New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-04-16
Sicarngua-Pasi and Pre-en,.

dant particularly of names an" u'.'', ''
fact. that the last Administration had ai-
nointed Consul for Balize in Honduras ana
procured for him, through our Minister 70
Great Britain. the sanction Of Queen Woo
ria thereby fully conccding and aHrmlng
the British sovereignty over that part 81 zen
trail America CIIondUra, that th- Non'uI
ooyo Messr. Polk and Buchanan ample
notice that the British were using their az
cendancv aver the al accent -ayages 10 e1tehu
British power and dominion IN Cen'rl'
America-that Nicaragua gave Me--rs Poik
and Buchanan similar notice in l'f' UNIV
Great Britain was evidently meditaunS '''
seizure Of the port II san Juan de Nicaragua,
., tho mouth If the San Juan River, and
commanding the Atlantic outlet Of the only
practicable route for ship Canal across the
Continent. and cntrrated our Government 70
aid Nicaragua. circumstance or otherwise
IN preserving her sovereignty over that port
which is almost if not quite her any point
of commercial access 70 the 'uI OIL
Mexico and the Atlantc-that these entrea-
ties were utterly UNDECIDED and unnoticed y
our late Administration, and San Juan u'
Nicaragua allowed by it to fall INTO Drlu'h
,osso.s;on nbeing seized under the pretense
that it rightfuIly belonged To The Mo74u'"
King. whose ally and protector Great britain
unclaimed herself that after that disaster
,bc Nicaracra Secretary of State ogam adj
dressed our Government in the most moving
terms. asking It's interposlton WIN "r'''
Britain To induce her to surrender the cap
turcd port. so vitality necessary TO Nicaragua
but which that feeble State dared not attempt
to recapturc from the Formidable power oi
England-but that to all these representa-
tons and appeals, and entreaties' backed
by personal application 10 our Governme"'
through an accredited Minister, no response
was made by the late Executive no remon-
STRANGE vcnturod with Great Britain not
even the cold ciyility of reply was 'ouch-
soCed 10 the distressed, aggrieved "overn-
ment and People Of Nicaragua.
Are these facts, or are they nctE Inc
silence of the Opposition journals answers
conclusively. What we stated was true.
Can there he a sane man 50 blinded 10y
party as not to see that here was total
Surrender and abandonment oi the famous
Monroe doctrine that the United States
would not consent to further appropriations
and colouizations of the American Cont
ncnt bv European powers! Surely, surely
if the silence preserved and indifference
,or;cestcd by Mr.. Polk and his Cabinet
with regard to the seizure Of the mouth OF
the san Juan by Great Britain are consist
ent with the maintenance OF the Monroe
doctrine then it would be difficult to
imagine any conduct on the part ct an Adj
ministration which would net be consistent
with that doctrine.
The Rnnsylcaaian, edited by a refy mt
mate friend of ex-Secretary Buchanan has
made great parade of Geography ana
British authority to prove that Balize is in
British Honduras. on the other side OF the
Gulf from the Mosquito Coast;
Where is Rahzc. here declared to hc part
If tho TERRITORY not ackuow Lodging the sway Of the
Rr,i,h Government Does not MIR Greeley hho"
that the paize has been for more than MY years
under English authority &c &c
Here follows any quantity of slang about
our distressing stupidity 'recklesSnesS,'
&C. which we did not deem worthy OF no
tee until we saw Cincinnati paper had
bccn taken in wv it. We said nothing OF ITS
ho;nc territory not acknowledging the sway
If the British Government. nor that hanze
was in Mosquito, nor that 1t had MOI oeeh
long in British possession, nor any o' Tue
mistakes which The Pcnnsytyaman has seen
IL 10 attribute 10 Us in order to raise Il aust
under which its patron may hopeto cover his
e>eape. We know well that there has oc'h
n British mahogany-cutting settlement called
Bali.c on the ncrtherly coast of the "Hli OF
Honduras for half eentury-have known
il any time these twenty years. Whether
that underwriting settlement has secured
70 Great Britain any rights OF territory or
permanent occup&tion, We shall not attempt
I.,;3a--a;d no, assume to decide in our for
mer article. We did not say that MIR Bueh-
anan's application to Queen Victoria TO a'-
credit an American Consul at that port was
the first ever made from our Go'erniaen' ;
hut As MIR. Buchanan can probably tell we
shall be glad to know '0le'' British >('Fe-
tarv was first asked by an American Oaei-
net to recognize and aeoredi' a Consul al
Ralixe And if Great Britain fairly owns
=. .,rr;tn,.v Including BallEe.