The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-02-26

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nor able apology had been made to the United States
So Doubt tho Times has oeeo informed and II right
ly nformei it's opinions, ably expressed, win meet
r. on tine other hand, the Times discovers that has
been rightly informed there Is little for dou u
to the course That journal will take: will never al
voea!e dishonorabe WAR any more thaa II wosld
such being believed to the position Of affairs, and
what motive can have induced such course Of con-
tuct9
and that account the Cabinet may hesitate to disc
him. but it ia grave question how Tar minister is jus
taaed in acting instruct, tons which nvolvs breach
u Inc law Of the country to which he is accredited.
The history Of this whole Ia suggestive.
We have raised thirty at cost OF $40 000
cash down. an actual quarrel and possible war, with
Mr. Rankin, an eminent Canadian gentleman, III In
deed IL l. TO admitted, that colonial man DO
rent, Offering to raise and equip regiment Of 1000
rilepeD. Alter celay Of five months asd rene we'd
turning hir original letter. with the simple observation,
that 1t Lad been directed TO the Secretary Of War; in.
stead Of the Secretary at Wss ia ohsr wosds he had
However, official Indifference, Is thing which
long habit and the events of the last two years have
us to eDdore perhaps with tae glorious
government OF Lords we At present possess it Is low
iraeemaulke wsy cf loobog At the thi;g, to attempt
to balance LORD CaareDacn's thirty teven Germans,
SEQ 00G and war, against Mr. Ranxin "a c,onst)
and his Cauacian rife nNn, armed and equippe..
Official indifference rcsy allow to drift into war"
There is no ",noiiTerencso In this case. There is
the con;la any, activity" to which, OF late, we
have been but little accustomed. Why, our govern
ment have the very rkn Of the campaign cut and
cried No, it was not .'iu ,iaerepce'' which ON q
lac occasion prompted the Morning Post the
ravsgirg The coast Of Americas with two hundred
eulboat and the seeding army Of black soldiers 10
free The OF the SOUTH or in other Words TO mas
~, md kSx fha ANAL If
half the United States.
II ere mus be active came. There must be some
TIC government togst up quarrel with people Who
ny re said 70 Re our .Jatcns, ard who ainly
the most imps rita MT coDE-x,ons we possess
The word ha,dy wanted to bring to our
mil ds tho fact that for past have wayed
war wi Russis-a war IN whisn the whole sympa'htes
ard enc ges Of the people have been engaged-s war
which however far il It's first two years failed in
scccmpis hrg al that ardentiy looked for, od'
fsr IN This coming campaign, 10 result in an end al
tanned better proportioned to the means used.
Aprospect inceed bright for US, that may vel
in agiLe hos In certain caused the grel
what ii this American dispute is simply bold effort to
turn the war with Kasea into war Vi Ansiicas
What if the court desire 70 change the venue?
Wat If this an Is devised to affect the approaching
congress in Pa.isY
Whist viii the people say to this the cont,ivsr of
the scbt knoxn t, them, what won ID they dor
Can liz be- That Indebted for the scheme that
irresponsible influence" so bepraised by Lord John
Russs ], IN the House CT Commons which has aread,
nIived to degraoe as brave army We ever sent
to the field, and has ed this great empire the
stxact political level Of SAKE Cobuig Gotha?
lfsO, II il, indeed, what mt xt and next.
The Central American Question
From the LLdon Times. JAN 81
That which may be- CT led the Cens al American q"es
tom snd which has recently besa the subject OF cores
sntject 10 three dv0nsFirst what the Iighte
Of Grex Britain in Central An erica, and the position she
e to the hs
Clayton eaty which took place In 1850 aud the precis.
situation in which intended Ina that treaty rhould
place the contracting partiesS Thirdly What the
difficulties hich this time exist and how far they
connected with distinct from the treaty in question?
