The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-12-25

Ehe poA1cy OF the United States with Ragax0
Iron the Guassmsla Gassta]
In our last number 70 stated that the Congress Of
Nioarsgus had refused 70 sanction the treaty gnsd
ct Warrington, on the 30th Of April last, BY tho
Secretary Of State Of that republic and the minister
Of England for the purpose Of terminating the ques-
tions of Guanacaste and Mosquito.
We also, In the Same number. inserted the Pc
tition Of the deputy Zspots to the government Of
Nicarsgus, In which he brings serious charges on
the Of the State for having formally
rendered the cession Of the territories in question
In the said treaty, which We this day publish, We
find the formal and explicit recognition by tho
United States Of the sovereignty Of the Mosquito
nation and the right which England has claimed In
favor of the aborigines.
1t is not our intention to enter into this matter,
nor even to express our opinion with regard to il;
but cannot dc less than notice the contradictory
and illogical course of the United States in respect
to IT,
1t is notorious fact, that many years ago the
papers of the United States, Of all shades and
opinions incesssntly sought to pursusde Nicaragua
that the United States would never aokno Wedge the
legal existence OF the Mosquito country 1t il
torious fact, that the diplomatic agents Of the
American republic, in Central America and in Eng
land, have done all in their power to induce the
government of Nicaragua refuse its acquiescenoe
to the English protectorate OF the Mosquitoes We
do not wish to quote any Of the endless articles writ
ten in this spirit by American editors. We shall
confne ourselves to copying some Of the official do,
uments which we have at hand, published by the
government Of the United States with regard TO the
questions raised In the Senate. in 1850 and 1851
Of the occupation Of Tgre Island and the blockadng
of the ports Of Salvador, and also Of those to be
found in the recent work Of the chrge, Squier,
or in the columns Of the American WRig Reuieic,
an American paper.
Among tho instructions given to the Anglo Ams-
rican delegates to the Panama Congress was the
following =" There is not within the limits Of the
American continent single point In which Eu.
ropean colony could sot its foot without violating
the territorial rights Of some American State. Any
eDdeavor having this object in view, and every es-
Establishment for the purpose of transmitting sove-
reign rights to European power, must be regarded
~ an iBadmissible usurpstion."
Secretary Clayton, on giving his instructions to
squier, among other things says the following
"lt is evident that the rights claimed in favor of
the King Of the Mosquitoes are founded on repeated
usurpations. Will the other powers interested in
the free canalization Of Nicaragua allow their in
terests to suffer from such pretensions! As far -
the United States are concerned, you may confident
~ answer IN the negative
The same Secretary Of State, in his communion
ton of May Z, 1851, to the Anglo American repre-.
sentative ut Nicaragua, says:-"G Great Britain will
very shortly adopt tho means requisite for extin-
gushing the title Of the Mosquito Indians. We
never have and never shall recognise the legal ex-
istenco or the sovereignty Of the Mosquito king, or
any other Indian in America contrary course
would be to deny the right Of the United States to
their own continent"
The correspondence between the government at
Washington and its ministers in London, Bancroft
and Lawrence, bears testimony to the constant Of
forts of the United States in this respect In con-
ormty with such reiterated pretensions the agents
of the United States abroad always endeavored to
persuade thos, OF Nicaragua that their government
would never consent to favor the claims of the Eng
lish with regard to the Mosquitoes; and these same
agents, Hise and Squier, succeeded in persuading
the government Of Nicaragua that it should resist
oil ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of its territory in favor OF that
tribe
How is it, then, that tho American government
should not only lend its co-ope .ation to that which
it always decl sred that it would oppose but should
even enter into q treaty with England, whereby an
important portion of Nicaragua is conveyed to thes
Inoian tribe which has been repeatedly called the
farce OF the pretended Mosquito nas.on. Those ~bo
are converssnt with the manGuvres that have
caused the English and North Americanp terests to
harmonic explain this contradiction ksfacsoriiy.
We have already said that tho Congress OF Mica
ragua had refused to occop the tire aty in which tho
United States have not acted as that State had
son TO expect after the confidence which it had re-
posed in them. But We fear that whatever resolu-
tion may be adopted, il will not avert the evils
which threaten Nicaragua, for tho final article Of
the raid treaty provides, that in case the same
should not be accepted, then the contracting parties
will take measures to cause the Clayton B0lwor
treaty, Of April 49, 1850. to be pu. into execution
tcndirg the rights Of the Mosquitoes to all the asst
ern coast of Honduras and Nicaragus. So Lord
Palm erston declared, in mis- communication of April
Is. 1850; 60 the English representative At Nicara
qua declared, on the 18th of August Of the Same
year; and so Mr.. Bulwsr states, in his conmunica
tion to the Anglo American government, which last
is Analysed in the March number US5l) 0! the
Wig american Rsrier.
The execution OF the treaty Of April 30, ultimo,
whether accepted not by Nicaragua, is. we grieve
to say, calculated to complicate affairs still farther
But this is really what the United States desire, audi
therefore, We have stated in our number Of the 9th
u that tho history Of the last w years sho
only the diplomatic agents bat even the private cti
of the United States, nothing 10th to seize
every opportunity of complicating the affairs Of
those republics which they would appear to pro-
tect What matters it, though, If they can derive
lasting benefit therefrom in the present, in
the canalzatiop, and benefit in the future, in the
event Of probable annexation.