Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-02-05
INVASION OF CENTRAL AMERICA.

paragraphs recently among our telegraphic
items. with regard to scheme Of one Col.
Kinney for Colonizing Contra! America
The following communication upon It's
lawlessness is from the pen OF a former, es-
tecmed fellow citizen, whose initials, as
4 We'll rs his terse and vigorous style OF wri-
ing, Will be readily recognized by those
acquainted with the gentleman His OBJ
ject in writing the article is given in the
| following sentence from letter TO the
editor:--"The enterprise is .fRfhttstertag and
piratical and | deem il the duty OF every
! law abiding citizen to aid in unmasking It's
true charactert to the gaze Of the public"
| The frequent acts encr"aehment and aggression
| by Great Britain, the territor, Of Central Amer
| lea since is separation the dominion Of Spain,
/ l., changing the southern boundary of the Belize Set
dement's the river Sars, IN garng eisiatien
ai, contempt Of positive treaty stPsiaions; in clo-
nously stiling, oeeaPyng, and fsrtUging the isles
OF Roatan. 3onaeoa. tia and Barbaret, the imPu
aeals perssiing 10 regard the Negro Indians of the
.AoslGito Coast. us independent or free people,
owing allegiance to hs States Of Costa Rca Niea-
ragua aud Honduras, hGes been justly regarded and
denounced by the people ofthe United States, as acts
Of oppression aud outrage the Sovereignty of the
| States mentioned.
In his opnion the eiviliz.l Nations Of the world
have 50 Gar asoarknowled.e extends, fally concur
I red. The fasiloas and unprovosed asgressions to
4 which We have referred pespcsrated by Great
Brstaa. during ms prevalence ofpeace between The
Crown Of England and the States OF Central Amer.
ca.
Discovering, however. that the many aggressions va
have .niioned would be resisted by the general voice
cf our coanry ii WIS detei advisable by The hllihus-
rs and sug-ers OF Great Britain, dispose Of their
,rertAisss title to the Mesquite Kingdom, to an Amer
lean association ofiand jo5hors Ia order To ceaciate
our people and tAere5y silence all oppos from u,
respecting The riHaiasHs se:sre of the bay Islands,,
on the coast OF Honduras wel j, the equally tpi-
rsiea seizure and occupancy ofihe region lying be-
| twasn the Shan and Sars;ooa rivers.
The expectations of the land pirates of Great Brit
ain, In parting with the pretended Mosquito Kingdoms
have bsen fully realized.
snee the transfer Of lie grant of the Mosquito Coast
by certain subjects of Great Britain, 70 the Central
American LAID aad Mining Company tine '.yoiee Of
compIai -. respecting English encroachmeat aud az
r,t in Central America, only OCCASIONAL! heard
Hereafter the f.tibusters OF Great Britain and the
United States win ,cerk ,egetAer IN eoupesn their
| States ofthe American lstAmas.
In The hands of certain English traders, the t;ils
10 The Mosquito Coast granted by desased and dram
/ kfa Iadian Negro Savage, denounced asa PsPs-
BE aud iafamous frae3 utterly worthless and inSal.
ID.
tn night OF the pretended Iniiaa-Nesro King to
sell tue country question 10 he Messrs Shepherd
aud their partner Haley without the consent and
thorii! of lis legitimate soyereigns, viz: Costa RE a.
Nicaragua. aud Honduras was wholly denied, and the
alleged Independence ofthe miserable sayages oeou-
pying the region well as the assumed proeetorate
Of Great Britain. the country mentioned was de
ri ed aud rideaied fiction in every section of the
United States.
The well knognand long established policy OF our
Government, SPAIN and Great Britain forbade the rec
ogniticn Of Independent Kingdom roafrssisd By IN
dsas within the poiealimits ola civilized State
AIrhe Tadiaas, occupying lands within the boundarle
OF the late Spanish American Empire, consider
ed in state If ,aei ,ge and although of age were
regardcdas minors. incapable Of making contracts "
The supreme Court ofths United States has iraly said
that sat time lid Spain permit the Indians Of her
American Empire 10 sell lands occupied ~ them
without the consent Of the King ofSpal.n
The same laws with regard 10 Indians prevailing in
committed by the savages of the region mentioned
our country ana British America. The grant made by
the Sioux nation Jonathan Carver after the peace o.
1863 of large tract ofland the Upper Mississippi
was repudiated by government as wholly Invalid
The Sioux, iibe remembered, were Indians of purs
blood and not like The Mosquito men, negro In
dams.
IN acknowledging the political independence Of the
Central American Sta es. our government recogniz-
ed the boundarie. that those States had enjoyed as
Spanish colonies. and therefore could have
nod rad fhs of
the geogrtp6ieei limits Of Central America, indie
pendent Indian, or Indian Negro kingdom, re
garJless of the soyergn rights % The States mem
toned
II never the policy Of the government of the
United States recognize the ind-pc ndence Of any
tribe Of sayages. occupying lands on the American
contiuest Within the territorial limits of our Union
We have NUMEROUS ferocious tribes Of savages, who
would doubtless subject frontier settlers to serious
annoyance, if they could be reached andtampsred with
by intrudsrs traders from certaEurope2n States.
Any attempt 10 establish protectorate over said saw
ages BY foreign power, forthe purpose Of arraying
them against the constituted authorities Of
Try, would be repelled by the American people. In
bye gone years, fellow citizens Of the West and
Northwest, suffered from the inhaman outrage..
! Let not encourage similar outrages the civil
I lied inhabitants OF ntra America, Simply because
they are numerically weak and feeble, because our
/ fLh5asterisg population, covet their territory.
nobler policy should control and guide Us. To take a
title 70 lands under grant frotn Indians Negro In
dams, without the consent Of the State claiming
ereignty over said savages, is gross and wanton
sadt the rights Of The State within whose terrific
r. the lands granted located. Let suggest
case in point
The se.ninoles residing portion Of the peansu-
Ia Of Fiorida have way.d for many years against
the guyerntn int of the United States, and even now
hold siderable portion the Peninsula against
all Efforts 70 distodgeo sabdHe themi! Our ii.
teto Florida Is derived from the King of Spain, and