The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-11-16

is their duty to acquiesce in the proceed
ing!!!
The Union is for carrying out Mr.
SeUIER'S assurances to the State of Mica
ragua, although, as it alleges, they were
made without instructions from Mr.. CLAY
| TON.
Mr.. BUCHANAN, however, considered
precisely similar assurances by Mr.. Pom
sETT, in 1925, to the Mexican govern,
ment-although warranted, in Mr.. BIS
opinion, by his instructions-to be o.
so alarming a character and SO fraught
with mischief TO this country, if car
rled out by US, that he deemed the in
terposition of the House of Represents
tlves necessary, and for that purpose In
troduced the resolution we have already
given, and which was adopted accordingly.
We quote again from Mr.. BUCHANAN's
speech in the House of Representatives
" From the date of the message of MIR. MONROE
said MIR. b., until the present ~. @. ApAMssl ad,
ministraton came into power, we have never
heard that any attempt was made TO convert il
into pledge to any of the Southern republics
No sooner had the present Secretary [Mr. CLAy]
taken possession of the chair of State than our poll
cy was changed. In his instructions, which bear
date the 25th of March, 1925 and which were
| never communicated either to the Senate or tc
this House until the 30th of March, he [Mr. POM.
sETTl was directed to impress the principles o.
Mr.. MoSIoE's message upon the government o.
the United Mexican States. He was also instruct
ed TO urge upon that government the utility anc
expediency of asserting the principles on al
proper occasions. Was not this direct depar
ture from the course which the former admins
tration [Mr. MoNRoE'sl had pursued? Are MOI
these instructions substantially to this effect
We ,ciSh TO enter intoa treaty Of commerce NTH you
We hare determined that European polcer shall
interfere bettceen any Of The Southern republics ana
Spain an their trn for independence; shall tel
attempt 10 coionise any part Of this continent;
therefore, urge you TO act IN concert cih as in assert
ing the same principles The truth is the Secretary
IMr. CLAYl evidently considered it 1.-THE Monroe
decarationl as pledge, and sent it forth suci
to foreign nations.'' y
SIN my opinion, continued Mr.. BUCHANAN, tho
friends of the administration this floor ought tC
be most anxious that these amendments SHOULD
prevail. They would be the best justification o
the President at Panama. He could then say
with propriety that, whatever might have beer
his own inclination in relation to this pledge, tn,
House of Representatives had declared ii should
| nerer haze their sanction
This extract places the exact similarity
of the cases of Mr.. PoINsETT and Mr.
SaUIER in a still more striking point OF
view. That Mr.. PoINsETT did nothing
more, in substance, than the Union says
Mr.. SQUIER has done, is clear and incon-
testable. In note to Mr.. VAN BUREN's
celebrated speech, in the Senate, on the
Panama mission, he says:
'.No one supposed that Mr.. PorNsETT had been
| specially instructed to make renew any pledge
on this subject, or that he had done so. He was
instructed to impress the principles of the mes
sage of Mr.. MONROE, i'll 1929 upon the govern.
ment of the united Mexican States and he has
done it in manner satisfactory TO our Govern
ment"
The only difference between the cases
of Mr.. PoINsETT and Mr.. SQUIER, accord.
ing to the Unions Interpretation of the
language of the latter, is, that in impress.
ing the principles of the message Of Mr.,
MONROE upon the Mexican government,
Mr.. PoINsETT acted under general instruc.
tons, and that Mr.. SaUIER, in assuring the
government of Nicaragua "that the United
States would uphold and maintain the
principles and policy of the Monroe de,
claration," acted, according to the Union
without any instructions at all 10 that eff.
fectl
1t is proper to remark, that in our refer.
ences to the language of Mr.. SqUIER, we
have adopted, for the sake of argument
the Union'S acceptation of it. We are
far from desiring to hold Mr.. SoUIER re.
sponsible for the Interpretation placed upon
his language by our contemporary. Oul
object has been to play out the Union,
own game with its own cudgels. We have
no idea that Mr.. SeUIER, in using the Ian
guage he did, however strong, TO the Di.
rector of Nicaragua, intended to be under.
stood as pledging this government to carry
out the MONROE principle, or that he was
so understood by the government of Mica.
ragua, in the negotiation of the treaty
which he subsequently concluded with it.
As we have yet much TO say on thi:
subject, we postpone further remarks unit
tomorrow.
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