Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1850-11-28

were the oOJects ne aimed at lie regarded
war, with the horrors and dangers of which no
uian was more Intimately acquainted, as a meas
use never 10 be resor,ed to- until every effort Of
honorable diplomacy should be exhausted. In
the front of his-'yhole system Of policy in this
respect, be manifested a scrgpulous anxiety to
mlintain our neutral obligations and the faith Of
tn ate5; and ms principles were folly illustrated
III the course he pursued towards Denmark and
Spain.
On the other hand, no man was more sensi.
tive on points Of national honor; and the promp-
titude and energy with which he demanded and
recovered the foreigner who after having sought
an asylum on our shores, was kidnapped and
carried to Havaaa. at the very moment when he
was maintaining IN their true spirit our treaty.
siiPnlatiobs with Spain by the suppression of the
Cuban expedition, evidence of that stern
determination, which never abandoned him. to
maintain, under all circumstances. and at all
hazards, the honor of his own country. While
abs'aIning from all interference with The dou,es-
TIC concerns OF iofeIgn nations and all entang-
Ing alliances, he did not withhold from such as
maintained the republican system. or struggled
to throw OF the shackles Of despoiisp, the full
and free expression of his own generous sympa-
lhies.
For he was republican, not merely in name,
but IN heart. [Applause He reioIced in the
happiness of his fellow men throughout the
world, and MS bosom throbbed with hope for the
success OF every effort made in either hemis-
phere for the spread OF those liberal principles
upon which he profoundly believed, their happi-
ness depended. AT the first dawn of the Rev.
ouIion III Hungary, he was ready to recognize
he's independence, ii she should be found able
to maintain ii aud at the very moment when an
un rInciplej press was engaged IN denouncng
him as most friendly TO the despotic powers Of
Europe, he was directing mission to eyince
the interest OF tins Government In the noble eff
tori OF Hungary 10 become Tree. Great ap-
plaHse w When her unhappy people tell beneath
the bayonets OF the Car, he still publicly and
proudly a,owed, IN a message To Congress, the
anxiety he had et for their welfare. Though
said he. Hungary has fallen, and her patriotic
children are now IN exile or III chains, | am still
free to say that, had she succeeded in maintain
Ing her independence, we should have been the
first to welcome her into the family of nations.'
[Applause.
He directed our Minister at Constantinople,to
tender to the Seilsn free passage TO the nnfor-
tunate Kossuth and bis companions in captivity,
on board an American irigate then lying in the
Bosphorcs, prepared to bring them to the Amer
can shore. He instituted the fist mission to
the Helyeuc Republic lie thought the period
had arrived when the strength OF his own coun-
trV and her hieh stand among the nations of the
EARTH justified and demanded of her government
to take new position in reference 10 the affairs
OF foreign countries, mot BY assuming an atti-
tude of hostility or by u;terng threats of def
anee to any, bnt by the manifestation of the
s.nctest regard for the commercial and political
rights of the American people as connected with
those countries No uan ever sought more
earnestly to prevent the interference of foreign
Of ,ba a
tinent Yet he desired rather to prevent foreign
aggressions upon tie rights Of the weak Amer
can republics, by remonstraHce in their behalf,
than by threatening hosilllties in their defence.
in the negotiation OF the Central American
treaiy-to proclaim the ratification of which was
the last official act of his life he insisted on
clause, now to be found in that treaty, which de-
MED TO Great Britain any right in future TO colo
Mise, fortify or assume or exercise any dominion
whatever over any prt of Central America or
the Mosquito C0l-t clause when expressly
fur5ids to Grea, Britain The right to use anv pro-
tec,orate Tor the purpose OF exercising dominion,
and also forbids 10 har any right TO assume do
IN aon FIR the purpose OF fnaint-ining protec-
ioTate. He hnns Ii desired 10 recognize the
Nlcaraguan tlils by the Nlcaraguan trelty, but
lett The question after submitting that treaty to
the Senae e, win avowa OF his willingness 10
rauy 1t, TO be decided as the Senate should think
pr per.
| left the Department of State before the SEN
ate acted on the subject, and Of course. | have
no knowledge Of their decision. But | have
seen, within few days past, a statement pur-
pnrung to embrace an official letter from MIR.
Chrifield, the British Charge d'A fairs, to the
Minister of Forel n ons of Nlcaraeui, in
which 1t Is declared that the Treaty negotiated
between tals ernment and that of Great
Britain. :. expressly recuanzes tle Mosquito
Kingdom, aside from the rights which you (the
Nicaragua MiHs'sr) pretend Nicaragua has on
the Coast" II Sir. Csaitield ever wrote such a
letter, which confess l greatly doubt, he has
been gully Of resyeis OF the Treaty which
10 honorable Govefnment could defend for a mo-
ment, AMI which The British authorities, | am
well satisfied, would dl=dain To aaopt.
The objects aimed al by the Pres dent in that
treaty were to obtain for our couatry speedy
passage 10 the Pacific, not only by a great ship
canal, but by ans aud every other canal or rail-
way across the isthmus, which divides North
from South AmeTlca-to secure the perfect neu-
traliiy OF the vast region embraced in that 18TH
mas-to save the expense of maintaining any
naval or military powers to.protect these routes
10 guard them against blockade in time Of
war-to oilag into closer relations with is our
possessions on the Pacltic-and to dedicate the
~
agree TO extend TO them The same protection
which the United S ates and Great Britain had
guaranteed. For various reasons il is not my
purpose to discuss these subjects in detail, and
have only glanced at this one for the purpose
OF preventing nIsconeeptIon in regard to ore Of
the most important ac's OF General Taylor's adj
ulaistralion. Applause.)
Ihe multiplicity and extent of our foreign re-
lhtlons, which were constantly Increasing IN in
lerest and importance, made the duties of the
department oyer winch II was my fortune 10 pre-
SIDE in The highest degree burdeasome and labo-
rious Such was the pressure OF public business
arising from this ans other causes, that was
compelled to cevo,e myself 10 it 10 the utter ex-
ciusion and conseqnen; arrangement of my prl-
yae and personal affairs. | was therefore anx-
Ious, as Soon Tue state OF the negotiations en-
trusted to G'y Charge by tue President would
permit IT, 10 retire agaia TO private life. 1t was
tor this reason tliat, m June last, rendered to
the President, though the hand Of my personal
friend, the Attorney General, my resignation,
accompanied by pressing request that he would
permit ne 10 retire and would appoint my sue
ce~sor. He refused To accept the resignation
and when he informed me and my friend that my
retirement would embarrass and distress him,
let that however upces-arv NJ had haeomo for