The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1859-02-23

w hOt give tAunc W ulAt aitowcu
ance, and the sentiments OF county with which !
charged toward those States 10 overcome the Just ndg
nation and wrath Of that OCCASION.
One Of the men thus ordered by Mr. President Mora TO
sefdeportaton employed i'd sympathy for his sitia-
ton, and on account OF special qualities which recon
rended him for road assistant, TO go with from
Costa Rica TO Nicaragua He only thus enabled 10
comply with the barbarous decree Arriving at San Juan
del Sur there occurred what might Justly have exaspe
rated 20 the point Of defiance and quitting that port
In the vessel that took to It. Iarriyed there with
symptoms of the sthmian fever, and at landing had
mile to walk through deep sand under burning sue, TO
get to tho village and find physician. There en-
ployed young American TO look out for any baggage
and bring IT, An hour after he returned TO tell me
that II could not pass the customs guard without in
specton There right in those persons TO inspect
my baggage but did not stand for that and
gave the young uian Tie keys He went aud again re-
turned with further notice that must be present in per-
went, aud opened the packages, and allowed them
to be examined at discretion There not any infer
nal machine found, and supposed the ceremony was
ended and prepared to leave and the baggage to follow
Then told that citizens Of my country eh Dc u pas
de va were not allowed 10 have their effects conveyed
from the beach except by the armed guard Of the GUS
toms asked him II he knew Of what country was.
His reply, 'Yes, very we'll you american and
have orders that only by the guard shall be permitted
conveyance beyond the beach of at brought by Aner'
cans " and with that he placed line of some fifteen
men, with fixed bayonets, 10 the space from the
guard house to the waters EDGE to intercept me and my
goods How that line of bayonets opened Is not ne
cessary TO this argument Suffice it that nothing
terrible than carpet sack used In the same YES
sci arrived some packages from the Department of
State in Washington to the United States consul
Each package bore distinctly upon it that it came Off
cally from the Department of State, and ncrmedatey
the address of the United States consul at Panama Mr.
Priest the consul at San Juan del Sur was an invalid,
confined to his bed yet it with difficulty and not
till day afterward that joint efforts could procure
the packages be delivered at his house. there to be
opened and searched by customs officer. The pack
ages turned out to be consular books and stationery and
consular agp probably the identical flag that the two
supreme chiefs" complain OF as ''audacously hoisted
at San Juan del Sur "where only the Ncaraguan flag
ought to float il 80, say that its appearance
brought conumey and abuse rather than safety to those
whose birthligh protection under it, These facts
are mentioned here to show under what provoking cir
cumstances the .'oiicia agent of the United States
nevetl eess kept scrupuousy to the discharge OF his mis-
sion of good will to compliance with cruel and
uniustiGabe decree and his deprivation Of faithful and
useful attendant.
| few hours after arriving at San Juan del Sur learn
cd that an order of like character with that above noted
If Costa Rca had been issued by thc aulhoities Oh ci
ragua fobiddng the country to all who had been Sin the
ranks of Walker This excluded the person above men
toned whom brought with me, and whom, from every
motive Of personal convenience, desired to retain in
ploy and whom could well have retained and protected
il my purpose had been any other than of magnanimiy
and Cancellation Notwithstanding as heard of
the existence the decree went TO the authorities and
told them Of the facts AT their desire took the per
son with into the interior far as Rvas to await the
return Of the coast steamer. There discharged him.
md furnished him with means TO depart the
try This extreme act OF courtesy and disposition not to
wound any susceptibility known to all the "Chefs of
| Nicaragua.
One more example to the point viii Suffice
though / could give many, and not few in which Mr.
! President Martinez, by himself and through Others
sought TO entmp into seeming purpose to avail of
my representative character TO shield persons capcousIy
announced DC obnoxious to the police of the country
The which shall ut present further cite is in
atiou to the arbitrary military order alluded to in my
letter by which all Americans in that military district
were summoned peremptoy to Rivas to make proffert
of their PERSONS and in the tendency of which found it
cxpcdient to display the national flag to show to my
oountrynen and countrywomen or the order included
both sexes where they could find fellow citizen and
roof and bread the first to make example Of
pliance with that ORDER riding after dark from San Jorge
to Rvas for the purpose the moment heard of the
stence of the order; and advised all who to
and believe every American in the district did to
me to like subordination to the existing authority
These facts all in the cognznce of Don Maxneo Jerez
The birbarity of that ORDER the savageness and bad
faith with which it executed and the aniHV Of it,
bitterness the American people and contempt OF their
POWER will belong 10 another branch of this exposition
| At present I will say that whilst the allegations Of
Messrs Mora and Martinez thus shown to be untrue
and whilst the contrary it is true that never bad
correspondence or communication whatsoever with in
who could have been intended in that phrase that it is
also true that now with full knowledge of the temper,
character conduct and views of the petty which
rules those communities. aud at the time distracts
and makes nuisances Of them do not discover why this
| Government should devote lis material energies and
strain it's constitutional and legal functions and trans
gross the laws of nations, to protectnot those coun
tries buttha petty olste against enterprises of the
American especially whilst American citizens peaceably
resident among them subjects OF every degree and
spccios Of outrage and in the pursuance of useful
vacations cut off in detail. The abuse is not 20
be cured by either homeopathic aopathic doses
of negotiation. Additional power in the Executive
arm and vigorous OF it, the lifting Of the
food gates that restrain the young and moving blood
of America, can alone keep this Republic on decent
footing with the rest of mankind The true option would
be TO seize the alternative by both horns. Magnanimy
and forbearance by great State towards feeble
munity is commendabe whilst it is only the State inn
bodied that is ANNOYED az strong man may forbcar to