New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-10-12
Masauifa A. "a.

TIE Ptttsbuvgk Mercury writes at length u to
Spouse To our brief notice Of Us Frat
on the Mosquito Qaesticn, taxing Tor srsn'e' 49,
we proposed 20 bribs somebody or otne'' oe'a1ss
we sad the Moseoi.o pretensions oi O'es' o'''A'"
,er5zd % ;r,.,o,e an rs necessity for 90 DONG
L., ., .,s,s o.ee for al, the views We tsss Of
the Mosqsiso difssalty, it dhSni'y ''e'' ~
prove % be. We bold, ihen'
l. That 60 ia IS + Orsign Powers are oobeS'. .
,,.,s 4. 40 socb Nation - lie Mosqui'oes' 0ai oi'y
+, ,,ibe # ss.sges residing within the seosfspni-
- ,,.;., ~ rba Central American state Of Nica-
an, Inst e, the ssminoies reside within the
s,,.s II Florida. However perfect and sosolo,e
,b,ir right % the lands held b. them, Foreign
pover. hsv. no night 70 interfere between item
and re stale Of Nicaragua, under Whose sover-
eighty, according 70 public law recognized and
.csed on b. Great Britain, 10y reside.
2. That me Mosquito ladlAns, even Il s5iola:s
y dependent Of Nicrssaa .ri Nssion. have
no Authority oTer tae San Jasn River, i's nsvisa-
ton ED improvement, their territory act ezteaa-
ing 10 that rver.
:. That the copper oolorsd tool Of oses' bntsi'
ia ibis business is nal Eng e the Mosquitoes o''
mere straw efhzy Of monarch, set up % os'-
tain British spectators 70 s1sserve thef o" "
ends The tribe does not know him a. = ny N''
RECOGNIZES Any King ct slL He is not 50 mooH
King Of MOSQUITO "a San J,nss or Bily h'"irs'
i, King OF FlOrda-not hslf 80 much.
4. That the Only power having any nSr''u' con
.,l ,b.,sys, o,er the River San Juan is the state
of Niosrseas. hen has granted 10 conpsH! o.
our citizens a charter with fall power 20 e"e''
nsvio.bls water communication between ms Az
sot,c and Pacific Oceans, which they are a'Oo' 70
4, NOBODY having color Of right to inIsr'efe WIN
them. 81,
s. That this Ship Canal vii be osneh. TO an
Ns,,ons, and especially 10 the most connefcia'
and manufacturing among them, Great bFitein'
which Will DO herself great harm and Incense
o,bsr nations If she lends herself 70 the speculs
,or. who are playing OF this King Mosquito farce
in order TO compel our Gan Juan company TO boy
the n of asd get rid Of The annoyance they have
-sach is the xto'e case. as we see 1t aud II
the Mercury stil thinks bestto base our sciion On
the cool assumption that our country " Is supreme
oyL,tey On fhfs Continent" we must regret us IN
"
our own coarse We wish 70 keep the contfovef'
sy m there is 10 be a controversy on grounds
which will insure us the sympa.hiss Of tho OWL
.zed world, which must be with US # We are con-
tending Tor liberty TO connect the two oceans bot
will surely be against If we struggle Tor our a.
logged right 10 act as supreme a'biter IN ali DIS
putes affecting this Continent. How much M
Monroe meant by bis proclamation OF our resist
anoe TO the future coloniz ration Of America 10y bu
ro2eans, We need not deternine, since nothing o
the sort is m sters to Gaze nor could II be IN
t,oluoed without peril and damage thereto. TOT
he did not mean TO claim for our courtry tae poet
ton OF supreme srbiter on this Continent "a t
US very evident
II The Mercury sees in our derision Of the Kins
MOSQUITO farce or our mode Of resisting the Oh
structions Indirectly interpossd by the British I
our IN sking Ship Canal through Nicaragua 40.
'indilerer co to British aggression or Royals
progasandisra on this Continent we regret on
inability to speak inieIligiby, but must go ca n
our OTr Wav.