New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-07-03
Nicaragua.
!, would appear that there was an error

sh,sien Of convention between England anu 'l'o
United States, whereby San Juan was to be estao-
Ished as an independent republic. Indeed, so ]"
"A this from being true, that an agreement mas
been signed by the Secretary of State ana tne
British Minister, setting the terms on which san
Juan shall be restored to Nicaragua, ana III 'ao'
arranging all the questions at issue IN tna' quar-
Ter. on a basis which we have on seVerai occa'i'H'
earnestly denounced as improper ana coh''aiy "
American interests. This agreement mas Oeeh
60. o,,, % Central America by Mr.. Wyke British
S,o..,l General and Mr. r. Nj. Walsh, who so
h,;,l;sntlv distinguished himself last year in bully
;ng hi, imperial Majesty Faustin |. These
venemen are instructed to secure to it the assent
sf the Governments of Nicaragua and Costa RIGA,
.nder threat of further action on the part Of the
or;gusl parties. The following are the articles Of
this project:
l. The Mosquito Indians TO reserve 10 themselves
cut OF the territory heretofore claimed occupied
The eastern coast Of Central America, district OF coun
Try 10 be bounded as follows: Beginning on the shore
Of the Caribbean Sea, at the mouth Of the river Rama
according 10 Bailey's British map which s Ito 81
north latitude, and $50 6 west longitude, running
thence due west to the meridian Of $40 3V west ong
tudo from Greenwich thence due north 20 said meLl
dian the river Segovia thence down said ver 70
Caribbean Sea thence southery along the shore oil SAID
sea 10 the place OF beginning; and al the rost sne
mainder Of the territory and lands lying sou and az
westerly Of said reservation, heTe.J1 no GSev.own.
they shall reliDquish and cede 10 the nePuonO VI
yseus together with the net receipts ior tnIoe yo
from all duties levied and collected a, n.aS
yste Of 10 Der cent dd vdL0re, on ali goods lporteu
iao the State-the period OF three years 70 cohnoo
on the day when Nicaragua thal formally take po:5sS
sion of and enter into the occupancy oil saa town
said net receipts TO be payable quarterly 10 sucn se'
as may be appointed 10 receive Them. Nicaragua TO-
CURED not 10 modest or interfere win tne hosqui'1
Indians thin tho territories reserved W .n9in az
rspt, of land made by the Mosquitoes since LIST January
1sIe In that part Of Mosquito territory now ceded 10
Nicarasua shall be disturbed, provided sal1 grants
shall not interfere with other legal grants made prevl'
ousy 10 that date by Spain, by the Central American
Confederation, or BY Nicaragua or with the privileges
of the Ship Canal Company and shall not include ter
ritoIy desired by Nicaragua for forts arsenas &c.
2 Provides that nothing In preceding article shall
nreelnde voluntary compact between Nicaragua and
the Mosquitoes by which the latter may be incorporates
and united with the former. The municipal and puohc
authority In Greytown 10 be held and exercised oy
Eiearsr1a but said Government shall lay duties Of
tpnnaee nor any duties Of In port on gooos imported
INTO On eytowr intended for transit across the lshmus
for consumption la any other state tnan tnat Oh
Nicaragua, except such tunnsge duty as may be nee.
essay preservation of the port and harbor and
sbe erection and mainte Of lighthouses And no
duty for this similar purpose shall exceed IL cents
The boundaries between Nicaragua and Costa
RIGA Oh all begin the south bank of the Colorado, at
It's confluence with the at high water mark on SAID
river thence along said south bank 10 the confluence
of the Colorado with the River San Juan thence at
hieh water mark along the south bank OF the san Juan
10 It's source on Lake Nicaragua thence along the
south and shore OF that lake TO the point nearest
30 the mouth of the river La Flore thence by direct
lI the mouth of said river on the PACING Ocean
Costa RIGA retsinirg the right In common with Near
agus navigate said rivers and lake by sail vessels but
moi by steam but this right not b interfere with the
paranount RIGHT In Nicaragua, her grantees TO APP
pIopIste SAID wat I'd TO the ship canal The snip Canal
Company to be entitled the privilege of locating on
the south bank Of San Juan four of the eight sections OF
land referred 10 In the 9th article OF the amended
charter ratified by Nicaragua the llth OF April le9O
4 Neither Nicaragua nor Costa RIGA shall be az lo-
erty 10 erect any mart wall embankment or TO do any
thing whatever in the harbor of Greytown or in any
part the Colorado San Juan Nves or on the shore
Of Lshe Nicaragua, TO obsruct the operations OIL tne
Ship Canal Transit Company or hinder the passage OF
their beats the And alter proper survey OF
route for the canal should be found preferable for
10 psss along the southern bank of the San Juan or Colo
yedO, Costa Rca engages TO grant any lands and TO
afford any facilities for the construction OF the canal
8 twenty-five nautical miles on all waters from the
ternipi Of the canal the Atlantic and Pacific are
fixed as the distances be exempt from blockade, de-
tenton or capture by either of the belgerents during
war for vessels of the United States and Great Britain.
G. Extends the time allowed the Atlantic aud Pacific
der the Clayton and Bulwer treaty, another year.
T. Guarantees the protection of the United States and
Great Britain to the accessory Transit Company for
navigating the waters of Nicaragua as insured 10 the
20 interfere with the construction Of that work by the
Canal Company.
We earnestly protest against this entire agree
ment, for the following reasons:
/. 1t assumes to settle the boundaries of Mica
ragaa and Costa RIGA, with which we have nothing
to do, not having been appointed an umpire in that
controversy.
2. 1t admits that the Mosquito Indians have a
title to San Juan and guarantees to them an In
demnity for abandoning it, when it is notorious
shat they have no such title, and that the place
rightfnlly belongs to Nicaragua, and was hsld by
her till British force in violation Of all nterna-
tionsl law, took it away.
5. 1t admits Great Britain as representing the
Mosquitoes, whereas the Clayton and Bulwer treaty
binds her to abandon the pretended protectorate
she had before assumed to exercise over them;
and no American Secretary should have consented
10 negotiate on the subject except on the basis Of
that treaty.
4. Il assume, to regulate the domestic legiss-
tion Of Nicaragua and to fix the tariff Of duties on
nportations into her territories.
5. Ii coRcsdes everything to England and to
Costa RIGA, the ally and tool Of England; and
ssrrenders everything claimed by Nicaragua, the
fsiend and ally of the United States.
Fer these reasons we denounce the stipsla-
items Of this agreement as weakly submitting to
the pretensions of strong foreign power, our rival
and unwOrthily surending the rights Of a weak
power, our friend, almost our proteg6. lis an
agreement not ft to be made, and no American
Secretary Of Estate should ever have put his hand
10 it.
Arrival of the Northern I.iaht.