The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-01-18

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fullest credit. come hiehlv imDorsant facts II
come ction vith thia aame subject Of the Onse.
" and Napier neeotiation. and the Buchanan
intrigue. Lord Nsniar "a aent "a W..hinetor
% every one knows. AFTER the London emhsesv
had long been vacant In conseouence Of 10
forced recall Of Mr.. Cramptou. Il was deemed
Of great importance then that the new a6ipiaser
should secure The confidence both Of our Gov.
eminent and people. Lord Napier was believ-
! ed to be the rieht man for thie delicate dutv
aud so he proved. No dinlomat ever mads
more sincere admirine friends as washington
than he; and Lady Napier. iudiciouslv second-
| ing the efforts OF her hushand. aneedilv ION
unlversal respect and esteem in thu social circl.
| Their suticinated denarture from the IIn;,sd
| States 10 received with profound regret on IN
| sides.
| But when Lord Napier arrived he came
with = peace Offering in his hands. He waa
Instructed to meet the views of our Govern
ment, and authorized to give up eyerv preten-
sion OF Great Bri.aia in Central America that
stood in the Aay Of prompt and amicable adj.
inct
between the two countries When Mr.. Buch-
anan recommended the abroeatiou Of The Clav.
ton Butwer treaty, Lord Napier promptly sc-
cceded thereto, and exhibited despatches from
his own Government pitched in the same
harmo lOus key. It certainly seemed q though
the Central American sQusbble was At the end
ter MIR. Buchaaan had within his grasp every
thing that the United States had ever asked
Strange infstuation, which led him to throw il
all away, like the child who breaks its fragile
toy into pieces that be NAV have the SNORT Of |
putting its shattered fragments together again. |
But here cam. in ,hs ,.mr,.. - ~. .k."
Of Sir Gore Ousley-and Sir Gore. Who hsd !
been selected because Of the peculiar influence
which his presence exercised over our bschelor |
President, opened his budget and began to plav |
. game Tor the rs-sntanglement of the Central
American question and she discontinue Of Lord
Napier, from whom be concealed his plans.-
Don't you remember how much pains used to
Dc taken to have it understood through the
P"ess that Sir Gore had surrounded himself
with mystery, and that neither the President
nor any body else had the slightest idea of what
he was doing here for 90 long a time, Thai
was the artificial smoke in which our sbrevd
diplomatst concealed himself the while. and
under cover Of which he conducted his opera
lions. He won his game. Mr.. Buchanan vaa
induced to consent to throw the Central Ame-
Fican question again upon the treacherous nm
certain sea of diplomacy. Notwithstanding he |
aad already got it 90 snuelv into mort. Tho .
result is, that this Irritating question is sill
open, that We are mixed up most promiscu-
'usly in our negotiations upon the Isthmus j
With England and France: and that If re ever /
get out Of the saImapundi ia safetv. vill he
y good luck, and not because we deserve Il :
For all this Mr.. Buchanan ia individuallv re- !;
ponsible, unless . man Of his wears is excssa- !
lie for being caioled and captured nv sucb /;
o. you has shown him to be ami !
ected to. !
Lord Napier was not made aware of the
cheme of his ministerial colleaoua NJ nava. .
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