The Nevada journal., 1856-02-08
Parker III. French,

By recent ndvices from Washington,
we learn that the notorious individual
whose name heads this article, is figuring
in the diplomatic circles near our govern
ment, and is quite favorite of the M.
C.'s of the Young America school.
Frank Pierce seems at last to have had
return of glimmering reason, and has
seen fit at this opportune moment of a
lucid interval, to refuse to recognize the
revolutionary government of Nicaragua.
The brazen front of French is nothing
daunted by this blow at the hopes of fill
busterism, but resorts to a ''game Of
bluff which his shallow craftsmanship
supposes will win with the federal author
tiles at Washington. His position is
essentially this He comes with pleniary
powers to obtain from our government a
recognition of Nicaragua as a sovereign
state, and offers to place the new fillibus-
ter republic under the protection of the
L. S. in the event of such recognition
but the bug-bear of a surrender of the
protcctorate to Great Britain is threatened,
in case our government persists in non-
compliance with his offer.
1t is possible that this trifing device Of
French may succeed in terrifying the
President, his cabinet and Congress, or
may furnish the shadow of pretext for
the recognition of Walkerdom, but how is
our government to maintain its consistency
by the assumption of any new powers in
Central America, now that it is insisting
upon the stipulations of the Clayton Bull
wer treaty being carried out fully by
Great Britain ? By that treaty the Uni.
ted States and Great Britain covenanted
and agreed never to assume or exercise
any power over any portion of Central
America. The British Government seeks
to maintain the shadow of power which
she has heretofore exercised on the Mos.
quito coast President Pierce hints at
bad faith on the part of Britain, and de-
clares the non-surrender of the authority
of England in contravention of the treaty
The British government construes the
treaty prospectively, and processes to be
extremely willing and anxious that its
provisions should be binding on the future
action of the two governments. The
President is desirous of having the stipu-
lations of the treaty fully carried out and
obeyed. So far as the future is concerned
the two governments do not differ, both
being anxious to see the treaty fulfilled.
By recognizing the government OF
Walker and assuming the protectorate OF
Nicaragua the United States set at naught
the Clayton Bulwer compact, and place
themselves in an unenviable position with
England, and in the eyes of civilized states.
The threat of French is but hollow one.
for Great Britain cannot assume new pow
ers in Central America without giving the
lie to all her professions, and hazarding a
war with the United States, and sooner
would she see, in her present condition
with the Eastern war on her hands, the
whole of Central America at the bottom
of the ocean than war with us.
Let England assume the protectorate Of
Nicaragua in contravention of treaty stip
ulations, she will be the losing party not
we.
French evidently is playing game O
bluff, but his hand is too plainly exposed
THE DRAINING OF THE HARLEM SEA-
We learn from the N. Y. Tribune thai
e'the G hartman of the Commission on the
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