Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-11-23
Correspondence # the New York Herald.

Wssm,SGroN, Nov. 10, $50.
To rh@t ""d IS E"slsM Concentrating " P"""p"l
f'eH m he im,ri.'aM U;Mr,!
This question DOES NJ seem to BE- of difficult s"lu.
nu TO any one vii" reflects that trnl; il opening new
channels Of ncaculrbis extent nrrus. the American
stIml5, and that the c,llll of this highway is al
equal Importance I" Finland anI the luitt'l States.
Oar people would b" ~ sized with the perfect mru
rality n the Sthnus roIt, AMI their entire freedom
10 the genera! trade :" tc world. lrnce ready
ncuucsrcncc in the CLAYTON Bulwcr treaty. IN that
Convention the two Pnwrrs mutually guaranteed I"
protect connection md tansit md 10 nuintau the
neutrality and inepcn'!eic. OF all the Iatinus coin
municauns from lclIuaiacpcc la Dnren but tins
plan too moderate. t. suit British ilrns oi com
lncrrinl empire. While he C!aylOn-Bulwer treaty
sill III irrreSlncc n-lther party have proppHed
it, ubro Itiur Eu land ,cizcd aud cu!uuIEGl the
Kuaian i-lnls equally in defiance Of il, obligations
and of the rights 81 the Safe of Honduras" al whose
territory she then took and still holds orcibr and ul-
Just puSscssUn.
Tie object of this sul'le; military colonization was
the command Of III" route across Honduras which
SIures Just then brought b"for. the public.
The route prnposr by M,uirrs outlets in front If
those slnnjS and with then III pusscs-ion strong
naramc power c"ul open "r cusr at will, that gate
OF the Puriiic I" lis own c"nnercr. The value ol
this British ebay lSinnd Colony is ryruiprd III the
notice brought ont by the Pacific that Sir Charles
Fox and Dator Bnck, Ed, ii London, have taken
the contract Tor building the Honduras Kali Roa I"
the Pacific.
THIS railroad over the American Is.hmus com
mundud by British colony aud o be owned by Brit
ish capit.Is!s--s worth being projected by British
beet and il MAJ explain the srni -ui,icl! announce
mcnt that the large naval fore. is sen, here 40 he at
hand when wanted.
The Mosquito prot.ctorac i. tie sister Of the Bay
Island Colony The territory Of the Mosquito savage
was stretched more than on. hundred miles beyond
any limits ever caime bctoG" and then formally
ken under British protection in order to cover the ppr
| pl San Juan del Nur.c.
IN this way England secured the cou.ro Of the ok
isnr Nicaragua transit completely Us she has au-
| ticipated the command Of the Honduras line.
The present unsettled state Of affairs at San Juan
aud the possibility of the United States aidn. and Ell
cuuraging Nicaragua To RESUME her sovereign rights
over san Juan disgust" England The licct may
therefore, be kept at hand" the British press in
Inmates, 10 rool the arrogant prcteIsinnS 81 The Anne
rcans respecting the freedom of the isthmuI trade
Without adv"rtirs 10 the European interference n
ST. Domingo and other places we have here two dis
tinct heterogeneous ut the Monroe doctriur at point
of vital interest To American commerce. and even I;
the freedom ri communication with our States Oh th
Pucitic winch mast be HE; in some way very soon
Takir. these acts III their natural relation witt! tn,
| cool reputation Of the Clayton Bulwer treaty. an,
the appearance of strong fleet SD tar from their
ports a:,d we havcHside from the significant tone
the British presssutliceut grounds to suspect tina
il is sent here IL lntlndate our government into
tuct submission ~ these i-thmus encruacluients
which will thus become firmly established European
dependencies at the expense of the American system
lSTllMCS.