The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1855-11-28
l~Gorrsspopdcnce Of the Baltimoro9sun.
Letter from Washington.
~ NAsHINGToN, Nov. 22s

WAsmSeroa, Nov. p
1t is GENERALLY Supposed, from present
Appearances, that no organization of the
kHouse-of Representatives, be elected
for several days.
| The know-nothing members elect of tie
House will open the caucusses Of the
ACKNOWLEDGMENT week.-It=is said that
they will go in for the profits. of the or
ganization of the House and yield the
honors to their allies, whoever they may
be. They will make Il democratic spea-
ker of a fusion speaker according to cir
cumstances.
ftisnot probable that anything in re-
gard to our foreign affairs of special i'm
portancc will occur within a week after the
Sd of December, so as to require e mod
~ification of the message; unless, indeed,
Mr. Buchanan's dispatches, expected to-
morrow, should not be conclusive upoa
some points. In that case, the message
prepared for Monday OF Tuesday the BID
or4th mightwillhold a very different tone
from that which further advices might
suggest. The message will, in no proba-
bic event, be other than of an anlicable
temper in regard to relations with foreign
notions. -a4.jf. ass5 ,.r 900
It is said-and itcis quite probable
that the message will present aud enforce
the views of this administration in regard
to Central American affairs. Upon this
subject no new policy and=no new preten-
sion can be put forward On our part. The
power, took the ground that the right of
eminent domain over the Mosquito coast
is in the State of Nicaragua. In q doe
ument submitted to Congress in 1858
Secretary Dobbin states than San Jnan
del Norte is, according to the view of that
government, withia the rightful jurisdic-
ton Of Nicaragua. d
Thus we ignore and resist The claim and
pretension of Great Britfan to any iuris-
diction in San Juan or elsewhere, in viz
tue of her Mesquito protectorate. There
is nothing new in this position Oh our part,
for it is the same which was taken by the
Taylor and Fillmore administrations.
There is no reason to expect any difficulty
on that score-until one OF the other party
shall attempt to assume exclusive posses
sion of the territory inqnestion, a purpose
which both parties disclaim.
The advices received by the government
from Mr.. Buchanan, by the Pacific, are of
q PEACEFUL tenor, 50 far as they go; but
they leave in doubt the adjustment Of the
difficulty growing out of Mr.. Champions
agency in the violation Of our neutrality
laws. The British government had recci-
we'd our representation in relation to
the enlistment question, at the same time
with Mr.. CramPton's representation that
the barque Maury was fitting out in New
York as a Russian prirateer, and hence
the Times was employed to open its bat
teries against the United States. with a
view to protect from public censure the
aggression by British authorities upon our
neutral rights. But no formal answer
has been made by the British government
to our demands relative to that aggression.
1t is believed that both the Secretary
of State and the Attorney General are
firmly of the opinion that if the British
government do. not comply with our de-
mands for reparation, on account Of our
insulted sovereignty, by the violation of
our neutrality laws, the British Minister
must be dismissed. -