The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-01-05

= uH HONORABLE RoHxRr roonH, y. S0kroR;-
hAs sH-Your opinions on the subject matter Of this
organization induce me 70 address few observations
Assssh the press, with the Wow OF giving them wider
ppAl,city.
Recent events in Central America have turned NJ
ton 70 certain regions south Of the United States, ma
swhe fixing opinion in regard 70 them Bus with the
growing conviction, North and South, that these countries
nnss be Amcrsnized arises the question: shall this De
asne nationally by the Executive, by private enter
rHe9
The history Of the Fast India affords the most
SknS example Of the superior aptitude Of private en'e'
prise for such undertakings the concentrated power
q mouarchies and despotisms.
company Of merchants, originally with c@p"@A Oh
some 100 900 dollars started about century and hall
Ego. len OF dozen gentlemen elected oy the snare
hssers directed policy They had their own civil and
military organizatonhoy found generals and statesmen
mongst their clerks and servants
They started in competition with the monarches Of
Fraace. Spain Great Britain, Portugal and the untod
sases Of Holland for the common and pur
pose Of acquiring wealth, territory and dominion. Yet
. few years ago, when the East India Company was
virtually relieved Of these acquisitions by the crown and
peupe Of Great Britain, how stood the accountS THIS
company ruled over more than one hundred and fifty
mions OF SUBJECTS VIII revenue ekceeung Sat ei 'e
Russian empire or over population larger than that OF
France, Austria Prussia and Russia collectively Beside
these possessions, (Which the East India Company had
been steadily amenting) all the colonies left 10 the
urOwns Of France, Spain, Holland, Portugal and Great
Britain sunk into insigni6cance Kajah Brooke, Of Sara
wax has been successful by private enterprise OF
recent years than the governments France
Britain upon many points The success Of the Spanish
adventures afford singular contrast to the failures
e those gotten up ecty by the kings OF Spain and one
han the states and Territories Of this Union from the
earliest settlement TO the most recent acquisitions have
been the result OF private enterprise.
Though states become free and enlightened their
material strength increases, IL obvious that the facility
a concentrating and using that power abroad dimnshes,
because the government becomes less centralized and
Strong No people ever before have done or can DO so
much by private enterprise as the people OF this Unon
nation has made war at such enormous cost.
The complete conquest OF Texas only cost small per
sentage Of the expenditure Of the Mexican war; or yet
@hnished) wars OF Florida.
Directly indirectly the government Of this country
has, extending, almost always followed in the
footsteps Of the pioneer nliouser II be once ad
nitted that extension be Justhsoie or even inevitable
AND tins the history and Of people obviously
Ratest that only political atuy can deny lis IL not
cant TO assume pretend that acquisition by
agovernment be honorable whilst sugmatZng 1t as
d1bonorable by private enterprise1
Whenever and wherever superior or more highly
suitivaed has moved to dgpossess control an
osher wasting and numbering the soil in stationary bar
barism, grown eete and retrogadng (ke the popua
hens OF the Spanish countries this con,ineu the
nai sympahes Of mankind and the Judgment of poterty
have been with and for the more civilized and progress
sive race This may be called hlbasterng as well as by
any other The men opposed - Charles the FIRST
termed roundbeads in derson and the patriots Of
holland designated getI or beggarmen, in scorn The
nAme Of roundhead became terror the appelation
Of 9eur name Of pride 10 William Of Orange and his con-
pntriots and their children.
