The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-10-25
CITY OF WASHINGTON.
TAs Eiesragaa au..s,on.

the nsinuaons to be found in the editorial Of the minor
organ in this city, and in the paragraphs furnished by
whg writers TO sundy wig papers throughout the
Inon seeking to excite suspicion that the late admin
isra,on were disposed to abandon the Monroe platform,
and neglected maintain that celebrated decla
ration with reference 10 the British eRcroachments upon
Nicaragua We have in vain demanded the production
Of the proofs The documents not forthcoming And
vby Simply because il is wiser and safer for the friends
Of the administration Islander their predecessors by IN
ausndoes and hints and loose statements and assertions
through their minor organ in this city, and other like
presses elsewhere than to encounter refuiaon and dis
eom6ure by more open course The people cannot fail
to understand this, and those who think they will coun.
nance such conduct do great injustice to their estimate
Of fair dealing and honesty The cabinet seems 10 have
fallen on the plan OF using the minor organ OF the admin
istraion-a sheet OF little or no binding authority--to
poison the public mind with nnuendoes and nsndatons
aimed at the last administration, while Mr. Clayton
does not dare to commit himself to any positive state
ment through the columns Of the Nsiond Inteihgenc
paper whose official information is received auhori
tative by the public. Anything the Republic may say
DO be repudated hereafter without exciting special
comments but The is different with the National H.
hligencr. Any deception practsed on the people
through the columns Of that journal would have to be
accounted for strictly and hence the chief organ SILENT
while the minor organ is filled with unfounded state
ments
The Republic Of some days since contains an editorial
repete with these nsnuaons against Mr. Polk and Mr.
Buchanan Of neglect to the Nicaragua and Mosquito
questions There is not syllable OF truth n these &C.
cusaons and we presume no man knows better than
Mr. Claytonl Mr.. Polk and Mr.. Buchanan had, and MANI
TESTED by their that they had the most lively interest
with respect to these questions Though. when the en-
croachments Of Great Britain upon the Mosquito coast
were made were involved in war with Mexico-anda
war; too, that despite the conduct OF Mr. Clayton and his
federal wing coaduors in Congress. prosecuted sue
cessuyet the late President and Secretary of State did
everything that they had the power to do and that they
could do rghtfuy. with reference to these very en-.
croachments by Great Britain, and to prevent them
The late President and Secretary Of State had no
power, without the assent of Congress, to employ
the military or naval forces Of the country in aid
Of the Nicaraguans against the Mosquito Indians, or
their British allies Until Mr.. Hse's arrangement was
made this government, its citizens had not been
granted by the State Of Nicaragua any right what
ever to the oceanic canal the old grants to sundry
citizens having expired. The importance Of this fact,
and particularly when it is considered that Mr. Hises
arrangement gave 10 this country with Nicaragua the
erupe privilege of that canal can be appreciated by
every intelligent man. In contest with Great Britain,
whether diplomatic or of arms this fact rendered the
position Of this government in maintaining the Monroe
declaration mpregnable TO the whole world The minor
organ perceiving this ventures the insinuaon that Mr.
ise acted without instructions from Mr. Buchanan and
proof Of this refers to an anonymous letter from Mica
ngua, published in August last, believe, in the New
York Herald, and copied from il into columns, which
audes to report" that Mr. Hise had not reeefued his
dispatches since May, 1913.
This is really ridiculous. And yet il sufices the |
minor organ as the foundation Of its nsnuaton. that Mr.
Buchanan as remss in his instructions to Mr. Hise
as seems by the Iaieiiigenesr, Mr. Clayton has been
with respect to Mr. Squier. There is not shade OF
shadow OF foundation for these imputatons against
lae administration and repeat, Mr.. Clayton knows il
we'll We challenge the publication Of the records Of his
apartment this subject We have access to them.
the Republic TO have. and one Of the letter
writer's Of the New York Tribune boasts of having, or
We woud furnish The testimony that woud at once es
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3d. loo, the minor organ would fn have Its readers be-
sys that the State Of Nicaragua sent an authorized
agent" or minister TO President Polk TO demonstrate
agans, the Entertainments OF Captain Walker the British
superintendent There is not word OF truth in this.
ether Let this agent be nanedlet the time be stated
lei his correspondence and complaint II any, be publish
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