Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1849-10-31

italiun of being q lawsuDiding people, lbnt n
few more courts like the present, will5deprlve
MS Of this character and place us on leEelWlth
our nsishbors Lciou We know nptWhnt to
attribute this TO, but trust that with tho lncrea-
sing intelligence Of or people, vice Wilde.
cleasc in proportion"
Mosquito Question.-The. difficulty
between this country and England, touching
the above matter has arisen under the following
circumsances:-A company of citizens frpm
the United States, through The agency Of Mr..
Sqner. American Minister, near the Govern
mcnt of the Republic Of Nicaagua1 Soutf
America,) have obtained charter, upon a
Treaty negotiated with the Nicaraguah Repab-
lie, 10 construct ship canalacross theIstbmus
through the Territory of tina, Republicgg from
the port of St Johns on the Atlantic to some
port on the Pacific. To this the Ehgssh, Gov-
crnmcrl objccls, and protests: becalrsei the ca-
nal will pass through the Territory of3k,e Nos
quito Government, over which Great Britain ex-
erci<es proteclorate.
The history of this Mosquito kingdom, from
the accounts given is too larcical in its charac-
ter to support tho present pretensoas OF rthe
English Government. Tie people hat com-
pose this kingdom are said to be a small tribe
of Sqnalid Indians and Samboes, who before
their alliance with England obtained their sub
sistence chiefly by tullle.fshing. The king is a
little negro boy, remarkable only rs atoper, and
has sister, who, in the official docu,penis aud
correspondence, calls Queen Vicloria, I" be-
loved Sister," and is said TO be quite; ,tomiscu.
ous in her intercourse with drunken sniors.-
England, wishing to push her encroachments
upon the disturbed States Of central. America,
has used these miserable wrelchcs, who inhab,
it along the Eastern coast of Honduras, as her
base ,ools-organizing them inlo some sort OF
government, will, this negro sayagesas aspnp.
pet king, and cutting and changing:tbe boun'
daries of their kingdom 10 suit the graspins
prupcnsities of her policy. With better
pretext, she asserts the right Of this pseudo
kingdom to the Son,h outlet Of San Juan, ia
king in the fine harbor and town Of San Juan
Therefore claiming the Territory which is to
embrace the mouth Of the proposed canal.
In opposition TO all this the Republic OF
Nicaragua contends that she has clear right
TO all this Territory, and that she has been, from
time immcmorial, in undisputed possession Of it.
With this clear right on her .sileto grant a
charter for canal over This Territory, will
our Government allow Great Brilain to bully
her upon such shallow pretences, ont Of grea'
national rights and in,eresls2 AZ !cilizcns
ana;.l:'1so.hcrsna,ion ofibs ---: Sswith.
,,L.li i so ..oh ::crrria>, s,alIiy a
mere whim Of the Euglisl, government? tc
support he. IN false AMI gross assumptions oI
power, against the laws Of nations, and the
clear principles Of private rights? Let us no
submit To degradation so low and contcmptiblc
|, is matter Of utter scLfshness on the part o
the English Government; for the Canal, when
made, is To be open to the eommerceo Of Tic 1oorld
We are no, prepared 10 vindicate the cores
pondence of Mr.. Squiers with the English Au-
lhorilics in reference to the lreaty with Mica.
ragua. On the contrary we regard itpeurile
aud highly iudiscrcct. In important naiona
negotiations we do abhor the petty policy o.
carrying measures by intimidation or threats
II is the contenplible resort Of the bully and the
bragsadocio, too week and two low to be en.
pnyed between two great nations. 1t wa:
likewise Il specimen of weak vanity for Nh
Squiers 10 make the declaration, (cven if he
made it on the authority of Mr.. Clayion,) tha
the government Of tho United States is dispo
scd "to resist every attempt of great Britain tc
gain footliold or mcguire amy privilege. OH tIIa
portion of the American continent" Shall We
not labor TO elevate the tone Of our diplomatic
intercourse with other natuns7 Ills mortify'
ing to the true hearted American to see tn
fair escutcheon Of his country furnished BY
the silly doings and sayings of nrany our diplo
matte agents. 1t wonld be but fulfling,a duty
to the country if the President were to exercise
little more Judgment and imparlialhy in Sc
leclins agents to represent our nation near for
eign conrts; for these men usually give charac
ter abroad 10 our people and government
Russia and Turkey.-A grave diC
foulty is now pending between The Car o
Russia and the Sullan which may terminate il
general European war. AS our readers nrt
well aware, the Hungarian Patriots, BEN, Kos
sulh and others, after being defeated in the
struggle for independence took refuge in tht
Ottoman Empire, and placed themselves unde
the protection of the Sultan. The Emperor o
Russia now demands their delivery to hin
which the Sultan refuses, alleging that the law