New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-02-06
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xSTxxsMAN PRIVILEGES FOR THE
JJNFVEID STATES.
MONDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY ., 1850.


n naAttar Of great Importance will come M fol
ne consideration d tile present Congress, beint
the ratification Of conditional contract made b,
tAe May Department with the Chiriqui Improve
ment Company and Ambrose w. Thompson, il
May asts fir te purpose Of securing % The Unites
states some very valuable privileges in the provinet
II slsgiiaiqU. NIL and Tho ratification Of this con
act urged ID the recent report Of tic Secretary "
tlle Navy now before us, ara outline of The cen
aitions eE TIE contract Ii submitted III The same
doceulans, INSTRUMENTATION Of the contract VII
gfva ths United States vertabe foothold n CeIT
tral America, II defiance Of Clayton and bn'Wef'
and as eligible Que as would be aiieTaed py 'le
possession of Nicaragua,
By reference 10 tse map il will No seen tlat fhe
province Of Ghiriqui extends across uenfss q
iea ana HI the next division soath Of COSTA Mcss.
gs,a assts,,s MIMI a,eean III ocean niay Pc estimated
al befu sen fiiYy and sixty miles, OF but little more
fssa,s ss I'LL ps,s8 az the Darien Isthmas.
N sr ,fonossi1 q be secured under the con
s,sT3 Fas Il fjsrsIt IL way over the roadway for
,es'i5y arant u leIi 81 Ambrose W. Thompson,
4 Soi liz Caribbean Sea to the Pacific Ocean, free
fl, III tSlis III taxcs icr ill the property and EN-
i uIoy6s ii the United States Government, IN
cl9dins mills munitions, stores, troops, sailors,
1spds,aen, etc, fol tile period Of sixty years;
sxtstt III dill United States Of FIVE thousand acres
Il lani 81 each side 81 the lsthnus for depots and
stations Inr naval purposes with the privilege Of
ny bors, and right u AL the coal which may
III so,,ai near the harbor points that may be re-
asssy III NAVAL purposes, AMI = right TO the coal
szh;rl. SAY be fonna in any part Of the province
atlaf ysahnt IF taxation a one ding per ton
ahe sssrbsrs which tho coast Of Chiriqni affords
ars, sis passed In mo world, being the lagoon Of
chifis.s Oh tie Eastern coast and the bay Of Col
6ts III 6ae Western: As consideration for these
siglts e united States II 10 pay The sum q three
hazslgsd thousand dollars and i this is not cheap
HUI sHeF valuable ind peaesably obtained priv
Heres sre asa an exaggerated idea Of their worth
and I. low appreciation If The value q money.
By this process win quietly be secured one Of
tae most apparent and much strived for a The
deaideratulas Of American empire TO wit clear
right and ttIc- q long lease title which cannot
hat berofsac fee simple title long before the ex-
piratEeu Of tho sixty years to valuable frnaslt
route between East and West United States, and to
territorial possession Of sufficient portion of the
chores uf two magnificent harbers. we can have
and held, fortify and equip, these important naval
sfaascns, which will be the essential radiating
points 0f our power and influence IN the Carib-
bsan and Pacific and the Central american re-
aions. they Win prove The germ of orr empire
a those countries, from which Americanizing in
sanenees wil spread, and III half ascore Of years,
probably, al Chiriqui viii be q bonaiide posses
ion, AHA the distracted Central American States
VII BE seeking alliance and protection, if not
cIasnorsng pr te annexation which viii eventually
INV piatT A North American province in the
heart bf Central America will be the nucleus Of
! new galass 81 States which will cluster around
ii. Ne spirit u prophecy is necessary to this pre-
Jictiotl II scts forth All essential consequence, to
cir mind.