The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1858-11-10
From the Wasinglo lou L 1ion OCT, 3.
T'Ele Central American 9ElcssiOn.


T'Ele Central American Question.
Tt would c unreasonable, perhaps, to expect
the English and continental journals to deal
fairly by the United States in the discussion OF
the affiirs of Central America. 1heya are pre-
occupied with the idea that we are conducting a
system of expansion without any regard to the
rights Of others, looking directly to the con-
quest Of the lsthmus States and to the excul-
sive control Of the ESthmus inter-oceanic rassa
geS So long as this impression prevails, il is oil
course quite impossible that the real attitude OF
o this Government can be understood. The
London Daily Ne1cs has recently served its read
ers with fearful programme ofaggression, which
it wantonly attributes to thei" Washington Cab-
net," but against which it invokes the interpo.
sition o. the Governments of England and
France. 1t is little to the credit, sagacity and
intelligence OF the Ne,gs that it manifests so
much ignorance of the position of the United
States, England and France in regard to this
whole Central American matter. ..
Tie po1jcy IF tie United States IS not 10 acquire
Ce'tJ'm Anle,jca, or onypait ofH, bW to open the
Iahmus routes and to hare Then, FREE TO all ht
1gopH, This policy they have distinctly ayowcd
to all the European States. 1t is well known
in London as well as in the department at
Washington; in Paris as by the Governments OF
Nicaragua and Costa Riea. There has been nc
conceaIment about it. The Ne1cs ought to have
known 1t; the Pat,Te ought to have known it,
What is said by our foreign cotemporaries and
our own press about the Belly contract is all
the merest moonshlne We have taken no ex
ceptions to the conditions of that contract
We care nothing about it. If there are fifty
such papers IN existence it is all the same tt
this government. What the United States OBJ.
jects to is the enforcement ofany such covenants
as would in e. ere with contracts previous lynadC
with our citizens, but without special reereDct
to the lSthmuS routes, which it is their purpose
as We have said to open to the commerce oftht
world ..,.l " Lilo . .lHsa
What may have been the object of Sir Wm
! Ousely to the United Stat es in reference TO Cen.
tral American affairs, we are not able to say
/ 1t is certain, however, that If he had any spe
/ cial purpose in view, he DID not RidE ii proper L
make it knoleil ID General Cass. Weare satisfied
indeed, that he never made any proposition. oil
| even suggestion, during his residence in this city
/ TO the Secretary Of State about the concerns o
Central America. Lord Napier it is equal,
we'll understood, has taken no exception to the
/ dispatch OF General Cass to General Lamar, on
Minister to Nicaragua and Costa Rica, which
| has in part been made public. Il We add tt
this the full apology OF the Nicaragrlan Minis
ter, for the angllage in the Belly contract, The
equally satisfactory apology OF the Costa Ricar
Government to General Lamar on the same &c
count, the fearful warnings of the Dajly Ne,c
will dWindle into pctuance and contempt. Blu
we must go still further. Mr.. Belly is regarded
in Nicaragua, Costa Rica London and Par
precisely as he has been from the first, regard
ed by the ADMINISTRATORS mere adventu
rer, unworthy OF notice, and without the eas
consideration Of any of the Governments eer
ed to- The letter OF Lord MalmcSburv lookin!
to the completion and use of the canal, amount,
to nothing. His pre"jSe7y lohat Gen. Cass ,o0nht
have said, lohat eUeyy}03y claims and desires-tl
opening Of a route far the free hanSI Of the nations
The Government OF Costa Rica has distinct,
declared that if they had understood Mr. Belly,
purposes as they do now they would have madt
no contract with him. r...5. ...
Tho silly parade by the Tat1Ie and the Nc,G
about schemcSof marauding conquest by tht
United States is hardly worthy Of The least no
ticc. An attempt is made to connect the adj
ministration Of Mr.. buchanan with Walker ant
gang OF hbnstei09, in the very face Of the ener-
getic measures adopted short time ago to sup
press and crush out that miserable counterfeit o
American enterprise and patriotism. The poll
cy which controlled the President in eXactin,
the utmost enforcement Of the laws against tn,
| Walker maran ,ers was simply this: He Jel'eva
that the eapansire {o7cers Of The american Uaiol
,oere quite sH0iceht, mhen restricted ,DiRn lie lin
its Of loV to secou'e Us all tie adrantaqes on Mi
continent which it was desirable to possess In
dependent, then, of tie obligations which restct
upon him as the Chief Magistrate OF great ma
ton to enforce its rules Of Government, The die
tatcs alike OF sound pol 'cy and morals denander
that parties acting without the authority Of Law
against neighboring Republic, with a view t.
its subjugation, should be arrested in their ca
reer, and punished according to their oileuces
The DaHy NelVs could not have been ignorant {
the conduct Of the "Cabinet at Washington il
this respect; and yet they suggest to the Gov
ernment oI Nicaragua the proprety Of exaetin
reclamationS upon the United States in conse
quence Of the illegal conduct of Walker and hi
men. We shall now expect the Ntms to insiS
that the African tlibGs shall demand iudcmniii
cations of the Union, growing olt of the illega
use o. its tiag by pirates in capturing and carry
ing slaves to Cula and Brazil.
On this subject it may be interesting to tn
Nc1gs to learn that the Costa Rican Government
have received Gen. Lamar, the American Min
lister, with great cord atty, and have invite
him to attend the convention OF the Contra
American States about TO he held with vie,
to effect the confederation thereof
We have, then, the distinct attitude Of III
United States in Central Amerca--the wisl
to epen the l>thmus routes TO tie free use ofth
world, ther expire. repudiation Of all exclusiv
pretentionS, Of desire for the acquisition otter
ntory, and oftheir intentions Only to do will
England and France, and erery other ciyiiize,
!, Government never fails to do il ko cascs---t 4
protect the rights Of Americah citz nS w
have the concurrence, substantially, we believe
in all these positions, Of the French and Brii.sI
Governments; and we arc further led to con
clnlc that as our intentions become better un
derStcod, and our iair Just and peaceful pole
better appreciated by the Central Amaricai
States,we shall have the cordial friendship am
co operation o. them all. Our great interests il
the Pacific points to the inter oceanic passage
across the lsthmus are exceedingly important b
the whole American people.N9Ift they can b
opened, not to US alona,but toeyerybodY unde
this contract or that by frenchmen, English
men or Americans and their integrity MAINTAIN
cd by the local Governments, we shall lie salts
fed Meanwhile il is but fair to claini that GOV
enants made with our people shall bs enioFc
1 ed. .s,4 4a,fs4 ,,f, s... \. s.,,,.
j We ought, perhaps, in view Of Che radical er
rors Of the London NsWs and the fics that !
might have been better informed, with trillin
exesti0D, TO say that international subiecr
II should hardly ha sencfad for snngniinn ortiolne