New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-03-16
II &. SENATE-ExTRA SESSION..

| WARRINGTON, Tuesday March Is 1853.
| Tho Senate, on meeting, went Immediately
I'm Executive Session
itter two hours thus spent, the doors were
w CLAYTON concluded bis remarks on the
'ss,or calling on the President for certain doeu-
rs,ss connected with the Clayton aud Buwer Treaty.
$3.50 the British Government IL willing 10 maintain
70 ,,esiy to lie full extent, and adverted TO several
,upport of the assertion. II he understood the
es...or from Illinois, he Douglasl considered that
Ies viii not filter or conhne me is OF tbs great
pi,e He did not know precisely the extent the
srs.or meant 10 be understood, but the language
80 10 imply that hms are not TO be circum
$50 by treaties au3that we are 10 disregard treaties
ga the Young Giant OF America s TO rise superior 70
.,rys beside With regard 10 the treaty with Msxi
, ~ Senator said the day was coming when shall
= t;red 70 abar don II, limbs not 10 be fet
lsS He Clayton regretted 10 hear such statement
PC soy Senator because the Senste are the consttu.
s,l sdSisers Of the President and branch Of the
trs:ynskipg power
lpM DOUGLAS explained, that you may make
=. SRA, Y treaties You p ease, and yet you cannot
It our steady, regular growth and expansion; there
IRE was useless to make treaties with the new to dx
ssrIriis. -,
,reapable Of regarding treaty stpulstions; we must
l'Nr DOUGLAS, interrupting, said: The idea
sne men are incapable OF cOmprehendng the growth
H.,
,s cgld not extend beyond the Alleghanes and then
as Mississippi but the growth had reached the Pacific,
h., must still go II unwse 10 pledge ourselves
IL stst our interest does not require.
Mr. CLAYTON Tesumed-Witb the Senator's
i,ulapstion he asked whether the case made any
iyfyft He says some men caoDot comprehend the
loyduowth Of this country He did not know whether
IA, Senator that kind Of growth which has given
ny country greater than Rome in is paniest days,
ieker perhaps thsn is enjoyed by any civilized nation
ske " tDl gge mt Ohsv
rown sOemD pledges of honor Il is nothing but the
lssaration Of the Senator. Let him explain he csn
Id we incapable Of controlling impulses aud
lpssn0ps. The solemn pledge OF honor binds man at
IA times, and the solemn pledge Of nstiOn binds IT,
e We sit here the constitutional advisers Of the
tlrssdent and honorable men manain that treaties
sspot reetrain us after bind ourselves 20 remain
,thn certain nifsi II such principle should be
slshed what nation would consider itself under obi.
I,fon 10 maintain treaties with US If any nation, above
" others, owes anything to the faith Of treaties II Is
lea We owe our existence TO the French treaty OF
l which gave conhd ence and an earnest oil success
lnm Revolutionary sires. Our destiny from that mo-
ur became fixed Aud now when we have become
4cng, shall we disregard treaties'
| lie trusted no idea of the growth Of this country
IyMd ever induce any American statesman 10 abandon
h prncple without which We would become bye
Iyad and Kissing throughout the globe. II we gain
territory let US do so honOraby As TO the Treaty with
lyro the Senator says he opposed for tue he
IA sdy TO the caue which fixed limits and that the
ltme win come when Mexico will become indispensable
Ib cur progress and happiness. But Calhoun In thrill
linz tones said the convict was carried 10 nineenths
ldte American people that Mexico is forbidden fruit
lVln we annex the eight or nine millions Of Mexico to
Iek country then the days OF our Republic will be mum
tged The people OF that country are educated In the
ksd that the greatest that could befal man is
lluey and when we give them the privilege of elect
a Senator's and Representatives in Congress- and trust
aen 20 make peace and war for us, we have 70 guar
WV that this privilege will not be abused for history
slows us that they incapable OF self government
was for this and other reasons opposed to annex
Irion $50
| Us idea was 10 build them UP Republic, and give
Item all the aid and encouragement we can, to follow
cur example in the cultivation Of the arts oil peace that
Gy may attain to that degree Of progress which we
soy in the science of self government. He would not
iuefrun and overthrow them Are we crowded. Have
We got more population than can TIL the eartht We
hre hundred millions OF ocres Of land on which the
vhte man has trod H. in the lapse OF time, our
p,ent area shall be covered and mon shall desire 10
upd the area of liberty then he should not stay the
,dyance of progress but he thought the day should
tteer come when the American statesman could mako
d, Seclars that we inteud disregard treaties We
have always regarded treaties faithfully The honor OF
he country Is yet dear TO us, aud more valuable TO
Iae true American than all the land which Mexico con
hin, There was a sentence In the Inaugural OF the
President which met his unqualified appreciation. The
language was that his administration should esve no
N on the coun,rys record, and tast there should De
no act of his which could not Challenge investigation
helore tho civilized world Let the President stand by
hal glorious expression which he Clayton heard on
lie an OF March with so much gratif ;aen, and he
shees to IL he viii dsarm opposition and meet every
where with warm friends r. a. .
Mr.. MASON wished an explanation from the
sensor who had charged him with committing a ms.
take in showing by the map of Guatemala ,hHi tue
Bib Settlement ut the Blze are within the limits OF
GustepA,a Ueunderstood the Senator rs making the
ssertiop in language for from being acceptable
Mr. CLAYTON replied, saying he thought the
dotted ines on the mp indicated the limits OF uuhle
msIs m the Senator understood the map to include
he BAlize then he committed mistake.
MIR. Mason remarked, it was no slight mat,
Ter to cay a Senator had committed mstake, ana .
Should not be lightly charged lie could inform inc
Senator that the dotted lines did not escape MS aWeh
ton The map shows that the British POSSESSIONS are
within the territory Of Guatemala 10000,
Cd opinion that the dotted lines show the Baze Is sepS
MIR DouoIAs obtained the floor when the
Senate adjourned
p,,~oordiunry Proceedings nj San Juan.