The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-05-02
Fhe New Granada Imbros,,o.
N"fe'p'""eace oapeen the american and
Grdnddia1 Commissioner

! A"o new Granada Imbroglio.
o'''etp'"aeace ostac:en tie american and Ns.e
oranddfan Commissioners.
lhe rejection by the New Granadian Commits,
OF efforts on the part of the limited s,.,o.
o''Ah indemnifcation for the Panama mas,a.
.' u Tue 10Th of April, 1856, has been pub,;sbad
'ns case rests. there appears to be nothing ,ef,
ILLS country but to take possession of the 18th
NUS ihe Granadian commissioners wara
'eme'y anxious while refusing to trea. with Uni.
o" states aione, to bring France and Eny,a,s into
:" ''e matter. To this attempt the U. q Commits.
sioners reply: - o'""''
Near the close of your communicates,
ss. y 70 we true meaning, which seems n he
"uue new Granada refuses nositiv.I, =.
indsnr;,, ene United States upon the subject Of
.ss .or the past and security for tho fntnra
tue IDEA OF negotiation between the .va ue
eiuhehts ana those Of England and France wh;oh
49, ,eau 70 complete guarantee without nra.
ard free nae oe .h sovereignty, of the liberty
nee use Oh the interoceanic way On tho h. a.
ot perfect equality of all nations "is tendaroS ~
the oase OF another aud di diferent neyotist;on 40
Inls we can only say, that at present the rad
IL owned by American citizens ava 80, "a "a
largest portion (probably nine.tenthsI ,s .I .ne
sengers and commerce belong to the ITnited S,taS
IL Is not within QUE instructions to enter rno"
ne" base OF negotiations ia which EnaIen5
siance VI any otner nations Of the world are to
uecide "nst guarantees are sufficient for the saf
W OF the property and lives of our citizens
Indeed, we may as well say, once for all that
o oui uosernhent mas now every possible guarau-
zee "hlen New Granada can possibly offer, and
Hao!ng tnat she IS either unable or unw ilIing IN
enforce those guarantees, Or give such mr. t.o;or
as by the treaty and the character of the r Rarooa
Company, she is pledged to do, the United States
as the guardian and protector of the three (sicl
passengers, who pass monthly over the ronte
must have something more tangible than nanar
pledges, and written contracts which can onlv
give Use to useless and endless discussion.
To the demand by the American commissioners
or 500 900 indemnify the New Granadians re>
turn refusal apC say:
The controversy relative to the said occurrence
es of Panama, having reached the position cf an
Ghtmdtum, inasmuch IS the government of the
Uuited States, has made the cause of the North
American citizens involved in those occurrences
every way it own the undersigned is instructed
to add, tiat 1t being notorious and according to
the investigation made that citizens of the United
States were the cause both of the antecedents
| and of the immediate origin of the attempts
agsiast life and property which occurred in Paua.
| ma OF the 18th day of April, 1856, and who rem
dered altogether impossible the thoroughly salu.
tary Intervention of the authorities and of the
pubic iorcP. the Executive Power finds itself in
| the compulsory position Of considering the gov.
erpneut of the United States responsible for those
attempts and that consequently it ought to claim
| ana does claim 1t by way of decentralization for
AaALaSSo aIu ico eAptTIeICeu Dy Inc CITY OF
| Panama, by various of its inhabitants, by the fam
| lies of the natives killed or wounded and by sun
dry nofensve foreigners of other nations in their
persons and property, the sum of one hundred
and h'ty thousand dollars.
In addition to this, the Government of the Uni.
| ted States owes, in justice, reparation to New
Granada, for the rude protest. dated 21st ofjApr
of Consul Thomas William Willard and for the
proved fals:y of his official assertions regarding
persons wearing masks aud respecting rapes
which he did not dare subsequently to maintain
| in the certificate which was required of him, and
which be gave under his signature, on the 5th of
August; and for the dsrespectfulness of Com'r T.
Bailey to o"ards the Governor of the State of Pana
ma, in the communications which he addressed to
him on the 24th, 25th and Goth of April
Subsequent facts, and which are connected with
those of the 18th of April III the complaints and
claims of the official agents of the Government of
the United States, have also given right to that
OF New Granada to claim ffem il the damages and
losses consequent upon the Don-payment of the
legal tax of interoceanic postage on letters and
dispatches conveyed in the North American mail.
0aga, aud the national lmpos of tonnage which the
vessels of the United States have de sisted from
paying in consequence of the threats of Com. Mer-
vine. The Executive forthwith formally estab-
fishes this right and will make use of it at the fi-
ting moment.
1t is exceedingly painful that owing to substan.
tiai mistakes, and III conse equence of unjust preu-
dices, disturbance of so grave nature should
have arisen in the old and constantly friendly rea
sions between Two Republics OF the New World
very dsproportonate, it is true, in actual lower,
but called by their geographical position, by the
their political institutions and by the pro-
greaS of philosophical and humane ideas, to march
together towards smiling future. The Govern
meDt Of New Granada expects, ne nevertheess, from
the wisdom and high social position of the Presi-
dent OF the United States, that upon a new and
calm examination of the facts he will give to his
contemporaries and to posterity the noble example
of rectifying his decisions in the depiorahe affair
forming the SuhIcct of this with the rpOar5
due to reason and the principles of honesty, which
are, and have been at all times, the best basis of
good policy.
The undersigned has the honor to be with feel.
ings of distinguished consideration. the Honorables
Messrs. Morse and Bowln's obedient servant.
LIMO DE POMBO
To the Honora bles Isaac E. Morse and James B.
Bowlin, &c, &c