New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-11-21
THE CENTRAL AMERIC3N QUESTION:

From The London Tino. Not.e.
There is IottiDg in the CeOtis ABerican q1sstioa
WAch ie very Interesting T. fhe Epgli-b ps pic. FOR
NAM years the a'ieb Sts'es which 40 sitn'tod
rear the leiimu have shared ma, I'D Il reucs With
which we DIE accustomed 10 regard .1s poii3s OF Too
moleI country. Their social rel 2ti0rs 'h@r customs,
their ieIo.bps ard thi feods. have been less ftu-
di, CD this ride II .be A. tic thaa toe oonks Ia
C.1,ais or b ueo Bl r sts, al sdvebfi'lois no.
toriet, baa attached % these regions. They have
be eu The sceb. Of adventures wDI.h recall no sever
un~oIhly, the eGe nbrsoce Of 9 oucci eeGs ihtae
cepturies sg) The Uni'ed Sac with Al increasing
y, puation ard great material prosperity OF coufee
c, ntain q nun Der of Ie,t'ess spirlcS Who nsvlug
reltberthe will 10 work DoT the cpal t. speculate,
are glad Of any enterprise viii taom excite
meLt AID u Dsepia eDp0Jiueni. h-nce the reties VI
sscks which Fave been oi-' cfd aS suss th7 pO'sss
,iors If the SpeIsh ouricg tne lat ten yelrs.
IL ID, gTsatett these the whole nation took part,
Il d tie result was the au.exs0u Of the fsue.t pr.
ii Of The Mexican Ststa 70 the itJy0 tne Uoi1n
Tie acqu ri ion VI TEXAS, Calf rua ana NV Mexico
aLd tte bIlleDt car paigvs OF Scott and tsy have
naturally msoe the gtspO. ing o. Spanish An rica
popular dea. Invasion bss DEC 1me to som3 extent
psrtiue fl The idle and d-slplted. Wunin tss
year- Cubs has been attacked, and Nicarssl4 occl
tit for o ths bY forces Tsgi sklnd OF p1vsie
wsr uu0er The ran Of Fiihbu-t-Ing. Tbe pro odud
u, ace bich rtigns 10. American coDt,ceot, the
smalness Cf tho Crte6 Stats ermS, sao th 3c1oss-
aue1t want Of al outlet for The uttry spirit If sho
D pu!ahor, have 10 doubt led 10 those expeditions.
wi ish even III .st Condemn repreh In+Oe, and
which would BE- ridiculous cid lot the coIrags snd
eDdursIce vi The hi gm0td sdven;urers exIcf al KIND
Of &C uiIatlOD.
However, we are assured and can We'll believe,
that The people tf the United States DO not support
here VIC aiOnS C he law OF nations. IL say nothing
of higher motives, it wou,J seem that Anerc aus
COZ vlnced hat the posses ion of these eqIi'Otsl
gioIs ard their a9Dnssio6 lao ne Union rs aes,
W, ND lie curse father thQd blessing. in5se Is
zoIe 10 which men Of EIopeaa race must luuae
themselves III every psiE OF tne woil1 WhstsVer
u. Na,l -. l In
meu or GemsDs, they CANNOT nope 70 oc1upy tho
s1aD De ~ d forest spd OF the Topics With mp amy
Central Ant riCa and the West itdes may be cult
voted by IegrV labor esvs ~ free, csrtan
ulnt FL If hi nay i've In alueuce an1 Civ llzt l1n
a. owpers OversetIs, traders 10 profoss'o ~ eo;
but The bulk Of The population can never 10 at oar
cvp race. Ii whites settle IN NUMBERS hey mus, de-
ger crate and become demordz d. and die our 10 Tue
course of generation or two. Th-se thiuys afe
too plain 10 Is, ape the Oh ervation of taiak'ng
uen on ether eide of the All sniic and conoel uenty
he Americans, with the exception OF the extrsme
SuutbtI party AID the fanatics or annexation III any
price have 10 desire for acquisitions On the sGtsil
Al ain. The Topic of Cancer must be toe Unit oil
Al American Republicans Id. Tbs path OF civii'za-
IL is westward, AID The Lation mast onry us desti
Lice. The tue Statesman does not att npt - rus
eveLts lie merely watches and takes advantage OF
ITEM. Every year tnousacds Of u rec sie brought
into cu vst'on far to the sest Cf Ia. Mssstpp' ana
togIs Gre risng the most oi,tsot shores of Lska
Superior. rhe ahOle impulse Of the country IL west
ward alopg the belt Of northern Fres States European
imu il rants flock as naturally Eard onois and Iowa
as the alive bon lad from New-Eoglaud. 10 CHECK
ur cootIol this movement erely by hs prompugs Of
political ambition Ia impossible, and the world may
r, ioice that l. Is 20 We, Ens auo with long OK
perierce of tropical possessions, have iot tfo me
fret Il Ut the scheme for oJnver,ius io;o Ainenc.
states the ok Of land when oios The tFo contnsnt
could have 10 root 10 any real nstonsl instinct.
