Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1856-01-16
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Ci,kYIqfAEBU4<WE EH 4 1aE a.
Hr,,,-creat ly6of the dipiomatics cores
Inc . bet%Ifi,is country and Great Bri- anr
p;r on Centrtmerica Affairs, fehovas ~. !
l.,' odanted bur columns, imposslple' pu' nil
sc'', I'll, endeay 10 make our readers Mr. !.
d we M'ti 4he pre} aspects of the qnestlon w
Abbott Law nd@r @nen pln,s'el Sovember sth, 20
Wpooe eo ;nnuifg f'whethe1the British 1os1n
1919, ihq"Jto occupy ortsoloniZe Nicaragu', "
ncht NJ the Mosquito Coast, so caiieui ','
Costa a Central Ameriea,' and also Win itb Ja
any any Pa, the titish GoSernm(nt Will unieo trali
tnet .i States ID gnaTaatying tue he11i
the y Iip canal, railway, or other comauh. Il
ty oi be open to the world and conlmoaaisg aais,
4 catloifn }, Allusion is also made to the oi' N
all nStweeu Nicaragua and Costa Rica ,sr un
put tjon of boundary: and between the io'In
qug. and the Mosquito Kingdom ON iuss
:, ceh .,.arsinnty. .n accompanied with the sus {
!, A. that the ssIndlahs can be proVioe
: n,anncr satisfactory TO Nicaragua ,h IN
- pr;tain. and far better for thelfst tnah d ~ ~
;s ',;,.ocal uosition they now occupy. 80 of
&c. Lord Paimerston replied undef 80 tat
1,rS-nI3 I3th lS4D assuring Mr.. La.wrence -,
on iI,, thn intention OF her Majesty Govern
4 IL va 80 s.occupy or coionze, the couh',,ti:
nie,ls nnSl non,ed and that, while s'closc poii.
nc, NC NC, o,ncxion has existed between the olo" o.r
90 80 Cat Britain and the State and Ierritoi.
Nosnuito for period OF ABOUT two ceii.u c.o' In
~ pritish Government s'does not claim uv'
tiic ~ =: H,scuitoo To the second branch y,
!';, !uiu lord p. replies in the affirmative, anu
,,i,,asses a desire to unite with the uo'ein
mi of the United States IN adjusting 1.e
difi.rences between Nicaragua and 0oS',1 .t'o H.
"a Tbese are the letters which initiated tho
-, and Bplwcr Treaty, the ratificatiohs
~ ,ybirb we're exchanged ith July, 1o3o.
washington correspondent OF the y
-. rnfcrripr to the unusual Importance ol
the Nicaraguan Treaty, sent TO inc ocii'.c iNs'
wnal, for ratification, says, SqulcF uc't9
. = n
with Nicaragua, III lo9o' t-;.
,rct;on of that republic over all the teffi,or!
aia;r,cI hv Great Britain to belong to the NOS
It Einr: therefore 10 be covered " her as
d,,,,d rr0tecterate. 1t also stpullttTs for fhei
i ;nint protection of any ship canal whi;h migh,
il he constructed through the NicaFag an is'h.i
mus. 1t will be seen ltlat inc lt"'! -, 80
d in,nort,nt one to the United States, Jecause
II b;In II boldly rcpudiatcd any Britisa ntefeS 4
l. or rigbt in that quarter, it opened the oslhti
e to American enterprise, and offered 'i3fnt. ,
4 o.s TO the United States well caicuUt7l
&c Tive MS predominatnS influence in tils gu ID
For Mr.. CLAYTON then Secretary ol>t't
I'd embraced that opportunity to negotlatesats g
n r., with the British Minister, Buiwer, if
J. hsoIntc retirement of Great Britain frinn
lg occun,tion or dominion, Of whatever so1'
onv mart of Central Amcrica-holdIng II
III SGuier Treaty before him, showing that uii
op tive were likely to get the advantage OF ~
op iord in that particular part of the IsthI b.
- ,rLnrn tbe canal was expected to be made,
m oaripr, to rntc with the latter governmer 4
he ~, arrenpeneut by which neither should
Wo Tc oll. TO obtain any advantages OF conqt
csc -. tbn otbor. such a treaty, if lived US Il
-, was lar the best for the u States, because
II der it the strife between the two nations cd
rth consist of commercial rivalry only, in via
- / because Of oUr advantageous position, aIs1T
. superior energy and more rapid mOyenlenihe !
- / United States were sure to win the victor-I
'"N So Mr. CLAYTON made his treaty OF lS5{-tI
tb. I ratified, and became the law. Grea.
ry tain refuses to maintain it, aInts lsSS,s---,s
:, ,r than ever to her Mosquito Prat+fts 5sc, -
lf her :soccupaton'' in Ruatan 81 ts5 =
, by the most ridiculous pretGx "a fieS'f- Z
" we'll be imagined. Under these 1MG e Il
uv our government has made a tre erH4 IN IS
" ragua, which formally repudEsIsH llt
,rv the British Protectoratc, and isyx ,Wk
- ut once 1t will be ratified. d git I4V
ia. England may make collis9oa II q
rn or not, as she chooses. T"elt IoE"k3
~, however, ventures the predfe HTnt HeYf
Iic take carly occasion to put i1 haf II ET,
md queston beyond the ranga' En- 7
100 The same authority saysAcDt II M
,b in the United States is e5F in EII'hA !
l. favor Of making the issqeahd trN
= whose cratic diplomas ,cx- ICE ,Nk
~ hausted American patca h'r- er car, 'es.is
Ct ct, endon declines re-opea asa- Gca1I ,osS sss
I'D nlent of the merits OF III -"cCA Aofrn..
es President has not yet y 20 ne. NsO
ry land land will viii pro- probably T 92r eIaaE {.
ON is not likely to sUcceII19 Pitt 81 q forso -
ot- great Power in ER5" ( 81, IN hHrs5 red 4 :
Of trust at this time, ca '+O 10 sJc: ii,
~. tration of the CZarsss,, Sal
IL, tory to EnglanJ.f .fsf,y D.. Cof4.
Nh 'hl lnent in favor of Ilg &. IN Tie ,o1l
ng ing upon the fulf'cs I bof, ~ S,t,L ~ Il
e,3 toins, which is p1ld Of Br, Tat H., Il
re mined to maintJpd 10, y il
IA in the ISthmuS tFS Tbo
uuon CcrrSfnFD- Z az ~ fyr. II