Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1854-12-14

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-. entrusied- Absaiy, oPmine eeFtsla q he port
o. that Pcpalogs soearJ has been Bsgoars6 and d O.
der 70 give hail eHses thereto, Il only romaina 70 ef
change rAiheadoaa adopt requisite eOanerciaI rel.
ne treaty iateIy concluded be,vess he Uni..,
states and MeEico settled soms u our most smbaasn,
dheutes with Wat coanry. bus hume Gus elsims upob
Tor Nfone and injuries % oar citizens remah dnaduste.
and many new cases have been recently added
% ise former list AZ grieVanees. Our legisIatior
has been earnest 10 he sndeaEOFs to obtain from
Che hexiean gOvernme6t favorite considers
tiOh Of these claims. bat hitherto without
success, This failure is, probably, id so0.
meASurt to be aserihsd TO the disturbed eaadi
ton OF that eountFy. Il has beeH my anxiual
desire 10 ynaintain friendly relaii0as With the
hexican Repablie. and 10 cause its rights and
territories 70 be respected, not osiy b. oal
citizens. bat by foreigners who have resoriea q
the United States for the purpose of0rganisiaa
hostile expeditions against some Of the Stat e.
Of thar Republic. TIE delenceless condition ia
Which its frontiers have beea isfk has stimala-
ted iaFless adTenturers to embark 10 these
enterprises, and greatly increased the dilFicuIty
Of enforcing our obligations Of neutrality.-
Regarding il as my solemn daty to,fnlAil, en-
oiently. these obligations, not only towards
Mexico, but other foreign nations. have ex.
erted all the poeeEs with which am invested
70 defeat such criminal proceedings. and bring
ing to punishment thoss rho, By taxing part
therein. violated our laws. The energy and
activity Of our civil and military authorities
have frustrated the designs Of those who, have
meditated expeditions Of this character; except
in two instances. 0ae Of these composed Of
foreigners, was at 6rst cou ntenanced ana aided
BY the Mexican governmeat itself, it having
been deceived a. - their real object The
Osher, smallIn number. elaoed lhe vigilance OF
the rnagistrates at San Francisco. and succeed
ed in reaching the Mexican territories; bnt the
effective measures taken BY this government
compelled the aban6oament Of the uuderta-
king. s1 -. ~. % iE'
The commission to establish the new line be.
tween the United States and Mexico, according
to the provisions of Che treaty Of the 3Jth OF
December .ast. has been organized, and the
work has already commenced.
Oar treaties with the Argentine Coufedera-
tion, aud with tAe kepublies OK UrpguKy aud
Paraguay. secure to Us the free navigation OF
the river La Plata, and some Of its larger tribu-
taries but the sans success has not attended
our endeavors to open the Amazon. The rea.
sons in favor OF the.free use Of that river, / had
occasion TO present fully, in fofner message,
and, considering the cordial relations which
have long existed between this government and
Brazil, il may be expected that pending ne.
go1iations will eventually reach favorable re.
suit .
Convenient means Of transit, between the
several parts Of country, are not oaly dsaira-
Bile for the objects of commercial and personal
communication. but essential to its existence
under one government. separated as are the
Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the United States
by the whole breadth of the continent, still the
inhabitants of each are closely bound together
by community Of origin and institutions. and by
strong attachment to the Union. Henee the
constant and increasing intercourse. and vast
Interchange Of commercial productions, between
those remote divisions Of the Republic At the
present time, the most practicable aud only
commociCuS routes for communication between
them are by the way of the Islhmus OF Cen.
tral merica. 1t is the duty of the govern
ment 10 secure these avenues against all dan.
ger Of interruption. -t
In relation to Central America perplexingI
questions existed between the United States
and Great Britain at the time of the cession of
California. These. as we'll as questions which sub.
sequeutly arose concerning inter oceanic com.
muncation across tie Isthmus, we're, as it was
supposed, adjusted by the treaty of April l9th,
1850; but, unfortunately. they have re opened
by serious Misunderstanding TO the import OF
some OF its provisions; re- adjustment Of which
is now under consideration. Our minister ct
London has made str enuous efforts TO apcom.
psh ibis desirable object, but has not yet
found it possible q bring the negotiations to
Il determination.
As incidental to these questions. deem it
proper to notice an oceurrance which happened
in Ueptral america, near the close of the last
session of Congress. So som as the necessity
was perceived of establishing inter=oceanic
communications across the Isthmus, 9 company
was organised, under authority OF ths State of
Nicaragua, but composed, for tie most part, OF
citizens of the United States, for tie purpose Of
opening such transit way, by the river saa
Juan and Lake Nicaragua. WHICH soOa kecaas
an eligible and much used route in the trans
portaton Of our citisens and their property be-
tween the Atlantic sad PaOi6e. Meanwhile.
and in anticiPatiou Of the completion and i'm
portanae OF this transit way, number vt a.
yenturershad taken possession of the old Span
ISL port at The mouth Of the river San Juan. in
open defiance Of the State or States Of Cen,
trail America, which. upon their becoming in
dependent. bad rightfully succeeded to TIE To-
cal sovereignty and jurisdiction Of Spain =
These adventurers undertook 10 chEhgs Tie
name Of the place from San Juan del GOrte to
Graytown, and, though at frst pretending 10
act as the subjects of the fictitious sovereigA of
the Mosquito Indians. they subsequently, re-
pudiated the control of any power whatever,
assumed TO adopt distinct political organisa-
ton. and declared themselves 40 independent
sovereign state. II. at some tina . faint hope
was eptertaiped tha. they might become 81
stable and respectable community, that hope
soon vanisAed. They proceeded 10 assert ua'
founded claims to civil jurisdiOtioa over Punta
Arenas. position on the opposite side of The
river San Juan, which was 10 possession. IN
der q title wholly independent Of them, Of Citi,