The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-11-20
Central American DeveIope ments-Where the
Trouble fs Coming From,

Central American Develops ments-Vhere the
Trouble fs Coming From.
u ia evident that Diplomatic storm il brew
ing in the regions Of Central America and the
| isthmuses of this continent, which viii blow
hard for time, and perhaps il the end result in
| an iron hail
The allied Powers of Western Europe, having
got the better Of Russia in the Crnea, trans
farred the scene Of their operations to the eastern
shores Of Asia. There they were followed by
| Russia, who had the interests of contiguous
territory to look after, and by the United States,
which had sympathised in no small degree with
Russia in her Crmean difficulties, because of the
pretty clearly announced intention Of the allies
to take this Western giant in hand after they had
settled the hash of the giant of Eastern Europe,
Matters in China have now been pretty well set
| tled-not exactly 80 we'll as the Allies wished,
| for the Americans who were before looked upon
| by the Chinese as being only "second chop Eng
! lisbmen" are now held to be lrst chop; and Rus
| STA has got the manifest advantage of them in
| her diplomatic movements and territorial
. cangements.
| The scene of operations is now to be trans
| ferred to this continent, and fleets and diplo-
matte agents are gathering in and around
the American Mediterranean. We have seve-
raj "sick men \" down there. Mexico is
| sick, Cuba is sick, and Nicaragua is very
sick. In fact, the whole of Central and South
America is sick, except New Granada, Venezue
Ia and Brazil. For this epidemic there are sun
dry doctors, each of whom insists upon the exhi-
bition Of his peculiar remedy. Sam Houston,
Santa Anna, Spain, and several Others are ready
| TO prescribe for Mexico. Mr.. Ouseley, General
Walker, Louis Napoleon, Senior Jerez and Com
modore Vanderbilt all wish to exercise their heal
ing arts on Nicaragua And the entente cord;aJc
is faelingly disposed to back up anything or any
plan that may help to head off the United States,
and create, as they style it, "a counterpoise to
their growing power and influence
The firm and prudent course which has been
adopted by the President towards the Walker ex-
petition has in great measure disarmed; that
movement. It's departure has been delayed and
| we know that delays are dangerous Ia all things
| General Walkers friends announce that he will
not 60 with it if bis presence is likely to give it
bad character. This argues change Of plan,
which plainly indicates discontinue Of the ORR
| ginal one. Then too it has not been found so
easy to raise men to follow Walker His antece-
dents do not inspire confidence in the i'm
mense mass of adventurous spirits in
this country ready and willing to take
a hand in anything which promises the excite
ment Of danger and the prospect Of renown and
| gain. But in the course of the Anglo-French
| alliance there is greater and more imminent
danger. The bilious outpourings of the London
press about the movements Of the four great
| Powers in China all of which spring from diplo-
| matte sources, are Indicative Of revengeful
spirit. England and France claim to have put
| down Russia, and now they count upon putting
the United States down. They perhaps think to
catch us single handed and weak In Central
America, as they caught Russia in the Crimea.
The result Of their plottings may yet be war;
and if 1t docs come, before ii ends Russia will
have hand in it, and the American and Rus
sian cruisers will have swept the allied flags from
| the scene Of coming commercial empire-the
| North Pacific ocean.
In these contingencies the only course for our
government to pursue Is one Of continued firm
ness and energy. We hope that on all these
American issues the President will take strong
ground in his coming message. We must have
all these isthmus routes opened and the safety Of
travel and commerce in their transit over them
guaranteed They belong to our Pacific empire,
and TO the Development Of that our careful
attention should be assiduously given. The
overland mail route, Tehuantepec, Honduras,
Nicaragua and Panama, all will be necessary for
that vast trade and emigration which will follow
in the footsteps Of cheap and safe transportation
California and Oregon are still in the germ. and
they have sister States in the future which viii
spring up all along the Western shore Of Ame-
rica as their elder sisters have sprung up on that
Of the East. We shall at no distant day have q
thousand times the use for these isthnus routes
that England and France will ever have, and
their intrgues must not be permitted TO mar our
interests.