New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-09-25
The MOSQUITO Business.

The Mosquito Business.
Ola zsck IL emphaticay a man Of Pesce'
though be has done some fighting In his day
Secretary Clay ton is another OF them Nothing Is
more obvious more earnest, than their resolution
% keeo the Union out Of hot water while they
have charge of its Foreign Relations; but some
how or other, the tide seems 70 be against 'hem
Inc Poussin furry has hardly had It's nine days
hafore a story gets wind that Mr.. Clayto has had
HIGH words with the British Minister concerning
,ho Mo.oui,o Question, 80 called. We trust this
rnn,o- xiii prove as exaggerated ss its predeces'
tor
The Mosq-i.o case is Substantially this lie
s,.te Of Nicaragua. IA the Federal hepubhc lor
rather Military snarchy) Of Central Americas
,,o.,v mpch inhabited by indians, n good part OF
them pretty nearly ss savage as wien Columbus
Frat a.. foo, on the con,inent-not to speak Of
their deSenerscy, moral and Phyiical Iif Last
ern coast Is termed the Mosquito Coast and is
xhonv unciviiized region. OF this coast certain
vou,g ssvage claims to be King, and is supported
il, thst pretension by Great Britain, OF which
country he isa devoted ally. Indeed, II Is wen
understood that his royalty is OF the Brummsgem
mske-invented and pu, in operation by British
agents for special uses. But nobody cares 70 IN
oai,c into The matter or to dispute the Legitimacy
o. ibis ssbe ally of Qu.cn Victoria 40 long as ne
i. persusded 10 wear some sor; OF tfowsers on
cou-t DAYS, aud confoe bis antics 10 his native
woods
u,hapniy. h,s allies do not seem willing 10 let
hirn thus decently behave himself The State OF
al
zsns zoe privilege Of making practicable con-
municalon. by way of the San Juan and the Lake
Nic.-rgus. between the Atlantic and Pacific
ocoans-a work which, when accomplished, VIII
shorten the distance hence To California, AZ com
p,rsd with the Chagrfs and Panama route nesrly
thousand miles.
Hat the Mosquito King has been induced to put
naclaim to sovereignty over the River San juan
through the greater part Of its course, as also over
Grey Town. the port stits mouth This CLAIM II
sustained, puts the work in question completely
al the mercy Of this savage, who must be brb'
70 permit the construction Of an Improvement Of
irsmensc value to what he claims rs his domin'ons.
Worse STILL his British authors and managers
must be bribed as welli and, by the time tbs
pleasant sample of a sovereign and his court have
been bought once around, the purchasers will need
90 begin buying them over again. The Company
don't care TO attempt that never-endng JOB, and
Sir. Clayton seems to think it ought not TO be I'M
posed upon them. Mr. Cramptop, the Brti,h
Minister at Washington, figures as attorney Of the
bu,ternut- colored savage, by his next friend Vic
tori..
We trust the obstacles thus thrown in the ws,
If The Nicaragua Canal will be promptly with
drawn. IL does not become Great Britain 70 IN
terpose them. She ought rather to facilitate, BY
svery means Ia her power the construction OF
work which will benefit her quite as much as an,
other nation 10 the world. If One HUNDRED MI
lions Ia 9cd shall leave California before 1881
throe.fourths OF II will how into her Golfers.
Fifty Millions worth Of Goods shsil be sold at Sa
Francisco, Thirty Millions Of them will probsbl
DO Of her manufacture. She ought therefore, I
jns,rue, her savage instrument TO make his asset
tion Of sovereignty az broad as he chooses, bat
disc'sim aoy purpose or desire to emoHra"
,moeds the operations Of the Canal Compan!
With suon a disclaimer on record, Mr.. Cayto
woald never inquire nor care whether the be-
Mosqoi,o Laws claim 10 only one half the State
Nicaragua or the whole Of t. Our COUNT
claims no land there-we trust wants none. w
want a choice of quick routes to and from the p
c6c, and must have IL. Every Canal or Rairoa
we stretch across the I'thmus will be worth
least as much 10 Great Britain as TO Us. The
Why should she lend herself or borrow others
so., logs In our path We trust the British 90
srament will make their King Mosquito sin
small with respect to our Nicaragua Navigate
Company. Taas done, he is welcome 70 claim =
Nexico and South. America as his own If
plesses. and she to back his claim. Stopping OF
Canal makers on such route would De oat
character Tor Ores. Britain beside being clear
Mwsr with her own interests, and she must thir
better Gift.