[Guatemala]. Carrera, Rafael

El Presidente de la Republica de Guatemala, a los Pueblos del Estado de Honduras. Hondureños. Los Acontecimientos Que Se Estan Verificando en el Territorio de Ese Estado... [caption title and first line of text]

Guatemala: 1855. [3]pp., on a bifolium. Small folio. Leaves no longer integral. Heavy chipping and wear at edges, quarter-sized hole through upper center of both leaves, but only a small amount of text actually affected. Moderate tanning and soiling. Fair. Item #2763

A scarce 1855 broadside in which Guatemalan caudillo Rafael Carrera addresses Hondurans regarding the perceived malign intentions of their president, José Trinidad Cabañas. Honduras, with Cabañas at the helm, had been in conflict with Guatemala since 1853, and it was Cabañas' stated goal to reunite the states of the defunct Federal Republic of Central America (to which end he also invaded Nicaragua in 1854). In this address, Carrera states the need to invade Honduras in order to halt the aggressions of Cabañas, reiterates his desire for peace and friendship with "true" Hondurans, and promises his assistance in reestablishing a reasonable government in their country. It reads, in part:

"En esa contienda, las simpaticas del pueblo de Guatemala, vecino y hermano vuestro, no podian ser dudosas. El General Cabañas, no contento con haber estado, de mucho tiempo atras, fomentado y auxilando la guerra desastrosa de la montaña, en esta República, invadió á mano armada nuestro territorio, no teniendo comprometer la suerte de muchos hondureños, arrancados á sus pacífcas ocupaciones.... En estas circunstancias, habeis vuelto los ojos á Guatemala y requerido su amistosa cooperacion para ayudaros á establecer en Honduras un Gobierno regular, que consagre sus esfuerzos á la mejora interior de todos los ramos y al mantenimiento de las buenas relaciones con los Estados vecinos...."

A somewhat tattered copy, but not in OCLC.

Price: $450.00