Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1849-08-30
Form the Phi adcpAia Ldeger
THE MOSQUITO KINGDOM.

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notification thorou ghly characteristic of
English politics. The New York and
New Orleans Steam Navga ton Com
pany" have made contract with the
State of Nicaragua, 10 establish com
munication between the Atlantic and |
Pacific, which contract is founded, in |
part, upon the exclusive right of that
State 10 navigate the river ST. John.
and which binds the company 10 build
a public store at st. John, al or near
the mouth of this river. The British
Consul officially informs the company
that the British Government is bound
to protect the rights Of the King of
Mosquito; that the boundary line OF
Mosquito touches this river thirty miles
below Lake Nicaragua, and that the
Jurisdiction of Mosquito covers the ri
yer from this point to its mouth, and
also the port of st. John, called Grey
Town by the English; and that the
State of Nicaragua has thus made
grants in territory where it has no ju
risdiciion.
Truly this is compendious, explicit.
and quite English If the Federal
Government do not meet it in style
quite American, every American ci,i-
zen will have occasion to blush. The
British Government are bound 10 pro.
tect the territorial rights of the King
of Mosquito. Bound by what? By a
treaty, conceived and prosecuted in the
full spiri, Of English fraud and rapaci-
~, by which the King of Mosquito
separates from the State Of Nicaragua
and the Republic of Central America,
and places himself under British pro.
lection! The British inducement to
this treaty, which the Mosqueto King,
a youthful savage of IS, signed after
being made drunk for the purpose, is,
the cession of his territory to the Bri.
iisii "oNoi uiDcul' LUIS tHo ID illeu,
through their usual machinery of fraud,
gain footing upon the Gulf coast Of
Nicaragua, for the purpose of ultimate.
ly stretching it TO the Pacific coast,
and monopolizing the best line of com,
munication between the Gulf and the
Pacfic Aheml
We shall soon know the course which
our government will pursue in this af-
fair OF course the New York and
New Orleans Steam Navigation Com
pany, thus officially notified, will lose no
no time in notifying the President of
the United States. The company, have
right, under international law, to con.
tract with foreign State, and restrain.
ed from il by no law of the United
States, took for granted that the foreign
State of Nicaragua was competent un.
der the broad cover of international
law, to contract with foreign subjects.
And the company contracted with the
State accordingly. Now the British
nation steps between them, and claims
The territory covered by the contract.
This al once will raise the question by
what right does Britain claim jurisdic.
ton over any portion Of Nicaragua!
We take for granted that our govern.
ment will promptly take two grounds;
the first, that no Eoropean nation must
be permitted to establish jurisdiction
over any portion Of the North Ameri,
can Continent; the ground which Pres
ident Monroe took and maintained be.
1--WE en- the Spanish American States
and the "Holy Alliance and which
President Tyler prehensibly abandon.
ed on the Northeastern Boundary"
and President Polk still more repre-.
hensibIy abandoned in Northern Ore
gon. The second is that, the Mosquito
King, and Indian Chief in the State of
Nicaragua, had no power 10 treat with
foreign government to the injury Of
that State or of the Federal Republic
of Central America. A third ground
might well be taken; which is that, even
if this Mosquito King had power to
contract independently with a foreign
State, yet the alleged contract being
fraudulent. in being obtained from a
boy made drunk by the other party for
the very purpose Of being swndled,
cannot be urged against The legitimate
rights of Nicaragua and the United
States.
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