The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-01-15
central America.-Estab lished Points.

The disclosure Of the fact that Mr.. Clayton and Mr..
Bulwer had without the knowledge OF the Senate or the
country signed agreement supplementary to the Clay
,on Bulwer treaty. altering its provisions in most ma
,eal manner made it necessary that we should express
o views at some length the points presented for pub
lie consideration Ii was incumbent on TO fortify
those vews by adducng evidence to sustain them and
tina, fact made absolutely to divide argu
40 that more than one of journal
ouired 10 contain it. We think il not inappropriate. there
fore. TO review and sum up the points which we have
established in that behalf.
By referring 10 evidence Of the highest characterize
III. treaties between England and Span-we have shown
that Great Britain not only stipulated TO abandon all
claims Of sovereignty any part OF Central America.
bu, to give up all claim TO the commercial privi
ese Of cutting and carrying away dys.wood and mahoga
ny in any part of that country, OF OF the islands ada
cent. with the exception Of Belize or British Hon.
duras The treaty of London. which was concluded
in l7SG provided expressly that BIZ sh subjects and other
eoonss enjoying the protection OF England. shall evac
uae the country OF the Mosquitoes, which was an en-
tire and absolute abandonment OF the Mosquito pro,ecto
rate This treaty recognised In 1914, and defined
the condition of that country at the lime oil the revolt OF
the Central American provinces That revolt proving
suecessfa vested those PROVINCES converted into SOW
er.isn and independent Stass all the rights Which the
mother country had enjoyed fact which scaters TO the
winds any claim that England has advanced in contra
vention OF It's treaties with Spain. But notwithstand
ing these things Great Britain re-eslabshed the Mosqul
TO pro,ecto<aie about FIVE years ago, and in its name
seized on the left bank of the Nicaragua ver, and
pied San Juan town occupied by citizens OF Nicaragua.
and for many years under the jurisdiction OF that State.
This facts which we have presented with regard the
Belize or British Honduras. which MIR Clayton, by his
.ecre, arrangement, with the British minister. attempted
to exesp. and exclude from the operation Of the treaty
prove case Of outrage and aggression insult
ing than the seizure Of San Juan, as shallow peisx
by which England might claim to interfere with ne.
gotiaaions with the government Of Nicaragua.
The treaties between Spain and England. beginning in
1888 and ending in lsi4, and the acts OF The British
Parliament in 1917 and 1919, ADM, tina, the sover-
eighty overtb Belize appeained to the Spanish Crown
and not TO that OF Grea, Britain The treaty OF Paris
oonclutsdia 1863, which closed war growing out Of
the aksfssaons of British subjects in Spanish America,
stipulated in terms that the King OF Great Britain should
within four months, cause all the Notifications his sub
ec,a had erected in the Bay of Honduras, which washes
the shores OF the Belize. to be demolished, and recog
Missed that country ~ portion OF the territory OF Spain
in wh,oh British subjects might enjoy nothing thar
the commercial license Of cutting ogwood. The treaty
Of Versailles which ended between England and
SPAIN growing out OF the failure OF the latter comply
with the s,puations OF the treaty Of 1862 es,abahed
the boundaries OF the country in which England might
enjoy the commercial license Of cutting dye-wooj
granted the persona engaged ths basness the OF
fishery along the mainland and the shores OF the ad
iacent islands for their own susienance prohibited
them from making any settlement on the said islanda
t,e os,l6eaIops which English subjects had erected a,
Bella. or within British Honduras The privileges
granted a above mentioned granted the express
condision ~ forth the sixth article OF the treaty
that hey shosId be considered derogatng in any
wis from tho rights Of sovereignty vested in the Spanish
Gown The treaty Of London which was negotiated IN
l7es close second growing out Of the SECOND
ilu Of the English government to fulfil her treaty
eneaoaaals with regard the depredations OF her c
Isns HI Central America. STIMULATES that British subjects
and oil cooniss enjoying the protection OF the English
nag. should the country OF the Mosquitoes.
we'll a. the continent 10 general and the sands adjacent
with the exception Of The dissc, Of eouHsy known
Bf&ah Honduras, The Bslze-,hs limits Of which
sxvendsd beyond lbose a down in ,he treaty Of
l7s3 Ia the country thus excepted the EogI,sh
permitted to cut mshoany and all other woods yell
loSvood and 10 gather the fruits and pro1uce Of tbs
earth purely natural and uncultivaed but they were
specially forbidden TO establish any plantation OF sugar