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^ operate in the wreservation of order amongst " t&emijelves . " The ^ HaxiI regime has been Sttoe ^ ge ^ cl , -td Ctfiibstifcute the ISbtoavEiroB regiflie . ; and"ihat' a&iiQvaidixigjp ieee of iinpru'aeiice i 9 ^ mmitted juk a fortnig ht before ^ fre whole of the immense population of Tfchis niStr ' 9 pdlis is incited * o come out into the open " streets ati'd . parade the . great town for Jmajjy hours during the night . Good God ! what are our responsible Ministers at ?
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. A ; NBW QUESTION WITH THE UNITED STATES . -iff . anything could „ justify ihe proposal of ^ Mr . Qoia ? MAir , to . repeal the . JSTeutrality Act of the tTnited States , it would be the one-- sided -neutrality which our Government is observing in Central America . The official correspondence which has just been published between our Porejgn-office and the agent of Costa Rica , will create a very unpleasant feeling in this country , but how much , more unpleasant in the United States !
Everybody knows that " WaIjIEBB , the General . bf ^ the forces of Nicaragua , is an adventurer of an'ofder exactly resembling that . of' General Houston , who is now , put forward as one of ^ the candidates , for the presidency of the United States . "Mr . Wasoe isa maa . of education , -who beUeves tnat the Central American states wx » ul& ~ be better if theyTirere to act morein ^ Musmony with the politics * . of the great . Anglo-Saxon republic . He has raased ^ fforce , -and is acting in conjunction he
with a ^ party in the State of JNicar ^ gua ; is in ' Inet-the generalissimo of one of the many cpntendingfactions'in . that district of Central A ^ mjericaT ^ Hisprxjceediijganiay . be " lawless' '; bufcitisthe-height of faJsity . And of folly to give 1 Him a ' iharacter "different from that which he realty . . possesses . It is natural that he . stioulVLdraw recruits for His force from- the "United States ;; but the Government of that Tepublic " has effectually stopped supplies both of raen and arms . It has on two occasions
arrested bodies of men who were setting forthItojjoin the ~ army of WALKED . How does our » Government act ? It is asked ~ hy Mx . WAiLBasTEEBr , the agent for Costa Jftiea , , one of the States of = Central America ,, for ., a loan of . muskets . Xord CiiAbenjqon . replied" by offering a lot of . muskets , 2000 / in-number , at 23 s ., or a superior article at 56 s . 8 d . This offer was made on the 9 th of February . What . were the motives which induced 0 CiOrdCi < AJaENi > oir thus i to enter into
competition t ' with I Birmingham , ? "Why was HSx . "Vyfc T . T . Ti ^ anBTCTTTj who tad the money of XJosta ^ Ri «» \ to gpand ,, not . referred to that natural , dep 6 t for firearms' ? Perhaps ! it was considered -that tihe republic would . require thorn on credit , ; '"but ° fair . security would have enabled , the , agent to obtain credit in iBirmipg-tuun ,, aa vwell aa ' in Whitehall ; and we . do not understand why the British taxrpayer
should . be called < upo . u to , pay for credit to our allies of . CostaUica in competition with Birfifl ipprliflyp . Ikis important to notice that this offer of IiOrd Cjjabeitdon ' s was , made , before the detaxation vof war 'between Costa * Bica and Nicaragua , and Mr ^ WAXtiaaaTEiN makes a very curious . report upon the < subject . Wa : l-XBBsqjjsiN isv a ' sharp fellow , and ! he considers that he knew'how to move the British
Go-• rernment . , * VTChm I -waa ; telling Xord Clarendon tbat Costa IRloa Juttoft ^ y hifl . an anny of eight . hundred men on the * ftofatl& 6 f Nicaragua'too -was -mufeh pleased , and-safd , 1 ThMtw ** artigbt < tt « i > , ' j « nd . il i ana persuaded i that ray < jhft ^» , i »> d ^ ka ^^ Wiiwrtiion is one of the reasons for . giving » atfae ^ ualBetfL Jibe . questions pending between . this < xmhtryjand the XJalte ^ d . ^ tatea are very complicated , > lmt there- ^ ml ^ be-notrar / for t thia reason , that- the gent tl—iwrlntho' great B « uMbll 6 dbeervei that , although the 3 B * IMljtmmtim » totoi& J > a $ & on the enlject , . 4 h « y * Wdi » Uiiiw < ll »>|» ti > fM > alittoo , Yankeoa very seriously
forthe least hunlt to the national Jhononr . To the . eyed df the whole world—of this country in particular—a war- between the two-nations would be one of the " worst at evils ; 'but ? to Central America the case would be very difierent , as Walker and his associates would-soon be kicked out-of Nicaragua . " ! So here is the agent of Central America endeavouring to set England and Americaby the ears , confessedly against the opinion of this cou / itry ,. for the advantage of his own paltry little republic ; and he succeeds by the cooperation of the British Minister !
