Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1860-08-31
MISCELLANEOUS.
Letter from Hon. Albert Pike.

In publishing the very aole iet1ef, WHICH
will be found in the Enquirer" of this date,
the New Orleans Courier gives utterance to
the following truthful remarks:
We publish in to days Courier" with un-
d~isulsel satisfaction Il manly, honest and pa
trOitic letter from the pen Of Capt Albert
Pike, of Arkansas. The accession oil SUCH a
gifted and chiyalrous Southerner to the ranks
OF the Constitutional Democratic party, led on
By the hitherto invinciblc Breckenridge, will
prove a source of heartfelt qualification to thou.
sands in this city and Stale. None enjoys a
greater reputation and popularity in the South
than the ''poet lawyer Of Arkansas, ana w
safely predict that his example will he widely
initiated BY those over whom his opinions
have always welded 9 powerful influence
This letter was written to the Chairman OF the
Breckinridgc Committee in Pine Bluff, in re-
nlr to IN invitation to address n ratification
meeting at that place. We sincerely regret
that DIR already oycrcrowdcd columns compel
US to publish only the concluding portions, as
We conceive it to be one of The most lorclble,
dispsssionate and aygumentativc papers writ
ten, during this campaign, upon the engrossing
political topics Of the day. That it will eXer-
else a controlling influence, despite all fusion
combinations, upon the Presidential canvass IN
Arkansas, no sane mar will deny. The Doug
lasites and BellereritcS will find before election
day that ';Jordan is 4 pretty hard road TO
travel"
TEE CAPTURE or misunderstanding to
a statement in the New Orleans "Delta," Gen.
Walker, in capturing the town Of TruXlllo,
took prisoners the collector Of the port and a
lieutenant, but afterwards released them. He
also took lG cannon, among them one e+-pound-
er and u brass l2.pounler, which commands
the pass, l25 stand Of arms, l,SOD pounds OF
powder, and n large quantity Of munitions. in.
Guiding clothing, provisions, etc. Gen. Wakes,
it is added, feels confident OF being able to hold
Truxillo for the next four months against any
force that can be brought against him.
The following is \ copy OF the proclamation
issued by Walker after the capture Of the
town.
To the People OF Honduras: More than five
Years ago |, with others, was invited to the
Republic of Nicaragua, and promised certain
rights and privileges on the condition Of GER
tain services rendered the State. Weperform-
ed the services required Of lis; but the existing
authorities of Honduras joined Il combination
and drove US from Contra: America.
In the course Of eVcntS the people OF the Bay
Islsnds find themselves in nearly the same po.
sition the Apericans held in Nicaragua, No
vember, 1865. The same policy which led
Guardiola to make war upon US will induce him
to drive the people of the islands from Hondu-
ras. A knowledge Of this fact has led certain
residents of the islands 10 call on the adopted
citizens OF Nicaragua for aid i'll The mainte-
nance Of their rights of person and property.
But no sooner had few adopted citizens Of
Nicaragua answered this call OF the residents
Of the Islands by repairing to Ruatan, than
the acting authorities Of Honduras, alarmed
for their safety, put obstacles in the way in
carrying out the treaty Of the 2Sth Of Novem-
Der, 1853. Guardiolu delays 10 receive the Is
lands, because Of the presence OF Il few men he
has injured; and thus. for party purposes not
only iropards the territorial! Interests Of Hon
6uras, but thwar,s for the moment Il cardinal OBJ
ject OF Central American policy.
The people Of the Bay Islands can he engratl-
ed on your Republic only by wise concessions
properly made. The existing authorities of
Honduras have by their past acts given proof
that they would not make the requisite con-
cessions. The sane policy which Guartliola
pursued towards the naturaiized NicarGguans
prevents him from pursuing the only course
by which Honduras can expect to hold the
islands. 1t becomes, therefore, u common OF
ject with the natrralized ~Nicaraguars, and
with the people Of the Bay Islands, to place in
the Government OF Honduras those who will
yield the rights lawfully required in the two
States. Thus the Nicaraguans will secure a
return to their adopted country, and the Bay
Islands will obtain full guarantees from the
sovereignty under which they arc to be placed
by the treaty Of the 2Sth November, 1859. 10
obtain, however, the object at which VIC aim,
we do not make war against the people Of Hon
duras, but only against n government which
stands 10 the way Of the interests not only of
Honduras, but Of all Central America. The
people OF Honduras may, therefore, rely on all
the protection they may require for their rights,
both Of person and property.
WM. WALKER.
'rHux,LLu, August Z, lSG0: