The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-01-14


by the Governor against it, and the common
sense and justice of the community generally,
sufficiently settle that question Meantime we
may expect much circumlocutiOn and heavy
lobby work before the locality is finally agreed
upon.
French Schemes I'm Central America-Is Great
Britain Party to Thems
1t was said of the Napoleon dynasty during
the first empire that its only chances of stability
lay in it's external difficulties. Notwithstanding
that the saying was falsifed by Waterloo, the
head of the second empire seems to treat it as an
aphorism. No sooner does his domestic policy
get him into trouble OF home than he looks
abroad for some means Of diverting the attention
Of his people. The Crimean war served q pur-
pose by securing to him the adherence of the
army. BE must now do something to conciliate
the good will and obedience of the commercial
classes The ugly impressions left by his
despotic restrictions against the press have to
be counteracted by new schemes for the promo
ton of French commercial interests abroad.
It is in this sense, we suppose, that we
are to view the announcement in the Eu-
ropean news published this morning, that
the French Emperor has intimated to the
English government his intention Of support
ing any line of policy which it may think
proper to adopt in regard to Central and South
American questions. Whether or not Great
Britain be sincere in the professions she
has latterly been making of desire to adjust
the difficulties arising out Of the Clayton-Bulwer
treaty, by the withdrawal of her pretensions
over Honduras and the Mosquito territory, it is
evident from the fact just stated, and the confirm.
alton of the news of the intended departure of
French armed force to the coast of Central
America, that Louis Napoleon has no very strong
belief in their earnestness. Else whence the ne
cessity Of this diplomatic notification and armed
demonstration on his part There are circum-
stances in the conduct of the English Cabinet
which 60 far, in our opinion, to justify the suspi-
cions that prevail as to its good faith in this
matter. It will be recollected that in Lord
Malmesbury's conversation with Mr.. Dallas, after
the statement in the London Herald that it was
intended to send an Anglo-French force to Gen.
trail America, the former emphatically denied
that any such project was in contemplation
And yet in the face of this denial we have the
fact now positively announced that the French
Emperor is despatching troops and artillery to
the coast of Nicaragua, and at the same
time we receive the announcement of the arrival
of two British line-of-battle shipsLthe Caesar
and the Diadem-in the Caribbean Sea. Surely
II will not be pretended that this large addition
al force is necessary for the protection of Sir
Gore Ouseley. If not sent out for that object,
for what purpose is il sent? Is it that Great Bril-
tain and France have at length agreed upon
joint line of policy in regard to Central and
South American affairs adverse to the doc
trines laid down by our government? No one
can pretend to answer these questions in view
Of professions and conduct so contradictory
That our government has misgivings on the
subject is shown by the report that at a full
meeting Of the Cabinet on Saturday the Presi-
dent expressed himself strongly in reference to
these demonstrations. The bill introduced in
the Senate on Wednesday last by Mr.. Mason,
investing the Executive with power to employ
the land and naval forces of the United
States for the protection of our citizens
In Central and South America, as occasion may
demand, may be looked upon as the formal ex-
precision Of the conclusions of the administration
In regard to them. They confirm the opinions
that we expressed some weeks back as to the
shutting and double dealing employed in the
negotiations connected with the Central Ameri-
can question.
Notwithstanding the formal manner in which
NJ. Belly has been disclaimed by the English and
French governments, II seems to be now estab
lished that be has been all along political agent
engaged In pushing schemes of European inter-
vention under cover Of n commercial enterprise.
The article which we publish this morning from
In Po,rs, contending that his canalization pro-
jet Is consistent with, and is fully covered by,
the Clsyton-Bulwer treaty-an assertion to
which Lord Malmesbury is stated to have
given his asscnt-shows that the En-
peror Is only carrying out the policy
Of which the Belly plan was a feature by
French force To the Central
American waters. II remains to be seen to what
extent England concurs in this movement, or
whether II is only part Of more comprehensive
scheme connected for the protection Of Span
ish interests In Cuba II Is well known that in
the Rivas manifesto Presidents Mora and Mar
tinez were prompted by Spanish advisers, and
unless they had some guarantee that they we're
treating with political agent, in the person Of
Belly Il may fairly be presumed that they would
not have thus boldly compromised them
selves. II may be that France Is acting indie
pendenlly IN this matter as the selfcoostitutcd