The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1859-04-28
No. 643.
WASHINGTON ITEMS.

-,,5apr of the Baltimore Sun says:
The Cass- Yrissarri treaty, so called, is no
,.-.-cr IN existence. 1t is superseded by the
-.,,sr treaty. which embraces the substantial
-;.;ops of the former treaty. AS a whole, 1t
.,ceptable to this Government though an
.sn,i6u has been taken to one clause, and
r. which Is not very important. The Presi-
s., b-sitates to agree to this provision, and
Tally will send the treaty back but 1t is,
I'D that the Nicaraguan Government will,
:, mas Welded so much, yield this point also.
p-la1,s II would be prudent to retain the treaty,
..bar than hazard another tedious and I'M
rain negotiation.
:. The treaty provides-lst, that the transit
into shall be kept open by Nicaragua I'd,
1T Nicaragua be unable to keep the route
Ion and protect commerce, and travel there
u She NAV call upon the United States for
IN in which case the forces of the United
s.a,as shall retire as soon as the object is ef-
5.,,ad and that, in case Nicaragua shall neg
~, n afford protection, or to call upon the
I-r,a5 States to do it, the United States Gov
1-.nsut NAV. if in its Judgment it be neces
az At any time, land armed forces for the
r-,t.cfiou Of the transit. Thus the treaty, as
I. sands. will enable the United States to pro-
,srt me transit against Nicaraguan authorities
..4 Insurgents. 5 well as against filibusters.
The exception is to the amendment which
8, substance provides that the United States
bsU engage to use due vigilance and all law
IN means to prevent the organization of hostile
r,r-,.s IN this country, intended for the invasion
If Nicaragua.
The objection made by the Administration to
nj. amendment offered by the Nicarsguan Gov
.r,.,nent is utterly unwarranted. Nothing could
l.. more reasonable than this demand upon the
American Government, of protection against
fil.u.t.rin. inrOads. The Government of Mic
sr..qia Is weak, and almost defenceless. 1t
b.. leen called upon by this Government, and
almost forced into a treaty conceding the right
If ray across It's territories ; and the refusal of
h. American Government to accede TO the
reasonable request of the Nicaraguans will
l.r,on,irata to all the world that the Admins
ration i no, acting in good faith-that while
,-,fessing friendly aud pacific sentiments to-
wards Nicaragua, it is in reality Indifferent to
fl. welfare. if not ready to connive at the in
r5ad. Of the cut-throats and robbers who style
themselves tilibusters.
4
ar,an of the Douglas faction, has the follow
il.:
We believe the great body of wellmeaning
re,ple In the South are averSe 10 the revival
If the slave trade: but of these, no inconsider-
allie proportion may be driven to a change OF
policy by the aggressions of the Abolitlonists.
For i is not any repugnance to the extension
Of Slavery, nor any idea of injury to the negro,
bat mainly a patriotic regard for the com
promises of the Constitution and the repose OF
the Union which determines the majority of
persons in the South to oppose the agitation
lrthe repeal of the anti-slave-trade enactments.
When, however, it is discovered that the North
vii not observe the obligations and guarantees
u the common compact, no wonder the least
ultra and adventurous people in the South
should he willing to concert measures Tor the
promotion Of their interests without regard to
the restrictions of violated and abused Con-
situation. We are not surprised at the per-
,i,tyt defiance of the Jaws against the slave
'radr which is now attracting the attention of
,ie country towards the remoter Southern
States. Nay, zee Jelieoe the traffic ,ciU be re
efqblished. despite Federal resistance. The
ijold,oaists iciU hare themselves only to blame
firth, gs,UH."
A few DAYS ago, the States went step fur
tler. and insisted that /" The South has a moral
q,I constitutional riyh to insist on the reriral
ofhe 1fjcoa stare trade"
II is VERY clear that, with Mr. Douglas in the
Presidential chair, standing on this platform OF
his organ. the laws against the slave trade
would not be enforced and it is not at all i'm
probable that his non-intervention principles
would prompt him to recommend their repeal.
DO regard to the Nicaragua treaty, Ion, the
Washington correspondent of the Baltimore
Spa. further remarks
II may well be believed that the objection
80 The Nicaragua treaty Is one that can easily
boz removed. The President will not commu
lcajc the treaty to the Senate with a clause sc
Objectionable that it would probably defeat the
Treaty. in that body, or at least expose the Ad
miuislration to very bitter reproaches from
some of the Senators.
The treaty will no doubt be sent back tc
Nicaragua, with objections to the clause which
binds the United States Government to enforce
90 more strict manner the neutrality laws
AID suppress ilibusterism. The provision
v1.l be as useless as it is offensive. 1t i.
hp'd that the Nicaraguan Government will
Ttyrdc from this position, and suffer the treaty
which !. SO satisfactory in other respects, to be-
ratified.
i.a, the Washington correspondent of tn,
Baltimore N,D,. saws:
~ The people of Kansas, by an inconsider
aide number Of votes. and in fact by the vot,
Of small minority of the whole number o.
"-al Foers IN the Territory, authorized the
'l Of a Convention to form State COnsti
I'''a. Not more than one in five of the voter.
'aE The trouble to 20 to the polls on that mo-
n,Il"ns question. The people, being no longer
subject 10 The influence of the Anti-Slavery agi
trofs were far from being very DESTROYS Of
taxing upon themselves the burden of support
lA- State Government"
IT Is remarkable that the four-ffths Of the
People OF Kansas who were so averse to taking
upon themselves the burdens of a State Coy
eminent, reirained from going to the polls and
voting against the call of Convention. Thu
'FH'h Is, that the fact that nine-tenths of the
people were IN favor of a Convention, made i
perfectly certain that the measure would BIZ
earned and hence the small vote
S"rR 'GRAPrs-The same correspondent
't''Al"g oil the probable exclusion OF Sla
VERY from Kansas, says:
There was never the least ground for the
opposition that the Territory was adapted tC
I5 employment Of slave labor, and it will, ere
'ols' G I iound that it is not adapted to am
Ungr KIND OF labor Excepting the margins o
,1SeF-course5, the Territory is barren, and ut
H incapable OF supporting a population
"l''e or black, free or slave
Ai'er the herculean efforts made by tn,
i'gAsandists to carry Slavery into Kansas
'"- 'aeir disgraceful failure, it may be som
N-ASUdtIOu Ia no inf oJ +bat tba country y