The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-12-08

al and matter of courtesy. Anxious
to put an end to the existing inconven.
fences, (Which seem to rest on mis-
conception. } | directed the newly-ap-
pointed Minister to Mexico to visit
Havana, on his way to Vera Cruz.
lie was respectfully received by the
Captain General, who conferred with
him freely on the recent occurrences /;
but no permanent arrangement was
effected.
In the mean time, the refusal Of the
Captain General to allow passengers
and the mail to be landed in certain
cases, for a reason which does not fur.
nish in the opinion of this Government
even a good prcsumptive ground for
such prohibition, has been made the
subject Of serious remonstrancc at
Madrid and | have no reason to doubt
that due respect will be paid by the
government of her Catholic Majesty
to the representations which our Min.
lister has been instructed to make on
the subject.
1t is but justice to the Captain Gen
eral to add, that his conduct towards
the steamers employed to carry the
mails of the United States to Havana
has, with the exceptions above alluded
to, been marked with kindness and lib
crafty, and indicates no general pur.
pose Of into .Icring with the CONNER
cial correspondence and intercourse
between the islands and this country.
Early in the present year official
notes were received from the Ministers
Of France and England, inviting the
Government of the United States to
become party with Great Britain and
France to tripartite Convention, in
virtue of which the three powers should
scverally and collectively disclaim,
now and for the future, all intention to
obtain possession of the Island Of Cuba,
and should bind themselves to discoun.
tcnancc all attempts to that effect Oh
the part Of any power or individual
whatever. This invitation has been
respectfully declined for reasons which
it would occupy too much space in this
communication to state in detail, but
which led nc TO think that the propos-
ed measure would be of doubtful con
stitutionality ,impolitic, and unavailing,
| have, however, in common with sew
cral Of my predecessors, directed the
Minister'S Of France and England to
be assured that the United States en-
terrain no designs against Cuba but
that, on the contrary, | should re gard
its incorporation into the Union at the
present time as fraught with serious
peril.
Were this island comparatively dos
titutc of inhabitants, or occupied by t
kindred race should regard it, if vol
UNFAIRLY cedcd by Spain, us a most de
sirab'c acquisition But, under exist
ing circumstances, | should look upon it,
incorporation into our Union as Il very
hazardous measure 1t would bring in
to the Comic ieracy a population Of diff
ferent stock, speaking different Ian
guagc. and not likely to harmonize Will
the other members, 1t would probably
affect in prcjudical manner the indus
trial interests Of the South and it might
revive those conflicts Of opinion beNccr
the different sections of the country
which lately shook the Union to its cen
tire and which have been so happily com
promised
The rejection by the Mexican Con.
grcss Of the Convention which had beer
concluded between that Republic and til,
United States, for the protection of ;
transit way across the Isthmus of TIE
huantepcc and Of the interests of thos,
citizens Of the United States who Lac
become proprietors of the rights whicl
Mexico had conferred Oh one her own
citizens in regard to that transit. la:
thrown serious obstacle in the way o
the attainment of very desirable ma
tional object am still willing to hop,
that the differences on the subject whcl
exist, or may hereafter ar,s', between
the governments, will be amcably ad
justcd. The subject, however, has al
ready engaged the attention of the Sen
ate of the United States, and require,
no further comments in this communica
ton
The settlement of the question re
speeding the port OF San juan de Nicara
qua. and the controversy between tn,
republics of Costa Rica and Nicaragur
in regard to their boundaries. was indis
pensable to the commencement of .hC
ship canal between the two oceans
which was the subject of the Convention
between the United States and Great
Britain of the 10th of April. 1850 Ac
cordingl a proposition for the same pur
poses addressed to the two governments
in that quarter and to the Mosquito
Indians, was agreed to in April last by
the Secretary Of State and Minister Of
her Britannia Majesty Besides the
wish to aid in reconciling the differences
Of the two republics, | engaged in the
negotiation from desire to place the
great work of ship canal between the
two oceans under one jurisdiction and to
establish the important port of San Juan
dc Nicaragua under the government of a
civilized power. The proposition in qucs
tion was assented to by Costa Rica and
the Mosquito Indians, 1t has moi PROV
ed equally acceptable to Nicaragua, but
it is to be hoped that the further nego-
tiations on the subject which are in train
will be carried on in that spirit of con
ciliation and compromise which ought
always to prevail on such occasions, and
that they will lead to satisfactory re-