The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-12-21
AFFAIRS IN EUROPE.
Ths New Treaty between the United States
and Nicaragua

ToG new IICAAt UCs"eSAs s~sS e'.s~S 5000"
and Nicaragua
Prom the London Post (ofHcial), Dec. II
According 10 the Washington papers appears that
sss.y lbs been concluded and signed the United
States the republic OF Nicaragua The version Of tins
treaty given by our transatlantic coemporaries contains
PROVISIONS which 20 considerable way beyond those that
we're embodied in the celebrated Buwer Clayton Conve9
ton We informed that the transit route across
the sthmus be protected by United States troops,
W the event Of Nicaragua being unable 10 do So IN
sequence Of foreign invasion, civil insure Zion or other
domestic causes but with the return Of peace the troops
are 10 be withdrawn Assuming this statement TO be cor
rect, drcc treaty has been concluded by General Cas-
asd ey the Ntodraguan Munster, under the provisions q
ilhtcA TIC tfsted states goSTSamet ioiu b. enabled % hold
sdEy occupation 81 one Of tse most important Seogrdphi
cal positions IN the scorld. The Buwer Clayton Con
vention was directed 10 the object of restraining
England and the United States from acquiring
territory in Central America, and from erecting FORTH
over any mteroceanic route Jor the future ne mated
StattS government Is 70 b. empowered 10 send troops 10
Nicaragua IN case Of foreign invasion, cir drreetion,
other domestic causes, the Central American repu6-
lcs iciu suspect, remain ta short time Without the
assistace Of their roce.l northern neighbor The normal
condition of affairs IN Central America may be summed
up in a few words-namey constant commoton at home,
and constant dread Of aggression from abroad General
Walker and his companions have already furnished Mr..
Buchanan auth right to interfere under the treaty, be-
appears that the notorious buserng leader has
once more started with his staff and three hundred men
his pratical operations in Nicaragua. Our
temporares further state that free port TO be guaran
eed at each end of the line, and that the Transit
q be thrown open 10 all nations upon the terms.
The American government 10 seize Walker wherever
they find him, and bring him back the United
Sltles OIL al each END OF
lie communication is provision which has already
been inserted n convention which concluded with
this country more than two years ago. and II is one SO D.
vpously dictated by general considerations of international
policy that the United States government could not with
any decency have absained from inserting such stpuia
What the value Of this guarantee neutrality
De when the United States possesses virtual right OF
military occupation of the entire route is question which
VINE alone decide and which therefore at present
would be idle discuss. We confess that the
son of the which has been published in America
sensby rem,nds Us Of thosc Anglo Indian alliances ,oic
h I.rsfI 1f
S,o the domestic Of 'proteced ndtiue Estates
cannot be doubted that England and France, in
with the United states and every other mercantile
power have the deepest inter IN securing the neutrality
Of every communication, whether by railroad of canal,
which at present unites shall hereafter unite, the AT
Entic and Pacific Everybody knows from expe-
rence that New Granada and other Central American
States are, from their internal dssensons and feeble
ganzauon totally unable TO provide those police regua
lions which requisite TO peace and order along
the line of transit Foreign interference may therefore
be highly expedent but we must object 10 the exhibition
o this Interference by one Power which, being at
hand could at any moment treat the guarantee of
tralhy much waste paper, and make the communi
cation exclusively American. We admit the difficulty
which diplomacy must encounter in dealing according
general system with ave States whose interests
more or less AT variance. A renewed confederation OF
the Central American States is measure scarcely to be
expected, but it may be hoped hat Sir William Gore
State, and obtain for England the rights
and pririle9es Dhich may haze been conceded 10
have already stated that walker. by Little clever
manGuvrng has succeeded in evadng the United States
authorities and that he has by this time III all probability
recommended hostities in Central American. Revenue
have been despatched bring him back but
he had good start in steamer is not likely that his
capture has been effected Under these circumstances,
the United States government be called upon inter-
fere he terms Of their recently concluded agreement
The people Of this country certainly would wish the
infamous system OF hbusterng altogether suppressed,
and they would not for that purpose object 10 the sepa
rate Interference OF the United States government But
temporary interference for meriorous object
thing very different from military occupation, which
be permanent IN h character and result the future
annexation OF these rich and important countries
20 the United States. The speedy settlement of all
questions connected with Central America il a matter
the importance Of which TO commerce IL is impossible
u exargerate. great Angl0 Amer an Company
engaged in the work Of forming ship canal which will
unite the two oceans, and open much shorter route
California, 10 Australia, and to the innumerable islands
which cover the Pacific. II is therefore, matter or the
highest necessity that good government should prevail all
along the sihmus, and that something like strength and
vigorous organization should take the place Of the feeble
Dcapacity and want Of union which characterize the c
Of the Central American States These objects
believe may be easily accomplished by the joint and har
monious action OF England and the United States, and
would hope that the appointment Of American Minister
accompany SIR William Gore ouseley Nicaragua may
be accepted indication that both governments
equally anxious to bring early aud satisfactory set
Element questions which not only Affect the welfare OF
Central America, but OF the highest importance 70 the
general Interests Of trade and commerce.