Lynchburg Daily Virginian

Ex Minister Wheeler Censuring the Administration.—The citizens of Murfreesboro', North Carolina, have tendered Hon. Jno. H. Wheeler, late United States Envoy to Nicaragua—distinguished for his efforts to obtain his runaway negroes in the Passmore Williamson case—a public dinner, as a token of their regard for the manner in which he represented the interests of our country when accredited abroad as its minister. Colonel Wheeler declines accepting the offer, and, in his letter to the committee, thus speaks of Nicaragua and of the intervention of our government in its affairs:

When American valor would have planted in this paradise of Mahomet our industry, arts and sciences, our government have cruelly "crushed out" the movement. Doubtless circumstances occurred in the republic of Nicaragua which philanthropy might regret, yet the seeds have been sown, and the fruit will ripen. It is not an American custom to spring the game and let others enjoy the spoils. The government, wisely or unwisely, as its action may have been taken, is not always a true reflection of the American people. My own knowledge of Central America assures me that intestine war will not cease in that country until true religion, republican liberty and science take the place of benighted bigotry, savage despotism and slothful stupidity. These intestine conflicts will again invite some Walker, whose efforts will not be neutralized either by the moral or physical interference of our government. Their own happiness, the cause of liberty, the development of religion, now wild and uncultivated, and their ultimate destiny, all point to this course.