Article du New-York weekly Herald
du 20 août 1856

Mr Soulé's visit to Nicaragua- What's in the wind?

Since the projects of the realization of the Ostend manifests under a Buchanan administration has been rendered slim by the enthusiasm with wich Tremont's candidacy has been received by the country the filibustering spirits who had looked for employment under that comprehensive programme had been led to seek another field for their labors. Nicaragua it seems is henceforth destined to be the point from whence all future operations against Cuba are to be initiated.

The Havana authorities judged .oisely when they regarded the establishement of the Walker governement as pregnant with danger to spanish interests. The warm reception given to Cuban exiles the high positions alloted to them in her service by Nicaragua, are evidences that Walker views are not bounded by the limits of the sea coast or confined to the narrow horizon of Central America. The departure of Mr Soulé for Nicaragua and his declared intention of remaining there sometime confirm the suspicions previously entertained that that country is about beeing made the focus of Cuban discontent and yankee filibusterism.

Although Walker has enough on his hands, for the present he can lend essential aid to the projects of the Ostends conspirators.

The critical position of affairs in Spain not withstanding the temporary triumph of the queen and her partisans as it is well known excited fresh hopes amongst the cuban filibusters and now that they have a "pied de terre " in Nicaragua we may look for the developement of some fresh schemes of piracy in accordance with the views of the celebrated state paper wich emanated from Ostend.

We pity poor General Concha with two such dangerous neighbors in close proximity to him as Soulé and Walker.

New-York weekly herald
August 20th 1856