Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1859-03-24
Our MEXICAN ana CcnrrHi American
Relations.

! H|ULE.I| N HAN"AIAANN H". AE"HAH
have been taken By he Spanish, and the Frencl
ard English Governments for sending 10 Mcxi
co. not fleets from home, but some Of the YES
sells OF their West India squadrons. to redres.
grievances OF which they complained. Tn
spanish vessels have already gone back From
Vera Cruz, and there is in the city a letter from
the French admiral, sayingtuat he had desire,
ere tins 10 leave Vera Cruz, and should harI
left, had not the threatened approach of Mira
mon rendered il proper he should remain her
in order to be ready 10 afford protection q
French citizens.
There is not the least reason to believe from
anything yet t~ranspired, that either the Frencl
or British Governments mediate any intener
ence in the political concerns Of Mexico and
is known that Captain Turner, the American
commanding officer, has entered into an ar
ranccment with the French and British CON
handing officers, that the naval officers Of tn
three nations shall land tozelher, should a it b
Necessary 70 afford protection 10 their respec
I've citizens. So much for TIE o fleets
HAEain, to read the crude speculations Il
some Of orr papers, one might believe that on
Government took the ground that The MonrON
doctrine precluded anv European nation from
goiug 10 war with Mexico, whatever causl
might exist. or Government contends fer nd
such absurd principle L maintains, az
means % take care, that the Spanish Amer
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ropean domination. But ii does not mainiaiI
that those states NAV commit just such wrong
Rs hey please sCaiHst European powers VIII
| out being responsible 20 those powers for thei
I t~artuous acts. The views Of our Government
sn this point are stated in a letter from Gen
Cas- % Mr.. Dodge, dated Octcbe p, 1855
and published ID he congressional document
b order Of the House Of Representatives. u
.lat letter Dir. Dodge is authorized to assure
DE Spanish government that, with respect
to th6 causes Of var between Spain and MeU-
( e., the United States have nc concern, and ID
not undertake 70 Judge them. Nor do they
I claim 10 irterpost in \ hosdlities which
nav take place. Their policY Of Observable
and nterfercnce is limited 20 the permanent
s~ubjugation OF any portion Of the territory o.
Mckee, or any other American safe by any
Ecropean p0Wer Whatever This is the
whole iocirine uf our gavernmeut-this is the
bead and front Of cur Monroe doctrine. In
response 10 the declaration Of General Csss.
the spanish minister assured Mr.. Dodge that
bis government had not The remOtest idea Of
attemVting 70 re-subIugate Mexico; that an y
sought was the redress q the injuries Of which
i complaned, and the result has proved that
theF acted with good faith; for ihs war vessels
have returned to Cuba. notwithstanding il was
60 confidently asserted IN this country that
Mexico was again to be reduced 70 the domin-
ion Of Spain.
Another fnEhtful mares nest has been dis
! covered in the project Of Mr. Belly Mr..
I Belly is a stock-iobbing schemHT, and Just az
likely 70 make a canal through Nicaragua as
. make one in the moon. Il isa stockjob-
bng bubble but its folly Is SO transparent
that there is little likelihood hat any capital
ists vii BE- taken 10 By L.
Lord Malmesbury, the other day, aptly pro
nounced IL humbue and the London Timcs,
in announcing the departure Of Mr.. Belly, truly
remarked that Engiish capitalists would be
chaV Of investing capital in such a project.
