Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-02-06
&AsHIs1roa NEWS AND Gossip

"AsHIS1roH NEWS ARD GOSSIP.
The Proposed Central American Exued;.
lion -No'wihstsndin the Unions disoIaim
es Of sPsaking "by author ty," in justifyins
aiding, and abetting The proposed Central
American expedition, in is Issue of Sunday
morning, 1t strikes as that it's views will a,
once be heraidsd By the opposition press a.
preof positive of the AdministrstiOn's com
piIcity In the scheme. As we do not believe
that the Government of the United States are
In any way, either directly or Indirectly, iden
thed with 1t, and as We conceive that the
Prevalence Of different opinion will serve t.
bring the Administration uEjustly into disre-
Pute With those who value integrity OF pur-
Pese on the part of the American Government.
We are induced, to-day, to publish what strikes
US as the real facts invsIvsd, As follows:
As the Union alleges, the Nicaragua Ac-
cesSOry Transit Company is opposed to the
scheme. This company is composed of mer-
chants ana other citizens Of New York, who
Fave nine steam ships and fourteen steam.
boats, and three millions of Cal itaI engaged IN
tie legitimate business of transporting Amsri
can citizens, tor the most part and their
specie, 10 and from California and acro,. tn
Nicaragua isthnus in tao way. They have
transported hundreds Of Thousands tn us. With
N The last i've years, and where one casuaIi.
~, In the Way Ct ds~th, illness, or rohberz Of
passcDg Owe ,.c-1 isthmus line Ia. o.
cured one hu..dTod aueh casualties hsye no.
torlOusiy taken 2 ase Ca IL "rnsma iethnus
route Their success in this respect has bssn
pre-eniDeut, and Of great public importance.
and II IS prsissw0Tthi in them % dssire to pre
Ven' tbs communion Ct a scheme which
they think likely 10 cad in lining the Mics.
rsgus isthmus route with msra1dsrs ard bar.
ditti, snch as up to very recently notorious =
infested the Panama istbuus.
u heir statements on the subject, thev saw
- al who really know anything II II coun-
Try proposed TO be eolSniIed by the Csrtrsl
American expedition, are aware is correotO }
that The lsthmus is wholly unsuited to the az.
ricuiural habits of North Americans, and
that unless ample provisions for years ar. car
risd by the expedition, lis members must Ell
Their starve OF rob; and further, that az the
natives ase the poores; Of the poor, and pro
duee no more than suficieas to keep them.
selves from starvation, the expedition, to pre-
serve body and soul together, will ba compellcd
70 seek to prey on their passengers and specie
freights, as used 70 be done OF The Panama
route These will doubtless strike right.
minded mel as perfectly justieabIe reasons
Tor their oqposition to the scheme
We think shat our asighbOr is unfortunate
in saying:
The Post says that it lie suggested that
me recent opposition - the ooloaiy alton
scheme Is attributed 10 the influence of tas
Transit Company. Whether this suggestion
DC well foande5 Or not, We shall hot stcL 10 in
qulTei but We will take occs ion - remark
that, In our opinion, the claims Of that c3mps-
ny Lave received quite as much consideration
OF late as they are entitled TO, aud that its IL
ieresis would be quite as much promoted oy
oeehnlng 10 provoke TOO much investigation. -
Now. the only governmental consideration
Of late, which,, by any possible psrversion of
facts, can be charged to this company's &C.
count by the most vifulsnt eDony Of The Ad
nlnistrstion, is the affair Of the Cysne at San
Juan del Norts. Both the Union and our.
selves defended tia; act, - one of high public
nscsssitJ-one demanded by the paramount
obligation upon the nited States Government
to protect. agsins, organized bandisti and
outlaws, the safety OF the Americans journey.
ing 70 and fro between our Atlantic and I aci-
nc coasts across the Niesrsgusn istbmus.
Ihe Administration may fairly eIelain, ct
9" brute on reading the Unisn's virtual
change Of front with reference to that affair,
apparently involved in he paragraph quoted
above.
The UR:oH seems to hold that unless Mic
arasua can prove the fllib Estering oh arao.er
Of the proposed expedition, she can, under no
state OF the case, call on the Government of
the United States to prevent its sailing. Ts
this We have to say. thas the United States
has repeatedly Of late pat stop to flIibuster-
ing expeditions from our territory. Yet In no
0~se nave they had at hand proof sufficient 10
PiOeo'e conviction for q violation Of our
Aeuuaiity laws saeh proseo utions have been
Instituted, so far, Is acts Of Justice TO Gov.rn.
men" amply able to protect the integrity of
their ;oii, which Is nes the case with Mar.
aqua which Tact, unless We are greatly de-
eeivsd in the gentlemen now charged sith adj.
ninisterins our public Affairs, will insure N a,
no efforts Of theirs will be left untrisd TO ur..
vent violation of her rights under the pre-.
text Of eolonisipg from the United States
territory pretended to have been bought from,
the Mosquito King, who had no right to dis
pose Of it, as this Government has Away.
maintained.
Oar rsishbor takes especial paiss to disdain
any knowledge in the matte. 20. embraced in
the onsial publications on the subject We,
however, do know more in the premises; and
Chat additional information causes us to pro-
~, against the scheme, as being likely to end