Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-03-12

Igran eeSs,, Yorl courier and Eaaqgesl
NICARAGUA.
s The intelEgenee brought from Central Ameri-
"a makes 1t cert thai the is1yas Nalkcr Gov
eFnlaent of Nicaragl the Mosquito Coast
rs within It's jurisdiction. By Official decree 1t
declares its tide notorious and ineonteStible
and Col kmIleysis sttInmarily expelled rom the
country for claiming land Under grant nom
different source Well, what Is to b. done with
this assertion of dominion lift be followed up by
actual taking ofpossessiOn. and practical exer-
else of authority go Il the United Statess or
England interfere to prevent 1t ? With what !
consistency could the United States interfere,
1Ellensflt amy diplomatic controversy upon the
subject In past years it ALWAYS maintained the
right of Nicaragua to the Mosquito territory p
True, It has not yet recognized the RiSas-Wal-@
keF Government but the sole reason assigned
for thisTs the doubt whether that Government
was acceptable to the majority of the people of
Nicaragua, and rested on permanent basis
This doubt, in the rapid progress of events, must
soon be solved oneday or the other; and if SOW
ed IN favor of the existing oternment; its SOW
erelSnty must be recognized, and It's lndepeu-
dence respected The United States conld not
interpose against its occupation of the Mosquito
Coast. Neither could it suffer England thus to
inteTpose without ut once coneeding that the
Protectorate of the coast, which she has claimed
with such presidency, and which She now
claims was unimpaired by anything contained
in.the Clayton- Bulwer treaty, really tas yalidi=
ty. +Butwoud England quietly see this Mosque
to Kingdom, over which she has watched so pa
tiently, bIOtted from existence-and that too,
through the active instrumentality of one of
that very people of whom she is so peculiarly
jealous
It!becomes the question of great importance,
whether the Riyas-S alker government viii so
sustain itself as to be able to go on and makegood
its pretensions. Present appearances favor that
Al.
constantly increasing estrangement between that
government and the other four Central Ameri-
cans Republics, and it is even said thatthc latter
have entered into league offensive and defcn-
sIye, to the exclusion of Nicaragua. But there
is nothing to show that the Rivas-HValSer gov
erninentis unpopular at home. There is no re-
volt no visible disatfection. Walker has an ar
my ofa thousand men, which is constantly re-
ceiving reinfo-ccments. His rule is necessarily
severe In its military aspect, but is exercised
with general conformity to justice. The Ian
guage of his official organ almost uniformly cx-
hibits moderation and dignity. What can be
more reasonable than such words as the follow
ing, addressed to the ncighboring States:
sin Orller to deyeEope her resources, Nicara-
qua desires peace. Her great aim Is to .be d
guide and an eXamplar to the States of Central
America, that they seeing her advancement may,
IcoalcSce with her in the progressive movement;
| they are now, and have been ever since the
! point Of strength and health They cannot de
my the fact, and as patriots they should acknow
ledge and amend it To realize their true po-
/ sitiOn Is half the victory of regeneration, and
| if the statesmen of the adjoining Republics
will but confront this ISSUE. have little fear
but the efforts of this government viii result in
accomplishing results of the most cheerful char
acter-resu!ts affecting the enterprise of thepre-
sent age"
| But if Walker succeeds, of what avail is all
this disputation about the true construction of
the Clayton Bulwcr treaty in regard to the Mos
quito COAST Would itnot be ridiculous for the
two gigantic disputants to submit to be show
ed aside and see the pretty upstart of day
cut the knot with his sword? And yetwhat
means can they agree upon towards preventing
| him?
Walkers policy is evidently that of concilia-
ton; and this IN itseifwiu tend strongly to hold
him to a just and moderate course In our opin-
ion Nicaragua has not had an administration for
tweaty years which did not repose on amore
unstable basis than that OF this Rivas-Walk
Government, questionable as are its antcce-
dents.