The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-12-23
CENTRAL AMERIC. ~ SPECIAL MES
SAGE FROM Tk PRESIDENT


to the Central Americas difficulties. The fol
lowing abstract presents the substance of the
Communication:
Among the document communicated by the
President on Central A,,erican affairs is a let
ter from Mr.. Dallas, our Minister to the Cour,
of St James, to Mr.. Cas-, reporting the sub
stance of conversations he had with the Earl
of Malmesbury-his Lon ship Inviting the inter
view. lie was aware IL at Mr. Dallas's letters
Tor Washington would g, forward on the 9th
November, and he wishal Mr.. Dallas to convey
III them some few remaNs front him ::
! First. Lord Napier hat communicated TO the
President the treaty negotiated by Sir Gore
Ouseley with the Minister from Nicaragua. 1t
was believed that no objection was expressed to
its provisions One Of VI objects was to ter
inmate the Mosquito protectorate.
I Second. Sir Gore Ouseley was by this time
at Nicaragua, and would exert himself to obtain
a ratification of the trea y in doing which, it
was indispensable that ,e should be protected
by the presence of ma al force from any vio-
lence meditated by the 4 ibusters.
He had, however, beer much surprised at the
contents of a recent lett r from Lord Napier,
which stated that Gen. Cess considers that the
orders issued for the Protection of Sir Gore
Ouseley to be incompat BILE with the Clayton
Bulwer treaty. These or lers were to the effect,
that if the Government { { Nicaragua required
for their defence from inbusters the active in
tervention of military power, suitable armed
force was to land, seize the offenders, and hand
them over, if American, u the nearest authority
of the United States and having done this, to
retire Immediately. He could not understand
why such proceedings should be regarded as a
violation OF that article o the treaty which in
terdicted Occupation anil dominion" especial
ly as clause in the Cass Yrissarri treaty, with
which this Government FUND no fault, but, on
the contrary, desired TO zee effected, provided
for exactly the $ rt of temporary as
| sistance. 1H
1t was impossible TO a low their diplomatic
| representative to have his object cut short by
marauders. When the Ii ,aty was disposed of,
there would be an end pf their interference.
Thus far as to Central Az erica.
Third. In regard to r,exico, he described
Spain as extremely irrita ed by the cruelties in
ficted upon Spaniards, and as threatening to
send feet to punish and exact redress. Eng
land, however, had successfully persuaded de-
lay. Mexico was in so distracted condition
that it could scarcely be said to have a respon-
sible Government. Engt aud had herself been
grossly outraged in the E-rson of Mr.. Hanson,
whose treatment could bf,,t be resented, in the
opinion of the law Office of the Crown, by a
jesty's Government, how yer, were averse to
any strong measures, WIN y might make things
worse than they already ale, and severity would
probably fall upon the innocent.
1t was difficult to say THAT result the disor-
dered state Of Mexico mist lead to, if the ma
tons interested in her wet being forebore to in
tervene. -
Mr.. Dallas says: any slicitude in this nara
tive has been to give the tsading ideas of Lord
Malmesbury. OF course, lss was not unfrequent-
ly interrupted by common > from myself, which
led to collateral explanations. Among other
things, remarked that Ae provision in the
Cass- rissarri treaty, whic seemed to me rather
to carry out than to violat. the Clayton Bulwer
treaty, by securing for all equally safe and I'M
interrupted transit. 1t w,s essentially different
in its character from the az fniralty orders which,
amid the struggles of pares, lelt to the discre-
ton OF naval officers whoNp to recognise as the
dc tdcto Government Of ! icaragla, and whom
TO denounce for British r jrsuit and dispersion
as filibusters; if the popular party now in mo-
ton acquired strength, thu ir adversaries would,
as matter of course, btand them with that
odious name, and call for British succor, thus
installing foreign troops y settle the political
destinies of the country That was conse-
quenee to which the President and people of
the United States could ct be supposed to Ice
nant to the spirit and terms of the Clayton-Bul
wer treaty, and which cou5d not possibly FOLLOW
from the application, as contemplated by Gen.
Cass, Of merely such tent3oary force as might
be thought by Nicaragua herself necessary to
keep the transit route opyn for common con-
venience. He insisted that both landings in
the two cases were equslly right equally
wrong. He esteemed their: 10 be right, and GER
tainly any attempt by fl'busters to defeat the
operations of Sir Gore O1seley would be put
down.
81 also incidentally rem rked that regretted
| that his Lordship had EXPRESSED some leaning
in favor of NJ. Belly's project. He disclaimed
having done son. Belly was patronized nei-
| Their by England nor France; He was specula-
ting adventurer. 1t was i'm aaterial by whom the
work of opening the trans', route was effected.
If any of the citizens of tle, United States held
an unexpired or unforfeit,J contract, he would
be entitled to go on. He fas not intimate with
the merits of the several G aimants to contract.
"Again In the course IF the interview re-
ferred, with probably arE obvious feeling, to
the alleged joint note, addressed by the
French and British Mimi tiers to our Govern
ment respecting NJ. Belly s contract; he prompt
ly and emphatically deni ID that anything of
the sort had been written CT even contemplated.
The rumor of the morning coming direct from
fleet had orders to proceed TO the Gulf of Mex
leo. That rumor he said hi lowered the funds,
but was nevertheless utterl< destitute of founda.
ton. Fst
al can perceive that fse discovery of the
golden sands in Fraser Ever, leading to The
creation OF a new colony II British Columbia,
has increased the solicitudiz for Isthmian routes
of transit. In other respects, the pacific dispo-
sitions of this Government do not appear to
have changed
Lord Malmesbury sew ral times remarked
that it was best to accom- plish one aim at a
time. That the disrelisheS protectorate of the
Mosquitoes was finally disNsed of in Sir VIII
liam's treaty. That as soo1ass an English guar
antee was applied to the4, Nicaraguan route,
capital, science, and labor would hasten to ac-
complish the work, howey.r formidable it ap-
peared. | have the honor 80 be- etc.,
&C. NJ. DALLAS"
Next follows private noSs from Lord Napier
to Mr.. Cass, marked "prit ate," insreply to a
private note of the latter
After quoting see abovey n First. That Lord
Napier had communicated &c, Lord Napier
says he conceived that whatthe Earl of Mames-
bury intended to convey I'd Mr.. Dallas was
this: " Lord Napier had ic parted verbally to
Mr.. Cass the general sense Of "a projected treaty
which Sir Ouseley is instructed to negotiate
with Nicaragua, one of the objects of which is
to terminate the Mosquito .arotectorate, and to
which no objection was EXPRESSED by the Uni
ted States Government. have not had the
honor of holding any personal communication
with the President on this. subject. In so far
as l am informed, no treaty. has yet been con-
cluded by Sir Ouseley wi, "a any agent on the
part of Nicaragua. | rem ain yours, &C.,
TO Hon. Letris Crss. Sferetary. etc.