe,i To proceed In bin Central
| American enterprise, aud to avenge the wrongs Of