The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1853-01-18

the Crescent City element :s.
Mr. Everett then proceeds to aresiew Of his
|toricai incidents in the career of this country,
land the relstions Of European powers thereto,
and deduces from them the impolicy that would
charac terise the acquiescences this government
with the proposition before3it ..ss,sS,
final objection to the opposed confe fention.is
forcibly put in the subjjoined raphs
sasL ord Malmsbury aud NJ. &c Turgot put for
ward ss the reason for entering into. such com
pact the at taeks. which have lately been made
on On the Isl ard of Cuba BY lasless bands of adj
Eyentarers from the United States, with the
avowed design 81 taking possession Of that islaad
E|The President IS convinced sthatsthe conclusion
EEoff such a treaty instead Of putting a stop to
these lawlesss edings, would give a new and
powerful inpulseto them. 4 T. would strike a
death blow. fo the conservative policy hitherto
pursued IN this country toward Cuba. Y -
No adIninistratio Of this Government, how
ever strong the public confidence in other re-
fspeets, could stand "a day undert the odium OF
having STIMULATED aitE.thc great powers Of EDS
rope that In no future time under no change of
circumstances mo anicable arrangement
with sSpain; by no act Of lawful war; should
that calamity: unfortunately occur; by no con-
sent the inhabitants of theisland, should they,
Hike the possessions of Spain on the, American
continent, succeed in rendering themselves inde-
pendent;; in fine, by no oyeruling necessity Of
fsclfpreseryation should the United States ever
make the acsuisitionFo Cuba. .''saa
For the reasons set forth In this eommuniea-
ton, the President feels constrained to decline,
respectfully, the invitation England and France
Ito become parties of the proposed convention.
Dislnissn5 of the Nicaraguan Minis
E ter.
The Secretary Of State has addressed the
following letter of dismissal to Mr.. Marcoleta,
Minister from Niearag qua to the s. Govern
tanent :: -.
ssDEpAETs1ESTsoF OF sSTATE,
sNashing gton, Dec. so, 1852.
Sir Some inonth ths ago, Mr.. Kerr wasin-
structed to request that you should allied,
and some other person appointed as represen;
ltatiye from Nicaragua to this Government.
g a dispatch was Yesterday received from
Mr.. Kerr Transmitting a. copy of letter to
Ihirn from Senior Castellon, lhe. Minister for
Foreign Af fairs, who declines, enathes part Of
the Nicafag aguansG Goyernment to comply with
the President s request and expresses a wish
that the reason on which Sc IS founded be given
to be submitted to the Nicaragaan Chamber.
"This course would be followed by discus,
sions of a most Improbable character; and
besides the President cannot consent that any
condition be attached to the compliance of the
lNicaraguan Government with a request war.
ranted by the principles of public law and the
practice of civilized States. have, therefore
directed Mr.. Kerr to renew the request for
your recall and the appointment of another
minister.
| Meantime, l have to inform you that nc
communication can be received from you as
Nicaraguan Envoy. Personally, regret that
it is my duty to address youa letter of This
character.
q have the honor to be, &C.,
EDWARD EVERETT"
To Senor Don Jose de Marcoleta, ETC.,
etc, etc,
| The Washington Correspondent of the New
York Tribune assigns the following reasons
for this step on the part of our Government
Il grew out Of Mr.. Marcoleta's course pend
| ing the negotiation ofsthe famous treaty ol
mediation and settlement between England
1.-THE United States, and Costo Rica. which Mr..
Marcoleta utterly opposed, and Nicaragua af
Iterwards rejected. During this time, it is al
legged, that finding himself crowded, and the
interests of Nicaragua likely to be sacrificed
Ito England, and Costa Rica, the protege Of
England, he INDUCED in some rather undiplo
Ematic language with respect to Mr.. Webster
and the Administration, and also undiploma-
Itically madepublic the date of the negotiations
throughout the journals of this country. For
this Mr.. Webster demanded his recall. 1t is
said also that Mr.. Everett feels himself ag.
grieved by the late publication of Mr. Mar
coleta, or with his consent, of the official note
addressed to the Nicaragua Minister, as well
as to all the other members OF the diplomatic
corps here, of Mr. Everett on his accession to
Office 1t was published to show that this
Government recognized Mr.. NJ. as an Envoy
| in good standing, when it was by no means
Intended by its author to go before the world
tas an endorsements of Mr.. Ms official charac-
ter.
The Homestead Law.
At the recent session of our Legislature, nu.
merous bills were introduced to repeal the
Homestead Law, which were severalIy referred