Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1856-05-23

=z7--.--o7-. ON Thursday last the President sent
IL bouses of Congress, a message u"heini'
-: a. CONGRESS reports of the secretary VI =:
49, secretary of the Navy, and Attorney eene," IS
'no - resolution of the Senate OF the z1'n u
1Tfrcb and If the House of Representatives VI nv
Oh of Nav both having reference 10 lne 'ou'0' "
-, between the Atlantic and Pacl1c OCEANS
tIro,,ub the Republics of New Grenada ana w..
t,o condition of affairs in Central Alnei'0"'
~. A1ossooe is before us, althous It's Ien6'n PIC
-. rnblication in to.days issue. Inc import
.t fact is communicated that the ne" Nlhis'eI
an v;;;l has been received by the Executive
I1nitod States. The President reviews TIE
whole ground with express reference 10 Clear eOiu
,ion of the question: and comes 10 the cohcluSIo
tho United States, in pursuance OF her
,oIicv. is only concerned TO know "hetneh "'J F
tios claiming to be the government u any
nth which we maintain diplomatic Tei"Iio'0' w. ~
4+b and in fact constitute the actnal ruling Po"e1
sc +Lot country 1t has been exhibited TO the Sa'i7
-. e tho Expcutive that the present authorities
:. Nr;oroo,a ,bv whom Will has been deputed as MIN
;stor do in fact hold the rens OF government more
firmly and with more prospectoi Sabllity' IMAM any
f their recent predecessors in that unfortunate coun
and are therefore entitled to that recognition "hlch
has never been withheld, by US, from any re J"e'0
government fully established Upon these grouhuS'
a. ,o,v Minister has been received Indeed no oth-
~ nrncipIe could possibly be applied to our relations
~, Snani,h American republics, whose revolutions
avn 60 randi numerous, and TO US, unaccountaDIe,
tI,ot unless we recognize the actual government
,,biob NAV be in power for the time, we could mol
.otond n maintain any relations at all with them
N nicaragua.
of The interests Of our citizens there, is such as
IN render imperative the recognition OF some rcSpon
sble parties from whom redress can be claimed and
enforced for gpoatons and losses to American pro-
perty. ..n.,o.a
Viii.
when. therefore, some time since, new minis.
ter from the republic of Nicaragua presented hlmsel
hearing the commission of President IIVas ne must
"a yvnud have been received as such, unless ne was
End IN inquiry subject 10 personal exception, but
for tho absence of satisfactory information upon the
question whether President Rlvas was m JGct The
head Of an established government OF the republic OF
Nicaragua doubt as to which arose not only from
+bo circumstances of his avOwed association with
,oJ cmgrants recently from the United States but
that the proposed minister himself was OF that class
oE norsons and not otherwise or previously citizen
g Another minister from the republic of Nicaragua
hos now presented himself and has been received as
a"I, satisfactory evidence appearing that he repre-
spnts the government de tdCO, and, so lar as such
exists, the government de jure OF that republic
In tho Senate some discussion arose uron a motion
to refer the message and accompanying documents to
tho Committee on Foreign Relations. Mr.. Critten-
don seemed to think that this movement would in.
volyc the country in war, and spoke OF the recep-
lion Of the new Nicaraguan Minister rs though it
amounted TO a recognition of the Independence OF Nj
caragua,-thc accepting of q new community into the
family of natious. Mr.. Mason commended that this
was totally incorrect view of the case. Nicaragua
had been recognized as independent State long
ago. and her minister received by the United States.
A change of rulers has taken place. The new ru-
ers constitute the government, dc faCto, of that
country, and the envoy Of this government, de fact0
has been received in pursuance of the unValylng
poIcy of the United States. We had recognized the
different governments Of France, whether monarchy,
anarchy military despotism, republic, or aristocracy
and we ought to do the same in all similar cases.
If any foreign power presumcs to dictate to US il
this matter, or to threaten because OF it, We
ought not to hesitate or be deferred from doing wha
5 clearly right because of such threats
Mr. Weller gave a history of the %ruggle in Nj
caragua between Chomorroo and Castillon, which re
suited in the formation Of the present government.
He showed that the weight of Walker and hi men
being thrown into scale had enabled the party il
whose favor it was thrown to establish more per
manont and aw-enorcing government than any
known there since 1928.
EIarcolota, the former Nicaraguan Minister, ha
protested, and drawn up protesting circular ad
dressed, we presume, to the representatives of thu
different powers.