Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1852-08-26

huantepec grant, twice delunct under the
laws Of Mexico; cn,c upon the limitation of
time for the fulflmcnt of its conditions; and
once upon a decree in Congress for bribery
in its inception; and which double definct
grant is now held by some of onr millionaire
citizens who call upon the American Gov
ernment TO bully or whip that feeble power
into submission 10 their demands. That
grant is for a monopoly road across the
lsthmus, and is a route upon foreign terrific
ry. Justice, as well as charity, should be-
gin at home; and the good book says. that
man is worse than heather who docs not
provide for his own household. We have
territory Of our own for making a road 10
the Pacific ocean; and have been four years
begging the means of making it-ior making
even a common wagon and horse road--but
all TO no purpose. Not even bride path
marked out yet from the frontiers of Mis-
souri, TO the State of California, or the terri
tory of Oregon; nor any road TO New Mexi-
co, except the one which got marked ont
twenty-five years ago. should not be in
favor Of bullying or whipping Mexico in'o
the establishment of the foreign monopoly
| Tchuantepec route at all, even if the grant
was yet alive; and much less when we can
get nothing for a free national road, for our
own citizens upon our own territory.
! | am against rushing into a war with
! Great Britain. to settle with cannon the
meaning Of some words in the Fishing Con-
vention Of 1918. The settlement Of the
meaning of that treaty, and Of all treaties,
is a proper subject for arbitrampn'-fcr re-
ference 10 some disinterested authority; and
for submission to the decision of that an
thorty. We want no new convention; that
nigh; be as difficult 10 understand as the
present one: for the diplomatic art is very
{ successful in depo>itiHg the seeds of new
contestation in every settlement of an old
one. We want the present treaty inter-
| prctcd, and the Interpretation depends upon
the meaning Of some half dozen lines Of
! English writing, done by eminent scholars
and statesmen, and surely susceptible Of ex-
! plcation. Let us get an intcrprctcr; any
fair man in the character of an arbitrator. TO
tell Great Britain and America what the
words mean. This is usual proceeding
among nations, even in the case Of unad JUST
ed and complicated difficulties; and much
more so in the case Of disputed construction
Of existing stipulations. 1t is the course we
followed with Great Britain herself in the
case Of the slaves dcportcd during the war
of 1872. The first article OF the treaty OF
Client stipulated ior their restitution or in
demny. The two powers could not agree
upon the classes Of slaves which the stipu-
lGiion would cover. Twelve years were
spent in verbal diSputation; and then the
point was referred by mutual consent to the
Emperor Alexander, who decided it in favor
Of the United States. And then million
and quarter OF dollars, withheld to the da-
mage Of the owners for twelve years were
paid: AMI the controversy settled.
The treaty Of peace Of l1S3, with Great
Britain, contained a similar stipulation in
relation to the slaves deported during the
war Of the revolution; and the same disa-
greement as TO its construction. Twenty
years We're consumed in negotiation; no ar,
bitration was proposed, or if proposed moi
accepted. and the value Of all those slave,
lost to the owners. Arbitration procured
under the treaty of Client what twenty
years Of negotiation, beginning under Wash,
ington, could not obtain under the treaty o
/, lIs3; and gain or lose, arbitration is The
right way TO settle the meaning Of the words
in relation to this fishing privilege. w
want no new treaty, and it we did, woulc
admit the defect Of the present one, and tho
new one might give rise to the same doubt
ful Interpretation. War does not constru,
treaties but obrogotcs them; and by war W.
should lose the present stipulation, and pos
sibly not get another. am for proposing
arbitration: and in the meantime do nothin!
to alarm the country or bring on hostilities
= am against alarming the country with
E talk of wa. when there is to be no war--a
= least constitutonally made. Noministry il
| Great britain, and no Congress in the Uni
ted States, can make war ont of this qucs
ton. Thirty-two millions OF people on
side, and twentv-iour on the other, speakin!
2 the same language, protesting the same re
ligion, dividing blood, engaged in active com
mercial and social communication, with n
, rivalry, except in the useful arts, an
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