While however, by the Dature of thugs Contra
America mutt be left il the haods OF ia present pos
a,ssors vet L, glau0 AID the Ia ted States must al
ina - the II lt v d
The country. That Honduras or Nicaragua or Costa
Rica can ever occupy high position 10 the world a
States one can believe. oat they msy yes os
p.sceabe prosperous and respected. Inc SJsoisTds
have ada ptd Themselves TO the county batter To IN
We ever should be likely to do aud they have not
that ntipa,hy to aDagamstlou with he laoiin aud
African races which marks the Anglo.Ss10n lnsy
arc certainly the httes. people " iDhaB tue country
at al, rate tn, there and must make use Of
thea, So, to settle the Central Amsicsu Question
must bs our first object. The long disputes between
the Union ard this country are perhaps. estter uodr
stood by oiplomatists than by the publ, Ia Ansn,a
they have 10 oOubt been followed with ineerosi BY
tie readers Of newspapers, but We tcgishmen, ami
the Multiplicity OF our relations d1d tle nevsr-
c.ssrg succession of great iestic MS nave psd but
little siteItop TO region which generally essoc.te
Only with mshos any, raues0axes aud yellow fever.
However the question Is really imponaat simply oe'
cause II has been made 50 by politicians. Toe a.
.r.stive designs of thIs g'ssping monarchy On 40
trsl Amt rics were Will venture 10 sSy, the topic
@ )some fifty thousand oraOns last An of JAY We
cam OF but Oice, then, that our government has
determine I'd To- settle the matter fsr as lies 10 IL.
mower Sir VIM. Gore Ouseley has bsen dispstcbed
TO tie United 81 8, and will II is sa,d be inst IN
az OH icable spirit by The Aneucao Cabinet Toe chief
subject Of discussion WILL Of course. be the ennstfuc
itl 10 b. aced ON the Clsytou-Blx-r Treaty. Ii
IL well known that a party Of the Uni,sd S;s'es
has with anger the GovernCett at W ash,ngton
bind itself never TO occupy the Central American
Territory Happily il is, we believe, only party,
arc the ,reat booy Of he public will be- centend wto
sire os abistiIg he raty Os which -
possessi be useiul TO one, but zee passage
hyopgh which Is Necessary fr tue secarty of tue
oiio commerce. The complaint tina; Eog!.nt stu
retains some rights this ,ost evidently frivolous
IL ard has botbrg but the little settlements Shic1
cate back go many ye9rr, and which sac has pound
herself net to extend. The iestion has, ~ doiot
been complicated by the 6iiousterpg eHoeditioo-
which have excited the America mind AMI made It
VA wiling TO consent 10 any thing wnioh sssmsi likely
70 check the occupation and corq lest OF toe county
However, as this ex itenent has nov pretty ~sli
passed Away, the sensible tDd eQ itsbIe stipulation
ii the tr.a atty are likely to De- better appreciated We
lii ceiely trust that the two Governments ~u settle
this matter speedily and permanently. Tos qa<rr is
between these hue Spanish States, their petty
wars their social di-oigaLiI stiJn and now Gsaers
Walkers brocareeripg, hsvs de sye1 for yesrs To
gr. at wok which alone eau give v.las - tn. par
II the word. canal joining III At ,uiic sod racid
Ocesrsis every day becoming moro asd NOR. nec,s
ely. The Americ nsrdly reconcile toeus-lve
IA The notion that tho roat- from N-s-York 10 s.
Fspcb co lie always TO be round Caps Horn; nor O,
~ hep fe.rg that the nearest way II ear Aastrsaa
c, MES is soro-s the Gult of Mexico See Las nv
ri time to think about this great work. vniih y
believe was .Iee proposed by the United Stse, Gov
mn elr sn0 ccroisliy approved by our ow1. 81;
whether he canal Is ~ oe III N1-rasIs Ut a. Ptasas
IT'S recsfssrv that the wrOle n si,o should ~ tran
ouilliz.d. which can never b. dins 81 long ~ the
b,cIeupls bet seen America and Ergsnd a,ioS ss,-
gpir ay factions u be coDtinuslly proaou1ci0g ~
zach VI fortunste Republic.
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