New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-04-02

NICARAGUA I'M TFzE sElNArEs.t


j NICARAGUA I'M TaE SENATE. 4s
Oh the 2Ath nltino Senator Seward introduced the
/ following resolution, and 1t was agreed to- 4
the President Of The United States ss zsqnss
alcate al e he has eonesrning
seizure Of
| pettF Of t.e Nicaragna Transit Company 5%55.
| We are pleased, rather than otherwise, that this
resolution has been adopted BY the Senate, and trust
the President will find it compatible with the
public interest the Information asked
for at any early period There is good to be
lieye that official publication Of all the facts will
show that the Americans III Nicaragua deserve high
praise instead Of censlire that they have been gov
erned throughout by the loftiest motives that they
engated to the country at the earnest and
solicitations Of the republican Or liberal party tat
since there their conduct has been
that have sacredly the rights Ct persons
and property that the new government, ~ all re-
speets, is far superior 10 any the people nave enjoyed
for years. that under its geniay lnylgofatins 1nfu-
enees, combined with It's justice wisdom, moderation
and promise of stabil cheering indications Of I'M
movement anf advancement are beginning to display
Themselves Oh every hand and that General William
walker instead Of being pirate or buccaneer as
4 THE and noble patriot engaged in great and
glorious work Of regeneration, which, if success
crowns his enterprise, will hand his name down to
posterity proudly inscribed Oh the rolls Of
Immortality. 81 tiki s n
Believing that events viii verify our anticipations,
ne look forward to the expose called for BY the Senate
with pleasurable anxiety. Having been the first in
the Southwest we may SOY IN the country to stand
IL.
dictate the conduct Of Gen. Walker and his compan-
ions in arms from the aspersions that were profusey
lavished upon them, IL but natural we should feel
deep interest in the ultimate success of the cause
and TO wish for it happy and triumphant eonclu-
sion And here we beg leave to suggest to Southern
statesmen and to the Southern people that calcula-
ting the probabilities Of the FUTURE the chances are
the South has deeper interest in the success Of the
regenerators Of Nicaragua than in any or all attempts
that have been or may be made to colonze the Terri
tory Of Kansas with Southernes. Sol.th,card " the
star Of empire take its way far as the cotton
growing States are concerned. A decade will sub
stantiate the literal truth Of this prediction.
GA Senator Seward, Judging from the wording Of his
resolution, was especially exercised about the
seizure Of property Of the Nicaragua Transit
Company No doubt Of it. His anxiety, mayhap,
had been stimulated by recent conversations with Mr.
Vanderbilt, President Of the aforesaid Transit Com
pany
We hope every document in possession of the adj
mnistration that has any bearing on the Company's
difficulties with the Riyas Walker government, will
submitted to the public and the earlier the better
But we don't believe Vanderbilt or the Transit Com
pany will make anything by the operation. They
are bound to lose. On this point we will risk our
reputation as prophets. A complete disclosure Of
facts will show that they violated their contract it'll
the Nicaraguan government that they were in the
wrong from the start and that the annulment of their
contract was in accordance with Rellesablished law
was just exercise Of inalienable sovereignty. Sup
pose the Collins steamers should violate their contract
with the United States, and by some means get in
4 debt to the Treasury Department two or three hul
4 bred thousand dollars would not our government
have an indsputable right to abrogate thecontract
and seize the property of the Company? Unqaes.
4 tionably This is all Nicaragua has done so far as
4 we have reliable information and Nicaragua il. lust
as much a sovereignty as the United States. The
only difference il in the power wealth and popula-
ton of the two countries. There is none in the prin-
ciple Therefore it would be an abominable outrage
to crush weak and feeble nation because of the as
sertion of @ common and indispensable right-the
practical application of an universally acknowledged
principle. Yet we see it confidently stated in many
of the Northern papers that the strong arm OF our
government is to be invoked to break down Nicara-
qua, and at the same time to substantiate the invalid
claims Of faithless steamship nenopoly
We cannot think for q moment that the admins
tration will extend /" aid and comfort to any such
oppressive and unjust purposes although favorable
report is not to be looked for reception Of Col
French the regularly accredited minister from Mica
ragua, was refused not long since, by Secretary
Marcy, of course by the advice and consent of the
i President.