New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-01-31
THE CENTRAL AMERICAN EXPEDYTIoN
Fron ne E'alsi.sse. star Iia 81


This en,srnrise IL strikee us will never leave the
shores Of the United States. No mstts- how msny
professions may have bean msde OF design TOT
pesctful occupation under good title h ne spps,-
rent 10 Us that good title has never oesr held,
and that s peaceful occupation is no, coaten-
plated fer the very simple reason that such sn oecu-
patton Is impossible.
The grant under which the .u,hors Of the scheme
clsm is as follows: The father Of the presen, Mos
quito King, in CONFEDERATION OF services, real or
imaginary, granted TO two British subjects named
Sheppard, ami Stansiaus Hay, also British subject,
tract Of land then considered vsueless, amounting
70 about 20 eco 600 OF acres Ths. the thsn kin<
lso-caledl was drunk when be made the grant is TO
be inferred from the fact that he known to
be sober After the title had been grrntei, the Shep
pards applied 20 the British Government, for q con-
frmasion of il. That Government. after having
amined all the circumstances connected with the
grant not only refused 70 CONFIRM, but formally re-
pudated il. The grantees never entered into posses
sion Of it, and after the secession OF the preeent ing,
one of hi. frst acts TO aeuul the Sheppard and
"Ealy Rrsnt This occurred some years since, and
without opposition On the part OF the grantees.
Nicaragua who has never abandoned her claim or
jurisdiction the territory embraced IN the grant,
has never recognized but slwsys protected and stil
protests not oily against The validity of the x ant,
but also agsinst the affirmed sovereignty Of tie Moe
quito King. Her claim OF sovereignty and JURISDICTION
over this territory has been tccs recognized, form
ally by the United States Government, and ear Gov
srnment still sdheres 10 this recognition.
The claim Of the expedtoDists is then denied by the
Mosquito kipg-by Great Britain-by the United
States and by Nicaragua and yet IN the face OF the
protests of AL and each Of these Governments, tha
assignees of the grantees CO tend that their tile is
good and their intention is peaceful occupation.
If this is truly their design, Why Is i tina, 80 many
Young gentlemen aIe figuring around vito military
commits sions in the proposed army IL IL simply alb
surd TO contend that the object of the exped,onsts
il peaceful. They must mean, II they mean any
thing to act on the principle OF let him lake who
"has the power, ami let him hold who csn' Now.
ali .r Ia hat
this is wsnton violation OF our neutrality ls"s tnat
must yrsvoke the interference Of the United states
Government, to put end to this expedition, II be.
comes at all formidable.
We have said that 40 believed it the proposed eI-
pedition will never leave tie United Staes because
we belieye-fr:t thst the Cen raj American Mining
Conpepy hare no 10 carry out hlbustering IN
tentiens sgaiI It Deighboriog ana friendly pow
secondly, bee DO Sonrible men can DC iound 10
embark, as mere subordinate aiventurer, 10 an en-
terprise so wild aid prOftess and thirdly because
this Government must obedience 20 its dales, IN
terfere If Necessary Ia prevent 50 unnecessary ana
inhuman an aul on the sovereign rights OF neigh
boring power. .,,.
s.de against the liberties and sovereignty OF friendly
nation Is required TO pay thirt; five dollars for the
privilege il OF itself sufficient TO show that the money
necessary to carry ont the bensyolent dessns o' nc
expeditionists hes ct 10 be raised
That the expedition will be speedily abandoned We
have not the sgh'est doubt The idea, y reflect
ing mind is madness, that they should, ~rhou,
means and almost without men, enter into a combat
with Great BIitsio, the United States, Nicaragua,
Costa Rics and the Mosquito King, under shom
they claim title 10 say DOthlng OF the Transit Com
pany who have Dire steamship fourteen stes nooats
i've hundred employees, aud $4,000 OF capital
Itwould seem that nothing nov IS necessary TO DC
ssd on thie subject that ss 70 much recently occu
pjed the publc mind; and should moe have SAID
thus much, bad we not believed the public TO be DE
ceived, both % to the title Of the Company TO me
land they claim, and their ability to occupy II:
Were The questOn between the expedit onnts
and the feeble power Of Nicaragua, or tho foeoier
Mosqui'o King. their hopes OF success might be JUST
fed however much might be said against their hu-
uan ty ana their violation Of natural rights Bn' ne
the ausstion Is betwsen the Company and four gor-
ernmsts Including their own saying nothing OF tbs
MOSQUITO King and the Transit Company, We ior0ear
to discuss il further
A CHICK IN An UsgxPEcTED QUARTER.-We learn,
on authority en- which 80 place confidence tnsi the
officer in command Of the British squadron IN tue
Caribbean Sea has been instructed by bis Minister at
this point to permit any portion OF the proposed
expedition from this country fer an armed oc;ups,on
of the Mosquito Coast to land on the shores OF Central
America. The ground Of these orders musf Dc test
Mr., CHAMPION looks upos the enterprise a. involvmg
an infracon Of the 10 called Mosqaito Kings teTi-
torsl rights or rights Of sovereignty. Toe distractions
10 wi ch we refer above vent out by the las. steamer
from New-York destined for San juan del Nerte.