Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-05-28


We lea,n from Intelligence just received from
America thai the United States Commiss oner
has broken off negotiations with New Granada.
/ and that an Am"rican squadron - about to be
sent to the coasts of the Isthmu- for the purpose
of exactng that redress which diplomacy has
hitherto failed IN obtaining. The American yer
sion Of the difficulty is this Tha, in April 1856
II number Of American citizens were mussacfed
/ on the line Of the Panama Railrond thnsihe au-
thoritics oi New GRANADA arc perf"cly unable to
the protection Of lite along that must important
inter"coanic communication, and that they per-
tnaciously refuse 10 afford satisfaction for the
pa>t and security for the future. On the other
hand. the Government of Now Grnnnda insists
that the quarrel, which ended IN blood shed aud
murder. was proyok Il by the over bearing inso
lence aud lawless conduct of hordcs Of Ameri-
cans, whose ndsiinet notions 81 respect Tor nu-
ihority may he Inferred from the fact TINT many
many OF them are Californian adventures or I'll
libusters, en- route To join General Walker The
Cabinet at Washington in this iu lance hus not
followed the Grcvtuwn precedent. |. cent n
Commissioner Ia Bogutn 10 II, gotipte. AMI it, ul
tmatum having been rejected tn Resident Min
lister an1 COMMISSIONS have ceased 10 hold any
diplomatic relations with New Granada. and II
naval force. "a have stated, j. about tn be en-
pJoyed TO bring that refractory Republic TO n
sense Of reason aud Justice. The course which
the Government of the United States has pur-
ience.-H has been coHcitiatorg and Comprising
and an injury hariRg been commit d. for ,chich
atonement IS denitd il is diNeuH 10 sac ,chaf
Other proceeding fHpon he taiiarc Of n gotta
tons) could aom be taken short IF thc EMPLOY
! ment Of actual force.--It is said that New Gran
ada is II weak state unable to rnf,rce even it's
! own laws.-1his weakness cannot be pleaded as
| u justification of wrong, for in reality il il n
strong argument why the Government of the L
! nlted States should take with II strong hand
means 10 establish that security for life and pro.
| perty which al present, from some cause on OH.
er does not exist.
The Government Of the United States having,
IT would seem, clear aud indsputnhle right to
compel redress the next point to be considered
Is the amount and extent of that redress. If we
ARE to adopt thu opinions expressed by several of
our Transatlantic cotemporaries, the permanent
acquisition ot the lsthmus Is the object which
American policy, awaiting itself of the existing
dihculty, now proposes 10 accomplish. We are
informed that "the American fleet on both coasts
will be concentrated off the Isthmus, and if the
temper of the Granadans shall be persisted in
we may realize repetition of the formula with
Mexico in the last war. In the same manner in
which we first conquered that country, and then
purchased as much Of it desired, so the
present movement may end in the seizure of the
lsthmus OF Panama by our fleet, and then its for
NAL purchase for our use" This mixed rule of
conquest and purchase is not very honorable in
itself, nor very ineligible to European nations,
but 1t Is only one of those processes of nnnexa-
ton which the United States adopt whenever they
have an opportunity of giving practical effect to
the Monroe doctrine. But whilst England can
have no pretenoe for interfering in this Central
American affair, SO far as any claim for redress
Is concerned, except rs pacihcator. it is hardly
10 De expected that she can view without some
anxiety proceeding which may end in the per
'nanent acquisition of the lsthmus of Panama y
the United States. The position of this strip of
territory commanding the most important com
munication in the world. and now occupied by
weak and dl,organzed States has long engaged
the attention ct English diplomacy The Bal
wer-Ciayton Convention of July, lS50-If it has
stu Survived recent negotiation provides for
the neutrality of the great ship canal which was
then proposed to be constructed through the
state OF Nicaragua All the nations of Europe
nave common inter est in obtaining free access
and secure transit for their commerce across the
lsihmus, and therefore it's permanent occuna.
ton by the L. ). would he a measure not only
III violation OF the spirit Of the Bulwer Clayton
Convention, but would give to one nation the
virtual and exclusive control of the entire North
American Continent, with the power of depriving
England and other States of that ready access
to Australia aud to the South Seas which shin
canal would afford. Permanent OCCUPATION.
without some sufficient guarantee of neutrality
similar TO that contemplated by the Bulwer-
Clayton Convention, would exceed any amount
OF redress which the Unitad States have n right
TO claim. Moreover, it would he a measure Of
territorial aggrandzement which would provoke
Tho Jea.pasy - all the commerc, nations If the
world, and IN that respect would be dearly puI-
chased, even IT q strong Government should
take the place of the misrule aud weak NE IS which