The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1852-12-11

~ tuc S1PkUIu4S1eTcIdls WoO NO"~''S~a
With him freely 6n the recent occprren noes;
bat no perm pent arrangements vas eifsc-
ted. "A
lii the meantime. the refusal 81 the Csr.
tain General to allow passengers and the
NAL TO be sande1 in certain cares, for a
reason which ioesFno' fhrnish III the opinion
Of this Government even good rresumr-
tive ground for such prohibition. has been
made the subject Of a serious remoLstrance
at Madrid and ! haveno reason to doubt
that due respect win be raid by the gov
eminent Of Her Catholic Majesty TO the re-
presentations which our Minister has been
instructed to make ON the subject. rq r
It IS hut justice to the Captain General TO
add, that MS conduct towards the steamers
employed TO carry the mails Of the United
States to Havana has, with the exception
above alluded to. been marked with kind
ness and liberaiity. and indicates no gener-
al purpose Of interfering with th~commer-
cial correspondence and intercourse between
tia! island this county
Early in the present year Official notes
were received from he Ministers OF France
and England. inviting the Government OF
the United States to become a party with
Great Britain and France to a t:irartini,
Convention in virtue Of which the three
powers should seve,aly and collectively
disclau. now and for the iature, all lnten-
ton to obtain possession Of the Island Of
Cuba, and should bind Themselves to dis
counte.lance ali attempts TO :Lat effect On
the rart OF any power or individual what
ever. This invitation has beenrespect!,i'y
declined for Ieasons which il weuid occupy
too much space III this communication 10
state in detail. b,,t which led me TO think
that the proposed measure woul, be of
doubtful ccnsiitu,Io,ai inlolitic, and
unavaiing. have however in common
with several OF ny predecessors, directed
the Ministers OF Farce an;! England to be
assure that the united States entertain DO
designs against Cuba but that, on the
contrary. should regard its Incorporation
into the Union atthe present time as tIa:Ght
with serious peril.
Were this island comparatively destitute
Of inhabitants or occupied ny kindred
race. should re gard il, ii voluntarily c.ded
by Spain, as most desirable acquisition.
Bat, under existing cilcurn >tances. should
look upon its Incorporation into ,our Union
as very hazardous measure. It Would
brin! into the Coniedracy population of a
different natiena! stock, speaking different
language. and not likely to harmonize witt,
the other members. D 1t would probably
affects in prejudicia manner the Industrial
interests OF tn. South ana il might revive
those conflicts of opinion between the diff
ereut sections OF the country. which lately
shook he Union TO its centre. and which
nave been so happily compromised
The ses.lemen. OF The que ton respec-
ting the port Of San Juan de Nicaragua,
and Of the controversy between the fepub-
lies Of Costa R.ca and Nicaragua, in regard
to their boundaries, was considered indis-
pensab.e to the commencement of the ship
canal b tween the two oceans. which was
the subec Of the Convention between the
Int pr,{ 81 L.
of AprilIs50. Accordingly a proposition
fo' the same purpose addressed to the two
Governments in that quarter, and to the
Mosq'nto Indians was agreed to iC april
last by the Secretarv of State ard the Min
lister Of her Rrtahic Majesty. Besides
the wish to aid in recnncilius the diiTeren-
ces Of the two republics. | engage in the
negotiations from tha desire to place the
great work of a ship cana. between the two
oceans under ore juri>d'ction and to cstab-
lish the important port o. Saa Juan-de MIC
a.agua under the government Of a civilized
power. The proposition in question was
assen.ed to by Costa Rica ami the MosGu:-
to Indians. It has not yet proved equally
acceptable to Mica aqua, bat it is to be
hoped the further negotiations on the sub
iect which are in train viii be carried on
in that s.,iri: OF Cancellation aud compro-
mise which ought always TO prevail on such
occasions and that they will lead to salts
factory result.
With regard to the expedition to