The Democratic pioneer. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1845-1853, 1849-11-02

Nicaragua government to build a store
also belongs to Mosquito: that her Males
TVS government is bound to protect the
King Of Mosquito in the exercise of the
territorial rights which he possesses over
Grey Town, and over the lower part ol
the st. Johns river, and that the govern
nent of Nicaragua has entered into all
agreement in regard to places where it has
no competence"
John Bull seldom does things by halves
and there is no halfway work here. The
nnouncemoncement of what belongs to
the "King of Mosquito is made with a
coolness equalled only by the audacity.-
His sable Majesty never loomed up larger,
while the government of Nicaragua is sci
aside as very little thing.
| Nov here is question for the Taylor
cabinet worthy of the gravest action. II
is not d question Of petty etiquette, but Of
q grand monopoly; not a question Of to-
bacco damage or ship detention, but of a
great national pathway; not mere tempo
rory or local affair, but one of lasting i'm
port, and involving the honor of the Amer
lean name. President Monroe, with the
voice of the nation with him, declared that
this continent was closed to further Eure-
pean colonization. Here is not only colo
nization, but colonization in its worst form.
Nothing like the pretension set up by
Great Britain has ever existed in this coun-
try, although things akin to it may have
been done in India, or other spots where
the British lion has put his ciaacs, Really
this claim looks more like farce than a
reality. The Mosquitians are just so many
wild savages, permitted by regular gov
erdments to live on an almost uninhabita-
bic coast, because nobody else would live
there. These gentry have their rivals
chiefs and kings, who at various times have
set up ridiculous claims to half the lands
of these regular States. Great Britain,
informed of this by their subjects at Belize
were their is British colony, steps in and
becomes the wild Kings friend, sends ships
of war to his coast, forms treaties with him,
and gets grants out Of him. Then, when
the regular government, Nicaragua, has
made an agreemeet, which, if carried out,
will be of immense advantage to the whole
civilized world, and accomplish project
which for halfa century it has in vain tried
to accomplish, then Great Britain steps in
to clog it with contemplate title of mon
opoly from sans culoae king. Was ever
anything more absurd? Such sort ofbus-
mess may do in India, or in Australia, but
it ought not to be tolerated for a moment
in North America. Such diplomacy as
this the United States cannot submit to.
Under these circumstances, what have
the administration done? We are now in
The dark about it. A week ago its presses
were lauding it for its prompt rcmonstrance
against Great Britain; but now the official
report is ahat no correspondence has taken
place on this subject. If SO: it is to be re-
sretted. We trust that such will not con-
inue to be the case long, should Great
Britain continue her pretensions. In the
after case she should be told decidedly
hat it cannot be submitted to, and that the
ooner she backs straight out of them the
,cttcr. The country will sustain this ad-
or any administration in stead
ly resisting further British encroachmcnt
m this North American cotinent. Great
Britain can spread in India. or in the South
cas-, or in Africa, without let or hindrance
o far as this country in concerned. But
is the manifest destiny of the North A
nerican continent to enjoy the blessings of
American institutions; and this generation
vould be false to itself and false to poster
ty if allowed the monarchies of the Old
World to advance another step on its
hores.
Word to Young Men.