The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-08-18

no Frohdenf'o Proclamation
The President has Issued proclamation, in /
which Re- Gays that from the best information he
can obisin. there IS now fitting out an expedition
% Be- directed against Cubn or some Of the Mexi-
can States. Enliatnenta are going on in several
of our cities, and it Is said that large numbers Of
men have been raised Il the good citizens en-
gagged in This matter are anxious for something /
waglike to DO, we can point out to them more
reasonable point Of destination than Cuba or Mexi-
co-a destination likely TO lead to more success
than either Of the two mentioned in the proclama-
ton, and which would probably prove more profit
able and honorable to the country atle e than any
other they could choose. We allu' 10 the Mos
quito Coast.
We have before spoken Of the means by which
Great Britain has obtained foot-huld on the Mos
quito Coast. It was but continuation Of the
crafty and cruel policy which has, in less than one
hundred and fifty years, broken the spirit Of all the
Hindoo races and gained the entire control Of the
country from Cape Comorin to the sources Of the
Indus and the Ganges. Not satisfied with prac-
Using such policy in ASIA Great Britain determines
4 to Try her hand in America, And with that COM
\ mercal sagaoity which has so long marked her
A caTser-with the same instinct which induced her
to get possession Of Gibraltar and Malta and the
Ionian Islands, and St. Helena and the Cape Of
Good Hope-she aims at that part Of the American
continent which offers the best way for ship canal
from the Atlantic to the Pacific. She first makes
a chief Of an Indian tribe sovereign, and then
takes upon herself the painful and onerons, but
strong and imperious dHty of protecting the new
sovereign in the rights she may choose TO confer
upon him.
But in addition to the disgust we must feel at
witnessing the deeeitfu friendship Of England for
the Mosquitoes, there is another feeling atpervades
our breastwhen we look at the matter as American
citizens. Ii has been the proclaimed doctrine Of
this country for some years past that we would not
permit European nations to acquire any new terri
tory on the North American continent. And we
certainly have a right to carry out our policy in
this respect. L is a right which nations have
claimed from time immemorial to decide whether
they win permit other nations toacqure territory
in their immediate neigbborhood. Great Britain
herself has thousand times claimed and exercised
the right andlshe cannot deny il to others, With
her usual arrogance however, she disdains to re-
spect the rights and declared determinations of
4 other people The idea that any nation should
presume to interfere with her acquisitions, how
ever much she may meddIe with theirs, seems to
her ridiculous in the extreme. What cares she,
the proud mistress Of the seas, for American views
or American policy The possession of the Mos
quito Coast by the English is then an insult to the
United States, as well as an injury to the poor
and ignorant eavagss.
Here, then. on the Mosquito coast we have a
ribeof aavages incapable of approprating the soil,
and all civilized nations admit that under such
circumstances, a superior and more laborious race
is justified in taking possession Of the country.
No people, whether savage or civilized, have a
right to play the part Of the dog in the manger,
and deprive the human race Of the benefits that
may accrue from the cultivation of the soil. Eng
/ nd, however pretends to have some right to this
Mosquito territory, But all good Americans deny
the right Of England, and therefore to all intents
and purposes we must regard the Mosquito country
as inhabited-we viii notsaY possessed-by the
Indians alone. In such position of affairs, it is
undeniably the right Of American colonists to 20
there and get possession Of the country they can
The United States Government will be bound to
protect them-not against the savages-but against
Great Britain; for the u S. Government denies
absolutely the right Of British interference in
North America.
If, than, there is an organization in our cities
warlike in its form, and hence well calculated foi
colonial purposes, we advise the persons engaged
,, init todirect their attention further to the Soutl
d than either Cuba or Mexico. While the Secretar
e Of State is sending diplomatic note to Englan
e regarding the recent notice of the British Consu
as to the boundaries of the Mosquito Coast, it ma
At 1ewell for us to deny, practically and expenmer
k tally, the right Of England or Of any other Eurt
pean power to acquire new territory on this cont
uent. Al the same time that we assert and MAR
a tain the true and openly declared policy of OF
s government, we may also acquire country thi
g will be Of incalculable advantage 10 US hereate
4 Once let us get the River San Juan and Lal
I Nicaragua, and sailors would almost forget Il
e existence Of Chagres and Cape Horn.