The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1849-11-16

! vi u LIdUbdCllOu Out VI WHICH tIC OHl"I
has manufactured cunniDgly devised
fable TO blacken the character Of an hon
orable man. We will not pronounce the
sentence which such turptude merits.
We freely leave that to the judgment Of
every honest man. of whatever party, who
will imagine the case his own and can ap
preciate its enormity. ...s
HE Nicaragua Question Briefly
Stated.
During the last century. the British au'
thorlies in Jamaica interfered in the al
fairs oflhe Mosquito country, and prom
ised Il sort Of protection to the Indians on
that coast But subsequent to this. in
the treaties between Great Britain and
Spain. the sovereignty of the latter over
the whole region in question was fully ac-
knowledged and recognized; and all that
Great Britain asked, and all that Spain
agreed to grant, was temporary prvi
lege to Great Britain of cutting logwood
and other timber. Under this grant,
Great Britain, it seems formed some es-
Establishments in the Mosquito territory.
But these English establishments, and
timber cutting privileges were thus dis.
posed OF, in the treaty of 1885 between
England and Spain. The eleventh arti
Gle says:
Their Britannia and Catholic maesties in Or
der to remove every kind of doubt with regard
tu the true construction oithe present convenlion
think it necessary 10 declare that the conditions
OF the said convention ought 10 be observed ac-
lCOrdng to their sincere Intention to insure aud i'm
prove the harmony and good understanding.
which so happily subsist between their said najes-
ties"
lin this view, his Britannia majesty engages to
give the most positive orders for the evacuti1m OF
The countries above mentioned by all his subjects,
of whatever denomination; but it, contrary 10
such declaration, there should still remain any
persons so daring as 10 presume, by retiring into
the interior country, TO endeavOr To Obstruct the
entire evacuation already agreed upon, his Britain
mic majesty, so far from allOrdiug them the least
Isuccor, or even protection, will disavow them III
the most solemn manner as he will equally do
those who may hereafter attempt To settle upon
the territory olthe Spanish dominion"
And the fourteenth article further as
tolIows
His Catholic Majesty, prompted solely by mo.
lives OF humanity, promises TO the King of Eng-
land, that he will not exercise any act Of severity
against the Mosquitoes imhabitiug in part the coun.
tries which are To he evacuated by virtue of the
present convention, on account of the connection
which may have subsSted between the SAID ln.
| dans aud the EugliSlE aud his Britannia Majesty
on his part will strictly prohibit all his subjects
from furnishing arms. or warlilie stores, to the
Indians in general, situated upon the frontiers OF
/, the Spanish POSSESSIONS
I 1t will be seen, that by the above sec.
, tions of the treaty, the entire and abso.
, lutte sovereignty Of the "Mosquito coun,
try was solemnly surrendered to, and
$ declared to be in Spain by Great Britain.
Next, the Spanish American colonies
declared their independence of Spain,
5 and Spain acknowledged their indepen-
t dence; and the absolute sovereignty
= which Spain possessed over this territory
q in question, passed to- the State Of Mica
= ragua.
e Such is brief abstract of the title and
, rights Of the respective parties; aud the
|, present claims, pretentions, and assump-
i tons of England, connected with the ri,
J diculous ceremony of crowEing naked
+ Indian as King of the Mosquitoes, are
4 pal alpabe and offensive encroachments
5 upon the territorial rights of the State o.
n Ncaragua-and none the less SO, be
u cause the State has been too weak to re
Z sst these encruachments. Weak ant
IS distracted as has been the State of Mica
IS ragua, she has never, as yet acknowledg
> ed or countenanced any Of the assump
,. tions ct England, never recognized any
y such kingdom as the Mosquitoes, nor any
} such king as the naked protege of Eng
u land.
:. But what has the American govern
< ment to do with all this? What Interest
d has she in these conflicting claims re
n specting the "Mosquio Kingdoml"
!. We answer-itis supposed that ship
cana, connecting the waters of the At
t. antic and Pacific oceans, can be made
through the territory Of the State of Nj
70 caragua-a work, which if it can anc
d shall be made, would be of incalculablt
benefit TO the commercial world. Here
- tofore several attempts have been made
rs and several charters or permissons gran
"a ted, but as yet the first spade has not beer
70 struck. Finally, and quite recently, thu
II :, enterprise has been embraced by Ameri
" can citizens, and they have obtained {
III grant or permission, or charter, or lreat,
t. from the State of Nicaragua. upon cer
II tain conditions and compensa!ions,t to con
h. slruct this long g.taked about Oceanic ca
re nal; and one condition is, that when finish
s. ed, it shall be equally free to the Who'll,
N commercial world.
n. Now portion ofthe proposed line o
Q, this proposed Oceanic canal passe
n. througha portion ofthat mosquito King
III III dom" which England has "set up" with
d, in the territorial limits of the State of Nj
ne caragua; and England insists that no shi
W canal shall be built through the kingdom
=, 81 of her breechesless ally. unless her ship
can pass through it on as favorable term
ne as those of "the most favored nation"
It, If therefore, our citizens should at
al at tempt to commence the work, wilhou
" giving England the assurance of "equa
ny privileges" OF Vwhen made, they shoul'
refuse them-or i England should op
pose the beginning ofthe work, or fish,
should obstruct its use, fever made-an'
if our Government should espouse th'
of cause of her citizens, jfthey began or j
ne ne they finish the work, u England inter
y, fares mr. molesfs while MAKING. or i'm il