The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-06-07

II aas nsing 20 The iari that fucEian wRs
nog considered - 4 neural Power. boa a.
= pan Of MrKico. a. fsr as The inlF0,ac-
lion uf arms VS. Cnncerned. and srms
Mere 10 rnnseqErEre made ennlrshand;
and. therefore. ihry uere prevented from
being iniEDdurei ID our act. and net BY
thai Of lie Brush Government or rs y
gent or people II llse Belize. 0neofIhs
membcEs Of lisr committee goGs hide
fuE her. aHd says lllaI The settlement 20
Belize have seni arms and military force
along lie coast az Yuralan, without stat
ing any parti.ularS. DO moi 6nl any ey-
iIence Of llai l 10 nOl know whelher
il is fact 90 not: bni. if il be fact. q
still remains 10 be shown whether That
was intended 10 relieve the people Of W.
ealsn. or for The purpose Of seizing and
occupying the ierTilory. The chairman
Of thai committee took higher ground. and.
without assigning his proof. ssid boldly
and distinctly ihat England mediialed oc-
equation of The country, and that we ought
10 pass this measure in order In prevent
il. But The Presidem himself does not
pm, il upon this ground. lie does mi
make This charge. lie says, five do not
grant aid England may; and that, after
granting il. she nIay--lhere is no stronger
expression used-may ultimately asset
her dominion and sn' ereigniy over Yuca-
tan. This is the ntmost charge made by
the President. Now. the question arises,
suppose This contingency should happen,
would il bring The case within The hecla-
ration jus, quoted. Not Of all. England
does mol inierpOse as q hostile Power.
She docs not come 10 Cypress fucatsn-
She comes al the request Of Yuralan, and
!, only 10 aid, 10 rescue the people of Yucca
tan from exierminaiion and expulsion BY
the Indians, according TO the statement OF
The President himself. Again, suppose
England should assert her sovereignty,
would that h.ing the case within the de-
, clarationl Not al all /; Tor the declaration
! is directed against inierposilions TO change
, the Government and Cypress The country.
But, in this case. the tender of sovereign
/. " is voluntarily made on The part Of Yu.
|. caian. The acceptance Of il may be OBJ
|. jecied 10, and il may be conleuded That
4 we ought moi 10 allow il. waive that
subject for The present. assert. howe
yer. wihou, possibility Of contradiction.
. that the case even then does not come
! within tie declaration. The President
himself gives strong indications tina, in
!. his opinion il does not; for, although he
: refers 20 This deciaraiion in the body of
the message, he does not say word in
regard 70 II when he comes 10 make his
|, recommendation. In that he calls upon
!. Congress 10 prevent Yucatan from becom-
/ ing colony Of some foreign Power. That
: shows on which Of the three declarations
!, he rests his recommendation. II is upon
! the third and last, which refers to an en-
, iirely different subject. Fiat declaration
r Is, that The continents of America, by the
! free and independent condition which they
: have assumed and maintained, are not
!. hencefnrth to be considered as subjects of
;, colonization by any European power. Il
/, is upon this The President bases his re-
commentator. Is the case of Yucaian,
) then, confprehendcJ in this declaration!
:. expect 10 show that il is not, with just
- a. much certainty as il has been estab-
- lished that il does not come within the
. two former, ...-
10 The word COLONIZATION" has specific
n meaning. Emeans the establishment OF
;. settlement by emigranis from the parent
!. country in a territory either uninhabiled
v or from which the inhabitants have been
n partially or wholly expelled. This is not
e. case Of that character. But here it may
r. be proper, in order 10 understand the force
i. Of my argument, to 60 into history also
= OF this declaration Of Mr.. Monroe. ltgrew
70 out Of circumstances altogether different
i. from the other two. At that time there
!. was question between Great Britain and
the United States on one side and Russia
\ on The other. All three claimed settle
=. ments on the northwest portion Of this
: continent. Great Britain and ourselves
!, having common interest in keeping Rus-
: STA as far north as possible. The Former
!. Power applied to The United States for CO.
!, operation; aud il was in reference to that
!. !. matter that this additional declaration was
!, made. II was said 10 be proper oppor.
tuni,y 10 make it. Il had reference spe.
cially "a the subject Of The northwestern
!, settlement, and other portions Of the con
" iinent were thrown in. because all ths
:, i res, Of il. with The exception of some sci
$ dement's in Surinam. Maracaiho. ant
:. ihereabout, had passed into Independent
hands.
,e Now. haviag stated The history OF hes
:. transactions, | contend thatthe word . co
N lonization" does not apply 10 the case @
re surrendered sovereignty over a people al
l. ready there--a people who have tendere'
ID II, and, il accepted, freely accepted on ID
- other side. Is that /" colonizalionf' Ca
err it be construed 70 be so by any forced in
rs terpreta,ionl No! BY accepting II "