New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-05-17

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We alluded yesterday to She recognition and ac-
Y acknowledgement Of the claim Of Padre Will TO be
ceiye s the accredited Minister of the Government
Of Nicaragua by President Pierce. That alluson was
based upon Washington dispatch Of the It'll. Very
late at night-after y o'clock-the full dispatches,
published yesterday morning reached our composition
room Had they met our view in season, the notice
given To our readers would have been largely ex-
tended. w @#5 sst4sSsSss5 at l5 q Il
On the 18TH appears the President sent to the
Senate long message referring to the Central Ameri-
can eaabroglo the difficulties Of the Transit Company
flowing from the stoppage Of therne and tie seizure
Of their boats, and the general condition Of Mica,
ragua. fs
But these considerations although important in
themselves, are Of minor moment just now when
eontrasted with the great that the
Government has been officially recognized at Wash
ngton-that tardy justicehas at last been done to
weak, vet bravey uggling sister, Of the commu-
nifty of Republics
The President, So say the dispatches, states that:
lie has been ENDURING the causes which led to the
4 canaa of government in NicaTag qua. We are glad
enduiries led to inteig which forced conviction
upon the Presidential mind, in regard to matters the
masses Of the people have been well apprised of for
niauy months past. 1t is better justice should come
at 4 late day, than it should never come. And, to
the story Short the President has ascertained that
Padre Will represents a government de jufe and de
tacto Consequently he couldn't refuse to recognize
4 him as the Minister of such q government.
We have no desire to criticse the reasoning of the
President, or his notions are too well satisfied
with the result to be captious or critical. But we
cannot keep from remarkng that if the Government
Of Nicaragua is aotc legitimate one, whenit is at
and its very existence threatened, it must have
been more legitimate and more deserving recog
nition some months SINCE when it was at peace with
all the world and when it gave better promise of per-
manence than at present! 1t strikes US this conclu
sion is incontrc vertible. When no danger menaced
it, its Minister was incontinently snubbed by the
Secretary of State. Whent is actually in jeopardy
Padre Will, another Minister is received 8
Such inconsistent conduct can only be accounted
for, it seems to us on the ground that National
Convention meets next month, and that certain
Democratic aspirants may prove formidable to the
present Of the Presidential chair because of
this very question: unless measures are taken to
checkmate them We are unable to arrive at any
other solution Of tllefmystery.
Weshall unless the mail fails receive the message
and accompanying documents by the 2lst or ed
inst. We shall then publish them entire, or make
such a synopsis of their contents as will give the
public clear and accurate idea Of the questions at
issue.
Itseems the message superinduceda spirited dis
cussion. No wonder. The time had come for an ex-
hibition Of spirit, unless the Conserpt Fathers
had made up their minds to sleep forever, no matter
how gross the insults and outrages practiced upon
their country
We are much surprised at the remarks attributed
to Senator Grttenden by the telegraph. He is said
to have stated that in less than ten days from the
time this news reached Europe, we would have a war
upon our hands,. His former illustrious colleague
HENRY CLAY--Would never have given utterance to
such language. He would have enquired whether we
were the right and if convinced of the fact would
not have given way a hairs breadth were thousand
wars the penalty Of persistent frmness
Times have really come to q pretty pass when we
cannot receive reject foreign ministers without be-
ing threatened with the vengeance Of one or more
European nations !! IL We are really in this humil-
iatng condition, we had better surrender our sover
eighty or fight. Let do one or The other at once