Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1856-05-28
EDGEFIEED, S. c., MAY 28 1886.

mex aud absorb new territories in Americ
as it is for European States to do this i
Asia or Africa, and while, if done hy u:
it might be justified as well, OH the airge
ground OF tho advantage which would &C
crue therefrym to the territories annexed Hn
absorbed, yet We have al,s,aingd frotm duiu
it, in obedience to considerations of rigli
not less than of policy; and that, while tn
courageous and self reliant spirit of our pen
pie prompts them To hardy enterprises ant
they occasionally yield TO the temptation o
taking part in The troubles OF c"un,rips nea
at hand where they know how potential ,hei
influence, moral and material. must br, th'
American government has uniformly ant
steadily resisted all attempts Of individual
in the United States 4" undertake armed ag
gressi"n against friendly Spanish American
republics.
" lille the present incumbent Of the exec
utirr office has heen in d scharge Of its dM
ties. h. has never failed to exert all the au
ih"rity in him vested to repress such enter
prises, because they are in violat"n of the
Law OF the land, which the constitution re.
quires him toexecute faithfully herause they
are contrary to the pulley of the govern
nlen.; and because to permit them would he
dppa'iu from faith towards thnse Au,eri
can republics in amity with US, which are
entitled to, and will never cease TO enjoy, in
their cala.nitirs the cordial sympathy, and
in their prosperity the efficient good will, Of
the government and of The people oil the
United States.
10 say that our laws in this respect are
sometimes violated, or successfully evaded,
is nnl, to say what is true of all laws in all
countries. hut not more so in the Uni,ed
States than in any one whatever OF the
counties of Europe. Suffice it to repeat
THAI the laws OF the Upted States, prohibit
Jug a! iYreign military enlisrmepts or expe.
dili9ps within our isrrilury, have been exc
cpted with impartial good faith, and s" far
rs the nature of things permits, rs well in
repression of private persons rs Of the Off.
cial agents Of other Governments, buth of
Europe aud America.
Among the Central American Republics,
to whci, uodern events have Impaired most
prominence. is that of Nicaragua, by reason
oI it's particular position on the isthnus.
Citizens OF the United States have established
in its territory a regular nteroceanic transit
route, second onl. in utility and value TO the
one previ"usly y established in the territory ul
New Granada. The condition Of Nicara.
qua would, it is believed. have been much
u,"re prosperous than it has been, but for
the occupation Of it's only Atlantic .pnrl BY,
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thority SET up aud sustained by the same
power in portion Of its territory, hy means
OF which its domestic sovereignty Vas i'm
paired. its, public lands were withheld from
settlement, and it was deprived Of all the
n,arilime revenue which it w"uld otherwise
collect OF imported merchandise at San Juan
del Note.
Ia these circumstances Of the political de.
hllity of the republic Of Nicaragua, and
when its inhabitants were exhausted by
long continued civil war between parties,
neither Of them strung enough to overcome
the other, nr permanently maintain internal
tranquility, une of the contendmg factions
of the republic invited the assistance aud
cn.operaton "f small body Of Citizens Of
the United States from the State of CaliIor.
mia, whose pes''nce, rs it appears. put an
rud at once to a civil war; aud restored APP
parent order throughout the trrritoy of Nj.
"A hl., ar
at its head distinguished individual, b.,
birth citizen Of the republic, D. Patricio
Rivas, MS It's provisional President.
1t is The established policy Of the United
States to recognise all Governments without
question of their source or organization. or
of the nrans by which the governing per
sons attain their power, provided there be Il
government de faclo accepted by the p.."ple
OF the country, and with reserve only Of ii"e
rs to the rrc"gniti"n of revolutionary gov
ern,nents arising out of the subdivision oi
pareut States iIh ahirh we are in relations
OF ami,y. We do not g. behind the fact OF
foreign government exercising ACTUAL pow.
er To investigate questions of Legitimacy
we do not inquire into the causes which may
have led to change of government. Ia
US il j, Indifferent whether successful revo
luton has leen aided by foreign intervention
or not whether iisurrertinn has overthrnwl
existing government, and another has beet
established in its place according To pre.ex
islng forms, or in a manner adopted Ior ths
occasion ny those whom we may find IN the
actual po.sessinn of power. a u these mat
ters we leave to the people and public au
! tburilies oi the particular country I" deter
mine and their determination. whether it b'
i by positive action or by ascerlaned acqui
! .sc-,,ce, il to US sufficient warranty OF III,
! legitimacy Of the new government.
During the six,y-seven years which hav'
elapsed since the establishment of the exist
ing government of The United States. in III
which time this Uniun has maintained undis
turb-d domestic tranquility, we have hat
occasion to rec"gnise governments de tdcto
founded either by domestic revolution or b.,
military Invasion from abroad, in many o
the governments of Europe.
1t is mole imperatively necessary to appl.
this rule tn the Spanish American republics
in consideration uf the frequent and not sci
dom anomalous changes Of organization o
administration which they undergo, and tn
revolutionary nature Of most Of these chan
yes, Of which the recent series Of revolution
in the Mexican republic is All example, wher
five successive revolutionary government
have made their appearance in the course q
few months, and been reco"nised success