New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-01-07

as 10 the proposed Confederation. which nsd
been set on foot under our influence. ofcourse
the Nicaraguan Government were surprized st
this. but the preliminary steps to the forms-
ton of the Union had been taken and foreign
Governments duly notified thereof
THIS notification arrived 81 Washington Op-
portunely 10 serve the aims Of the British EN-
bassador. and his satellite, the representative
Of Costa Rica. Mr.. Clayton. hal zeslousy op-
posed these aims. but Mr.. Webster now virtu-
ally embraced them. The purpose Of England
hadlong been to keep the States OF Central
America from forming relations of intimate
friendship with the United States. Tdis puv-
pose was. and is. entertained from 4 regard 20
British commercial interests, 81 present, and
TO the danger of annexation 10 the United
States. in the future Mr.. Msrcolets as the
representative Of Nicaragua, in fulilmsnt of
his duty, labOred constantly in opposition TO
this design. His efforts were directed TO the
maintenance OF American independence as re-
spects England, and to cementing the most cor
d;alrelatiOns between Nicaragua and the United
States. But when the notification of the Incl
pient Union was received, those interested in
getting rid Of him said az once that. as Near
aqua was about to merge herself in the Con-
federation. or had already done so, she could
not have representatives abroad. And Mr..
Webster, though he had not yet been notified
of the complete organization of the Union,
though be had sent his Charge to Nicaragua in
effect to prevent the Union from being formed,
and though he now took no steps 20 recognize
Il. but kept his representative accredited TO
the Government of Nicaragua only, now re-
fused any longer to admit a representative OF
that Government at Washington, and told Mr..
Marcoleta that tin he should receive creden-
tials from the Union he conld not be regarded
"a a Minister az oil
Being thus actually free from the interior
ence of any representative Of Nicaragua, the
late Secretary of State, with the British em-
bassador and Mr. Molina, went on to negotiate
the treaty of mediation and settlement, of
which We az the time took occasion to speak
u the terms it deserved Mr.. Marcoleta,
however, sent 10 Nicaragua for fresh creden-
tials, and received them. along with an official
declaration from that Government that there
was no Union in existence, and that it still re.
tanned the independent control Of its foreign
relations These be presented, and il was
impossible longer to refuse to recognize
him He now demanded to see the treaty
which Messrs. Webster, Champion and Moli-
ma had been negotiating, and they were obliged
to show it. He found that not only had those
statesmen undertaken TO negotiate for Mica
ragua without the assistance OF any one to rep
resent and defend her, but that they had actu-
ally provided for complete remuneration on
her part of her claims against Costa Rica,
and recognition Of the sovereignty and indie
pendence of the Mosquito Indians, and Of their
claim to the port of San Juan. This was bar
gaining away the property, and rights and digni-
ty Of an independent nation with a vengeance,
and her representative on cCming TO know the
state of the case couldnOt but be amazed AS in
duty bound, he protested against the treaty, but
as we have reason TO know, in language which,
though firm, was within the bounds of diplom-
attic propriety But his protest was not suf-
fered to influence the the negotiations. Costa
Rica desired the treaty, England desired the
treaty, and the Canal Company desired the
treaty. Mr.. Webster put his hand to it, aud
in so doing consummated an act worthy to
rank along with his Lobos and Fishery blum.
ders. As We said at the time, il was discred-
liable TO him, and no one who peruses the
above simple statement of the affair, can re-
fuse to agree with us. We have no desire to
revive any OF the unfortunate facts connected
with the closing years of his life, and to be as
cribed 10 doubt, to debilitated siste Of
his mental faculties, but justice to the living,
and to the country demands it,
Soon after the execution of this projet as it was
called,-for without the ratification Of Near
aqua and Costa Rica il could not be called a
treaty,-it was published in The COarisr and
Enquirer and The North american II was
universally condemned in fact we recall no
document of the kind which has excited
a more unanimous and profound public
disapprOyal. Mr.. Webster was deeply in
censed az its publication, and addressed
a note to each of the three Ministers who
had copies of it, complaining of this viola
ton Of official confidence, and inquiring Of
each if he could explain the way in which it
had happened. Mr. Marcoleta replied that he
had not communicated it to any person or
journal but that he wasable also to state that
the Secretary and the three Ministers were not
the only pOssessors OF. it, as he had some time
before been informed of its contents By the
NiearaguaR Government, who had received