Che early night of history, when the pastoral barbarian
marched To dsposses the savage hunter wasting hun
ed oe OF the earths surface than the herdsman
q she1Herd required to feed his Bocks herds. 1t
have been continued when the agrculturst moved
Ss space than suced TO nonrsh the growing and
progressive civilization OF the agricuu' list ana mechanic
What was Moses but hieusier, whose mission was To
apossess tribes reirogrsdng (or whose civilization was
csrruptng before maured), and TO plant IN Their stead
another people whose subsequent annals show them 10
have beer at least in no wise superior TO our own what
were Nor from whom the soveregns OF Great
Britain affect derive their descent and portion of their
nse 10 the but dhbustersS What the Pilgrim
aihers but nlibusterss What state wha, Territory in
mis- Union has not been hbustered from the Indians, or
purchased from those who had alibusered M Have
ave years elapsed down the present time since the
Anang Of the Pilgrim fathers that some Of the monarch
hs Of Europe have not, somewhere, been nhbus'erng
something
Nov Il the Judgment Of posterity has justified by
salts the acquisition Of territory or domination over sta
sitting nroads Of Genghis Khans Mogul, Of Tnmerlancs
YArtArs, Of wild C~manches have been deplored,
whilst anc invasion have been Arplauded when
sfvLzaton thereby supplanted barbarian savage lie
hhere Re margin for regret that free and men
and happy boms, by tens OF thousands IN tins Union,
and now occupy The space over which few hundred
bsisAns rosned, starving or striving 70 destroy Zach
pr but tHat they are right or wrong desirable
u be anened according W the circumssAnces and
character o; the people making or enduring them So
ever iut1sbe desirable when and where so JUST
fzbic desirable in the spread OF Institutions and u
people which, whatever the SHORTCOMINGS and imper
tectons of either, still the most compiete practical
and above all progressive that the world has known
m and OF this country ~ obvious interests
whole the especial interests Of the SOUTH the grow
ing OF far seeing men, who look to the ineg
~ OF the Union, all point 70 the future adoption OF an
s.nso. p pyr.y ~ r4f. sre Sowevsr some
Who whilst admitting this necessity, would rely
sxcusvey the tardy, uncertain and expensive action
a the federal government and who, iogcaly and un
wisely, allow themselves 70 be persuaded that "nibus-
terinS schemes impede Us march and thwar' It's policy
Let suppose for instance that the government az tue
pned States guarantee and have guaranteed In them by
treaty and empowered by Congress 70 enforce by
sc1u patton the integrity Of the Ncaraguan route 10 Cali
sorna and Oregon supposng thai Is kept open, NJ the
Panama route has been, for nine years what reason
favorable condition or nearer Americanzation than
NJ present. Let what now the condition Of that
Panama route. Besides the buildings Of the company,
there are Aspnwall or at Panama few frame hotels
arnkrg shops and stores and sprnklg Of Americans
ssmporariy established Some thousands Of trucuent
Jsnsica and San Domingo negroes and mixed Indian ne
proes collected each end OF this route and upon H.
they are all bitterly ard bndy hostile TO the Americans
by whom they live aud sbetted aud inspired by suthori
ass whose policy It Is jeaogsy preclude ali hold
the country permanent settlement IN By Americans
n Gaze q var With any European IYwe, both The mia
ASSISTING the United states 70 keeo open the route would
unqucstonably their sympahes and aid for the
enemies " this country. ! need Dot recall Feceut out
RACES whose recurrence only prevented by tue pre-
srnee cf American shpe Of war II we nov turn 70 the
Nicaragua route which nine years hence would probably
be as best in Ike condition, must be observed that
account II " greater length the large contiguous 20
pulAions and increased dhsuliy Of Furnishing depreda
tons would require much stronger land force 10 pro-
tsc than the lshuus Of Panama Otherwise would be
liable 20 periodic interruption IN the nesSani revolutions
Which hav ng succeeded each other for the last thirty
years there W doubt would continue in the
future few hundred at any time barricadc the
passes Of Transit and Afterwards withdraw with i'm
punNy unless the line were permanently occupied by
81 least hundred soldiers OF marines and even then
would be dacult entirely 10 prevent their dong so Bd,
Che mere oca~ opai permanent occupation by n
few hundred men, besides being Of Doubtful efficiency in
time Of peace ~oud prove insufficient In time or war
and nstead Of tending 10 the Amercanzaion Of the coun
try would retard IT, Once Americsnized the road would
on contrary only protect itself but this rich
ry-very superior natural advantages aud wealth 70
any Of the Union-would form an impregnabe bar
70 any hostile attempt W seize the route IN time Of
would project itself the principle that n few
consAblee project life and property 10 American city
because the surrounding country peacoablc, where life
and property could be secured by thousand armed
men under reversed circumstances There who
sensible u the popular desire for the acquisition Of Cuba
eti dream that may be obtained by purchase aud