The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-10-10
MEL rENCE FROM THE WEST INDIES.
rus BRITISH COLONIAL VIEW OF NICARAGUA.
Indignation at the Strides Of Yanke,land.

Our files Of Jamaica and other West India pa.
sers are complete. The latest date is the 9th Of
September
The news is Of some interest.
The intelligence from Demerara is confined to
tive or three items, the most important Of which is
the determination come 10 by the Court of Policy
to renew the impor of Coolies. Both the pa
pers, and it would seem the great majority OF the
inhabi,ants, disapprov- OF the scheme and condemn
the expenditure oil the public money Tor ths pur-
pose.
The Jamaica journals are filled with articles re-
latiye TO American and Nicaragua AFFAIRS we
annex one or two Of th-mi-
From the Jamsics Despatch, sept "a
We psblish in another portion of this days i'm
precision, an article from 'h- ftmtj, on the heces-
sity of preserving the balance OF power on the
American continent. aud commentary on thas ar
ficIe extracted from tbr NeU York Herald. The
two papers exhibit str.ng distinction between
the literature Of the old and the new world. Rea-
sou and bombast- manly seriousness and down.
east" yapor-stand IN bold contrast, in the one
and the other. We have nothing 10 say of the enOr-
nous power which Is prepared TO whip all Gre
alton" but the New York press must get up "very
airly," before II can write down the strong reason
ing of the Timss ne wspaprr
But II is not our object 10 comment on the
HevaId's very American abdse Of England We
have, indeed, not u word TO say for England.
She has treated th-ss coiones with degree OF
heartless cruelty that no absolute despot could
have exceeded, and IL Is the sense we feel of this
monstrous conduct on The part Of the parent Co
vernment towards DR., that induces us 10 allude to
the Itmess argument in favor of balance of pow
er on the neighborDg continent
The spirit Of territorial aggrendizement which
has OF late years exhibited itself in the United
States, and which has succeeded IN appendng
Oregon, Texas, New Mexico, and California, TO
the already gigantic proportions OF that republic is
not by any means Ut modern growth. IL is ia fact,
an inherent eleine al IN the whole national charac
ter Nor ne the mesps by which conquest is OBJ
tanned matter oi moral com liberation Mr. Brised,
an able WINTER on the social and political character
of his county, thorough American let il be said
IN pen and In senntrns- far back as the year
1915 told us this IN terms which were not TO be mis-
taken. He had no squ-amsh difficulties in telling
the whole truth Nci Is the ambition" said he,
" OF America less aspiring Than the progress OF
her power is alarming. The United States, not
contented with their present territory, although
more than double the extent VI the whole Chinese
empire, lay clam t. bon the Floridas, and avow-
eddy stretch their prttnsons westward TO the
Pacific Ocean ; ana give intelhgihie hints through
all the numberl-ss organ pipes OF their followers
and ttatterers, and servants that they will never
Iest from their labor, nj thy have accomplished
their aim by teay, -ocrodchment, or conquest;
their unvaryiDg motto being d0lUs an vUtns,
qr,s ~ hoste roquudt." All Mr.. Bnsted's prsphe-
cies we know have been fulfilled. The Floridas
now form States of the Union, whose possessions
have been exteDdet "by treaty, or encroac hment,
or conquest or JrEgr, 10 the Pacific, from the
banks of the Colur- hia down 10 the Southern
boundary OF Cshinrnid. How Texas fell, we all
know. EncrosGhHI rrt, perhaps, was the word
best applicable 10 that affair. How the Oregon
and North Eastern boundary questions were
settled, all in favor ct the United States, must
also be fresh in the public mind. bullying
and diplomatic juggeIy may be held more
apty than any Other rms TO describe the method
by which American ambition was humored in those
cases, and II IL ss notorious day that the British
minister yieldtd Ia The vapor of America, rather
than involve the patton in var for sections OF ter
ntory that were scarcely worth the cost But
Ewgfa~d N0u gi,,s to hnd thai the dimensions OF
