The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-04-09
Observation-Disclosures.

WARRINGTON, March oil, lpo4
TO THE EDITOR NATIONAL INTELIIGEscEE.
Sr-Your paper il anti American and reactionary in
it's policy You the apologist of every government,
particularly if monarchcal that may happen to insult
and wrong You may claim to be conservative;
but you not SO. man must be for against his
country-there is intermediate ground Whenever he
pauses to give weight to the charges brought against his
country by her enemies, and listens to lame apologies
for the dishonor Of her fag he that moment becomes
traitor and in the eyes of every patriot he is guilty Of
overt act when he publishes to the world the
tons Of his treason against her rights and honor Your
course, sir in all matters of dispute with foreign powers,
has been universally against your country What apo
ogy you give for the line of conduct you pursued
and still pursuing in the of the recent outrage
az Inv Ua are inc open friend Of
Spain and the monarchists Of Europe and the score
enemy of all democratic and free institutions9 You
course sir is not only antagonistic to democracy in
country, but everywhere Indeed, you to
hbit the first symptoms of monomania on the ssdvin
right Of kings
Look at your articles against the republic Of Hon
dura the last refuge of liberty and democracy in Contra
America Honduras, with liberal and democratic princi
PIES is battling alone against the threats and encroach
ments of England and Guatemala She has to contend
alone against the power of the priests and the i'm
perial influence of Santa Annals mnions in the other
States She occupies the high position of being the last
home Of outraged democracy and free principles in the
Hispano American governments north of New Granada.
She is the city of refuge for the prosecuted friends of
freedom in the South She is striving to preserve her
nationality and her integrity free from the stains of
"servilism" and the chains of monarchy. She com
throughout the globe Her position demands it Of
a right. If the Monroe doctrine is to be carried
out we should not only yield Honduras our sympathy
position of Poland in the last century and Hungary in
the presenstving to preserve her liberty and integrity
among nations hostile to her institutions and encroachng
territory. Y,
and traitor to liberty could refuse to yield her that
sympathy which the nobility greatness and justice of
her demand And YOU sir instead of yielding her
that sympathy grounds against her. take
not only antagontic to her rights, but against liberal
institutions in Central America. You publish broadcast
the ISLANDERS Of some lame apoogst of Guatemala and
monarchy who writes for your paper over the
of .N.n Did en-" write that article of his own free
will and Accord did not you request him to do it, in
bolster up the editorial ISLANDERS which appeared
mnr ds he Of
be indicated either against you or any anonymous
scribbler And will now proceed to show that your edi
On" of the 10th instant, are base ISLANDERS upon Hon
durss and mseraby lame apologies for the services and
monarchsts of Guatemala and that they give encourage
ment to Santa Anna and the encroachments of Great
Britain; that they wholly anti. American and anti
democratic in their tendencies and character But first,
will let you know who am not.
am not member Of any Glibusterng company par
ty. do not belong to tho Cuban Junta;' neither be-
long the clone Star" order, the order Of the
ssOuzal Owls" am not a railroad contractor in Hon.
duras do own any stock in the railroad proposed
tOnSeca.
sorry for it. for IT is the best route for railroad across
the continent from Cape Horn to the Arctic Ocean and
through the best country do not know any of the con-
tracing parties to said railroad solitary stakeholder
in the am not influenced by pay pecunsry
interest of the corps editorial may be; but
Influenced only by desire to see the triumph of free
principles. am well acquainted with Central America.
am familiar with the laws and institutions and with
public opinion in the several States know their SOIL
climate productions and natural resources as well a.
their people know that there il servle monarchical
spirit which rervades every State except Honduras and
ubt lie grow n / kuo hat fbQra Il
settled hatred Of everything Americanof people,
laws and institutionsin every State except Honduras
and know that among her mountains alone Is the pal
ladium Of Central American liberty and that its only
protectors her brave and hardy They need
moral support and sympathy, and they must have it,
will now sir proceed to notice the article OF your
correspondent He asserts that the s'queston OF terrific
rial limits between the two States Of Guatemala and Hon
duras old their separate independence The pro-
PEI lines Of demarcaiion have been agreed upon
and unfortunately to this day they s the subjects
of dispute between them Whose fault is it. that this
question has not been amcably settled? II Is the fault
of Guatemala alone who by her continual encroachments
and uniform demand for what was right driven
Honduras from a settlement of the question. The ques
ton had 10 remain unsettled Honduras had to
render her territory to the arrogant and unprincped
duras marked and known prior to the royal ord
of inendents Of 1885, and Honduras has uniformly
adhered to her ancient limits On the other hand Qua
temaa claimed beyond the ancient boundaries and
beyond the boundaries under the ordinance OF 1885, This
unfounded claim included considerable extent Of fertile
country, extending across the whole northern border
OF Honduras. By the treaty stipuations of 1S45 the
boundaries were to be settled according to the articles
therein contained.
The Commissioners Of the two governments met at
ocotepegno. The Commissioners OF Guatemala were ar
rogant in their demands and claimed that the diocesan
boundary OF 1850 extended further south than the line
insisted upon by the Commissioners Of Honduras. The
Gua'.maan Commissioners would not act outside of
the thirteenth article Of the treaty which stipulated
NE diocesan boundary they would not act under the
eghth article OF ne treaty which provided for reference
and arbitration in case of disagreement
What course then left FOR the Commissioners nj
Honduras to pursueY The requirements of the Guate
malan Commissioners unyiedinQ under the tbir.
teenth article Of the treaty they held that they were
wholly limited to its provisions, and, conseauently
would not negotiate under the eighth article Under
these circumstances the Commissioners of Honduras
could do nothing else with honor than TO withdraw from
the conference which they did the oath Of October
ls47. Who was to blame In this9 Not the Commits,
soncrs OF Honduras certainly who calmly insisted on
their rights but the Comm ssoners Of Guatemala who
limited their arbitrary action 10 article only of the