Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1854-12-16

Congress. BY the act OF the 22d OF january, 1878,
! the rate now observed was established Of eight
dollars day and eight dollars for every twenty
miles of travel between the members residence
and the capital; the President pro TEN. Of the SEN
ate, and the Speaker Of the House, receiving eight
dollars day additional.
The Central American Republic.
The subjoined article we clip from the Ma
| tional Democrat on the subject Of the proposed
new Republic, and in connection with Central
American affairs. 1t win be read with much
interest by every true American. It is the
Monroe doctrine Of non-interference in Ameri-
can affairs by European Powers. The article
contains some home-thrusts, and asserts some
palpable truths about British aggression and
the complete folly Of that or any other Power
attempting to arrest the destiny Of our people
We cordially commend it to our readers:
"THE CENTRAL AMERICAN QUEsrIoS.-A morn
ing paper of this city says:
The government of Nicaragua does not acqui
esce in the proposed colonization OF the Mosquito
territory by the company under Colonel Kinney,
and will probably interp0se most energetic re-
monstrance, not only with our own government,
but with the representatives Of the foreign powers
| generally
NEEDLE in the matter, and its acquiescence or nom
acquiescence will not, we apprehend, for single
| moment influence the action of the new col0nists.
| II is not the intention of Colonel Kinney to do
| anything which should justly excite the jealousy
Of the government Of Nicaragua: so far from it,
that the property holders in that State Will quickly
perceive that they are to be UNNECESSARILY enriched
by the enterprise, industry, and commerce of their
new ncighbors.
1T will at once be seen the intentions of the
colonists are not beIigerant; they go there to de-
velop the resources of the country, and to enrich
themselves by the peaceable and legitimate pur-
suits of industry and commerce. So far from being
enemies Of the Central American States, they will
seek by every honorable means, to cultivate the
most friendly intercourse with them and to estab-
lish commercial relations which win be the strong
est guarantees of perpetual peace. There can be
no motive to make war upon such an enterprise,
and If any State were rash enough to do it, 1t
would not be the colonists who would suffer.
Snow, as for the interference of any foreign
government in the matter, it is not to be talked
of. England can have no motive, and she certain
ly has no right to interfere. BY solemn treaty
with Spain in 1885, Great Britain withdrew all its
pretended claims upon the Mosquito coast when 1t
formally Withdrew its troops and dismantled the
Notifications which it had built at Bleek river.
From that time England preferred no claim upon
that coast until 1871, when it enacted cowardly
farce by pretending to revive the claim on behalf
Of the Mosquito Indians to the port of San Juan,
and Mr.. Alexander Macdonald, superintendent Of
the British settlement of Belize, proceeded thither
in the figate Tweed and on Colonel Quijano APP
pearng, and, as governor of the port, Directing to
some ofhis proceedings, he was seized and carried
on board the Tweed, where they shaved his face,
and afterwards landed him on desert part of the
coast.
"This singular farce is the only demonstration
which England has made upon that territory since
it formally withdrew all claims upon 1t by the treaty
Of Aix-la-Chapelle, solemnly signed sixty-cight
years ago.
"And England knows very well that it could not
interfere in centroAmerican politics in any shape,
without mourning the dispessurc and opposition Of
the United States. eN E4fiE
"The European governments were long ago
definitely instructed In relation to the sentiments
Of our government on this subject. During the
war between Spain and her American colonies, the
United States government declared that II should
consider any attempt on the part of the allied
powers Of Europe to interfere with the political
affairs of Spanish Americas as dangerous to the
peace and safety Of the United States.
with existing colonies Of any Europcn power
they had not interferred; but with respect to any
other governments, they could not view the inter
ference Of the European States-for the purposeoG
in any manner, controlling their destiny---in any
" disposition towards the United States. The de-
clared policy Of our government has been, in rela-
ton to Europe, to consider the government de fac
to- as a legitimate government, and that European
governments should do the same in relation to the
american continent. This, In fact, il the general
principle Of international law. Whatever new
government Is established in Central America, Is
justly liable TO no interruption from the govern
ments Of Europe, nor win the fixed policy Of the
TT,;tad States aflou Of ,ch nm tptcrCarc,rc
"Nor Is there any principle of international
law, which viii permit any foreign government to
interfere with the business of colony peacefully
entering upon its own purchased territory.
"Nicaragua may call on foreign governments,
until doomsday, 10 interfere, but they will not hear
It. Nor rs there any power that can prevent the
colony, and thcpeope acting with it from acquiring
internal sovereignty in their own time and in their
own way. On their own soA they may declare them
selves government or arepublic, whenever they
please. Is true that their external sovereignty may
be question Of longer time. Foreign States may or
may not Immediately recognise them as an indie
pendent Power. Though In case like that Of the
proposed new republic in Central America, neither
the United States nor any Of the governments of
Europe, offer any valid objection to Its recog
nition
/" The existence Of State de facto, is sufficient
in this respect, to establish its sovereignty de e
1t IL State because II existsa fact which neither
England nor the United States could sepsibly re-
fuse to admit. II is true that the government Of
Nicaragua may be guilty of the farce of offering OBJ
jections on the ground Of claiming the Mosquito
territory as her own. But II would be only farce
for them TO pretend to have derived, from their
ancestors, or otherwise, any wellfounded claim TO
the Indian lands of the Mosquito kingdom, over
which they have never exercised jurisdiction.
"But we have no apprehension that the Mica
rag,n government win seriously prosecute any
such absurd and useless claim. And II she should,
we have no doubts as to the result. We win trust
any emergency which can arrive, TO the hands Of
Colonel Kinney, who has not, we are confident,
entered upon this great enterprise without full
knowledge of his position, and Of all the assistance
which any exigency may require for the successful
termination of his undertaking.
CURRENT OPERATIONS or rHy TREASURY The
following Treasury warrants were entered yester-
day, December is, upon tho books Of the First
Comptroller's Office tt. s $500.
| For the redemption OF stock -&p7, 032 III