lyk m fcly lrffH
vastly tnTtdstrg VcJ,aaiIftOn, arc becoming really
ALARMING. She IN, territory increas ing, and
she sees me boast ct Ihry years ago, that the en-
tire Northern Continent, and the lsthmus down to
Panama, must in process Of time fall 10 the Union,
realized to a very cons derable extent. She finds
America steHlthIy, sld by encroachment" feel |
Ing her way in Cuba aud he begins 10 think that
lhis ambition mUrt he ourbrd. But while England |
Ia sounding the alarm amongst European monar- |
ches, America is daIlug both England and Europe |
10 stay her cours, With a confidence purely Ame- |
rican, che has started theory old as the Mon
roe Presidency, hat no European nation shall be
permitted TO COLOMBO any fresh PORTION OF the
American Continent That such a proposition
could be seriously maintained, is of course out
OF the question On pnncllies OF International law,
but America has asserted II, and England Is threat
tned with Y in conn. with the Nicaraguan
question From thu experience we have had, how
ever, OF the dealings OF Greai Britain with her CO
lonies, we might iairly ask what Is the cause that
induces this movement for preserving the balance
Of power on the American coniinehtl What does
Great Britain fear. What does the Tunes fearfor
her1 Are the colouss IA dang,rl kH imagined
that The Upifsd Safss bsc0Blf 40 prcofnl as 10
fu~ their cues s,rioasy to'rdrds th,se 'samds! t
may be So indeed, bat surely Eogland must be
utterly indifferent "a any such event. The mo-
dern cry IN England ~ that colonies are smply
IN incumbrance aud dead weight on the national
resources. Why. thsn, establish new ones, or
even 90 through the form of maintaining the right
90 do so against p,.. riul nation. which, protiung
by the example WIN, England m the days OF her
greatest power . ilord d-d.ys when her colonies
her .fr. 18th nd min er9I nre-
eminenty to her weslth-tesires 10 extend her
possessions rs tar as her meABs will permit her,
and would seize gtrtdlly To morrow on these beau
tful islands when Eugland has virtually repud-
aied after having ruiled them ny her tyrasnous po-
tcy Talk ~ balance Of power here Why,
England has destroyed u. She has made Jamaica
beRRarly deI~DdeEc", and taught men, who once
would have shed heir last drop Of blood IN defence
Of their nafIoudl flag. almost TO regret that they
live beneath tive say almost, for in spite Of in
justice, they are Englsh still--Englieh IN scnti-
ment, aId English, too, IN nerve, activity, and
mental resources, however much they may be vii
ihed as slugRaTdu aud HUotisns by their country
men in England. The policy pursued towards US
has driven thousands To Tuin--ie rapidly chasing
capital from shores; and, ere long, unless re-
formed, must drive all rrspcciability out OF the
Island. and hand II over 10 the lowest class in H..
OF what uss then, - Il 10 preserve the balance OF
power az the NIX Of war whilst those British pos
sessions, for which alone such war could be pro-
voked, are becoming no, worth defence No!
" E~gf0rd utshss ~ T0tss gussfiOus ~ EM0Isa-
pctft on ms ftfI Httf' y" thc Wmcttt0r ~ trtcr-
waftOrai rights from me grasp u dnertcd, her hrn
tfep should b. a. fcsfss SUl'fhi-g IKE Eugsh feeI
frR rifhfn hcr otrp ooiiai pass,sst0r,. To do this,
sac pipsf rsf0rn only her sysitm ~ colonial go
vsrr~s-f bpf os ,,sye,is ,ars labor, her commercial
p1cy also II she fat - do that, the colonies, we
tell her, will not be worth lighting Tor IN ten years
TPrcm the Kingston JAM Journal. Sept ~
The question IA dispute between the state OF
Nicaragua and The British government respecting
the BORT of san Juan. appears 20 be eth Undecided
aud likely To ucc ts.On some trouble. Lord Ial-
merston 10 dItsTmiusd. u would seem, not 10 sur
render the olsim Of Mosquito 60 that place now
called Grey Town On the l1th February las,, his
Iordehip wrote o. fulluvsi-
have 60 say IN reply. that the government % her
Britannia Majesy - dsroUs q cuitvAtiug the most
ferdly relations With the state sf Nicarsgus but that
her Mseetys government IL inca pabl- ~ doing any
thing Witch shal 10 interpreted ~ sdm ting doubt
that Cry Town belongs exclusively % the Mosquito