tury with spain left her, at Belize, a set:lemeas
ard evidently rsstiio'sd within those limits
which the object for which 1t granted rendered
Necessary BY the same treaties Great Britain
bs uid to withdraw from the Mosquito cast, on
which there coDsiderab tribe Of InCians, wh) 10
her wars with SPAIN had acted with her allies At the
beginning Of the present century new safe OF things
hsd srisen-wars between Great Britain and Spain hao
taken place. After tau the Spanish colonies Of South
America he'd thrown of the Spanish yoke. Durirg these
changes and revolutions Great Britain had enlarged her
,ltn Belize and CIV " considerable terrific
,ial tpicrs she be reconpected herse Also with
the Mosquito lnoisns aktg their chiet king again
under er protection, having him solemnly crowned al
Jansics. .
In The near. ine the Ishmus which separates NORTH
fl on sou,h America, and which is ienee called Central
AmeIita" bao been divided into differ mt repabl.cs
coroipg TO the different captain general hips province
which had existed er the oo rule The captain gene
rAlk1lp Cf Eecsmo Ln0 IepuCHC OF
tie geneI aLp OF Costa RIGA the rapusc Of Co
ia Rica, BE.
On he cel fines Of these two Safes. and at the mouth
Of Tie river SAY Juan, IN all to IN and territory
eximtc by toth Nicaragua sEd Costa Rca for these
republics derived their rights, has been Observed
from the old captain geperaships and these csptaa
esnersbp. Oft varied extent according the
ability Of the governors captain gener sed
ever h.m theie frontier could not BE- very precisely de.
fntd The town II territory ABOVE alluded to were,
at 'be period here spoken Of In the possession
o. Nj aragus.
respect foreign vessels visiting it, and the B. fish CIV
MT having been inforMed by its different agents
c..tlsi Am erica that the port in qnesti:n had
the Nica,sgusns refufipg 70 give 1t up, seized by
force in the name Of the Mosquito King The Nicara-
guans complained; their complaints were unheedci
the papers relative to this TRANSACTION laid be-
fore tie British faran emit; objections raised
in Parliament as to the which the British govern
nent had pursued, and the honor OF Great Britain be-
came pledged to support what her government
had done.
Cern and MADE that discovery Ct it's mineral wealth
which las giwn new tendency to the tesnies OF that
The at ention Of Anne rican citizens was thus necessa
riy bent obtsinirg the shortest and convenient
road to their conquest Central America assumed
posion In their eyte, and protectorete Of The
Mosquito toast attracted tneir attenionthe
caly IS the Nicar had cr some time been claim
ing trer assistance sganst what they deemed British
aggression Moreover thei seemed strong PROBABILITY
tia. IL might be possible to establish ship canal
tween the Atlantic arc Pacific, by way Of the river San
town had recently taken and which since its
had been calea "Greytown," was situated
Accordingly The government Of Mr.. Polk (the demo-
cratic party in the United States then In p,xer
FIRE leaving Office gent agent "Mr. Hse," - the
govern ment Of Nicaragua, sne Mr. Hise ocnclrded
eaty with the sad government recognizing the right Of
Nicaragua TO that to.n and portion Of territory which
Great britain had just taken from her, and agreeing to
aid in regsinipg it.
President Taylor, who shortly afterwards succeedsd
Mr. Pok, (he wing party 1, this election seeding
the democrl tic) did mt entirely spprove Mr.. Hises
treaty; but be sent another agent Mr. Squeis, TO Mica
rseua charged with miason finar TO tina. which had
been confded 10 Mr. Hise. Thit gentleman, Mr. squers
also gpzed the right Of Nicaragua to the and
territory In dispu.e and simultaneously American
company obtained concession from Nicaragua for the
purpose Of ship canal communicative of the
nayiga ion Of the river San Juan and Of certain
lands thereto beloreh
II easy to perceive that 10 this the American
company cane into collision With the government of
Mosquito, under the protection o, Great Britain Grey
town.
Moreover, the two American agents representing the
two great parties in. the An erican commonwealth had
aci nowledeed the right Of Nicaragua to this town and
that right A identified. he