New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-04-27

accept it. In fact IT is said, there is only one
clause in the new treaty TO which he has any
serious objection and that is the clause by which
the United States are bound TO prevent the
departure from our ports Of illibussering
expeditions against Nicaragua. This clause
is objected to as We understand IT.
not at all from its curtailment OF any privilege
which our Government claims for citizens Of the
United States, but on the ground first, that IT is
HIperfuOus since such expeditions are already
forbidden by our laws; and secondly, that it is
insulting, as seeming TO imply that unless brought
up to the mark by this express treaty provision.
our Government might connive at the violation of
those laws. But, before rejecting the treaty on
these grounds, there are some points which Mr..
CasS ought TO take into consideration There can
be no ndigbity in asking Us to agree by treaty to
enforce the same policy which we have already
adopted in the form of law; for, if there had been,
Mr. Madison never would have signed the Treaty
of Client by which we agreed, among other things,
to carry out that suppression OF the slaye-trsde,
which had already been provided for by statute.
Fillbustering expeditions are it is true forbidden
by our laws But all laws are liable to repeal, and
in certain sections of the country the repeal of
these very laws has been urgently demanded. What
more reasonable than that Nicaragua, which has
suffered 80 severely from flibuster expeditions,
should wish TO guard by treaty against such con-
tngency7 What, indeed, more reasonable con-
sderng the little protection which she has actually
derived from our laws, that, apart from
the possibility of their repeal, she should
wish to add to them the additional safeguard of an
express treaty obligation II might happen that
our relations with Spain, for instance, might lead
Us, as matter of policy to repeal the Neutrality
laws. Such repeal has been warmly urged in
high quarters one step toward carrying out the
flvorite policy Of compelling Spain to sell Cuba
Suppose those laws repealed with that view, and
exclusively with that view, yet, without somo
treaty provision such MS Nicaragua asks how could
our Government interfere to prevent some new
Walker, or the old one from fitting out new ex
petition against Nicaragua
Upon another point which was alleged as tho
chief object aimed at by the Cass-irsSari negotia-
ton, to wit. the opening Of the Transit route on
reasonable terms to the and travel of the
Of theirs seem to have quite got to the wlndward
of us. They have laid aside all that policy of e1-
cusiyeness and monopoly which has furnished the
grounds of 50 many complaints and which has
even been urged as justifying forcible interior
ence to open Transit route. They have passed
an act authorizing the President to declare the
Transit open to the free competition OF all the
world What could possibly be asked more than
this AS against government disincllned to
afford any facilities of transit our Government
might We'll take upon itself the patronage and sus-
tentation of the White privilege; and as against
Government inclined to close the Transit altogsth-
er the longer that monopoly had to run-some sew
enty wears We belieye-the better. But circum-
stances have now entirely changed, and we seem
in danger of appearing before the world as sustain
ing close monopoly ofthe Transit route for long
period in the hands of private trading Company
AGAINST the efforts of the Government ofNicaragua
to make the Transit free This rather an awkward
position for man of Mr. Cass's liberal ideas and
COSMOPOLITAN sentiments, and the sooner he gets
out of il the better