Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-01-18
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cI,yToy.prI.wER TREATY-ADDlTloNAL
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INFORMATION.
r, g. ;. of III, lfni,ed States having removed Tue ~
; ;, .c.scv "a 10 the proceedings connected win inc
v,,, B,iw,r treaty. which occupies Just no" 50 mu' :"
mo npbc al,alinn; readers VIII mo III our co'u
,y tho papr- hitherto withheld, which compete 'e o''
~ hi o,v of thA; transaction. They consist oil zen.
me sage of April 20 1850, communicating me con-
onh skins advice as to its ratification: lcior from
Mr. CLAYTON 10 Sir Henry Buwer. OF tho came da'e sun
ml,,in, for lis signature The convention whe" Ia" Ds
drawn in ad:oydance with conferences oel"cch ''e"' "
Buwer's reply expressing his readiness 10 ssn anu
correspondence, touching the rumor that MI Chu'''o
English minister Central America had cohclna'u
placing Cos Rica one oi NE CchH'i 'A
under Britlsl, protection. ,;oh
Leaving on, of view the improper concession oy ".'"
E,ond was pernited 10 negotiate the first point Oh oel
erul Tay lors message which arrests the n''en.o' W
WASHINGTON Union IS ell remarks) Is tho description WHICH "
gives of the country intended 10 be covered " o e1s
and the effect which il would have in iIbelahs al Se''a
America from foreign aggression INC 'a"ss
thai point is plain and explicit; and II places 's
Mr. Clayton in accepting the condnoha' '"'''a'''' y
ENGLAND without consulting the Senate, and IN attempting
n ustlv Tint accs,ancc by showing that II was III acco
dance with The sense of that body in light Infinitely worse
than i, had before appeared We quote from me passage IT.
self, which says
that this treaty docs not Piopuse ~ 'ahe
money from the public treasury 10 eIect any ooJeIi
,,ed by it. I, Yields protection 10 the capitalists VINO may
undertake construct any canal or railway across he h
commencing in as southern par ~ aivcs no me-
,anatng in The territory Of Ne'r Granada gives no pre-
10 any one route another but proposes the
same measures protection Tor all "hcn ingenuity ana m
,eprisc can construct Should this treaty be RATIFIED, r
secure in future the liberation of all Central america iron"
any kind of foreign aggression.
Nothing that we can say will add 10 the force and pcc-
sion of This language II specifies distinctly me territory
CONTEMPLATED whose neutrality guaranteed as the whole
of the slhnus mcncing in the southern paTt I'co
and term mating the Territory OF Netr Granada hc
whole Of Honduras, well British Honduras lays IN Tue
territory between Mexico and New Granada ana Is mere
fore portion OF the country which General Taylor inform
ed the Senate was included in the objects OF the treaty.
The message further states that should the treaty be ratified
sit will secure in future the liberation of all Central Amer
ca from any kind OF foreign aggression Now, Cen'ra
America is geographical term which desgnates district OF
country embracing the whole of British Honduras uhd Is
pepos,erous 10 suppose after this statement OF INC
dent Us the scope Of The treaty ana ai'e sees " e
treaty itself included all parts OF Central America III posi-
tive and express tnt the Senate should eaVe enter
,aine the opinion that British Honduras part oil Central
America lying in the territory between the southern part
o. Mexico ana New Granada, exempted and excepted
n the operations OF the treaty Wehare the declarations
OF senators that they such opinion when they
voted Tor Inc tftaty ana we llnh u IS uttuu'S o' "'
of creduy TO ask The public believe that such an opn
ion vas entertained by General 1ay when he attached his
signature to ir message from which we have quoted ~ is
clear 10 us thai HE conditional ratification by Great Britain
coerced Mr Clayton and that finding from his conference
will! Mr. King that the Senate would not consent ~ me
conditions imposed respecting Honduras, he permitted HIM
self 20 accept without consulting the Senate because
he did moi ie frmness meet the issue pesened oy
British voi nc in Nicaragua. In considering this point il
should be BONE mind that The other commercial nations
o. the earth ipYi,ei become parties 10 me ''cl!Y
SiIopose any Of them had accepted thai invitation,
a,I made the ,selyes parties ii what would they
have said 10 Mr. Ciavton's ieisncc What would they
have said if, when about oppose under The treaty
.itsh colonization In the Bay OF Honduras, or Ian
proper claims in British Honduras, and
dreamy article in the National Iategencer OF July 1850,
had been uuote rs culemporaneous EXPOSITION excluding
Honduras the operations OF the treaty what would
they have sad il assured by Mr. Clayton of the State of
Delaware that member Of the Senate had Informed MIN
i'm private MOLE that The Senate vi the United States nAdef-
stood hl, fior'as embraced BY the lrcaiyl What
would thew hay. said ii tic paper signed Uy Mir.
CLAYTON and MIR Bulwer recording the conditional Fahca
ton had been shown 70 lhen1 But il is useless .Spose
further the unprecedented which NJ. Clg!nn pursued
order avoid the issues presented by ms own hun.ne
mana cement Il is useless expose further, the method he
h.s adopted cvae the last responsibility lie has incurred
by tia, course The step had been taken By the
preston OF Hiscs treaty aaI the admission OF The right Of
fnyand touching Nicaragua and, rather Than meet
the consequent, Of tina. step, he forced Ifo cjGise
which il wUu.d be an nsu! intelligence say ta; he
approved.