The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-02-13
Additional InteIhg epos tsom Central
America.

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America.
ENGLISH DoIEcs ON THE PACIFIC COAST.
In addition 10 the news which we yesterday
published. from CObwal America, we tssnslats
the following from the Gacea de! NoIrador, OF the
10th OF December last. II will be seen that 30
far from blockadlng the coast Of Central Amer
lea, the English forces there are in fast engaged
in actual war Oh those States, in concert with a
inonarchica faction in Guatemala.
We published. in July last, All intercepted let
ter from Pavon, Chatield's secretary, to the SER
vile LEADERS, in which he tells them to push their
operations against San Salvador and Honduras,
for the British squadron will soon be on the
coast to assist them We have now M exam
pie OF the manner in which this assistance is
rendered. A vessel anchors in the port Of Hon
duras, with which State England has no quarrel
discharging its cargo, because il ~Iill be pre-
judicinl to English interests" and threatens
blockade il he il not obeyed These proceed
ings are not only irregular, but outrageous, and
are calculated to keep up eternal confusion in
Central America.
The English government, as well as our own,
may Dc assured that the people Of the United
States are not Indifferent to these proceedings
CoMMaNDAscY OF La UN,oN, Dec. 7, 1850.
To the Minister Of Var Of San Salvador -
SIR AT six o'clock on the afternoon of the
Sd inst, the English steamer Of war Gordon
came to anchor in the bay of Chiquirin, and yea
terday left again for AcajubIa. To-day, arrived
the lieutenant of the Champion, who ia now here.
He states that the commander of the blockading
force has prohibited the merchant vessel Tyson,
anchored in the port of T,gre. from unloading
eighteen tons of powder which it has on board,
belonging to the Messrs. Tejada of Grenada,
Nicaragua. He has also informed the COM
mandant of the Tigre, that if he permits the
smallest quantity THE powder to be sent ashore
or to go into the interior, at the ports of CHS
mugo or Brea, be shall Immediately blockade
all the ports Of Honduras on the Gulf of Fon-
SEGA.
Ihave esteemed it my duty to give you infor-
nation Of these proceedings, for the knowledge
of the government. (Signed,,
BY the above note, and another which has
come directly from the port of Brea, in the
State of Honduras, we learn that Mr.. English
Consul Chatfield has prohibited merchants from
discharging their cargo in that State threatening
her ports with blockade if such discharge is
permitted. This most iniquitous and irregular
-
text shat the introduction Of posoder in thai
State is preiudicial to the interests of her Bril-
tannic Majesty" Such is the avowal of his
note to the commander at Brea This is one
of this individuals new international rights"
BY this same rule he could blockade our ports
to prevent the expectation of indigo, because
such expectation is prejudcial to her Britannia
Majestys treasury, inasmuch as our indigo is
cheaper than that produced by Englishmen in
India. When we have mills for manufacturing
cotton, Mr.. Chatfeld will blockade Us, because
that will be prejudicial to English Traders
What extravaganza! What audacity. What
infamy Who does not see beneath this shall
low pretext the design of notwithstanding (los-
tizan) these States Who does not see in
these proceedings the spirit of hatred and re-
venge which anmates this officer against San
Salvador! And who 30 blind rs not to discover
the rancor which animatcs the servile anarchists
of Guatemala!
II seems a statement almost ridiculous, vet
is nevertheless true, that the force of Great
Britain are under the orders of the military oil
garchy of Guatemala. Mr. Chatfcd is the life o
this miserable faction, which, having DESTROYED
the republic, would scatter its fragments to the
winds, that it might build upa dictatorship with
out opposition The government of Great Britain
has sent out its vessels of war to protect the in
terests of its subjects has confided them for
this purpose to her consul; but so far from
using them to effect this legitimate object this
man makes use Of them to satisfy the revenge
ola faction and to weakenand separate the States
Of this depressed country, now looking to union
as their only hope Of salvation. It's the melan-
choly truth that this faction has induced this Of
fcer to blockade our ports obstructing our in
dustry, and destroying our revenues, in order
that 1t can, with some prospect of success, in
wade our territories, and crush the regeneratine
spirit of nationality. The pretexts for this block
ade are absurdly frivolous they deceive no one
the true cause lies deeper. But If, as Chat
field tells US, these attacks upon us are expressly
ordered by his government, then it has notably
compromised itself before all civilized nations,
upon representations false and malicious on the
part of its officers.
ave shall never yield we have suffered long,
aud our powers of endurance must have been
infinite TO have sustained us up to This time.
Our cause is just, and We shall concede nothing.
We believe that the British government will re-
primand its agent, when it comes to understand
the true state OF affairs here, and to learn that
ne is less n representative of his government than
Of paltry faction, which makes up in venom
what it lacks in responsibility and numbers
The people of Guatemala, from late advices,
grew disposed to take care of the latter them
selves-let England look to her own reputation,
compromised MS il is by her officers
A correspondent of the same paper writes as
follows, upon the same subject -
learn with surprise that the blockading off,
Ger in the Gulf Of Fpnseca has sent letter to
the President Of Honduras, informing him thai,
if ne Above any powder to be land6 in that
State, he shall blockade its harbora, "becausc it
is not for the interest of II. B. NJ that powder
shall enter these States"
shall not attempt to qualify this note as il
deserves but am willing to let the world pass
judgment on its merits But its audacity is
really wonderful; for who does not know that
the English have always been ready to give arms
and ammunition to every people, when it has
be, to her interest to excite them to revolution
Who has furnished arms to the Indians of Yu-
catan TO the negroes of San Domingo ito
the savages on the frontiers of the United States
TO all rebels in the kingdoms of India? What
has been their course in Venezuela! Who is so
profoundly ignorant as not to know who il is
that has kept alive the aerviles Dud refrogr0<lis