Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-10-19

n is remark BILE fact, that while MT oqu'e'
,,ao,v ,hrows oren 10 The commerce Of al
countries the navigation OF the proJec'eu ea'a
n h. buil, under the auspices snd guaranty Of
the United States, the arrangement oil MT i1'se
the late charge recalled BY HE Regency 10
.,red the control of The canal c1clusirelyto the
United States, aud Nicaragua. Is it true, thai
MIR Hise's treaty was thrown under the 'aoi'
BY Mr. Clayton, who was determined 'hat hise
and Buchanan should reap none OF The credits
However the matter may terminate, whether
mace or war. the affair will be another slur On
American diplomacy and, we fear, will exhio
the United States as falling from her high posi-
lion. Truly Mr.. Clayton, through ignorance
want of hrnness or incidence, has succeeded IN
embarrassing our foreign relations in most e1-
.raoIdinary manner.
The article from La Cronica is as iollows:-
From La Croniea IF October Is.
The English usuipaon IN the States ot LION
duras and Mica ragua, under preiexi oil Inc SIM
ulaled sovereignty OF an lndlan prince Vi DIS
ish fabric, is subject which has more man
once occupied US in the endeavor TO point OUT
The interest il deserves in view OF The exterior
policy OF the United States. Some efforts Of
ours, aided By happy casually, nave, some
time since, put into our hand Key 10 'ne secte,
history vi Mosquito; and We to- advantage VI
the offer of The columns oil a respectable paper 10
reveal the mysteries oil lafce gol up oy certain
governors and traders of The English colonies oil
Belize and Jamaica. Several papers oil The UNI
led States. avains themselves, perhaps, oil subs
seouent revelations from other quarters, have
,oioh, 10 make The public Of this country aware
of the Injustice committed in Central America
by the aggressive policy OF Grea, Britain, and
OF the position OF open an!asonism assumed IN
MOSQUITO by thai policy, IN respect Of the prln-
ciplrs so broadly proclaimed OF non>nervenion
in the domestic concerns OF The States OF The
New World.
II would seem the repeated notices OF The press,
and exposition OF wrongs, made probably by re.
presenlatIyes ct some Spanish American
SAFE, have allrac,ed The attention oil The
Washington government The appointment oil
charge d'afiairs IL Central America, the pre-
jecl Of an arrangement Tor me navisa1oh u
inc river 5. Jchn and oi The lakes " Granada
and Leon, IN NcsGasua. an! he iMma!,ou IL Al
undertaking - orer All easy COMMUNICATION
between he ;wo Scar> .a;slsa Ia; tsa.aus.
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yss:s.ca., pteyss az i-cc!ca:es- NAV neve!ihe.
jsss &c; Il s:as E az. 10 asT rerilous march,
ard ,e.naps cause ne: L abandon purpose which
every cay shows q less rsalzabe.
In the actual situation OF this most entangled
business, and now that the result Of the first
steps of Mr. Squier, the United States charge
d'sfaires 10 Central America, have just become
known, il would no; perhaps be without advan
tage TO give somewhat circumstantial notice
of those recently taken in London by Don Fran
cisco CasielloD, The representative OF Nicaragua
and Honduras, q jealous servant of his country
and to whose eminent diplomatic ability The
cause OF Con,ral America is largely indebted
Whoever has looked on this subject cannot bat
confess that this funcionary has powerfully
TO popularize the cause OF mis- coun-
try aui 10 attract 10 il The attention of the cou-
merciaI and maritime world.
We believe line source Of the information we
are about to give is worthy of full faith and
ctedence. The communication of it TO US is
very recent Mr. Bancroft, whose name will
i cure 10 what We are about 10 say. is nnw IN
New York, and can furnish the increduous with
authentic means Of refutation, or can confirm
,ur relation. We have no intimacy nor even
with the exminisier OF The United
States near the Court of 81. James, and il is
therefore not 10 our power 10 consult him for
he purpose of rec,ifying what, as relates TO
iim, may b, erroneous or incorrectly stated.
We have been assured that, on his return from
Itaiy, MIR Caslel!on, about Two or three months
,mce, renewed The negotiations SCI on foo: some
nontns previous with the English Minister oil
Foreign Relations, OF which, al the time, we
gave our readers an account. Lord Palmersion
&c, sised with lenaciy in his frs, resolution, de-
Jared lha; ST. John de Nicaragua ITO which, in
honor oil The Governor OF Jamaica, he gives the
name oil Grey Town, belongs to the Mosquitoes,
and that the Stale Of Nicaragua possesses no
right to that port, Eor 10 any other parl OF lhe
territory designated by The English Government
under the name OF Mosquitia; and express his
exrec,alion tina. The government Of Nicaragua
would consequently dessl from all preensions
Of The kind, and would acquiesc in important
about 10 be made Tor The regulation
OF export and import trade by the river and port
Of 81! John. The English minister offered every
assurance that such arrangements should IN.
cuie advantae eous stipuaions for Nicaragua.
The views of Lord Paimerson having under
gone no change since the first interviews on the
self 10 an energetic repetition OF the arsumen
he had before acduced. He asserted that the
soc lied MusQuio nation had no eY slence; and
rat even i il had, il could advance no just claim
10 the ownership OF he port If ST. John. The
Cen,ial American minister mantainei that that
port was The undouoco properly oil Nicaragua,
whose right was supported By iInmemorial pos
,es sion; the good faith upon which rests the law
Of prescription recognize and sanctioned by the
law oil nalions and the very text Of treaties con-
Guided by England her.e!'; and concluded By
suggesting that, inas,nuth as the arguments ad
duccd on either side had nCt succeeded in recon
CLING existing differences, the necessity was
apparent OF an ARB!TRiT ON. already proposed b.
him, and Tor which proposition was now re-
newcd, no.der 10 bring The affair 10 final Settle
menl and agreement. It would also seem that
Mr.. Caslellon lefl 10 the choice OF The Enslis
a bout such u measure.
Al This time the minister OF III? United States
in Lon1tn was IN possession OF authority 10
support The claim OF Nicaragua With his inter
vcntion, and IN act 10 concert with the Central
American minister, as 10 the manner OF treating
the business wilh the British cabinets Mr.. Bans
cIoif, in effeci, declared 10 Lord Palmerslon The
iNTEsTloss OF his government, and al The same
ume propounG.d certain questions ioI which we
which The Euslish minister found himself in no
small peIplexuy. This We readily believe, since
nobody denies III, acute and able diplomatic
qualifications of MIR. Bancroft.
In spi'e OF this powerful interposiIion, Lord
Palmeis,on conlemp,uously replied 10 MIR.
Caslrllon that the government OF Nicaragua
would seem in vain 10 avail itself Of the
Intervention of the United States, since The
gogernmen, OF her Britannia Majes'y having
once come 10 a defntiOs resolution respecting
81. John de Nicaragua, it ,cas impossible 10 rec d.
thut the int vsniion ,couid not &c ae
ccptea!!' And lhar, in THIS state OF things, Mr.
Cas,ellon might inform his government that The
English government srould neper consent that Nj
caragua should set foot in Grey To,on'!
l. seems Mr. Cas'elons reply was IN the ma
ture Of protest, suggesting 10 the English minis
Ter that the government Of Nicaragua would be
con ent with such resolution as that Of London
should adop' provided ii should be the result
O, The impartial judgment OF referee deserving
OF The coth,cace vi DO Ii parties.
We think our memory has been fa hui in
jhis relation q The principal circumstances and