The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-07-12

recently been promulgated, by which duty Of "a
per cent is imposed upon all exports, or articles
passing outward from this port Not only does tins
duty isn heavily the trade Of the United States
10 which country the larger part Of these exports
goes, but il oaeIa,es as tax on all passengers
from California 10 the United States. And we
would respectfully represent that no right or au-
'honiy exists for the i"Posilion OF THIS new duty,
from The british coDsuls in American ports, under
pt-1aIty of double dn.ies.
We are convinced tina; this route must speedily
become the principal line OF TeSsn.n oe
tween the Eastern United States AM aiioi LII =,
the easiest, quickest, cheapest, most he..- '"''i
and agreeable-provided no unlawful distractions
are inteTposed, like those which now exist at the
port of San Juan de Nicaragua. And we would re-
present that as il is universally admitted that this is
the sole feasible route for ship canal between the
two oceans, Tin the construction of which the
United States is more deeply interested than any
other nation on the globe), il is the duty of her
governmt mt TO permit no unfounded professions OF
sovereignty, or territorial seizures under pretence
of protection to savage tribes, 10 interpose against
the construction Of such work, CT 10 the embar-
rassmeDt of the transit of American citizens and
their property. And we would further represent
that we regard, as q sacred and paramount prn-
cple of Anne riean policy, the entire exclusion of
European interference in the International affairs
Of the American republics and that it is incumbent
.rron the United States to nterpose, in all proper
ways, against any such interference. And that,
therefore, strespectfuly and earnestly
and urge upon the Congress OF the United States
that measures may be taken to relieve American
citizeRs, and American trade, from the exactions
to which they are now subjected at San Juan de
Nicaragua, and to procure for them the full and
effective enjoyment of the rights and privileges
conceded by the republic of Nicaragua, the sole
and rightful owner of the port in question: and thus
Signed BY j. E. Priest, and ninety-three other
citizens Of the United States, and dated Realejo
June, 1850
From the Gazette Of San Salvador, May, 1901
EXTRACT FROM THE ANNUAL MESSAGE OF THE
PRESIDENT OF SAN SALVADOR TO THE CONGRESS
OF THAT REPUmIc.-With the ratification which
has been given to theRpact celebrated in Leon on
the 18th OF November last, constituting the three
states of Nicaragua, Honduras, and San Salvador,
a single nation, has arisen the most urgent neees-
sty for conserving social order, without which pro-
vision our welfare is precarious This pact, al
though not all thai might be desired, is perhaps the
best adapted to our circumstances, and most in
cordance to the general wishes Of the people, and
therefore best able to give US, speedily, security
from abroad, and peace and tranquility at home.
fill the positions assigned them under the National
Government, have been elected, and the manner
of filling vacancies in their body has been pre-
scribed. tt
With the ratification of the treaty of amity,
navigation and commerce celebrated with the ple-
nipotentiary Of the United States, Hon. e. George
Squier has been givenne guarantees to the great
est and best interests of the State, which its
independence, its integrity and its system of re-
publican government. The United States is the
friend of liberty, and its prop in all quarters of the
world, and our new relations with that republic,
opens a brighter era for State.
San Salvador does not, now, for the first time re-
cognise these advantages. Upon the origin of its
independence IN 1922, it manifested, by formal
pronuncamento, its adhesion to the United States,
and it has since shown, by repeated acts its lively
desire to be governed by the same principles which
have made thetgTeatness of that nation. 1t is GER
tain, citizen representatives, that all our expecta-
lions in this respectare well-founded. The hon
orablc envoy of that nation, who is the organ by
whose means we are able to know its disposition,
has gwen this government the best securities
in this particular, from which no government that
is founded good faith, is able TO vary, and which,
by its institutions embraces and everywhere pro-
tects the liberty of the human race.
In concord with the State of Nicaragua, il has
been decreed, as an essential principle of policy,
the absolute,exclusOn OF all intervention, direct or
indirect, of whatever foreign nation from our does.
tic and international affairs, and our relations with
the republican States of America; and contrary to
the interests Of those States and dangerous 10 their
peace and independence, the extension on the
American continent of monarchical institutions,
either by conquest, colonization, the support of
soveregns among savage tribes, or by whatever
other means.