The same mail that brings us this interesting correspondence , also brings the report of a frightful massacre inflicted by the natives of Panama on passengers who were on their way from the United States to California . The dispute appeared to originate in an accident : an intoxicated passenger was buying a water-melon from a native , but chaffered over the price ; the native ,
being much exasperated , drew a knife ; the passenger fired and wounded the man ; the natives mustered in strong forces , fell upon ! the passengers , killed twenty , wounded thirty or forty more , ransacked the offices of the ' Panama Ifcailway Company and those of the Pacific Mail ^ Steamship Company . Now who were the j persons thus attacked ? They were m . e& of vthe United . States : the officers
and : men of tfae railway . and the steamship station were citizens- © f the Union , who had no other ; duties in that , place- than , to safeguard ; the property of - Americans . The natives of Panama , therefore , have committed-a gross assault upon Americans . There are some circumstances which give to this outrage the-appearance of premeditation . The natives seem to have been rprepared - for the attack , by the facility with outbreak
which they mustered on the first . ^ Tow England , and -America are united under treaty in defending the neutrality of the whole of this district . The American Government has been very much embarrassed by the conduct of Wamceb and other-adventurers ; but it has abided by its treaties , it has enforced the general ; purpose of its Neutrality Act , and it has done all . that lay in its power to defend : the , property of the transit . It is in the face of circumstances like these
that we = find , the British Government lending ammunition to one of the parties that-are contending-for local supremacy , before the declaration of war , though not before the Costa Ricans were preparing for a war upon Waxkjeb , in the course of which they thus make a brutal assault upon unoffending Americans . Of course ; our Government will say that it is no . more 'answerable for the acts of the Costa Bican . ruffians , than it was for the acts of Hjbj&z and Sirobbi , ; but why b © . mixed . up with such matters at ; all ?
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THE MARQUIS OF DALHOUSIE . On i the 19 th-of , January , 184 , 8 , the Earl of DuAjchoubie arrived at Calcutta , and assumed the reins of government . Although the youngest : Governor-General to * whom the welfare : of India , has ever . been entrusted , he had already established a . hjigh reputation for administrative capacity . He found the country in estate x > f . apnarent tranquillity , which , in reality , was nothing .. more than the exhaustion conaefluent on severe and protracted
struggles . It was no new . thing for a ( British soldiery to contend for victory , but of late they had fought for tlioir veify existence . The destruction . of . the military power of the Mahrattas , tho subjugation of Scinde , and the establishment of the river Indus as the lino of demarcation between tho British iand tho Sikhs , appeared at last to have secured for the Government . leisure -to undertake the more : profitable labours of ; peace . Such a respite had become almost indispensable . The constant hostilities in which it had so long
been engaged by the -ambition , of its neigh-¦ bourse or by th © policy df the > Iinpenal Gor « rn > -ment- ^ neyer by / its * own . ^ apoii&tneous ^ aetion —had Seriously 'impabred ' its -finajiees , and withdrawn its attention from -internal . improvements . But peace had ^ rewarded- their past sacrifices , and a military ' Governor-General bad pronounced all further wars -totbe impossible . 'Belying on . such high- authority the army had been reducedby 50 , 000 men . Everything promised a tranquil career to tho newly arrived viceroy . These dreams wereffllusrve . ( O flicers of the
British Government were murderously assaulted at -HkTopltan , thelbanner of rebellion was unfurled by Moolraj , andLahoreinvested , while the Sikh soldiery avowed their intention to march upon Calcutta and expel the Feringhi from Hinoostan . : In those days there was no electric telegraph . ' Lord DaIiHOUSie , therefore , proceeded at once tc the scene of action , ordering up reinforcements of men and supplies of warlike materiel with an energy and foresight rarely exhibited in the East . The crowning victory of Gujerat
opened the Sikh territory to the British army . The In : dus' was crossed , and'the military kingdom so long swayed by Bunjeet Singh ceased to exist . ^ " Without waiting for authority - from ^ home , IJord DALHousrB adopted the ; bold - initiative of annexing the Punjab . > It was not . a . measure to be effected by & , proclamation . -There . was . « nuch work to be 1 done , and it was doxfe rapidly and well . The Sikhs were not m , aaationality , not a people , in the -European sense of the term . They rather-resembled -some of the-old relithe
gious ordeirs of knjghts . They were followers of a fanatic , had certain initiatory rites , -and preached religion . by the sword . Their numbers were recruited by daring adventurers rather than ! by the slow process of generation . . Perpetually at discord among themselves , save when united ; for the purpose of plundering -a neighbour , they were dreaded in their strength by adjacent : Powers , and unpitied' in their fall . Lord J > ai < hotjsie applied to tiiemithe only law-they-themselves had ever recognised—the < law of ¦ conquest . In an incredibly short space of time the population was disarmed , the country meted
out into districts for financial and Judicial purposes , roads and canals were constructed , steam-vessels launched on the Indus , gang robberies suppressed , and a greater degree of personal security established than even in the old . province of-Bengal . The Government , in the ' first instance , was entrusted to a Board , whioh was . afterwards replaced by a Chief Commissioner responsible to the Governor-GeneraL < alone ^ and assisted by . Commissioners of Justice and finance . The Sikh soldiers , having acquitted themselves so gallantly as foes , were invited , to becomeithe comrades ot theirtlateiconquerors . Theyreadilyresponded
to the tappeal . -flame were . enrolled into entire regiments , inferior to none in the service ; otters were drafted : into the different native regiments ; < and others again formed into irregular corps of horse and foot , to serve as an armed police . The . result may be briefly summed up in a happy and prosperous people , and a surplus revenue , lor tins great > achievement Lord Daljiousik was
justly , rewarded by a step / in the peerage . While tho work of . regeneration m the Punjab was . in progress , a war with BurmaH became imminent . Grievous outragoa iiau been inflicted on British subjects by tho governor of Rangoon . Apology and mdcinmcy were alike . refused . There : remained * no alternative but such a . chastisement aa s » ° ^ ileter the BurmoBO for tho future from snnuar
violations" of international law . There . was also another motive for tho adoption oi prompt and vigorous measures : an America * .
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Leader (1850-1860), May 17, 1856, page 470, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2141/page/14/
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