The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-11-20

| CITY OF WASHINGTON.
TUESDAY MORNING. nov. 40, 1919.
....1..,oa OF srs I.lsad. In sAs e~lr Of Esnsss.,
10 the United States.
We copy the following important official document
rom the New York Herald. Tgre island. il is said is
uOposed to command the entrance to the contemplated
Nicaragua Oceanic canal the Pacific side Of the CONT
psnl
We wait anxiously to see il Mr. Clayton does not re-
Dadaie officially unofciay the course OF Mr. Squier,
having been without instructions, either in writing or
private conversations" and having been probably
induced "by The tone of The Wig newspapers in The Uni
I'D States before he it this country" Wedo not profess
know the character conditions Of the alleged ces
aOn by Honduras to the United States OF Mis island or
d, extent OF the "ineests we have acquired "in the
vssnn islands and coasts Of Honduras" by any treaty
oaduded by Mr. Squisr, nor do we know that he has
made any treaty with Honduras, though we are aware
Mr. Hise's treaty with that State secured us important
Advantages besides those secured to us by the treaty Mr.
ae made with the State Of Nicaragua and in fact that
both these treaties are so connected that they cannot well
separated Without the interests and rights acquired
k Mr. Kisses treaty to the outlet OF the Oceanic canal on
1.-The eastern or Atlantic side Of the continent, (he mouth
oi the river San Juan de Nicaragua Tigre island WILL
we presume, be Of little advantage to u.s. may afford us
ae means Of obstructng and perhaps preventing Great
Britain from constructing the canal and controlling it, or of
onstranng her TO acccede to arrangement by which
Great Britain and the United States. in fraud of Nicaragua
and Of Honduras may the canal for their own use
faahl
they must permit the unjust encroachment and usurpaton
The mouth Of the river San Juan de Nicaragua claimed
BY Great Britain to belong to the Indian Mosquito King
George Frederick Augustus Clarence Sambo Jamosa ;
and the English settlement colony Of Greytown, near
its mouth is claimed by Great Britain to be within his
domnions and Great Britain claims to be in possession
Of the region called Bluefelds, extending norhwardy
along the coast and Of the Mosquito country still farther
north the ally and protector of his cinnamon colored
saa eulote Majesty this mpudent "pretension" Of
he British Crown which we have urged should, under
The Monroe and Polk declaration. be resisted at all
hazards and to the last extremity The course and con-
duct Of Great Britain towards Nicaragua has been Sc
es Of fragrant cutrages and usurpations She has ins
aied the savsges headed by her royal ally King Jamosa,
10 the most revolving atrocities upon the whites-io the
onhagraon Of entire villages and the massacre Of their
inhabitants An article from the London Journal Of Com
nerceof which we give extracts oday-admts ali this
treat Britain seized upon the favorable opportunity af
ordsd in ls4T while the United States were engaged in
he war with Mexico, to effect her designs She foresaw
he acquisition by the United States OF California; she
oesaw that the Nicaragua Oceanic canal, as well as
he Panama pass and the Tehuaatepec pass would then
ecome immense importance 70 this country True to her
distinctive jealousy and fear of this country and of its prog
and prosperity she set on foot ntrgues prevent the
United States from inducing Mexico to grant the right OF
way and right to build niroad or canal across the
shmus Of Tehuanepec, and with the aid of the British
louse Of Manning. Mcintosh Co., in Mexico she was
uccessful in defeating our wishes Her intrigues in
eaou to the Panama rouie and TO prevent this country
rom acquiring control of IT, have been manifest to all
gho have watched her course Who does not remem-
e Der conduct with respect to Texas prior to its annex
ton TO the United Staes adopted 10 defeat that measure
nd who is not sppzed of her present attitude with re-
Iect 10 Cuba, and its acquisition by this country by
Ieaty' But few months since, her troops from the
'alze Of Honduras made incurson into the Mexican
'ale Of Yucaan. under the pretext Of protecting the
whites against the insuneconary savsges commanded
y Jsdaio Pat but really to &c, foothold in the coun.
~ where English subjects continue cutting loswood
Ind mahogany, and in few years viii lay claim TO il as
heir own The conduct Of Great Britain with respect to
he coast between Cape Cartoche and the isthmus OF
,uen is founded in aggression and outrage She pre-
ends to have sovereign rights on the coast OF Honduras
md Mosquito, and over Blue6elds and At Greytown,
Ind to exercise those rights under old treaties with Span
when by the very terms Of those treaties all sovereign
rights are expressly renowned by herr and she agreed
iemosh her fos and remove her military forces, and
he privilege merely Of cutting logwood and mahogany
vas allowed under certain restrictions. to certain of her
abiec,s. This and her alliance with the savage Jamosa,
Manufactured by her into King Of Mosquito, is the
ubstratm Of all her claims in that region Upon this
he seeks TO make settlements establish colonies and exer-
use sovereign rights Upon this she seeks to control the
utet OF the Oeeane canal into the Caribbean sea- and to
orbid the United States to use or enjoy Il, excep,
'pon terms to be dictated by her, or her Indian
lily, King Jamosal This is all the justification for
Yer encroachnents, ouirages, and usurpations upon
he feeble republican State Of Nicaragua The designs
md motives OF Great Britain are to check the Uni.
ed States, and especially embaass and obsuci our
Intercourse with territories on the Pacific She seeks
separate us as far she from Oregon and Cafor-
ia There are those who believe that her successful
ngues with respect to Tehuantepec are Of much deeper
injury TO this country in their results than she succeeds
the accomplishment Of her designs az to Panama and
Nicaragua They contend that the Tehuantepec route is
decidedly the most preferable It certainly possesses the
advantage Of being shorter by more than thousand
niles is said. also, that is more deensible by the
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