Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1858-07-06
From the City Article Of the London Times
English Opinions ON Bslly's Opera
r# ti0nS In Central America,

of Nicaragua and Costa Rica has been
|. ranted Id French company, IS surpfie<
sing only from the fact af It's apparently
not having become known atINew YORK,
where The inllaence oyer Nicaragua lis
paramount, and where there are per
sons wlIo still claim rights to the route,
which, whatever may BE- their validity,
Are likely 70 BE- supported for political
purposes. The whole affair, however. is
asitkoat practical importance, since the con-;
ditions ore .ncuer tikelyto be fulfilled. ii
" The company are % commence the
work ii two years, and completete il NJ
stx, and the channels to be such as 70
admit two Of The largest ships to pass
abreast. The direction, moreover, i 70
ibe entirely French, and the French Gov.
ernment are 10 hayethe exclusive privi
4legs Of keeping i couple Of ships -of-wai
on lie waters Of the routathroughout the
who'll period of its construction "A cap
i.alIHp flo.0o0.o0o or ELS, oOo,o00
would not suffice, and the public can ca
silyiadg e the prospect ofany such amount
beinr raised within he.next "a months
on+ lie Paris. Bpurse.
u Theseheme originally proposehin LonE
don, and unfortunately rejected was foF
III canal Of much more moderate dimen5
sions, OF even, III the first instance, fol
40. ordinary transit, By improving the
ilassy cation Of lie SIN Juan, and crossing
lie Jill miles Of hilly land between Lake
Nicaragua and the sea by a railway or
othbf temporary means, until theisaccess
of the enterprise should have encouraged
further expendituelrs
ThesfoIlowing declaration sis append
ell u the grant made by Costa Rica and
Nicaragua g NJ Belly for the purpose Of
csonstrlictfugs the ship. canal across the
Ikthmus, referred Din the preceding arti-
cle:: #
Declaration against The Uaited States
and Id tiapor ofa zEuropean I rotettorate,
Tbs flllowingisi append ed:
"a. The supreme chiefs Of the two hepao.
ills Of Nicaragua and Costa RIGA assem- !
bted at Rivas, after having settled The
questions which divided the two Repnb.
lies, and having re-estahlished peace and
ale mostcDmplete harmony between them,
with a common accord, and in order ~ Sc
cure the independence and safety 81 The
two countries, as we'll as of.all theIStates
of Central America
# ICongid4ring that a fresh invasion of
American -flibustersE still menaces the
in1depsndeneeEof CostalRica and Nicara-.
gua; il contempt Of ail the laws that pro-
iedt nations and that guarantee the lives
anti properties Of citizens ii civilized
countries
That thiB invasion, officially ,reproba
ted by4 thu Government Of the United
States. is preparing in reality, under ita
patronage, las the means .of definitiNely
Iaking possession of Central America, if
Central America refuse to surrenderfit-
selfvoluntarily to the United State
b That hitherto all the official agents
Of The JEuited States at Nicaragua have
been the accpmplices and auxiiiarias.of the
invaders. acting as masters, audacidnslyl
hoistingithe flag Of tie United States in
all paris where, 1 as at San Juan det Sui,
The flag Of Nicaragua only ought to- aoat.
and openly menacing Central America
with All inevitable annexation !.
XXI That the Minister actually accredited
to Nicaragua boasts ID public Of peFamp
toriIg proposing this altiaedtun either the |
legal possession of Nicaragua by the rat
the treaty Cass Yrissarri, or a /
freslliinyasion of the flihusters alraadyl
organized at Mobile under the American
fiagfi HI
That, moreover, the. Government. ofl
theGE United States has. according to pffi
cid reports, made; 70 Mat of Costa Rica,
BY its Minister Plen1potcntiary at Wash.
ingtpn, declared that it was utterly pow
erleas' to prevent fresh attempts BY the
fiibqsters, or to project the neutrality oil
Central America, owing to. the insaffi-
cheney Of tile laws oflthe United States
on thisThead !. 4
Considering that three years6f war
and devastation have1depriyed the two
Republics Of the means of resisting a
fresh attack on tie part u many thausa1dsf
of brigands that tne towns 81 Nicaragua
ate destroyed in whole, or III pant that1
their commerce IS anHihiated 81 THEM
iis deeimated J. and that after 4
desperate resistance, which testifes theilE
patridlisrns they must succutnb before Il
superiority of RumbeIs,iI unless Ea4ope1l
deign n last to defead them against at.A
temp!s unprecedented III Tie 9th eentury;I
They declare 1splcmnIyH HUI
#5l- THAT they place tie Conventionl
above mentioned, relative to the canal
" Nicaragua, under The patronage 81
sIVillzRd Europe, By appealing to the JUS
tee Iahd humanity Of all CRrisltian + IA.
tons against The attacks of pirates, bue-
cafisrR, Of whom they have been forl
three tears the victims *a} iE
lIi2. Hhat they place tlle2independence
AMI nationality q the Republics bf Me
afagua and Costa Rica plnder the guar.
antee iof. the three Powers who have
caused Che independence and nationslitty
of the Ottoman Empire TO be respected, II
namely, France, England and SARDINIA
p That they silpplicate the Govern.
raents lof these three Powers not arly lonI4#E
ger to leave the coasts of Central Amer
iea without defence, itsfrich country Ill
lhe mercy Of barbariars. and thefuture
route of the trade Of the world Witbo.IIlt3 I
serious guarantee Of liberty and neutraIty.I
4. That they bind themselves ia NH +
name III their people to accept from. those
thre Powers all the conditions they NAV
y Il III la4 :. Z