New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-10-18
TrEE PRESIDENTS CENTRAL AMERE-
can POLICY.

tunitv is afforded Us we embrace u WIG PEE uFe, u
take satisfaction in making tie feet known TO Il
e pnbic. Perhaps the future vii show that NJ. B
cbapan las been more unfortunate than ceusurable
e his policy--that be hes been laboFing under an i
fuence be eonld not easily throw oG-and tnat I'll
mistakes be has committed are Justly ohargeabe
that inauence, more than to lack of disposition I
do right on his part. Ii co we shall gladly procaii
the fact
a week or ten days ago certain New York paper
contained series of garbled extracts purporting
he parts Of despatch from Sea. Cas- Secret ,ry
State, to Mr. Lamar, United States Miuis r to th
so-caed Republics of Nicaragua and COSTA Riei
Having reason to believe that the portions Of th
despatch published were genuine, although III
authorized BY the State Department we neyertheles
concluded to await an official end full publication
fore making the comments we desired but as tha
has not yet been DONE and as we conceive we are oil
the eve Of important events, we shall avail oui eve
of the Richmond EnqU ers version rs far as it goes
which is of course correet--the Enquirer being
known to be in the confidence of the Adminishl
ton.
Speaking of the mastery despatch of Secretary
Cass, the Enquirer says:
Martinez and Mora, the Pr sidenT of Nicaragna
and Costa Ricl had faithlessy violated an interim
tiona compact with the United States, and, on mis-
cradle teClnica grounds refused their signatures to
treaty negotiated between the two Governments in
order to make an arrangement with Monsieur Belly
which contemplated the construction of an inter.
oceanic canal, with the extraordinary stipulation that
the French Government shodd have the rirht 10 k m
two ships-ofwar stationed in Lake Nicaragua during
the entire duration of the work. Not content with
this treacherous reputation of solemn compac and
utterly oblvious that it by the suppression OF
fbusteTng schemes that the United States Govern.
be41 lodi
being swept out of exist nee, the two Presidents
Martinez and Mora united in '.s0lemn declaration y
appealing to the European Powers France, England
and SARDINIA, for protection against the United
States Government, on the pretence that the United
States had designs upon the Territory of Nicaragua
OF course these moustrous acts aud allegations
were not allowed to pass without notice. and we
must say that the President, through Gen Cass, has
replied to them with much vigoc and manliness.
creSary Cass, in his letter 10 Mr.. omar, emphatic
ely denies the statement Of Presidents Martinez and
Mora, and says that q had such cause of offense
been given by France or England or by any other
nation with wetestablished Government, properly
its duties towards foreign powers,n il
own Minister would have been dismissed and the
American Minister recalled. But adds Mr.. Cass.
you will give these Government distinctly to nm
ierstand that suitable repamtion will be insisted
b. the considerations have advsrfo5 - r,
ng by more efieacions means nyonar radrass for
-lasa -
q which this etfusion of ill,feeling is made the
medium Of communication to the world it indicates
a line of policy looking to European intervention
with American affairs, to which the United Stat
have long since ayowed their opposition, and which
hey will resist under all circumstances refer to
5he protectoate demanded by this proclamation and
10 the apneal to the Governments of France ENGLAND
,nd Sarainia II, ,ssr,na t1,a lr,t;s tt,.t, II 4It
-. :, N's's' ''''so -e' ~ 'N"s
3osi'ou:
GOOD for Secretary Cass Good for President
The old fories appear to have actually
vaIe5 mn and IN ba in earnest IF tI,o,, ,,,t ~, -
NIL i :tI q i
iseP I'm ahu MAt con"uue as lhey nave com.
nenced, they will have vast majority of the people
With them, at least on one question,
Further along Gen. Cass proceeds to declare that
the establishment Of political protectorate by any
the Powers OF Europe over any Of the Independent
ates Of this continent Or in other words the intro
uction OF scheme Of policy which would carry with
right to interfere in their concerns, is measure
0 which the United States have long since ayawed
heir opposition, and which, should the attempt he
made, they will resist with all the means in their
'ower7
In the su9oined paragraph the Secretary of State
avs down an Important principle Of international
jurisprudence;
While the just rights Of sovereignty Of the States
9cenpyng Ials region should always be X peated, we
nrit 6aBtin os III w " exercised ~
,nmstances tbat have arisen SS o w
lntes as well as it8 rights and nona af tiesa Iocal
governments even if lrniniStared gitb 49, o,I
% the just demands Of other nations than thew have