The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1859-02-20


.,lsy Bot t.s objects Do which vas coanlnisonod
i MOI ooaGouplAEe tlnat sosld ~lt.oG sir0llg Iao-
tive 50 % shelter myself the view which the autho4i
s a Nicaragaa we've drsirous take and dd tA4s IN
pablis decree of my functions poHld have Aptaot-
i1sd ne 10 carry tls Gag part of my eqaipment
bsever shoaid travel In the county The Rst tins
tbst did raise IT, however. was ia conscquenoe Of
l desire aud request Of the entire cabinet Of Mica
rua expressed 30 ans in visit made ior that purpose
4 ~ lodgings in Managua lths then ezpita w Messrs
NaTtnez and Maxine Jerez CAT present representing TIC
Martinez government ia wsshington.l who thea COM
possd dual presidency aaa@sas1 and the honorable
nGenan Don Gregorio JuaTez MinisieE q Foreign Be
ltons and the Dag itself nads in GEausda ~ the
i,sae a sear Martinez himse after he had oome to
!. sole Presdeut his desire, and by persons Of ais
s,pul0fine The only other occasion which
risa the Auicfiean Tag 'auIaeously's Otherwise IN
~ tertory II Naragna was 81 Biyas ana 90 indicate
i INV Distressed and psHsecuted oountrymer. broaghs
taber frosa distances by a bafbafous military or
ar. where they could AZ least get food and rcos
e,er their beads, and advise bow 70 nauate
their wrongs Those wrongs which under my
olservation and otllers, required in departing, las
4sl as before and grexty 30 my regret epealiy As
me eur nriication was Obliged 10 be made 70 respect
"a and hOspitalle ficnt suhur Jasrex) that should
o,umuuisate 10 this government that believed Mica
rua deserved and the rights al American citizens,
IN person OF property demanded SUMMARY and
zeyere ofastisest Of Niaaragu That opinion is not
cI.rvsd The reasons Coz it would reauiTe zoo much
detail f0r this letter They known % The honorable
Gentleman Saaor Jerez. this government ffoH
Ncaragua and communicated them as fully as brief
opportunity allowed TO Gen. Lamar, who arrived as min
ie plenipoieatiary nearly eoincideut with my depar
ture knowledge d them is now due 70 the Congress
Y .laff, a.
set theTn forth
Nor has the declaration Of the two supreme
Chiefs that the agents Of the United STATES Threatened
ipes;tabIe annexation SC, more true Ear as
coBoerncdless ia faci II it be possible for false
hood 70 have less truth than anotherthan that which
have noted Annexation Of that conglomeratiOn of
classes races and oolors the intended there and
at the word as understood here is the last thing with
which would wish 10 blast the future Of my country,
or spoil the putty and ngleness Of that branch Of the
human family Of which alone its citizens and wherein
t the secret OF its progress and stability Mr. fresi
dent Mora Of Costa Rca more than threw out 10
me an intimation that annsxaton might he desirable,
and 80 did others in Costa RIGA and many Ncaragua
some in sincerity, some trap under an impres
sion the United states coveted IL All my replies 70
such Suggestions were endeaFor TO the impress
sion without woundng the suscePhbties Of those with
whom the conversation was had
The intimate acquaintance which made o. the plnc-
p Characters Of Costa Rca and Nicaragua and of their
4ntiments aspirations and fears together with the pre-
texts why the Cass YrrisaIi treaty NOT ratified ftsen
months AGO and other minor cTcumst noes brought 10
nv mind when the eIy-oontract and accompanying
Declaration first appeared absolute CONVICTION that in
the person Of NJ Belly there and Of Sir William Gore
ousley here Messls Mora and Wasting had positive
urance IL European protection and from the former
representing personally and positively the Emperor Of
the French an instigaton TO the direct insult which
the Declaration offered 10 the United States 1t is
said that that insult has been fully explained The
explanation must be curiosity both in literature and
diplomacy.
The policy Of France at present hca He'd looks to
the recovery Of portion Of lost dominion in Amer
lea to the repression ef democratic tendencies and
maintenance OF ynrstic rule the control Of the two
chief KEYS Of commercial weaIt-tAe Isthmns OF suez
and Isthmian Auerioa-the first Ia defiance OF Great
Britain and the second ID forced and contemptuous
ouniurctsn The United sh4t. must choose whether
they viii put more viur into their foreign policy Rbae
the privileges of their citizens in comparison 18th sub
scts of European States IN the countries of Spanish
America their equality with other nations not alone
the high seas bat in the waters that wash their shores
and with respect to the exping communities that lie At
their borders
wM CAREY JONES
WASHINGTON February 10, 1859.
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