And ID Ghe ms ructions from our Department
Of STATE 10 General Lamar, General Cas- pro
nounces this Judgment upon IL It is not nee
essay that should enter into a detailed exc
animation Of Mr.. Belly's contract There are
physical and financial obstacles, as well as po-
iilical ones, in the way Of its execution, some
Of which can hardly Be overcome" Moreover,
the house Of Barring Brothers, as competent
Judges AZ there are IN the world, have passed
the emphatic condemnation upon it, as a remu-
neratFe money speculation, which we quote
from the London Economist
4" We must not close our slight notice Of this
state without g~lancing at the proposed canal
communication BETWEEN the Atlantic and Pa
cifc, Of which if was the destined site This
great scheme is now apparently given up,
through the inherent difficulties and the great
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latter, a canal only II feet deep, 50 feet wide
at the bottom, and lis al the top, was pro-
posed and adopted. A short extract from the
head 81 a letter, IN which the house Of Barring
Brothers gives its reasons for not embarking in
the enterprise, viii serve % show its probable
value as an investment Of capital That che
dimensions Of the canal were not such as In
their opinion TO meet the Requirements Of con
merce. and the ronfe could not be used erceptby
HHmH
while unhesitatingly conceding The immense
lacsl advantages Of a canal TO the United
satras these capitalists confessed themselves
.uuenE unahia hndiscnrer how T. cout1 NIvrV of
compsnsating value to he men Ehq1should in
vest their money! in the enterprise"
We vii quote at large the position taken by
our Government in relation to tins undertaking,
and which has been made known % the Gov
ruments Of Nicaragua and Costa Rlca, In The
Published Instructions Of General Cas- % Gen
eul Lamar, dated July p, 1855
The United States no more claim for their
citizens an exclusive right to form contracts
for opening these transit routes than they
claim Tor them the exclusive use Of the routes
when the work is completed Their constuc-
ton is a fair object Of competition FOR the
citizens and subjects q all other powers. The
work is as open to NJ Belly and has associates
IS 70 anyio.heT ~euterprising person. There
are but two points connected with this matter
which have any interest for the United States,
or which would Justify their intervention. The
fEt is, that No contract with NJ Belly, or with
aay one indeed, should interfere with engage
ments previously existing with American citi-
zens, but that al such engagements should be
preserved invioiate; and the second is that the
regulations and conditions Of the grant should
b. such as TO render the routes free and safe 10
an nations, but controlled by no one, AID upon
moderate and reasonable terms. Il would be
equally impoitc and unjust for these govern
men.s, in q desire 70 make these great under
takngs Profitable 10 themselves without
Furnishing any contribution towards their con
strucdoni 20 levy onerous charges upon the
pgsons and property destined 10 pass over
them, and BY tins means interpose serious Oh
stacles % their geneTaluse. These local gov
emments should look 10 the vast benefits
which these enterprises viii bring to the ooun-
tries through which they pass, and not strive
BY excessive fmpositions to make them sources
II revenue, and defeat BY this IN judged
measure the very object sough. % b ob-
The United States have no objection to one
canal, or % twenty canals, in that region.
They Do not deny the right Of the local govern
menta 70 authorize them 10 be made bV Mon
sieur Beliys or Baron Munchausens-by
Chinese or French bubble blowers, or by any
ether people on the face OF the Earth. II is 10
question under the Monroe doctrine. What
hey do assert, and DO 10 make good, is,
mat contracts already made and existing with
their CITIZENS shall not be violated, and that
such canals, When made, shall be equally free
and open to al commercial nations, and shall
not Be controlled BY any one power, especially
any EuroPean power.
BE knows bot little Of the sensitirenes- Of
The s~toekJobbfug markets, who believes that a
work Ike this would Be accomplished IN ne
face of obleciions urged bv the United States.
and accomplished bY funds raised in Paris: for
Ut Is. clear that nothing viii Be contributed in
England or in the United States. But for The
~necromancy In the name Of Belly, we might
doubt the possibility Of raising the funds in
Paris. Thirty millions Of dollars to Be raised
IN Paris for the construction Of a canal across
the h~icaracuan lsthmus, in which France has
30 little Interest," Aud this without The aid Of
a dollar from the French treasurv for Il is well
known thar the Tedoubtabie Belly has left
France n q lowering rage with Napoleon,
whose government would not aid hin IN his
pneiset
The relations Of England, tor. with the Cen
ual AnerlcaR governments are The subject Of
daily sPecuisdoh- Oar penetrating and saga
cious pa~ragr8phists give our Government credit
Tor knowing lutie about them This nav be
true bat Cur GoFeTnmgut is officially assured
that Englandi b not pursuing a tortuous or dis
hoaest policy IN thar region. True, the Mica
Raglan g-oFcrnment has behaved very badly To-
ward this country; but IL mus Be reoollected
thaf D. is in a very u~nenighiened condition,
AID its legislators, who conirol treaties, are
hard 10 manage. The British government pro-
Tess fairness, and ours is not az liberty t0d0ubt
1eir hen0r. n is understood that Of both The
treaties they mediate with the government Of
Nicaragua-one for the regulation Of the tran
81 route and Of comuerciai intercourse, and
ue other for the abandonment Of the Mosquito
prnteetorate-the general principles have been
identified 20 The GoFernment Of the United
Sales, and approved BY it
New York Dry Goods Market.
Toe ~imPotatians have been large dsrinE the
week, and have been mostly sold On arrival, the
demand being active for an dsscnpfo ns of
English as wei az French flbnes. Tn goods
tH public store are unusually HmiteF. The
supply. though large. IS suH not above fbe
wants Tor immediate Consumption, and u-ieeg
arr consequently vel sustained In rs.srsl
There b a scarcity Of French goods, es1ec.sIv
Of grenadines, bareges, ETC., which are h mirf
dcnand. Ribbons are dull, with a lar-e sun-
ply. British prints sell readily. French sum
nfr shaWls ae much wanted. Eerenapun-
Usually large supply Of foreign s~slaines his
year, which cone into active coupefton wTfh
those q home production, but nevertheless