Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1857-05-29
From the London Times, May 6.

From the London Times Mays
Common Sense view sRe New Grenada Diffeu ul.
ties with the United States.
1t would be affeclation not to own some sort of un-
easIneSs at the that the United States going
TO carry 1t with high hand The miserable Sale
o. New Grenada The old cock does not like TO see
the oung cock strutting and Growing his
own dunghill. But, though we care little for New
Grenada Or Central America in this country, and
have other things to think Of there is abundant pro,
vocation to instructive Jealousy First, there is
OF The most important points in the world apparently
involved in the a5ir, that Bimarls Co1snhuS of the
New orld Panama, more important than The 18TH
mus OF Suez, any other great meeting point of
nations. 1t seems to be marke by nature for the
| common property of mankind, much rs the oceans
which 1t so slightly discovers. II is true that 10 all
appearances it may be hundreds of years before We
shall ever make much of the lsthmus, and during
all that time the United States will be
ed TO invite than to obstruct passage But there
is the apparent moral right; and in this case it is
secured and embodied in treaty. bout which there
! happens to have heen some controversy Then We
have IN this country rather exaggerated idea OF
Brother Jonathan's disposition to take the law in his
own hands. The most outrageous incidents and the
most offensive speeches they that come quickest
and are most repeated in this country. We have
heard Of Lynch law have read Uncle Tom our
diners OUT have all Of them, few bits Of stump
oaory to amuse the ladies' with and so we have
the prevailing idea that the will of Yankee is his
ONLY law. Yet the more We know of the Americans
the more satisfied of their resemblance TO
ourselves. They are, perhaps little fiery, a
little more independently for climate and circumstance
will tell upon them; but the governing classes of
the United States are the very near descendantsthe
grandchildren Of our great -grandchildren-of our
, own yeomanry and inherit the strong elements
| OF their character.
| Compared with the great interests of humanity,
| any jealousy might feel of American progress is,
We frankly admit, petty consideration 1t certainly
| 10 Of tho
the common sense of that word comprising order,
security Of life and property, hospitality to strangers,
| and permanent institutions should prevail dis
order anarchy, continual revolution and mutual
sacre, and the general state Of things described in al
most every letter from Central and great part of
South America. The mongrel that people those
regions, combine the vices of barbarism with those of
civilization and under the names and exteriors and
political pretensions of the Spanish Hidalgo Re
publican, are, fac, turbulent cruel and intract-
able as the races supplanted BY the: forefathers.
But no country ever had peace in which were vari-
that refused to coaesce and there is want
ing That tial condition to ordt in Central Amer
lea. What changes may be effected by the ele.
ment now Introducing itself time only show
but things now are there cannot be peace and order
an Central Anler'eo' nor aoH Me,e be tN a stronger
hand, more UatGl principle Of order, comes ln No
doubt that acW be supplied by the United States. 1t is
| true-and here inyoun,asly reverting to our
| first mlsgvings-we in this country neither know
nor learn The ri yhts of the quarrel between the
! United States and Grenada. The Americans allege
a conspiracy, but nothing is more unlikely than a
concerted scheme by the population of q weak State
I" get up an incapable teud with infinitely
stronger.
1t has all the look OF ill-feeng. accident and pas
sloD like an Irish faction light only fought with
knives and rifles instead of clubs and stones But it
is not our business TO decide to form any opinion
as TO the origin OF the quarrel. What We have to
consider rather is the bearing of the affair the gem
er, interests OF humanity. Now, between such peo.
pie the citizens of the United States and the mix
ed populations of Grenada. the former in the appa
renlly weak position of strangers and travellers, yet
representing in lis person the whole power
and genius OF mighty commonwe .lth, and the lat
really contemplate, but in possession of the spot
there could not be but continual ruptures. 1t is on
" question of time. If the outbreak was not this
year it would be the OF course ii would be far
| better that the State Grenada should be strong
enough to keep its people in order, and to prevent
them from taking u tumutuous revenge for personal
insults but it every collision between resident and
traveller is to be followed by rising of the whole
population, then Grenada becomes mine of explo
sise ingredients which it is dangerous to merely
walk over traveller may answer for himself but
he cannot answer for the 500 travellers who may be
with him at the port The passage, and the aVorld
at large has the right TO demand security that one
of ats great thoroughfareS shall not be made of
natural carnage erery time drunken traueey m1sccn
ducts himself.
But, in fact, neither tie United States nor Eng
land nor any other government has much voice
in these changes apt to assign to them
The change will ia Ie place. and all that statesmen
and philanhophists do, reaches only to the time
| and the manner. vast population Ang Saxon
we call it, for want Of a better name, but much more
British than Amercan-is pouring into these regions
and acquiring that strength which is inseperable
from superiority OF number, and breed. Nothing
will prevent them from gaining the ascendency over
the debased races that decay, anguisb, quarrel and
destroy one another in one of the finest countries
we'll as most commanding situations in the world
There they are, and though the gold discoveries of
Australia have diverted from California and the
routes thereto the Great European influx with which
they threatened, still the " "Anglo-Saxon -
element is rapidly increasing in Central America and
growing 10 lis invariable political deveopement.-
Whatever the government of the United States does in
these regions acH be better than the work Of adrentur
ers which, at the best, will be only broken limb
badly set, and will require some day another
more painful operation. The on y point at present
involved in this quarrel is the country Immediately
about the lsthmus. TIE government OF Washington
will consult it's own peare at all events its resources
by advancing as little possible southwards into
the State OF Granada-a vast mountainous region
directly under the equator. We presume tna at
the utmost it will Contne lis ambition to the perfect
security of its route the Pacific States. Time may
may call it or tempt it to the path of Pizarro
and into the heart of that southern continent which
has never yet known repo>e. But for the present
the States can do little more. and desire little
more, than to substitute their own authorities for
these which have been found Intellectual al the 18TH
mus. Eren If we frequent the region much more than
do, should hare but small rtason TO regret the
change, and can only desire that should take place
quietly as possible.
SPANISH TOBACCO CoNTRAcTs-Tbe Spanish con-
sui al New York has issued proposals Tor supplying
the Spanish government factories with Kentucky and
Virginia tobacco for period commencing on the
10Th of July next and ending with December, 1860.