The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1854-08-23
From the Philadelphia Ledger.
The HrevtoWn Treaty.,

Secretary Marcy and Capt. Hollins. it
appears. have stirred up the ire of the
British at Kingston, the first for giving the
orders to break up the nest OF squa,ters
and pirates At Greytown. the second for
carrying out his instructions so faithfully.
The Kingston journals, having fellow
feeling for the few Jamacia negroes q,
Greytown, who were So unceremoniously
disturbed in the course they had been pur-
suing, to the annoyance and injury of
American emigrants passing and repassing
10 and from California, are very loud in
their indignat but not more abusive of
the United States Government than some
American newspapers with British sympa.
thies have been. If the Kingston folks
said all the nonsensical things represent
ed Of them. they are, indeed, in a high
state of mental excitement, which, howev.
er. will have ample time to calm itself be.
fore the British Government carries out all
their propositions, including the lombard
ing OF New York and Boston. The re.
port that a British frigate had taken pos.
session Of Puenta Arenas is doubtless un.
true; that is in possession of the American
Nicaragua Transit Company, an unwar-
rantable interference with which would
oblige our Government to take as prompt
and decided action as they did in the mat
ter at Greytown. Equally idle is the re-
port that an English and French vessel Of
war had been sent after the Cyane.
We do not wonder at the excitement in
Kingston, when we remember the extra
ordinary and unjusti6able attempts that
the British have made to get permanent
and extensive hold upon Central Ameri.
ca. Their first attempt was upon Belize,
10 which the only claim they had was GER
tain privileges obtained by treaty from
Spain. When the authority of Spain was
overthrown, the new Republic, being too
weak to contend with Great Britain, the
latter determined upon an uncondition al
retention Of Belize. They next seized
upon the island Of Roatan, belonging to
Honduras; and eager Tor other territorial
acquisitions which would be likely TO check
the progress Of the United States. they ex.
tended their authority to the Mosquito
shore. Col Macdonald, the Superinten.
dant Of Belize in 184l, coas,ed in the
British vessel Of war along the coveted ter.
ritory. pulling down the Central Amer-
can flag wherever it was found flying. He
visited San Juan, seized the Nicaraguain
commander of the port, carried him on
board his vessel, compelled him to sign
certain documents, and then put him
ashore on distant coast. This was
followed up in 1851 by the seizure of 9th.
er OF the bay Islands," which were an.
nexed to the Superintendency OF Belize
Since the Clayton and Bulwsr treaty, by
which Great Britain renounced all claims
TO territorial possessions in Central Amer.
lea, that Government has still managed to
retain an influence in San Juan, by filing
it with negroes from jamaica, inimical to
the interests of the United States. The
bad conduct of these colonists, who ac-
knowledge no sovereignty in Nicaragua.
nor in any State to which the United
States Government could apply for redress.
induced the latter to send Capt. Holins to
ask for satisfaction, or to punish, if refus.
ed. AS specimen of the temper of the
Kingston paper, we copy the following
paragraphs from the Journal:
Hitherto the Lopezas and the Walkers
have confined their marauding expeditions
to the island OF Cuba and the territory OF
New Califcrnia-they have not dared to
disturb the tranquility Of any British pos
session, or Of any State under British pro.
lection; and although the American press
has not been sparing of its venom against
the Kingdom of Mosquitia. its "negro
King" and its British protectors and al
lies, Americans have kept themselves with
in the boundary Of mere words. As long
as this was the state Of affairs, the British
Government could afford to smile with
ineffable contempt at these impotent raw
ings. But the case is altered, when we
find regularly commissioned vessel OF
war. belonging to the United States, pro-
ceedlng at time when the Republic is at
peace with England, and without any
declaration of war against the Kingdom
of Mosquito, which is in alliance with,
and under the protection Of England, on
some fimsy pretext, TO lombard and de.
stroy the Mosquilian capital.
"Great Britain has no alternative but to
avenge the insult offered to her flag, and
the injury done to her ally. She is bound
to do it, on every principle of honor and
justice. If abe shrink from the task, then
Is her vaunted protection of the weak
against the oppression of the strong, as
in the case Of Turkey, an empty boast.
She has ships in sufficient numbers laid up
in ordinary, which, with little activity,
may be soon equipped and commissioned, /,
with which to lombard New York, Phla-
delphia, Boston, or any one Of the Amer
lean seaports, as just measure Of retail
alton for the outrage on Greytown. The
bombardment OF Odessa was an act OF
retribution for the Sinope massacre; and
nothing less than a successful attack on
some large American seaport will teach
Americans that they must abstain from at.
tacks similar to that on Greytown, unless
they be in accordance with the laws Of
nations"
In the New York evening papers Of last
evening, we find a, contradiction that Point
Arenas was held by the British Command
er for any purpose, or that Greytown was
blockaded. On the contrary, everything
was quiet at both places.
Coal AGAINST SlNEws.-Prof Henry,
President of the Mechanics' Institute at
Washington, says:-s'lt has been proved
that on an average, four ounces of coal are