The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-12-13

frontier. The laws are dead letter, and life and
property are wholly insecure. Fer this reason tbs
r eat Importance that chain Of should
rxtssd sl along its southern border, snfcient for
Ihsr own prssestion and that cf the United States
natt DsssinG y sad from California. Wslifoand-
diane, and wandering Msxicans, tapAliy Iawlsss,
may break ~ IL fnpostAnk stAgs md postal q, m.
muncatton tscently establishcd Between our Allan
tic and PasaAc possessions. This passes very nea,
to the Mexican boundary, throughout the whole
length Ut Arizona. can inn CINE M possible r. m
edy for these evils, and no mole Of restoring i.v
aud order on that remote and unsettled frontier
bat for the government Of the United States to u
s~me temporary Professionals over tho northern |
portions Of Chihuahua and Sonora and TO esta bl;.h
military posts within the same; and this Il earns,tly
recommended 10 Congress. This protection may Is |
withdraw, - soon - lccal government may u e.
tablishsd In these Mexican Btatss cspsbls Of per
forming their duties the United Hsstss rss,ssia
Ing the lAwlsss, and preserving peace along The |
border. /
do not doubt that this measure viii BE- Waved
in friendly spirit BY the govern ments aud people
scual for the protection OF their ctir M ON that
Iaote and lsvlsss frontier, ~ Tor citissns Of the
Usited States.
And In this connection permit me 10 recall vour
attention TO the condition Of Arisons. The popa-
iation II that territory, Numbering, ~ 10 alleged
than ten thousand souls, are practically With
out government, without laws. and without any
rsgslar decentralization Of justice. Murder and
state Of things calls loudly for redress and there
fore, repeat my recommendation for the estab-
iishment Of . territorial government over AYi-
roma.
The political condition Of the narrow i.thmu. Of
Central America through which transit routes pass
between the Atlantic and Pscinc ocsans prssents :
subject Of deep interest ~ all commercial nations
!. is ovsr these trsn.ss that large proportion Of
L. n ~ A.
alto Continents II destined to pass. 70 the Uaited
States these routes arc OF noaiculabs import anoe
~ means Of Communication between their ATTAIN
TIC and Pacihc possessions. The latter nov extend
throughout seventeen degrees Of latitude On the
Pacific coast, gu brA cng the important state VI
California and tAs Aoarishne territories Of Oregon
| and Washington. All commercial nations. there
fore, have deep snd direct interest that these com
munica lions shall Be- rendered secure from intsr-
ruption Han arm Of the sea, connecting the two
oceans, penetrated through NicArasus asd Costa
Rica, 1t could not be pretended that these States
would have the right TO arreat rstssd it, nsyiga-
ton TO the Injury IT ether nations The transit By
land over this marrow hthnns occupies ssasly the
same position. II 10 . highway q which they
themselves have little interest, when compared
with the vast Interests Of the rest VI tho world.
Whilst their rights Of Sovereignty ought to b 70.
spsctsd 1t 10 The duty Of other nations to require,
that this important passage should rot b. inter
rsptsd, By the civil wars and rsvolutionary out
brsshs which have - frsqusntiy occurred In that
region. The stake 10 too important to be- left ct
nsctisg sontraets with NiesragsA. The sonnsrcs
OF other nations 10 not TO stand still and await the
adjsstnsnt Of such petty controversies. The eov-
eminent Of the United Slater expect no nsrs than
this, and they vi II not be sa,sAsd with less. They
would MOI, II they could, derive any aAvantass from
tbs NicAragua transit, not conmon to the rest oil
- world. lts nsutrslity and protection, for the
common use Of all actions, 10 their only object
They have no oABeesisa that Nicaraeua shali de-
nd nd st.s,a
companies and in6viduals who may traverse he
route but they insist that II shall sever hereafter
b. closed BY arbitrary dsefss Of that government
II disputes ariss between II sud thoss with whom
b adjusted By some fstr tsitsAal prevdsd for The
purpose, and the - must mot - closed rsndipa
the controversy. This IL oar whols policy, snd Il
eaa.ot fail Y = .:ssptssis 70 other nations.
sntly With ths god faith Of RsAfagsa, the uss oi
tAis transit eousd b throwa open TO general con-
petition providing, ~ the sans time, fsr tbs psy-
; msnt Of rsAaonabis rate TO the NiosssgaAn gov
) srumsnt, on passenger and freight.
In August, 1881, tho Aecessssy Transit Coapsny
made tbs Arst trip over the NisaraguaI
route. and continued in ssocessfsi operation, with
great advantage to the public, until the 18th d
February. les9, when 1t was closed, and The grsn,
10 this company, = veil - ito charter, vsrosun
masily end arbitrarily Ysvoked W the gevsYSnep
Of President Rivas. Previous 10 this dats, howsv
en- in 1854, serious disputes concerning the ssttis
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