Weekly national intelligencer., 1850-10-19

tanned conditional grant of the exclusive right 10 construct
railway or canal connecting the two oceans Mr. Wheel
wright LEFT England the 18th Of February for Nicaragua
obtain the ratification Of this contract by the Government Of
Nicaragua. @
On Mr. Castellons return will try to send you copy
of the contract
eag Mr.. buchanan TO Mr.. Hise.
8RH DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
WAsHIssTos, JUsE 3, l84S.
SIR The gre extension which the of the United
States the Pacific has recently attained followed it
will be by rapid increase of population in that quarter
admonshes this Government cultivate and strengthen, in
spirit Of wise forecast relations of friendship and commerce
with the other Governments whose territories border upon
that ocean. A
When the federation Of the centre Of America was formed
the Government and people of the United States entertained
the highest hopes and felt the desire for its
and prosperity Its Government that Of federal republic,
composed Of the five States Of Guatemal Honduras Mica
ragua, ST. Salvador, and Costa Rica and its constitution
nearly resembled that Of the United States This consu
ton unfortunately endured but brief period and the different
States Of Central America politically independent
OF each other The that each Of them so
feeble as to invite aggressions from foreign Powers Whilst
It Is our intention maintain established policy Of
intervention in the of foreign nations you in
suced by counsel and advice should suitable occasions
Offer promote the reuHon of the O. which formed the
federation of Central America 10 federal union among
themselves consists their strength They will thus avoid
domestic dssensons and render themselves respected by the
world These truths you can impress upon them BY the
most powerful arguments A1@4 'sa
principal object Of your mission is to cultivate the most
friendly relations with Guatemala. II is independent
sovereignty and by far the populous and powerful Of
the States Of the former federation. Whilst representing
your Government at Guatemala, however. You win enjoy
equeEt opportunities Of cuvating friendly relations be-
the United States and the other States of Central
America, which you will not fail to embrace. aHs8
The enemies Of free institutions throughout the world have
been greatly encouraged by the constantly recurring evou
tons and changes in the Spanish American republics They
for sefgovernmen The President and People Of the
United States have viewed these ncessant changes with the
most profound regret Both principles and policy
make desire that these republics should become
and powerful We feel deep interest In their welfare but
this know only be promoted by free and stable Gov
ernments The enjoyment Of liberty and the maintenance
of private rights cannot be secured without permanent order
and this only spring from the sacred observance Of law
So long successive military cheains shall possess the
ability and the will to subver subsng Governments by the
sword the inevitable consequences be disregard Of
personal rights weakness home, and want Of character
abroad In your intercourse with the authorities Of Guae
maa and other States Of Central America you will fail
to impress upon them example, where all political
troverses decided at the balot-box.
have doubt that the dissolution Of the confederacy
Central America has encouraged Great Britain in her
croachmens upon the territories Of Honduras Nicaagua and
Costa Rca, under the mask Of protecting the called king
dom of the Mosquitoes. We learn that under this pretext
has obtained possession Of the harbor of San Juan
de Nicaraguaprobaby The best harbor along the whole
policy which she has uniformly pursued throughout her past
history of sezng upon every valuable commercial point
throughout the world whenever circumstances have placed
this IN her power Her purpose, probably to obtain the
control Of the route for railroad and canal between the
Atlantic and Pacific by the way of the Lake Mica
ragua. In document prepared is understood by Mr..
Macgrego and printed by order of the British Parliament
which has been furnished to by Mr. Champion, her Br
tannc Majesys charge daaes to the United States Great
Britain claims the whole Of the seacoast for the King of the
Mosquitoes from Cape Honduras Escuda de Veragua. BY
this she would exclude from the Caribbean the
whole Of Honduras south Of Cape Honduras and the entire
States OF Nicaragua and Costa Rica well the new
Grenadan State Of Veragua Under the assumed title Of
protector Of the kingdom Of the Mosquito miserable de-
graded, and insignificant tribe Of Indians she doubtless in
tends to acquire absolute dominion this extent
seacoast With what little she advances this peten-
sion appears from the convention between Great Britain and
Spain, signed London the l4th Of July 1856. By its
FIRST article sshis Britannia Maesys subjects and the other
cooss who have hitherto enjoyed the protection Of Eng
land, shall evacuae the country of the Mosquitoes, well
the continent in general and the islands adjacent without
exception situated beyond the line hereafter described
what ought be the frontier of the extent of territory granted
by his Catholic Majesty the English for the uses specified
in the third article of the present convention and in addition
to the country already granted to them in virtue Of the spu
agreed upon BY the commissioners Of the two Crowns
in l7S3." "A It
The country granted to them under the treaties Of 1883
and l7S6 altogether embraced in the present British
provinces OF Belize, and from what Is claim
ed to be the Mosquito kingdom. The specified in the
third article Of the convention merely, in addition to
that OF cutting wood for dyeing," the grant of the liberty
OF cutting all other wood, without excepting mahogany
as we'll as gathering all the fruits produce Of the EARTH
purely natural and unculvaed, which may besides being
carried away in their natural state become object Of utility
or OF commerce, whether for food for manufactures but
is expressly agreed that this stipulation be used
as pretext for establishing in that country any plantation
Of sugar. Coffee other like articles, any fabric
manufacture by mills other machines whatsoever;
hs restriction however, does regard the Of
mills for cutting or otherwise preparing the wood. Since
all the lands in question being ndspuaby acknowledged to
belong Of right ohe Crown Of Span settlements of that
kind, the population which would follow could be allow
ed "The English shall be permitted to transport and
vey all such wood and other produce Of the place, in its
natural and unculvated sta down the rivers to the
but without going beyond the limits which prescribed
to them by the spuaons above granted, and without
thereby taking opportunity Of ascending the said rivers
beyond their bounds into the countries belonging to Span
And yet nom this simple permission, within certain precise
limits to cut and carry away all the different kinds of wood
and the produce of the earth, uncuivated and purely
NATURAL accompanied by the solemn acknowledgment
sbeong Of right the Crown Of Spain" she has by sue
cessve encroachmens established the British colony Of the
Belize.
The Government of the United States has yet deter
mined what course will pursue in regard the encroach
ments OF the British Government protector of the King and
Kingdom OF the Mosquitoes but you instructed to obtain
all the information within your power upon the and
extent oil these encroachment and communicate with the
least possible delay to this Department We are also de-
srous to learn the number of the Mosquito tribe the degree
Of civilization they have attained and every thing else con-
corning them.
The Independence well the interests Of the nations on
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