New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-12-12
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This business seems - favO received nov
complication at tho hands of TT particularly
pleasant gon'lemsn NJ. Fredorck Chs d her
Britannia M.i4stg's Comm q neral 2. Len 49,
The American rep-essrta'ive having nego'is'e'
with the q vernrsn. Or rd1rss r cessi0r %
ri. cour.rv of the I.lsn3 Of T'erA in 80 Bsv q
F,o.ecs, and given ots ,',l public ro.ico of ne
transaction informiog all rs-''ss ,h't he i''a'd
IN question was hsnceforh under the protection o.
the United GATES NJ. ChstSeH FILLS into hnT
and st,aiehtwsv DESCENDING upon The is'a11 wiz
sn arm-d force TO back bn,. proc aims there The
proptietnrship AID sovereienty ct hs roysl nl''
tress This procedure is worthy o. the di''n2urh-
eI dil 10 n at-t By whom It rss originated, 80
whose directing wisd IN Shines through II from
commencement u cor.umTsti1r. Any m's pa
sesed Of less fiery originality and endo Eed " ''h
more liberal measures q common sense, wcnl
have oot ed a little before lesploe 80 'cidedy,
and would have been less anxious TO re; the star,
In the rae than to set DOT rate q speed COM
neusurate with Ills proper length e wind y
50 Mr.. Chstheld. A h.tls beside himself. per
hsp., with the coo,ciou ness of pr~sentng the
Bttj.h nstion he INDUCES in acts Which what
ever their deign. are rather smusing than Provo
cs,ive of anger
Were there sry reason 70 suppose tina, tins
Consular agent We're acting 10y ez plIcit direction
Of his Government, thee would be occssi'n %
treat him and his dUines with more serious etteu-
ton than we now bcst3w upon them In t1st
case the United States would have received an
open insult, aud & resort 20 extreme messure'
might lie within the tOuuds OF probable ntces
slty. Even supposng-u len We do NOT that
the negotiations of Nj, sluer and tn ce''ion OF
the islsud were beyond the tes goa Of the Amin
isustlon ut Washington or even beyond our
ristts ss a usuon, cur 0sg would zone me lees
have suH rcd slsInl ant Noticeable outage
But without more satisfactory evidence than ~e
have yet seen, we shall not iden,iy he British
G,vernmeut with the ho. head who repre- sents 1t
in C-ntral America. We took accordingly for
prompt and Satisfactory dissvowd OF hs imprl.
dent aud urr eo ssary course, aud his recall lrom
ssrston whose gnity he 40 io,rly sus'ails.
We arc well aware Of tho gfssplng character
OF British policy, aud knJw with what Jealous
aud se hsn foresight l. guUdl istsh Interests
abroad. Mr. eau It De disputed tina, Hitherto,
John Bulls constitutional managers have given
all possible sat slsctiun to certain omniverous
greed for trsign possessions and foothoics, whica
has grown vito him i4tO a second nature. But
we believe that the English nation = now too Neli
taught in toe cJssly school OF experience 10 deSre
new additions - its real estate 90 tins continent
at any considerable actual expense. Such toy,
tickle the vanity Of peop,9 10 certain stage OF
its development, bu. aye not p easing At that
epoch W hen the tSo sides Of toe sc,ouaS are sub
j,otsd to az Intelligent coDpsti,os. 1te only I'd
si1n Of the Gas. aud l.scds OF Honduras must
cons 81 10 tn. control VI the c4raguan chGnuel ol
tran.t from one ocean 10 tbs Ctaer. Bat itmost be
palpablo to every mau tho can tank cIoliy on the
suUi .ct that tina. ohsulel can never DO mono
polized by any one pj~er whsteS or, GuS mus. BE-
thrown open equally TO all nations. Nsither Eug
land tue -ited States can hope " enJ y such
. monopoly though they have garrison O, ever,
heailahd Of tho whole shore. Why then sho.ld
Britain wIsh TO crow Us roag aud dncsily out (
such convenient resttg places Tor our shppiug as
We may lawfully buy aud pay for In that quarter ?
Why Tor an end OF remote and u4certain value
should she he wiling to pen. the vas, profit. Of
the active aud extending trsde she Is sArr\i log on
with US rao notion IS absurd. Eog4od does
not wish TO make war via us nor 20 do ANYTHING
TO threaten war. We arc hsnly persuaded that
his N,csrssus d iAcli.y does not, and under the
mansss meat OF the present Adninlstfssion " N 10,
Contain any thlag beyond tho power Of fair Dego
ti.tloG - arrauge. ~ Serious quarrel b.tveen
two naiilns whose Interests lie 80 decidedly in
the path OF peace is thing easier talked # than
actsNly act on foot.
We'sy this with pesleo! Consciousness Of the
READY temper aud family rivalry OF tne parties. As
10 otea the case with near relatives toey cherish
pernap'' acerta'n superficial facility tornot loving
each otner. d,sPos,non not aNeviA,at hv their
many points OF resem Glance. Bat sNsr ,ttb,v
have hestty esteem suG stucere tuu nal AZ c,,.,
beneath all this apPearaacs. Let ell her es,,,t,
serious m'siJTinae I'D nowhere would tne-a ha
such a helper "a me ota5r. Aod Ia saying Sbs,
we have SAID, We are Dy no mean. io,setlui OF the
national honor. That h0nor viii ever Gud u.
among 1t, earnest sdPPorter. Shen a jlss Cause
dsmsuds. BaI We doubt II II eau be " ell sapport.
cd by blu,ter on aay occasion, o. by blazing on
into herocs AID ia ocsaons ., war when the only
present necessity Ia lar coo, gool seuie add fra
though kindly de.ermins,loE - stand nothing ba'
fair play.