The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-10-30

Lamar, our minister 10 Nicaragua and Costa hica,
which has in part been made public in the columns
Of the New York Herald. II we add to this the full
apology of the Ncaraguan minister for the language
used in tho Belly contract and the equally satsfac-
tory apology of the Costa Rcan government TO Gen
eral Lamar, ON the account, the fearful warn
ings Of the Daily News will dwindle into petuIance
and contempt. But we must go still farther. Mr..
Belly is regarded in Nicaragua, Costa Rica, London,
and Paris precisely he has BEEN from the first re-
garded by the administration mere adventurer,
unworthy of notice and without the least considera-
ton of any Of the governments referred to. The
letter of Lord Malmesbury looking to the compile
ton and Of the canal amounts to nothing. 1t is
precisely what General Cass would have said, what
everybody claims and desires-the opening of a route
for the free transit of the nations. The government
of Costa Rica has distinctly declared that if they had
understood Mr., Belly's purposes as they do now,
they would have made no contract with him.
The silly parade by the PArRrE and the News about
schemes of maraudng conquest by the United States
is hardly worthy of the least notice. An attempt is
made to connect the administration Of Mr. Buchanan
with Walker and his gang of flibuseros in the very
face Of the energetic measures adopted short time
ago to suppress and crush out that miserable coun
terfeit of American enterprise and patriotism The
policy which controlled the President in exactng the
utmost enforcement Of the laws against the Walker
marauders was simply this: He believed that the
expansive powers of the American union were quite
sufficient when restricted within the limits of law to
secure to us all the advantages on this continent
which it was desirable to possess Independent,
then, of the obligations which rested upon him, as
the Chief Magistrate of great nation to enforce its
rules of government the dictates alike of sound pol
icy and morals demanded that parties acting with
out the authority of law against a neighboripg
republic, with view to its subjugation, should be
arrested in their career and punished according
to their offences. The Daily News could not have
been ignorant of the conduct of ''the cabinet at
Washington in this respect; and yet they suggest
to the government of Nicaragua the propriety of
exacting recamatons upon the United States in con-
sequence Of the Illegal conduct Of Walker and his
men, We shall now expect the Nees TO insist that
the African tribes shall demand ndemnifcatons of
the Union, growing out Of the illegal of its flag
by pirates in capturing and carrying slaves to Cuba
and Brazil s" s
On this subject it may be interesting to the News
to learn that the Costa Rican government have re-
ceved Gen Lamar, the American minister with great
cordialty and have invited him to attend the con-
vention of Central American States about to be held
with view to effect the confederation thereof.
We have, them the distinct attitude Of the United
States in Central Amerca-ther wish to open the
sthmus routes to the free of all the world their
axn IF all of
all desire for the acquisition of territory and of their
intention only to do what England and France and
every other civilized government fail to do in
like casesto protect the rights of American citizens
We have the concurrence, substantially, we believe
in all these positions of the French and British gov
ernments and we further led to conclude that
intentions become better understood, and our
fair, just, and peaceful policy better appreciated by
the Central American States, shall have the cor
dial friendship and cooperation Of them all. Our
great interests in the Pacific point to the interocean-
ic passages across the isthmus as exceedingly i'm
portant to the whole American people If they can
be opened not to alone but to everybody, under
this contract that, by Frenchmen, Englshmen, or
Americans and their integrity maintained by the To-
cal governments, we shall be satisfied. Meanwhile,
it is but fair to claim that covenants made with our
people shall be enforced. s#a#s sT
We ought, perhaps, in view of the radical errors
of the London News and the fact that it might have
been better informed, with trihng exertion, to say
that international subjects should hardly be select
ed for sensation articles. Intelligent in London
knew very well the real attitude of the United
States in Central America no others should have
been permitted to write on the subject The Depart
ment of State here has furnished copies of its de-
spatches for the information of the various legations
Their character is no secret. There no reason
to suppose contemplated conquest and much
less that Mr. Buchanan would give the least counte-
nance to Walker and his gang of marauders, whom
he had so recently demolished.