The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-08-15
Especial cores ondeice of the N. I Daily Times
THE MOSQUITO QUESTION.-ORIGIN AND CHAR
ACTER OF THE BRITISH PROTECToRATE OVER
THE MOSQUITO COAST.
W.surycroN Thursday, Aug. 10. 1854.

WAsHIxsroS Thursday, Aug. TO- 1854.
The late incidents at San Juan del Norte of such
nature that they Of necessity bring crisis all the
points controversy between the United States and Great
Britain growing cut of the Cayton-Buwer treaty, and of
the relation of the governments Central America
On the hand Captain Hollins acting in the Of
the United States has treated the inhabitants Of Grey
town persons who either do not possess
willing or unable 10 perform, the rights and duties
of political society and has accordingly inflicted upon
them cassemeni for wrongs alleged to be perpe
traed by them against the United States On the other
hand Captain Jolly Of her Brtanlc Majesty service act
ing the Of Great Britain, has undertaken to pro-
claim martial law at G;reytown and to inct punishment
by hoggng board his ship upon all such persons there
he in his discretion may choose and thus in effect
political jurisdiction there in behalf Of Great Brit
ain Its clear therefore that the two governments must
cease daily with the Central American question
and bring it speedily the abitament of peaceful settle
by negotiation or by II is exceedingly import
ant therefore this moment that clear deas should exist
in the United States the precise history and nature Of
the professions of Great Britain.
To understand these /, becomes necessary divide those
historical incidents which bear upon the question accord
ing TO the separate epochs in which they The
reign of Elizabeth gnalized by various expeditions of
piracy and plumber against the Spanish possessions
in America Such in every point of view the enter
pfise5 Of Drake and of Cayendish and in great degree
those Of Raleigh They landed in Spanish America
aging the towns and robbng private individuals, and
cuised against ships public and private in time OF peace
without lawful commissions. The brilliancy of their
achievements and their high names have served to apply
Gdecepye yarnish to acts which way Distinguish
BILE in principle from the adventures the prosed pirates
and buccaneers who for long time afterwards infested
e West nairS, ana whose enterprises were in point Of
fact the commencement OF the eonquests by England
France and other governments of West India islands pre-
viously held BY Spain
One of the ayorite Of the buccaneers was
Gle of lucaan OF the provinces of the yce-royaly Of
New Spain the point called the Belize. Their settle
nens If they may be called at that point the ORR
gin Of whatever of rights England now has there Sub
equenty 10 this AT period or another Great Britain
conducted enterprises Of protested public against
or another Of tie Spanish possessions in America Tins
i was hat Sc oboinea possession Of Jamaica
Of the segnboring islands Atanother lime she debarked
amiliisry expedition Havana. At another she landed
troops AT a eesy part Of san Juan del Norte which s
now III controversy and b Is Of the incidents Of her
International and alfpiraca enterprises ia that quarter
out Of which she claims certain rights Of nroea
the Mosquito Indians This the series Of e,cts 10
which Grea Britain has for the foundation Of all
her pretcnsions in Central America
Now, is wholly mnateria how far under any national
or any hlhtstering expedition Great Britain may have
obtained temporary oothod at this or that point of the
9cast Of the Caribbean because By series Of treaies
me mas hKcu lieoEtfoferiy the limits Of haeyer rights
she may have IN that region Thoss treaties are expic
and unequiyccai By them she expressly reinques any
and all other claims and accepts condition Of thnqs for
which they stpuate and TO which she has soenuly bound
herself especially respects all the present governments
Of North and SOUTH America
At the close Of the general brought on by the Amer
lean revolution among the several treaties Of peace was
that Of The Cd Of September 1888 between Great Britain
ara Spsin rs the 9th article Of this treaty tiF stipulated
That with the exception Of the erory between the river
Wallis or Hsze and the Rio ondo within which peris-
son was granted TO British subjects to cut ogwood a
The English who may be dispersed in any other parts
whether ON the Spanish continent in any Of the islands
whatsoever dependent the aforesaid Spanish continent
ana for whatever it might be without exception
sna retire within the district which hes beel above de-
-c1bei ~ the SPACE eighteen months 70 be computed
apop the exchange OF ratfcatons And the treaty fur
er expressly provided that the permission granted to cut
'og"ood shall not be considered derogatng in any
wise from his Catholic Maesiys rights OF sovereignty
over TINS logwood district; and il stipulated moreover
t any lorhhcatons should actually have been hero
Oore erected within the limit, marked out his Britannia