Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1850-04-11

forming him, That he, Mr. Livingston, had received
reliable information that the British Authorities in
Mosqulto would shortly take possession of that
port And IN few weeks thereafter, at the re-
quest OF Mr. Builrago, the Secretary of Nicaragua,
Mr.. Livingston, second time, addressed Mr.. Bu-
chahah as secretary OF State upon the same sub
ject; again warning him of the perilous condition
in which Nicaragua was then placed These COM
muncations were all received by Mr.. Buchanan.
and while Congress was in Session, yet they were
permitted to rest in the State Department with
out even the poor respect Of formal acknowledge
ment Of their receipt being made.
" In March, lS4s. the Secretary of Nicaragua
again addressed Mr.. Buchanan as Secretary of
State, informing him that the fate Nicaragua had
SO much dreaded had been visited upon her. and
tnat' early In February preceding, two British
ships OF war had anchored off San Juan de Nicar-
aqua, and that the British forces, in the name of
Mosquito, had attacked and captured the port of
Serapaqul, and had coerced Nicaragua to enter
into stpuations binding that Government NOT IN
interfere in any way with the inhabitants of San
Juan under the penalty of severe punishment from
Her Majesty's authorities. 1t was further pro-
vided by these stipulaions that Nicaragua nigh,
be permitted, throughthe medium of Commission
er to Her Britannia Majesty, to sue for a definite
settlement ofthese difficulties Accordingly, in the
Autumn OF 1913, Nicaragua appointed Senor Cas-
teOn such commissioner. He was, however
instructed 10 take Washington in his route to Lon
don, and to remain there sufficiently long to Sc
cure an audience with Mr.. Polk and Mr.. Buchan-
an, and to invoke the good Offices of the United
States in aid of the rights of Nicaragua. In Oc-
tober 1S48 he reached Washington and immedi-
ately thereafter addressed a note to Mr. Buchan
an, Secretary of State, in which he called to his
notice the reaffirmance of the Monroe doctrine, by
Mr.. Polk, against foreign Intervention on tho
American Continent and renewed the expression
of the desire of Nicaragua, that the Government
of the United States would promptly take meas
ures to resist the aggresslons of great Britain in
Central America, before it was too late to accom-
plsh anything. Mr.. Buchanan was also request
ed, at The same time, TO instruct the United States
Minister in London, to assist by prompt mediation
in recovering for Nicaragua the territory of which
she had been dispoiled by Great Britain. These
like all the preceding efforts of both the authori-
ties of Nicaragua and the U. S. Consuls at Be-
lze and San Juan de Nicaragua, were received
with indifference and silent contempt And Mr.
Buchanan retired from the office of Secretary of
State, without either acknowledging the receipt of
Senor Castellons letter. giving the Instructions
to the American Minister in London, that he asked
for on behalf o! Nicaragua.
Dis.eputable sis the above state of facts, the
whole tale has not yet been told. In May 1913,
Mr.. Hse was appointed by the Polk Adminstra-
tion Charge d'Affaires of the United States to Gu
atemala. He was instructed to make treaty
with that Republic, also with San Salvador
But with Nicaragua, Honduras and Costa Rica,
the only States through which Ship Canal could
be constructed, connecting the Atlantic with the
Pacific Oceans. he was expressly instructed not
euen to negotiate Treaty Of Naciga alton and Com
merce! although at this very time California and
New Mexico had been ceded 20 the United States
WhY tDere these instructions gfren Was it from
fear of collision with England or was it deter
minaion Of the last Administration, notwiihstand-
ing lis reaffirmance ofthe Monroe doctrine in iS45,
to abandon that doctrine at the very moment when
our immediate interests were to be affected preiu-
dcially by such Abandonment"
After this expose we presume the Loco Foco
organs will continue attack the policy of the pre-
sent Administration with as little regard 10 truth
and fairness as they have exhibited hitherto. Per-
haps we shall even hear that Mr.. Folks agen, IN
Nicaragua arranged the whole matter of the inter-
oceanic canal and everything else and that all that
has been done there under the Whig Cabinet has
been supererogatory. But the people will perhaps
expect that the Union and its friends should spend
a shorltme beforehand in giving some explana-
tions of the treason Of their own men and their
own party 10 their most solemn and emphatic pro-
fessions.