The Democratic pioneer. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1845-1853, 1849-11-02
From the Boston Post
GREAT BRITAIN AND THE MOS
y QUITIAN TERRITORY.

4 QUITIAN TERRITORY.
Great Britain has put in claim Of nc
small moment, both as to the politics and
to the commerce of this country, and one
which the people will insist on being re-
sisted This relates to the Mosquitiar
kingdom, SO called; the claim set up by
Great Britain to the exclusive navigation
of the River San Juan, which it alleges is
from parsonage known as the Mosqutian
king, This bids fair to besomething more
than a question ofetiquette.
The Mosquito shores lies on the coast Of
Honduras in the State of Nicaragua, call
cd such from the vast number Of mosqui-
toes that infest it, This shore is inhabited
serroamed over bya race ofwild Indians,
nAked savages in the lowest = tate Of civili-
zation, consisting Of butSa few hundred in
number. Within few years they have
set up the most ridiculous claim, amount
ing tono smalt part Of the States Of Costa
Rica, Nicaragua; including the corn islands
These claims the. regular government have
ridiculod. Lately they have preferred
them through what Is called their King, -
The British. through their agents, offered
to protect this Mosquitoking. They began
their work Of mediation" in 1871; and
from that time to this they have been hard
tilt in making him legitimate. They toted
"a half-naked savage to their colony at Bel
ize, went through the ceremony of crown
ing, and he came out veritable king
A king must have kingdom; and one has
been unceremoniously carved out for him
along the Mosquito shore. 1t has been
stretched SO as to take in the river of San
Juan; aud this puppet ofa king is made to
claim thisriver If anybody has geogra-
ply that describes the boundaries of this
Mosquito kingdom, or any history that gives
the pedigree of this Mosquito king, we
should like to see either IF these claims
be all enforced by his British protector,
his breechless savage majaesty will lord it
over some, $4,000 square miles.
But the fact is, this king and kingdom
have been hatched up by Great Britain to
serve very important purpose. The ri
yer San Juan, commenced on the southern
part Of the Mosquito shore, forms the out
letcfthe great Nicaragua lake, and is nav
igable during the rains to the whole extent,
at all times for crafts of three or four feet
ofwather, and for vessels drawing ten or
twelve feet of water some thirty-fve leagues
from the sea. The lake is navigablc for
ships of the heaviest burden, while there is
only space Of about sixteen miles from it
to this guilt of Popayago, in the Pacific. 1T
is by this route that project for uniting
the Atlantic and Pacific oceans by canal
has long been mooted. 1t is said to be the
most feasible route, and to present fewer
difficulties that of any route in Central A
meriea, or than the isthmus of Panama.
This will account for the strong affection
manifested by Great Britain for his Mos
qutian Majasity The exclusive posses
sion Of this great commercial pathway
would be no small acquitted.
Now thsstate of Nicaragua, which new
er allowed the absurd pretension of the
Mosquito savages of their king, or even the
existence oftheir kingdom, has lately gram
ted to an enterprising company the privil-
ege of opening communication between
the Atlantic and Pacific by the San Juan
route. We will not stop here to discuss
the immense advantages such work, well
done, would yield, not only to our own
trade, but to commence Of the world. This
company do not intend to build canal for
the ships of one nation only, but to make
for all nation-for all meriners
and merchants who will pay for using it.
Under these circumstances, it would be
natural to suppose that all civilized nations
would give snch an enterprise hearty
God-speed. Not SO, however, is it with
Great Britain. Induced its Mosquito pup
pet of king to make grant to il Of the ,
exclusive navigation Of the San Juan, and :
inder the cover of such title, it refuses to /
allow the American company to so on with P
is enterprise. The State of Nicaragua has =
demonstrated against this absurdity. not ;
only with Great Britain, but it sent, in !,
November, ls4s, an agent for this pur-
pose to this country. 1t alleges that it \
never recognised the Mosquito king, or paid Q
any attention to his acts or his acquisitions.
This British remonstrance was first pre-
erred officially to this country by Mr.. Bar.
lay, the British consul at New York. In