The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-02-21

Ills friends
The single fact that the English possessonsn North
America are extensive than the entire territory
Of the American Union shows how foolish tits in the
latter State to wish TO rule the whole continent and
dictate 10 it the absurd law of remaining closed for
Europe. Have not England and Holland, besides,
vast and prosperous colonies on the soil Of South
America? Does not great empire, that Of Brazil,
founded by the Latin race, exist in the part of
the American continent and is there not around it
an influence which the government Of Washington
would vainly seek to outweigh What is TO be said
Of the numerous republics debris Of Spanish coiniza
ton which divide among them the resof the territory
Are they not tree to dispose Of themselves, and of
all or part of the soil which belongs to them2 Not
witlstanding their continual aegrandizement- not
wthstandng Of their increasing prosperity
standing their sustained actyity-the United States
have no title to govern the continent where they are
situated and the SYSTEM Of exclusion which they
GEEK TO impose in America is entirely ilusory, since
they have not the power TO uphold 1t.
The particular check which the democratic party
has just sustained the subject of the extension OF
the English power in Central America is 80 much
system Of exclusion much more to be felt, as the
English colony OF Honduras is Of high Importance.
II is situated exactly in the gate to command the
passage which is in course OF execution TO join the
two oceans by Lake Nicaragua.
When the United States and England concluded
the treaty of 1850, these powers had in view the
opening OF the ithmus which joins the two Americas;
and in imposing the mutual obligation to respect the
independence oi the petty ouitts WHICH nave Deen
formed in Central America, they mentally reserved
10 each other the right of influencing them at least
and Of thus guarding the key of the passage from
sea TO the other The republics Of Central America
are constituted on the ancient territory Of the Cap
tain Generalship Of Guatemala United at first in
single federative republic, they afterwards erected
themselves into several small independent Sta.es;
system in which the republicans of the country will
have seen the advantage Of multiplying governments
and consequently places. The continual anarchy in
which these little territories is plunged places
them in the category Of all republics which have re-
placed the Spanish domination; and nothing would
distinguish these from the Others if their geographic.
cal position ON the isthmus-which is in the way of
being opened for quick transit into the Southern
sea-did not attract to them the eyes Of Europe
For this reason, their independence has been
assured to them TO maintain the liberty of pas
sage But, as might have been foressen, and
as we have said above each Of the two con
tracing parties calculated ruling this indie
pendence, and making Of i an instrument of its
own will. Two routes, indicated by nature, are
traced across the isthmus. One is that from Chagres
to Panama; this is the place where the tongue Of
land is nsrowest the other passes BY the San Juan
river and lake Nicaragua. The first, on account Of
the elevation Of its soil, cannot he pierced 10 ~ y