Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-01-24
TIL NICARAGUA CANAL.
From The Odessa Democrat.

From the Odessa Democrat
The treaty negotiated by Secretary
with the government of
Nicaragua, relative to the constr truction
of q canal from Greytown, on the At
lantic, TO Brito Harbor, on the Pacific,
Is now fairly before the Z. 5. senate
for consideration.
The irrepressible demagoguc, Con-
ger, of Michigan, a strong advocate OF
the Eads ship railway, did what he
could to have the senate consider the
treaty with open doors, to give the
Eads lobby a chance to exercise their |
peculiar tactics, but failed in the at |
tempt.
We have read with care the manifes-
to of Congressman Burns, arraignins |
Secretary Frelinghuysen and the syn
dictate that got the right from the gov
ernmeht of Nicaragua, to construct the |
canal, or who. as Mr.. Burns, with
great force and emphasis, puts it,
"Having placed themselves, as they
had finally hoped, across the pathway
Of their gOvernment-an exalted con
nection which gave them the OppOrtu-
nifty to secure the cOncession-they
have waited in insolent and audacious
neglect of their obligations to Nicara
qua, as imaginary obstructionists to-
the progress Of our national and inter-
national commerce for the door of the
national treasury to be thrown open to
them"
Mr.. Burns also says that it would be
a violation Of the Clayton-Bulwer trea-
ty, made some "a years ag,; that we
should abrOgate that treaty in more
formal way, etc., etc.
The country is certainly Indebted to
Mr.. Burns for the eloquent and scath-
ing expose he has made of the methods
of Freinghuvsen, and the $,4OO. 900
Job of the syndicate who "have waited
in insolcnt and audacious neglect of
their obligations to Nicaragua" and
'.as imaginary obStructionists to the
progress of our national and inter-na
tiomal commerce"
These Obstructionists and their meth
ods having been swept out of the way
by tho timely expose of Representative
Burns, and there being a legal way to
abrogate the Clayton Bu wer treaty,
let the senate give the matter that de-
liberate consideration that its impor-
tance demands.
| 1t is cnmtended by some writers that
Great Britain by appropriating and es-
| tablishing a naval station at Balize, on
: the Musquilo coast has already abro-
gated the treaty. Others say that q
formal notice Oh the part of the United
States to the English government
would be sufficient. Be all this as il
may, let our government first deter
mine, in view of the vast in
terests to this country that are inyplv
ed, the practicability of canal, rail-
way, or both, OH the proposed route.
So far as the consent of England is
concerned, we regard that as not to be
considered if it suits our purposes to
carry out the enterprise. England said
nothing in opposition to the project ot
DeLesseps at Panama. She did moi
scrupie to buy the Suez canal on Egyp-
tian soil. England is a land pirale
boasting that the sun never goes down
on her possessions, SO vast are they
ana why should we care for what she
says? as she will certainly do nothing
Egypt, India, and Ireland, and hel
African POSSESSIONS, to say nothing O
Canada, are about as much as she
cares to manage just now. We could
annex Canada tomorrow if Canad,
desired it, and she would do nothins
but grOwl. There is not a government
i'll Europe that wants war with th'
United States. One short crop and tn,
granaries of the United States closet
to the Starving millions would wrecl
almost every dynasty, either directl,
OF remotely involved in the struggle.
If the English parliament sat il
Washington to-day, how long wou't
that body be in seizing upon the op
porturity in securing a foothold il
. Nicaragua! or if Bismarck had the cas-,
! opportunity offered him to aggrandiZ
the German empire, would he be slow
. to grasp the opportunity? Wha
would Alexander of Russia do if thu
road to Central and South American
the autOcrat of the United States in
stead of "all the Russias?'
France has already shown what sh
is capable of doing by being industri
ously at work in digging canal acros
the narrowest strip of land on the con
, tinent, and if we wait until the job i
, completed before we commence doin
anything to checkmate her, it will cos
l thousands OF dollars to where IL wi
cnly cost hundreds now tc regain
, what We vii have lost by nhccessa
, ry delay.
Many of Cur people remember n
4 denunciat Ons of President Folks ad
ministratiOn, because he annexed Tex
n as to the Union and went to war wit
. Mexico about it, which finally resulte
n in adding Texas, New Mexico, Ari
|, zona, California, Nevada, Utah all
: Colorado to our possessions.
I Are there amy complaining abou
/ Polk's policy in that enterprise at thi
e time? Few, if any, we supposc-no
t body but cranks, at all events.
: Ii there are jobs in the enterpris,
!, stamp them out. Ii the treaty wit
\ Nicaragua is not what it should be I
e protect the interests of the Unite
e States, amend the treaty until justic
r shall be done both parties to the col
tract.
II What we want, and what the Ame
Y lean people need, is the adoption
Y measures necessary to insure. for a
IS time, controlling interest in the a
IS fairs OF tie western hemisphere.
G The five great powers of Europe te
It day, arc either seeking to strcngthe
}. the hold they have on their foreign pc
}. sessions, or grasping at territory
Il Asia and Africa. One of them-Ens
:, land-lIas vast possessions 10 the norl
i of US, and France is seeking to estal
y E>h tOothold to the south of IL
re While we are debating about "enlans
e ling alliances" and few millions
outlay. the trade of an empire is slil
y ping from our grasp. and the road
: the political domination of the suuti
d era half of this hemisphere will |
: blocked, SO far as we are concerned.
a CHINESE EXULUSIVENESS.
Il From the St. Louis Republican,
|, y large meeting, composed OF repr
:, seutltiVes of IRON tin plate and Oth,