Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1859-05-04
The Cayton.Dulver Trenty"-TOll'gato' on
the Is'hmu3,

the Is'hmnA
Diplomacy r. Il Grand science, IL requires
|ny'-hrr NATURAL rluarity nor acquired an1W'eiso
I'm r'o~o who pro'rss H. IL needs not clear per-
.rart'uu ora patriotic caro- Of national interests.
IT, rrrat agencies are dinners and ftrict amer
cnrn to fashionable routine. It's chie' 'h,P''"'
tio1 f. slarr, and tho clnrony oi the great
ir f. On those lns' temptations That the nn,'
Republican fimpictv ofour diplomacy has yield
I'D. ristn tho urharpv anxiety Of our Pnlit'-
cinrs On acquire tho arnr,va Of Foreign courts
that the rollan principles Of primrval rns'hE
hara hran sar'r,od. We hear of the sources ana
cluirag, NJ American minister's abroad ana 'heir
speeches nre rau'otc with nltNri's OF tho govern
mont On w,irh thew are accredited,
We have. r. IS true. ono Oiosencs, ami 80 nom
or him 'hlt he rrosn-v's, in uns'phlN,'r1''l Sln'
p'icit' s0mn,or th' rlaincr lcc"IioEn', o' E'S
own rnnulr We ALWAYS admired FrAhElh l'r
onno1ring IN the court Of Louis IN the garp o'
prnnsyvanl. -,
rprrro rns shown the wisdom Of .Esop. She
los STONED tho hosts of oh'oqny, and rourei
tho yarm beam, or nnttorv upon our court ana
its firinm, 'is's S!la has Coutrlvni n in1'n'",e
onri mon vi anch an admiration o' IN" tho great
mud girtcl-wirh such m appetite lnT the decor
ations md rewards Of the tit'od Of her conn'
tries. thnt thov conform with Olacrit', in any
suggestions hv which American policy eau be
made to conform tn Eurorcan designs
Mr. Monroe cn0unccd nonosi'ion src'hu
and essential to the non-intorv'ntinn OF NnshinS'
ton And how has IL hrrn responded 10
I We were tnrght to avoid 'onmuglng alliances
in Euvorpnn nlr!irs: wa hnge invited European
alliances in American niilirs We were warned
to exclude Europsan settlements from our conti-
ncnt. We have encouraged the establishment OF
/ European Interests within the very cHrtiIage O!
the American rcrulic
The CLAYTON Bulwrr treaty was concession
that the United States could not keep the peace
in irs own Caribbean sea. 1t was Il blind sub
seryionco to the insiduous pcrsGa9ions OF Euro
pear dipomlcv.
r,o American reoplo are beginning to feel the
/ f, ,tnl effects nr this treaty They Nrr beginning
to see what it VS. intended for. Shall we storte
them nv announcing to what their goTernment
has consigned them
/ The United States has founded an empire up.
on the Pacific. Between these two systems OF
StnteF thu intercourse is conducted tl+'n&N
fo,aien ocean mud ncross narrow strip ol terri
! tory inhnhtad hg mongrcl tribes. lhc values
Transmitted Annually between California ana
! New York equal fortv."@Et millions Of Goid'
many millions Of merchandise, with movement
of unrhars thirty thousand people.
Irrr,iy,,.. the importance to the United States
Of = rren transit, the courts of Europe invested
II lille crdmqagnc and barney in procuring nom
Snrrp+o,.v CLAYTON and his compccrs an equal
r,aht of cootrnl over this pathway from State 70
Sta,a Not satisfied with this. both nations
eorcod ia guarantee to tho tribes which dwell
uron thcs, pathways right to tux the inter
cons So ba,yean tho States OF the Union
Yes. the States Of Nicaragua and New "enG-
da impose uron the mails, the people, the g,,''
the ,oTc c'andise missing hntwee9 the state o' "a,
liIorf,io ana the Stata OF New York an annual
tov. and ENGLAND, France, and the United States
,yo tcb tI,a fronsits to see that the taxes are
mother evadrd or refused. For what do those
who use fhesn tr0usits mv Ostenslby loF the
right of the free way within the 'mimons pass
ed through BUTT appears the government over
this dominiou is incompetent to guarantee l'S
concession. Orwlat value. then, is tins grant
and how far Is a nation worthy Of being ree"g-
nizcd which cannot preserve the peace OF itS own
hghwnyf
iofinr. Americana going from State to STATE,
are stonnod at the toll-bar Of Nicaragua and Ia"
mama. They pay tribute to q copper rolored
colIrct,r. clad in a straw hat and strip OF 60
tom. AT his side is n British and French oilcer
in uniform and within hall an American COM
,nonder who. for dinner invitation on hoard
roval nlg-ship, will enforce the orders oil his sn-
periors
! VIII any ono tell MS how many mouths 1t mas
hccn since the government made such l'trnue "i
oh,IisLinU the Sound dues of Denmark vi
,ybnt dil thev consist The Danish Sound dues
,vor, rrarantrd hv the Com ress of Vienna, The
amount paid hy the United States in lS43 wa;
c&l 5lG a. Our government demonstrated
AGAINST these tolls, and we herv" Cnngress APP
nrorriatcd q sum of money ($5JO,OOo) to COM
hound for their abolition.
/ WHY. them did our government become n par
ty to nno her guarantee at home! " ny plnd IT.
self to maintain monopoly OF taxation over ,he
intcrcour5e between the States OF the Union -
And why invite the intervention OF European
rnvers to aid in il complying with its own con-
!roc+s1 The oOyernmcnt Of New GRANADA re
r,iynI last wear. according to the report OF the
Panama c C,inranv ten thousand dollars Tor tue
,,ns.ooa nr thc United States mail through ITS
territory. and about the same sum for the pas"
are Of pe9ple going from one State Of the UHion
IN anoFbor " That it costs the federal govern
meut to enforce this tax by ships ana dipioni"' !
lists, we have no means Of asccrtanlng'
Now. supnose the English capi ailsts own or
shall own, the Panama route, and trenchmrn
Construct the way across Nicaragua, and Sardi /
nj, shaIl purchase Tahuantepcc from Mexico; the
1iplomncy Of the United States will have lrst
surrendered fha keys Of the P4cint. and then
bnnnl herself to see tLa5 this 'head tax upon !
Lor reorIe shall aIwavs he paid to the savage
tribes who iuhaht the lSthmus! what "oula
Washington have said tn such an aiilahce WIN
Euroreans, or what Monroe to an invitation 10
Europeans to act Up a toil-g'te upon .lhs CONT
ne,,t and an offer Of an American policy to en-
lolce its COLLECTION !-Sfates.
A Erw Bill N TiG rs.--t wag haS made n,p |
summary OF what he calls the "ln?i;'nahi9
Rights of Amcritars,' and which Hre not emu
roaTa ted in the Declaration of Independence
There is vein Of poignant sarcasm running
throuChi it:
10 know ony trade or business withoutappren-
ticeslIp or experience.
10 MARY without rcgrd to !orJnne' tta'e "'
health. ,6stion, OF opionion OF parents or friends.
TO have wife and cllirend dependent on the
coptirrar,,s Of business. and, in case OF sudden
dsat',. leave them wholly unpr5vided foT.
To nut mon hirelny strangers the literary