The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-08-15

IN the process OF time should be unoded uf
heient TO give them interest the extnghmen of the
Indian title The Spanish title To the regions in the north
Mexico, which and indeed still are the haunts Of the
numerous, fierce and warlike Comanches Apaches and
Nayahoes, and IN the south of Chilli of the brave Aranca-
MANS all of whom repued the best Spain their
subugatioD, might the question new one with some
show OF be doubted Not regard 10 the Indians
of the Mosquito coast Their country offered temptations
to the early adventures from Spain; consequently the
Spanards did not for long me deem II worth the effort
disturb the aborgines Had it oherwi se-had the Mos
quito possessed Potos cal del Montet would
hardly be conended that the Indians inhabing IT, either by
their numbers their vaor would efficiently resisted
the power of Spain
The grounds of the claims European nations dom-
ion the Indian tribes in America have been frequent
y, fully and ably discussed in the of justice of the
United States that it is unnecessary expsate the sub
ect The relating 10 it collected and luminous
abstract of them given, in Ken Commentaries vol pp
$50 to 400 The following from the opinion of Chief
Justice Marshall in the OF johnson Mcintosh
very opposite to the question respecting the Mosquito shore
and proceeds from high authority itmay with pro-
prety be quoted here
go On the discovery this immense continent the great
nations OF Europe eager TO appropriate themselves
SO much oft as they could respectively acquire Its
extent offered ample field TO the ambition and enterprise of
all and the character and religion of its naban Afforded
apology for considering them people whom the
perior genius OF Europe might claim ascendency The
potente the Old World found no difficulty in convincing
themselves that they made ample compensation to the in
habitants of the New by besowng them civilization and
Christianity in exchange for unlimited independence But
they were all in pursuit of nearly the object
necessary in order to avoid conflicting settlements and
sequent with each other to establish principle which
all should acknowledge as the law by which the right of
QUESTION which they all asserted should be regulated be
tween themselves This principle that discovery
title to the government by whose subjects by whose
nents which title might be consummatcdby possession
exclusion of all other Europeans necessarily gave to
the nation making the discovery the sole right of acquiring
the soil from the natives and establishing settlements upon IT,
Il was right with which Europeans could interfere it
was right which all asserted for themselves and to the
sertion OF which by Others all assened
80 Those relations which exist between the dis
and the natives were to be regulated by
The rights thus acquired being exclusive, other power
could nterpose between them (See, ALSO jackson
p 45a) '''p''' 70
1t cannot be doubted that from the establishment of
Spanish dominion in Guatemala the river San Juan has been
the principal to and from the Atlantic for at least
that part of Central America lying around Lake Nicaragua
1t is believed Also that Spanish fort had been maintained
ut the port of San JUAN if not for long period at least
from about the year 1861
We only the employ of such dsgraceful
arguments that successfully at by Mr. Clay
ton by the fact that the English resolved
at every hazard TO take any and all steps 10 embarass the
diffusion of republican principles the American cont
nent At the time the British ministry up this preex
the moving the apprehension that California
about to become portion of the American Union When
that idea first suggested it awoke the and
ous soctude of Lord Paerston then the head of the
British Foreign Office. In order anticipate
which threatened place upon the Pacific side of the
American continent great empire dedicated to liberty
which looked to posting in that fardsiant quarter
tineI of the principles of the American bold
and fertile genius of that able but antiAmercan
taxed to the uttermost.
Them for the first time he sci up the starting argument
referred to- then he prepared grappe with the gigantic
power of the New World. His initial step to address
letter all the British agents in the Pacific region
asking them to furnish him such information they
could procure os to the boundaries claimed By the King Of
Mcsqit and winding up with the following most sgnif
cant and suggestive paragraph: You ~1 also report
phat OPINION is The line Of boundary which her Ma
jesy government should INSIST absolutely essential
for the security and webeing efhe Mosquito shoer But
in the mean time, the acquisition of California by the
United States had become certain Lord Pamerston mpa
tent of delay and before he had heard from any of
the British agents the Pacific, in TO his first
question, issued another circular in which he himself
equvocally extends the boundaries Of tile Mosquito kingdom
He declares that the right OF the King of Mosquito
"shoud be maintained as extending from Cape Honduras
down to The mouth Of The rier San Ja afterwards called
Greytown by his order in compliment British and
not Mosquito dplomatst! After Lord Palmcrson had
thus inauguracd new policy, his reckless agent Chat
field who had been sent to Central America prepare the
way for the amended claim of the Mosquito king writes his
master from Central America Chat6eld who direct
ed to ascertain how far the right of the Mosquito king could
be pushed replies follows He convinced the bound
airy which Great Britain SHOULD insist upon SHOULD COM
mence at the river Roman the north 'where screra
English ahogany acorks established" and extend not
only to the river San Juan, but beyond! Now mark the
way Moreover looking to the probable estinies
of these countries considerable gdpaqqes might IN
TINES by reserring he rights ef UosqaAo BEYOND
THE RIVER SAN JUAN
Such the programme 1t will hardly be believed
in the face of this record that the port Of San Juan
Greytown has beer held by Nicaragua either ndepend-
emily dependency of Spain in undputei possession
for nearly three hundred yeaysindeed up Lord Palmer
stons diplomatic and novel movement of ls4s
1t made port Of entry by The King of Spain Feb
ruary &c, FOG
1t was captured from Spain by the insurgents in 1921,
and was heldas il had been held before by Spainuntl
the British stormed it in 1873.
SO conclusive WINS the right of Nicaragua to san Juan
regarded by the English government that in lst2 and
1s44it blocaded ty English naval force port
Of Nicaragua for certain alieyod claims against that &atei
Both Spain and England bad recognised the independ
tives sent and received by the British powers
What geous plot could be conceived than that
the all these facts and obligations England sboud