The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-10-16

a recognition under false pretenccs, and refuses
to, or cannot, comply with the promises he
has made. When asked for an explanation
Of his false charges against the United
States, the President Of Nicaragua replies
that those statements We're made while
he was temporarily Invested of his official
character and that he uttered them IA an indi-
vidual citizen, and not as the President Of the
republic In addition to these grave matters
there are pending many other questions, such as
the violation of the correspondence of our
Minister in Nicaragua, the deception passed
upon him in relation to the ratification of the
Cass- Yrisarn treaty, studied despoiling and
murder Of American citizens, and others Of like
character
All Of these questions arc involved in the pre-
sent department of the government towards
General Jerez in Washington If by guile or
persuasion the government can be induced to
dclsy for short time its righteous demands, the
hope is entertained that some new complications
may change the venue from the direct sa.isfac-
ton that is now demanded. A British Minister,
Sir VIM. Gore Ouselcy, is on the eve Of proceed
ing to Central America He has passed several
months in Washington, and is supposed to have
induced the President to abandon the policy of
abrogatng the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, so forci-
bly, recommended in his message to Congress last
session. What new scheme may now be on foot
cannot be foretold precisely; but its character is
abundantly forcshadowed in past events. The
seizure Of Tigre Island, the occupation of Ruatan
and the other islands on the coast of Honduras,
the partial possession Of one shore of the harbor
of San Juan del Norte, and the extension over
| the other of the fictitious claim Of the drunken
King Of the Mosquito protectorate, and the
numerous attempts made by England to induce
Nicaragua to consent to these steps in territorial
expansion all indicate what Mr. Ouseley may be
after. 1t may be said that the Clayton-Bulwer
| treaty stands in the way and precludes such
| things. That treaty is practically a myth. Its
| Interpretation is not settled. Mr.. Buchanan has
recommended its abrogation. England has la
bored to prevent that merely because she prefers
| giving to receiving the cut direct. And. more
over, no paper treaty ever stood in the way of
| Englands territorial greed.
The policy that our government has deter
mined TO adopt toward Central and South Ame-
| RIGA was well known months since to the Powers
Of Euro pc. The points of General Cass' despatch
| to General Lamar were communicated in good
| faith long ago to Lord Napier and Count Sar-
tges and the preparations that have so long been
making for the Paraguay expedition have shown
to them that We are in earnest. They wish
| 10 stop the establishment Of an American policy
on the American continent 1t does not suit
them. The entente cor@iale between England and
France, which Lord Clarendon declared long ago
in Parliament was to be extended till il influenced
the policy Of the whole world, does not contcm-
plate the existence of Power with an indepen-
dent policy. If our government falters now in
TIE dispute with the petty republic Of Nicaragua
We shall soon learn that the Mosquito protecto-
rate is extended to Boca del Toro, that it is ac-
knowledged by Nicaragua, and that to get at
President Martinez or President Mora in any
practical way We shall have to march over
British territory.
A few months-perhaps few weeks-of de-
lay in this question Of General Jercz and Mica
ragua may bring back the Clayton-Bulwer treaty,
flung in our teeth; and then the policy so lately
proclaimed by General Cas-, ard received with
unanimous acceptation by the country will bere
solved into a few fine phrases. Neither England
nor France are thin skinned in pursuing their
aims. and when they have succeeded they will
be warranted, as the world goes, in laughing at
u for our simplicity. The course of our gov
eminent therefore, at Washington, and in direct
ing the course of our cruisers in the Caribbean
sea and Pacific ocean, should be firm and prompt.
The policy Of action should be at once entered
upon, and both General Jcrcz and President Mar
| tinez should so understand us at once. An
apology must be offered rcparation to our citi-
zens made, the transit route opened, and a bet
ter course for the future promised by Nicaragua.
If this is insisted upon il will have good effect
upon all the Spanish American republics, and
| give 10 our citizens protection, and 10 our
tional flag respect from those weak aud anarchi-
| cal communities.