The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1858-01-14
Il FROM GEN. WALKER TO TIE PRES.
IDENT

lDENT.
Walker has addressed n letter 10 tbe
cni, containing II succimct and lucid state.
"I ms course, and protesting against the
inflicted upon him and his officers, both
acts and falsi'ications (ns he usscrts) Of
val officers Of the Government. The pro
III Is from the pen OF u pruGticcd writer
conched IN courteous aud manly tcrnhs.-
u. Walker be the author, he Inns proved
If powerful champion with the pen, if
IL swo,d. None of his numerous advocates
the civilians have defended their client,
such skill aud cloqu"ncc, us their client l,as
aged in his own behalf.
III. Walker proceeds in In. first place to deny
uivocally that he linS ever been engaged,
time or III any measure, with any unlawful
ditlon against Nicaragua. III regard To tho
tatlon IN the Presidents message that Walk
first departure from San Francisco was illc-
he repeats what he had said in previous
r., that he left California with the sanction
approval of the Federal officers of the pprt
van Francisco, and that the captain of the
'nue cutter sent his sailors TO b. nd the sails
CHI carried him from California to Central
erica. lie also reminds the President that
United States Government recognized and
.Iizcd the immediate results of the emigration
II California, i'll the reception 0f Pcdrc Vigil
minister from the Republic Of Nicaragua.-
(crring to his former illegal expulsion from
;aragua by an officer of the l.. S Navy. he
alls the fact that the moment he touched his
tive soil he protested ngnn.t the il'crali,y and
rstice Of the act, and declared his Intention To
turn TO the land whence he had been wrong
brought. lie thus proceeds:
ter long effort, and much patient cndu.
We at length sailcI from Mobile for San
lie Nicaragua, on the lltli ,av Of Noycru-
,sf Tbo in, ,I, 4
rly cleared by the Collector Of the Port,
special Inspector was sent aboard TO cx-
the cargo and pisscugcrs. Our rights,
Nicaraguans were acknowledged, for the
tor refused to clear the Fashion with Capt.
ouX commanding OH the ground that lic
citizen Of the United States.
til IL regular register and clearance, we sup
when once OH the high seas We were be-
the possible interference Of any Uuitcd
authority, for even if VIC were admitted
;cranis Against n power with which the
I'll States was ut peace, the owners of the
al vessel had n clear right to carry warlikr
ms as well as contrthand of war; subject
TO the risk Of capture hv the encmy's crui.
We did not for moment imagine that
officers would undertake 10 place restraints
mercan commerce i'll the absence of Fcdc-
aw and OF Congressional authority. The
encc, too, we know your EXcr!lcncy has for
Constitution of the United States prccludcd
opposition that any orders had been issued
tain or capture an American vessel whose
RS showed she engaged in Lawful!
&c.
'tistied rs we were If the entire legality Of
voyage, we did not hesitate to en,r, the pur,
an Juan dc Nicaragua, although We knew a
). slonp Of war WAS present in the harhor-
We had scarcely landed before We were sub
ed to series of ILLEGAL aud insulting acts of
commander Of the Saratoga. These acts
been detailed in tw" letters addressed by
10 Nom''''oiorr innl"lng and Row On file,
snne' III The Navy Department.
While We were being embarrassed by the ac-