Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1858-07-22


/, ted States Government have only to wal
a little and they may have the country o.
their own terms. Already in the Senat
at Washington, Gen Houston has intro
duccd a resolution proposing the assump
ton of protectorate; and if the motion j
not carried. it will simply be because
would be idle for America to commit her
self to- an overt act i'm a matter which Cal
only go one way. even il she remains pas
sivc. 9he originai form Of Gen Houston'
motion was for protcctorate, not only Owe
Mexico but all the Central american States
On subsequent reflection, he would TAX
them one by one.
As far as New Gransda Is concerned
there is not likely to be much delay. Flo
the past year or two dispute has existed be
tween that Republic and the United States
in connection with the claims of the latte
for compensation to certain of her citizens
who suffered by riot on the lstlmus o
Panama. The treaty demanded by the Uni
ted States to insure the future protection o
that transit has been resisted for long
time by the Congress at Bogota, but dis
cretion seems now about to prevail. il
the treaty is ratified, it will give important
advantages to America, and if it be re-
fused. it will afford a ground for assuming
by force all that may be required. Here
however, as in the case of Mexico, there
is total absence of any reason for the Uni
ted States to make the slightest excriion.
The opposing factions in the Republic
are already doing all that is necessary, and
the announcement by the last mail is, that
Senior Gonzales, the Attorney General at
Bogota, has absolutely recommended, in
an official document to the New Grana,lian
Congress, that they should apply for immc-
iiate admission into the American Union.
Senior Gonzales, during some former trou-
blcs in the Republic, sought refuge in the
United States, and naturally imbibcl there
a knowledge of the material gain to be de-
rived from the step which he now recon-
mcnds with every argument at his com
mani. The proposition appears to have
excited no dismay or hostility, and where
tits once entertained there cannot DC many
steps before its fulilment or something
worse. Lastly. in relation to the adjoining
Republic of Venezuela, it must not be sup
posed that because the country has sud
denly heavcl off the base rule of Mona
gas it is all ut once about to assume a new
character. 1t has been necessarily torn
by factions; anil Monagas for twelve
years was sufficiently master of the arts of
corruption tc prove the strongest. \
country that coull have tolerated him so
long cannot have any elements Of moral
strength
If New Grenada was annexed TO the Uni
ted States, the absorption Of Venezuela,
would follow as matter of course. Its
magnificent potts, its agricultural capaci-
ties, and its gold mines at Upata would
soon prove an irresistible attraction 10 en-
igrants. Moreover, the same friendly in
flucnccs will be at work as in New Grana-
ia. Gen. Pacz. the chief opponent of Mo-
nagas, has for eight years, been an exile
IN New York He has there become ac-
quaintcd with the resources at any time a
valuable for inaugurating change of con
ditiea in bis native country; and whether
he is called to power by the new authori-
ties, who have replaced Monagas. or rem
dercl hostile by a.continaal attempt to OK
clulc him, his future course will be equally
plain. When oil these things shall have
been completed. the small intermediate
States Of Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Salvador,
Honduras, Guatemala, will be ready to go
with the stream The only obstacle in
their case, as well as that of New Grenada,
consists in the provisions Of the Clayton
Bulwer treaty, which prohibit the United
States and Great Britain alike from assn
ming control over any part Of Cetral Amer
lea; but movement Is now on foot at
Washington, to get that compact set aside
if possible.
1t the British Government hal cordially
gone hand in hand with America in the
plan for the joint establishment of the Mic
araugua route, all these considerations
would have been rendered impossible, and
the redemption Of that region would have
been the harmonious work Of the two pow
crs. Lord Malesbury, at that time Foreign
Minister, summarily rejected the opportu-
nifty, and all that has followed since, inclu-
ding the havoc and rapine Inflicted by
w alkcl anu Ills IOltOWtlS has Desn but tie
natural consequence of that decision
Should America now pursue the course
that seems imminent, the change, as regards
English interests, assuming that she will
provide for the existing debts Of the vari-
Gus States in question, cannot but be a
great improvement upon their present POI
sition. The prospect, in fact is likely to
excite much. more hostility in the United
States themselves than among any classes
in Great Britain. The additional of fresh
Southern States would be viewed as giving
new preponderance to the slavcholding
party, and on this ground the question has
already excited strong feeling in the North,
although the opposition will, of course, not
be such as permanently to overpower the
larger and more exciting temptation of an
increase of territory and development Of
commerce.
The Senatorial Case.
"Ihe leader in the last Laporte Times, in
regard to the confirmation of Bright and