The Washington union., 1857-05-22

land ought TO yield them with the grace and magma
nimity becoming proud and powerful empire and
not return them by reluctant and halfway process,
as if she was trying to yield what it would break her
heart to part with. She has enough to do and to
take care of in other parts of the world, and will
consult her own good, sat all events her own re-
sources by not meddling much with Central
America.
From the London Times May O.
1t would be aiecaiion not to own sort of uneas
at the that the United States going To carry
il with high hand the miserable State OF New Gra
NADIA The old cock does not like to see the young cock
strutting and Growing so near his own dungmll But,
though little for New Granada or Central Amer
lea in this country and have other things 10 think OF
there is abundant provocation 10 instructive jealousy
First there of the most important points IN the
world apparently involved in the affair, that Bndrs Co
ratus OF the New World, Panama, important than
the Ishmus OF Suez any other great meeting point OF
nations 1t to be marked by nature for the com
property of mankind much as the oceans which
it slightly discovers III is true that to all appearance
il may be hundreds Of years before we shall ever make
much of the isthmus, and during all that time the
United States will be concerned To invite than To
obstrot our passae But there is the apparent natural
right and in this ii is secured and mbodied IN
treaty about which there happens have been some con-
roversy Then have in this country a rather exag-
gerated idea of Brother Jonathan disposition 10 take the
law into his hands The most Outrageous incidents
and the offensive speeches they that come quick
est and most repeated in this country. We have
heard of Lynch law have read Uncle Tom our
dinersout have all of them few bits OF stump ora
tory to the ladies with and we have prevail
ing idea that the will of Yankee is his only law. Yet
the know of the Americans the more satisfied
are Of their resemblance to ourselves They are per-
haps little fiery, little more independent for
climate and circumstance will tell upon them but the
governing classes of the United States the very
descendants the grandchildren the great grandchil-
dren-of own yeomanry and inherit the same 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 II certainly is for the in
terest of humanity that civilization in the common sense
of that word comprising order security of life and prop
erty hospitality strangers and permanent institutions,
should prevail disorder, anarchy, continual revou
ton and mutual massacre, and the general state OF
things described in almost every letter from Central and
great part of South America. The monSrel races that
people those regions combine the vices of barbasm with
those of civilization and under the names and exerio,
and political preensons of the Spanish Hdago or repub
can in fact as turbulent cruel and intractabie as
the races supplaned by their forefahers But country
ever had peace in which various that refused
to coesce and there is wanting that essential condition
order in Central America What changes may be eff
fected by the element Introducing itself time
only can show but things are, there cannot be
peace and order in Central America will there be- till
stronger hand vital principle of order comes in
No doubt that win be supplied by the United States 1t
is rueand here we are nvountaily reyertlng TO our
first rnisgivngs in this country neither know
can learn the rights of the quarrel between the States
and Granada The Americans alege conspiracy, but
nothing unlikely than concerted scheme by the
population of weak State to get up an incapable feud
with one infinitely stronger 1t had all the look of i'll
feeling accident and passion, like Irish faction fight
only fought out with knives and rifles instead of clubs and
stones But it is not our business to decide or 70 form
any opinion as to the origin Of the quarrel What we
consider rather is the bearing OF the affair ON the
general interests of humanity Now, between such peo-
pie the citizens Of the United States and the mixed pop
ulaon Of Granadathe former in the apparently weak
position of strangers and travellers, yet each representing
in his person the whole power and genius of mighty
Commonwealth and the latter really contemplate, but
in possession of the spohere could not but be contn
ua ruptures 1t is only question of time II the out
break not this year. it would be the next OF course
it would be far better that the State Of Granada should
be strong enough to keep lis people in order and to pre-
vent them from taking tmutuous revenge Tor personal
insults but if every collision between resident and tav
eer is to be followed by rising Of the whole popula
ton then Granada becomes mere mine Of explosive in
gradients which it is dangerous to walk over. tray
eer may answer for himself but he cannot answer for
the 500 travellers who may be with him at the port or
the passage and the world at large has the right TO
demand security that of its great horoughfares
shall not be made of mutual carnage every time
a drunken traveller misconducts himself
But, in fact, neither the United States nor England
nor any other government has much voice in these
changes are apt to assign to them The change
will take place. and all that statesmen and phllanthro
psts do reaches only to the time and the manner
vast population--AngloSa Saxon call it, for want of
better name, but much British than Americanis
pouring into these regions and acquiring that strength
which is nseparabe from superiority of numbers and
breed Nothing will prevent them from gaining the
tendency the debased that decay, anguish
quarrel and destroy another in of the finest con
tries well most commanding situations in the world
There they are and though the gold discoveries Of Aus
tralia have diverted from California and the routes
thereto the great European influx with which they
were threatened still the "Ango-Saxon' element is
rapidly increasing in Central America, and growing
to its invariable political development Whatever
the government of the United States does in these
regions will be better than the work of adventures,
which, at the best will be only broken limb badly set
and will require day another and painful oper
alton The only point at present involved in this quar-
rel is the country immediately about the isthmus The
government of Washington will consult its peace
at all events its rcsourcesby advancing little pos
sble southwar into the State of Granada vast noun
famous region directly under the equator We presume
that at the utmost it will confne its ambition to the
perfect security of its route to the Pacific States. Time
may may not call it tempt it TO the path of Paro
and into the heart of that southern continent which has
yet known repose But for the present the States
do little more and desire little more, than to
substitute their authorities for those which have been
found Intellectual at the isthmus Even il frequented
the sthmus much more than we do we should have but
small to regret the change, and can only desire
that it should take place quietly possible
WESTERN PROGRESS.
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