Morning journal and courier., 1880-07-08

ufacturers, so much so indeed that agents from England are being sent out to the West Indies to try and regain their lost mar
 ket. The Haytians are predisposed in favor
 of American goods. Four years ago Ameri- can goods were unknown on the island. The
 provisions consumed are from the United
 States.
 The Nfcaraguan nCanaI-Concessions Ob-
 tained-The Necessity for General Neu-
 traity.
 WASHINGTON, July 7.-Adniral Ammen and Chief Engineer Menocal called on the President this afternoon and had very pleas ant and extended interview on the subject of the Nicaraguan canal Menocal briefly stated his recent experience in Nicaragua, the points of concession obtained and the enthusiasm felt by the people of Central America in favor of the canal The President expressed him self pleased with the statement made by Men ocal, and reiterated his expressions of inter est in the success of the project, stating that he was prepared to do all in his power to as- sist the project along.
 Many friends of the Nicaraguan canal the concession obtained by Mir Menocal in which mention is made of the Clayton -Bulwer treaty. prominent gentleman of this city, himself 8 great friend and promoter of the canal, has prepared views on the subject, which have been submitted to and approved by one of the most prominent gentlemen connected with the judiciary of our country. He says: 'STo my mind there would be great advantage to us in guaranty of neutrality 4bo, z o11, %ba ipfa CTS to do so passively by denying the use of their ports to those who should wish to pos sess themselves of the transit or to impede it, or to control the immediate vicinity of the approaches. The area of neutrality, I would suppose, should extend at sea over a radius of one hundred miles from the prin- cipal lighthouses at the terminus of the canal. The fact that the neutrality might be broken in the event of hostiities would not destroy it's general usefulness fail to impose on the powers breaking it, not only the onus, but the positive disadvantage of debarment from the ports of many inferior powers, and this debarment might extend to commercial non intercourse, which should take effect as to them only after vessels actually in transit at the time of the proclamation should have ar rived at their destination unloaded and load ed with the right to remain until the adjust
 
 sertion on our part that we will control the isthmus without invitation to other powers that they should aid to protect their interests, in OUT deplorable lack of any force for the purpose, may we'll excite expressions of ridi- cule and would lead to whatever combina- ton might be possible to our disadvantage, It would be regarded by the people of other nations as a pretension on part to suppose that we are the only people who have very considerable ma terial interest in the opening of an American interoceanic ship canal, and 1t is as much duty on the part of other powers to secure and protect their interests it is our duty to protect those which exclusively belong to us. Although they may be of double nature or preponderating importance as compared with any other, one nation we cannot say to a foreign country you shall or shall not construct canal, nor if you make a canal we will limit your rates of transit to an amount per ton or to such per cent. of dividend on your invest ment. Happily these complications have been avoided and there only remain such as are controllable, such as promoting the prompt and economical construction of the work, and of controlling if needs be the man. agement of the construction, so the canal shall be really commercial benefit as well as to the benefit of the stockholders. Had our Congress given notice to Great Britain of the abrogation of the Clayton-Bul- wer treaty, or rather directed the Executive to do so, I quite assured the Nicaraguans would not have given any con- cession to our countrymen, but instead to M. Blanchet, the Frenchman who was there to ask 1t. With this concession in the hands of our citizens it seems to me the duty of the Government to secure it's coasting trade against unreasoning and covetous monop oly, as all companies, however composed, have a tendency to become"