The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-05-17
NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, MAY IT, 1853.

aIUh1IA1, MAY IL, 1900.
poor NJ !. Msrsoieta, who whites away his time
in cop ying the New England clergymen, and
prote Hing, in the face of God, against this
cou' AIRY having mind of its own.
Ne are solicitous to rouse no oversanguine
opes, deal in no exsggerstion. Bat strange
accidents must happen if, before the close of this
year. the causes we have mentioned do not in
vest Walker with the dominion of all Central
America, from the southern frontier of Honda.
ras to the very border Of the Panama Railroad.
In three months, under ordinary circumstances,
he wiz be at the head of an army which could
conquer not only all the Central American
States, but Mexico and New Granada also, il
need were. There are persons who anticipate
opposition from England. These must enter
tain singularly contemptuous opinion of the
sagacity of our transatlantic cousins England
has nothing whatever to gain by impeding
the Americanization of Central America; but,
as one of the two leading commercial nations
Of the world, she has everything to gain by
the consummation Of that obviously proximats
event. Central America, in Yankee hands,
would be worth to England ten times as much
as it has been in the hands of the Spanish; and,
ss no Epglishman has even broached the idea
| Of conquering Central America on behalf Of
| England, this would seem to be the very thing
the English ought to desire most At bottom,
no doubt, so it is. People talk and gab5le
about the Mosquito question and Ruatan aud
the Bay Islands; but these bugbears are only
kept alive as floats to buoy up sinking politi-
clans. Nobody in England cares straw
about them. Our last accounts were that the
English had sold the Mosquitoes cheap to Walk
er, and taken his note, payable next century;
also that they were trying hard to sell Ruatau
and the Bay Islands to Honduras, which thrift
ty State was asking good round sum to take
them. So these squabbles are sure to end.
OUGHT PRIvATEERING TO BE ABOLISHED p
Americans do not object to the abolishing of
privateering, but do object to the maintaining
of navy on q war footing in time of peace.
They are ready to make or meet proposition
for the naturalization of the high seas. This
spirit is fully shown in the restrictions volun-
tarily assumed by our government with regard
to the naval force that can be maintained on
the Northern lakes And it is more strongly
exemplifed by the small force which it keeps
in commission on the high seas.
We are bold enough to make for our coun-
trymen and government the emphatic PROPOSE
ton that the Atlantic, the Pacific, and all other
oceans and seas, shall henceforth be neu-
tralized, if all and every one Of the maritime
Powers Of the world consent and agree to limit
the number Of guns that each and all can keep
afloat during peace, to those which would be
actually needed for the protection of COM
MERGE on the high seas and the police of
their own shores. Americans advocate
neither public nor private robbery; therefore
we 60 further, and say for our people, let the
law of the seas be ''that all commercial and
unarmed ships shall pass free Of capture or
detention during war" Il they are to fight,
they are quite willing, if others will place
themselves go as to be compelled to do the
same, to fell the growing trees and build the
ships after war is declared.
The world may and should know it, that the
American people, through their government.
will at all times be found ready 10 meet, and
honestly to respond to, any fair proposition
emanating from other maritime Powers, whether
aingly or united. They are frank and open,
but at-the same time, quick and shrewd; they
are, therefore, neither to be csjoled nor forced
into trap, however nicely arranged or tempt
ingly baited. Let France and England once
show their sincerity, by disarming and dis
mantling their numerous superfuous ships not
needed for peace purposes, and turning them
over by sale or otherwise into private hands
for merchantmen, then America will be, if not
on an equal, at least on fair footing with
them.
Would not any boy, even if full grown, with
no other weapons than pocket full Of stones,
laugh at man with sword in his haud, who
looking to probable quarrel, should cunning
~ propose that there should be no throwing
of missiles when they fought? Although ours
may not yet be full grown people, the CO.
vernment of the United States will doubtless
agree to renounce the future use of privateers
If the governments Of France and England
will agree to sell and dispose of all their super
fiuous public ships and keep no more aflost for
the future than such number Of guns as may
be agreed upon as necessary for the protection
of commerce on the high seas and for the pro-
per police of their own shores.
Down WITH THE DUsT-Whenever New York
is not muddy it is dusty, and it is difficult to
say which is the worst. The city government
has nothing to do with paying for the sprink-
ling Of the streets, but 1t assumes the power to
cay what kind of machines shall be used for
that purpose, and to demand two cents per
hogshead for the water. The sprinklers are
paid by private subscription, and when the
funds give out they stop. The consequence is
that only few streets are sprinkled at all,