The Kanzas news., 1858-02-27
From the st. Louis News.
Central America.


Recent events have earnestly directed at
tention to Central America, and an almost
universal consciousness prevails that the
next conquest of American institutions will
be in that region. The project of Ameri-
canising Nicaragua with view to the ulti-
mate Americanization of the whole of Cen
'tral America, including Costa Rica, Saliva
dor and Guatemala, is one which meets with
general favor, scarcely less at the North
than at the South. The Southern mind,
indeed, convinced of the hopelessness of
Strengthening the relative power of the
South in the Union by the establishment of
slavery-in Kanzas, is intensely interested in
devising means for accomplishing in Cen
trail America what it failed to accomplish in
Kanzas. and preparing that region to be
carved into additional sovereignties to the
South, as an offset to the accessions to the
North, soon to be made by the admission of
Kanzas, Minnesota and Oregon.
The balance of power in the Senate was
destroyed five years ago by the admission
of California. increasing the number of nom
.slaveholding States to sixteen. while the
laveholding States remained at fifteen
This disproportion in favor of the North
will be increased within the next six months
by the admission of Kanzas, Minnesota and
Oregon, making nineteen non-slaveholding
States to fifteen slave States, and giving to
the North thirty-eight Senator's, while the
South viii haze but thirty.
The South, unwilling to occupy this po
sition of dependence on majority for the
concession of its constitutional rights, is
earnestly casting about for the material with
which to restore the equilibrium in the
Senate, and augment its relative power in
the Union. The Indian Nation lying west
of Arkansas and Missouri will, in few
years, be organized as a slave State, and still
another slave State viii be gained by the di-
vision of Texas But the balance of power
will still be uBrestored. There will still re-
main deficiency in the number of South
ern States; spd this deficiency must be
supplied By Genital America, Cuba or Mex
leo. Central America is the riper of these
three pears, and is, therefore, the one to be
first plucked
The work wll be easy, if judiciously at
tempted, as the gegetnment and people of
one of the Cehtral American States at least,
Nicaragua, are disposed to welcome US, if
we come as friends The first thing to be
done is the suppression of Fillibusterisn,
which, besides being intrinsically wrong,
'irritates our relatioas with Nicaragua, and
prevents the Niearaguan Government from
granting us privileges, the exercise of which
would, by degrees. lead to the establish
hfent Of our power In that country. The
second step TO be taken is the abrogation
of the Clayton -BulWer treaty. which ferbids
as to acquire or exercise sovereignty in
Central America The third measure to be
adopted is the ratification of the Yrissari
treaty, by which the sNicaraguan, Govern
nent nakesthe mest valuable concessions TO
US. among which are the right to protect
our citizens on Nicsraguan soil, and pro-
tectorate over the Transit route. Under the
great privileges and franchises granted by
this treaty. Nicaragua would soon become
not only Amerieanized, but an American
State. Guatemala, Salvador and Costa Rica
would follow IN due time, and Central
America would be part of the American
Union. gezsxa ErzL e5Hs
But what sort of domestic and social in
stitutions should be established In Central
America under the system of Americaniza-
ton we propose to carry out? Three prop
ositions with reference TO this part of the
subject are brosched. Mr. Blair. our Rep
resentative, proposes to celoniEe. the region
with free negroes Mr. Eli Thayer, Of Mas