Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-05-10
WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP.

the United States Is from the n eW \ ork<l4er0td
of Tuesday last: - A
THE CAss-IRIsARRI TREArY-rHE WASHING.
roN LOBBY AND WALKER FILtBusrERs FIRrSG
UP.-With the settlement of the Kansas question
the factious agitators at Washington are driven
TO the alternative of casting about them for some
other Issue upon which to keep up their fire
against the Administration, and from the article
which we transfer to these columns from the
Washin9t ton States, IL will be seen that the fac
tionists and lobby interests represented by that
paper have lost no time in finding new subject
to quarrel about - -a" '--...Hss-
lin the outset Mai. Hess r. good enough to saw
that in the new y caragua treaty Mr.. Buchanan
has " made grand and noble stand towards the
emancipation of our inter-American relations;r
but then we are told that "there IL a corrupt in
trgue behind II, =" an invisible rider ;" - dis
honest monopoly Of scheming clique Of North
ern spectators, who propose to throw I'm garri-
sou OF three Thousand abOtionists to colombo the
country for their peculiar benefit and that I'M
less the treaty shall he " relieved from this inys
iole rider, smuggled in by White, Irisarri e. Co.
twill not pass the Senate Now. between this
view OF the case and that which we also give to-
day from the Richmond Enquirer, there Is very
remarkable difference; but 1t may easily be ac.
counted for. The Richmond editor locks at the
question simply in the light Of important inter-
national treaty He is not mixed up with Walker
flibusters, nor with the Nicaragua stoc kjobbers;
and he Is therefore in a position to discuss the
subject fairly and candidlv, and without the
preJrdlce OF disappointed ii libster speculator
two classes First, the reciprocal. political aud
commercial interests of the hig cont acting par
ties, the U nited States and the state of Nicara-
qua secondly, the interests Of the f. an sit spec
ulators aud stock and lobby jobbers, subject ex-
clusively to the local government of Nicaragua
In regard to the future international relations be-
tween the two countries, even the States admits
that this new treaty twill remain a bright and
abiding landmark of Mr.. Buchanans admins
tfatiOn;' but Major Heiss does not seem to COM
Prehend the fact that We cannot treat with Mica
n piun inAa n S.,k
out conceding to her the exclusive Jurisdiction
over her local affairs. Thus, the government at
Washington has no right to interfere in the bust
ness contracts Of Nica aqua concerning her Tran.
sit route except only to see that these contracts
do not infringe the general Stipulatons in behalf
cf American citizens and American trade We
have no legal power to say whether this company
or that company shall have the monopoly of the
Transit route. We must accept the company
which has secured, which NAV secure the
privilege from the government Of Nicaragua
whether Joe White, Joe Black or Joe Brown
shall turn out to be the lucky man
In this connection we apprehend that the
ciamor OF Major Heiss against this new treaty.
because it makes no demand for restitution
ton OF tn rights, charters and properties Of our
citizens will amount TO nothing And why
or the simple reason that the jurisdiction over
these matters was and is with the government of
Nicaragua and that the United States cannot be
held accountable for the losses which this party
or that party may have suffered from the revolui-
tlonary changes of that government. For In
stance, we cannot recognize Gen Walker and
his fiibuSters when they claimed to be- and
were admitted to be the government and citizens
of the United States. Should they. i'm this con.
nection, demand indemnity for their losses az
American citizens, they must be set aside as out
laws; and. on the other hand, their only claims
for restitution rest with the government Of Mica
ragua.
When the government at Washington some
two or three years ago complained that he steamer
North star was employed by the Vanderbilt
Company in the illegal transportation Of flibus-
ters, Mr.: Joe White put in the plea that the only
jurisdiction admitted by the company over this
matter was that of the State Of Ncarayua And
so ii happened that when President Walker con-
fscated the Vanderbilt Transit property and the
Commodore appealed to Mr.. Marcy for redress.
tue SLY old fox referred him to the State Of Mica
Iapua, as alone possessed of the rightful iuris-
diction. But the truth is, that under this Cass-
lrisarri Treaty the set of Spectators who were
lucky enough to begin in the right quarter, Mica
ragus, and in the right way, will probably secure
the Transit monopoly, to the defeat of all the
rival cliques of intri yuers for this profitable Job;
ana TINS Is where the shoe Pnches Major Heiss
We aPprehend, however, that the Senate will
appreciate the solid value of this important treaty
In It's peculiar Teciprocities between the two
countries, and the preposterous absurdity of re-
Jecting it because one set of spectators have
been too sharp for all their competitors in secur-
ing from Nicaragua the monopoly of the Transit
route. But of what value are the disappoiut-
mcnts of spectators, stock obberS, lobby lobbers
and hl0usters, so long as the great Interests of
the people of the two countries are subseryrd
There can be no valid objection, on this ground
10 this new treaty. AS We at liberty TO with
draw all guaTa ntee and protection whenever the
persons or company undertaking the control of
the Transit route shall fail to provide the neces-
saiy anu impartial regulations concerning the
incidents of transportation, one company TO begin
with is just DIS good another And as for The
'dbnlltionlst'' and abolition colOnists' - if We
could not keep them out of Kansas, how can we
N kpa hon. Of
ApTopos, of the abolition bugbear to which
the Her"M refers. There is nothing whatever
IN it. The company with which the State of
Nicaragua has contracted to run the Transit
route IL IL company of business men, not poI
tlclans Not man of them, by tho by, is
aught politically but staunch opponent OF
a6olitioniSm. which all know we'll is not n IA
vcr,e with the business men Of New York civ
Waore they all reside. The idea that they are
about to engage in anything in Nicaragua hut
TO transport passengers and freight across its
lsthmus, Is the most preposterous nonsense CON-
ceiyable. No member of the Senate of the
United States is stupid enough to be coaxed
into opposing the ratification of the treaty. by
its repetition. The company is after making
money by legitimate business-not by dabbling
In politics, and will of course run steamers from
New Orleans, as before, and any other port of
the southern United States, if it will pay SO to
do They will have powerful opposition from
the Panama route, the Tehuantepec route, and
the overland routes; so it will DO necessary for
them to run their steamers at the lowest posi-
bic rates of fare and freight, and to offer rs
many facilities and accommodations to all, as
possible Common sense will teach all this
Tact. The company have no colonization privi-
leges whatever. and know too much as to what
pays and what does not pay, in business like
theirs, to permit politics to become mixed up
with their concerns
ENLARGEMENT OF THE CAPITOL GRouSps-
We have already noticed that Senator Bright
from the Committee on the Public Buildings,
reported bill few days ago providing for
the enlargement of the Capitol Grounds. tits
prODOSed in this hill IN avtapd Al.