Weekly Trinity journal., 1857-09-19
Political Aspect of New Granada.

! The following article from the Panama Ndr
and Herald, on Isthmus matters, will be read with
interest at this time
Every day tends more and more to confirm the
fact that an infusion of the foreign element is the
only remedy for the state of helplessness into
which-owing to the incnpacity of some the will
tul obstinacy OF others, and the want OF common
sense and lack Of energy on the part of all the
native population of the State--allars on the
lsthmus have fallen.
In an age of progress like the present when
nations are advancing with gigantic strides to u
state of development that apparently has no linz
its and knows no bounds. it is impossible that any
people or country can withstand the pressure that
urges constantly onwards. 1t must either keep
pace with the moving mass or run the risk of be
ing unwillngly forced onward by the stream or
swallowed up by it.
/ OF all the nations of the world, this applies at
! the present time with most force to that portion
/ of New Granada known as the lsthmus of Pana-
ma--no medium course can save it-no hall mca-
| sures can preserve it it cannot bury its talent
in napkin without meeting the fate of the un-
profitable servant in the parable and receive the
same sentence pronounced in that case Take,
! therefore, the talent from him aud give it unto
him which has ten talents
We do not want our readers, who are not on
the spot, to see the way matters are managed in
this country,
When epCry aspect plcaSes,
Aad only man is VHe,
to fake our word that the country is hopcTossly
bankrupt; its laws unadminlstercd ; its principal
men divided among themselves, and engrossed in
personal ieuds and intrigues, in which not one
spark of patriotism is to be found that the par
tiality of the law passes acts of amnesty for one
set Of offenders and oversteps all justice to con
vict others whose political principles do not agree
with the powers that be ; that public business
is brought to stand STILL because political par
ties think more of their own feuds than of their
countrys veal that evils exist, Of which the ma
tive press, though cognizant OF, dare not give
publicity to, as witness the following article in
the PaaaneHo Of the 3lst ult., in u notice to Il
/ correspondent:
A LOVER OF TRTH-Wc admit what you say
to be true, but we feel ashamed to publish certain
truths to go abroad it is enough that we who
are here know them we'll. If there are evils
which we cannot help it will be necessary to suf-
fer them with patience, but it is of no use TO make
them known to the whole " Norld.'
And this is not sufficient, if where a state of
affairs exist such MS set forth in the following ex
tract from the official report of the Secretary Of
State to Congress in February last
Chronic evils in the interior, among them,
procrastinatlon of business, municipal confusion,
bad administration Of justice, which in civil
causes sacrifices the rights and interests of an in
dividual to the ineXhaustible and dilatory re-
sources of legal subtcties, and in criminal mat
ters leave the protective action of the law frus-
tracd, and what is called public authority.
powerless besides kind Of alteration Of ideas
respecting the true application of principles Of
international harmony, erroneous impressions,
and the over heated or excessive demands from
the exterior, carry us frequently to many una
vodable embarraSsmcnts and compromising stu
ations in regard to foreign powers, in which our
credit suffers in our unequal contests that bring
them dismal consequences
Can any one doubt that some rcgenerating in
duence must be brought to bear to correct this
evil state Of affairs? Can any one doubt that
that influence is alone to be found in the infusion
OF the foreign element, and the admission Of those
foreign powers who have an interest in the pros
perly and peace Of the lsthmus to participa
tiou in the Government which the Isthmenos
alone have proved themselves unable to control ?
No matter how much it may hurt the pride Of
the people Of the lsthmus to tell them this plain
truth, it is well for them to know it, to pre-
pare for change which they have no right to
complain that other nations arc about to force
them to undergo, but for which they have to
blame themselves for forcing other nations to
compel them to make. AZ a child vainly strug-
giles whilst nauseOus remedy is being forced
down It's throat, so the lethmenos may attempt to
resist the application Of the remedy-but all in
vain the case has to be submitted to, and as 1t
produces its beneficial effects on the system, and
gives new life and spirit to the whole body, the
monentary repugnancc to swallowing this bitter
potion will be forgotten.