Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1854-12-13
From the Baltimore American.
New Central American Republic

The expedition of Colonel Kinney and his fellow
adventures to the Mosquito territory for the es
adjustment Of new Central American Republic
has assumed consistency that shows it will soon
become one of the actual facts of the age A grant
OF the greater portion of the Mosquito territory
was made many years since by the King of the
Mosquitoes to Samuel Shepherd and two associates
for pecuniary consideration, amounting to about
thirty thousand pounds, and II is under transfer
OF that title, that the present company, consisting
OF some thirty gentlemen, among whom are Sena-
tor Cooper OF Pennsylvania and William Cost
johnson of Maryland, are acting Colonel Kinney
goes out as the agent and representative Of this
company. lie is wen known as the leader OF the
Texan Rangers in the Texan struggle, and il noted
for his resolution and energy The members of
the expedition win number about thousand. and
each will receive, on landing certain allotment of
land from the company's possessions All pretence
OF hlbustering in conneIion with the enterprise Is
disclaimed.
The design OF the parties to the enterprise is ex.
planned to be to found a new independent republic
on the Mosquito coast then TO take measures for
convention from the republics Of Nicaragua,
Honduras, San Salvador, Costa Rica, Verasua, und
New Granada, in order TO adopt federal constitu-
ton and establish government analogous TO that
oil the North American Union. II is stated that
tne most enlightened men in these various coun-
tries are decidedly in favor Of the undertaking and
nave confidence In its practcabilty The land
originally ccded to Shepherd and his associates
comprises about thirty millions of acres, and its
transfer TO the present owners has been pronounced
by high legal authority TO be perfectly valid. If
successful In forming convention with the States
mentioned above the new republic would extend
over an area of FIVE hundred thousand sousre
miles The enterprise, II II can be peacefully and
legally carried out promises TO be Of immense ben
eht TO Central America, MS well az to our own
country. IL would give value TO territory that lie
now almost useless provide stable institutions for
country that has been desolated by revolutions
and changes, and settle forever the troublesome
Questions between our own government and that
OF Great Britain, of which Genital America has been
the fertile cause. The only opposition arises from
Nicaragua, the government Of which claims pro-
prietorship Of the soil ceded and threatens 10 pro-
test to our own and other governments against the
alleged invasion of her rights. In regard to this
phase OF the case, the Washington Union says;
If the government Of Nicaragua shall object to
the enterprise, II win present question between
the colonists and that government, with which the
United States viii have no connection The coonists
do not violate any law in voluntarily expatriating
themselves and seeking residence IN Central
America They win not 60 an organized mill
tary association, but as individuals upon their own
responsibility, and at their own risk. They do
not constitute secret band Of adventurers, but
they make their claim 10 the soil in open day,
point 10 the evidences Of their title and svow their
plans and purposes In the most public manner.
Their expedition Is purely peaceful, and under
taken in no spirit Of aggression. They do not 20
as American citizens, either instigated or encour-
aged TO emigrate by our government, but they vol
UNFAIRLY determine to change their residence and
their citizenship, and to do 30 publicly and peace
fully. In this view, We cannot see that our gov
ernment can be complicated in any way in the en-
terprisc. But, to avoid all misapprehension Il Is
proper 70 remark that we know nothing Of the
views OF our government on the subject and the
sentiments we express are our own