New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-01-05
THE PLOT OF THE DAY.

tions of the prcje Il to plim OF upon the pibl c.
in the shape OF fancy stock Ia Wall 81. or else
Were. a worthless title to the swsmps ard IA
ole Of the Mosquito Coast. must, we think agree
that we were within bounds in pronoune ng tbis
a most impudent speculation. Had It been
brought forward year ago. when the country
wac at the food tide Of debt ana OF gambling.
many perfons might have been taken byit; bl'
row The scrip Of this Company will not be likely
TO find many buyer. The prevailing distress.
which ruins tuch numbers Of Innocent persons b.
deprecia,ing the value Of the best eS'erpri.es.
wilde:er Others from throwing away their money
on this impos-Dre A fe@ AdveDtur'u Young men
out Of employ ment, except in bar oms aud kin
dred RESETS may perhaps be indu ,ed to venture
something more tb6n their valuable persons: but
beJobd thistle new stock will not 90. Even had
tie foLene been carried forward without inquiry
or exposure, nobody who has moeey TO Invest
would have been duped by It. Financially then,
il 10 failure at the start, and must tt main 50.
The fortunes which the projectors were to MAKO
out Of il must remain nothing bu. dreams.
Bat politically. it has oher aud more import
ent aspects The gale Of MO.qait) land'scriP is
out Of the question, but the INVASION and conquest
of Nicaragua and other Central American States
rem,ius to be at empted For this purpose II Is
probable that sufficient funds may be procured;
the men are enlisted, commander familiar
with border warfare il engaged, esd Thoroughly
military organization i. being given 20 the eHPe-
diticn. So confident Of success are the PROJECT
ora, tlat they have oaused an egteemen' u %
made between the management Of the expedition
aud that of tie Nicaragua Transit Com oang, by
which the former promises 10 the latter rev
grant of the transit route. to be made alser Col
Kinney ant bis COudottieTi shall have succeeded
in conqueriI tie present State OF Nicaragua and
IN getting possession ofts territory ana lis s)ver-
eigp powers About tbi. facs we believe there is
DO ooubt Tor we have il from source in which
we place tto utmos. confidence. At any rate it
is notorious that ibe first political object OF
this expedition is TO take from Nicaragua the
control # the transit route, and to render
that important line the base OF ia subse-
quent operation This, we say, is notorious.
1t ir avor 60 openly by persons connected with the
undo rtaking, ana hos been expressed with more
or less uDrcserve in the journals which sustain
he scheme. from Tie n. Y inns, Tho Uaios,
Tie .s'0n Post down {, The National Democrat;
nn6 yet. in Il e face Of ths public notoriety, and
Of these repeated ayoeals, Mr.. Secretary Marcy
affects total ignorance of che design and replies
10 Mr. Narcotics and Mr. Molina, the Represent
atjyes Of Central America at Washington. thithe
has 10 official information concerning 1t.
might, convenient phrase thi. of ofiici,l lnfOrma-
ton. A foreign Minister inform, the Secretary
of State that hostile expedition ag,ln'' the
country he represents lie fitting out n our cile';
and the Secretary replies that he has no ON;
Information on the subject Quite as well might
our Chief Of Police answer man who came
TO cenOunce d scheme t. plumber aud hlro
home ia the next street tbat he had no oni 'al
Information. and could do nothing 10 proven! the
crime. The inference would be az sHODs N The
one case as ia the other, that the idncuJniry'
thus yairly ,ppealed to, was quite wiling "ha's
The crime performed Whether the lately de-
yeloped feature Of Col. Kinney's plan-the eSIaO-
lisbment of Slavery in the conquered counties
al their final annexation as slave s'Sse'-hs'
any hing 10 do with this liberation on the part Oi
tie Executive, is q point on which We need not
here enlarge. II 10 enough that the two are
simultaneously usde public, aud that ihe party
controlling the Administration is the sane which
copniyed At the original transaction IN Texas OF
which this in Central America is to be copy.
We thus see the Administration which has
opened Kansas and Nebfsskl 70 slavery aud
which 10 also engaged IN the effort to acquire
Cpbs AND ssin foothold in 81 Donpgo,' lend
inc n, protection sud lie moral support, at least,
10 th. Kindred plot, Of which Nr Cost JOHNSON
ana col Kinney are the ostensible leaiers The
e,te,,iou of Slavery, and the acquisition Of new
slave States form the one great ohec. OF our poll
Or foreign and don este; and whether by open
influence or tact, completely, the FEDERAL GOV
ernneut il entirely ,ubsersitnI to tas ain. Is
il forever repetition OF the same melancholy
ara decrsdios process A new phase OF this
drama is about 70 be produced. We have re-
corde6 IT. features and exposed lis objects, and
vepow earnestly commend the subject % the
,eA.r,ion a all those citzers Who desire 30 see
their country perform some other part ia the
worlds history than that Of 5 perpetual csn-
.pitstor TO endow the bs.est and moe. ping
of .ocial Institutions with eternal Duration and
unlimited power.
orr POSITION IN THE WAR.