The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-01-11


advised was done BY the Secretary He took efectus
care not 70 use expression which should ssem to rs
cognze the right OF England to the portion Of Honduras
that is to British Honduras-whch she possesseS That
right remained just as was before. Good ba5 it is
not made better or worse BY the treaty to IL. Bay
OF Islands u in fact dependency British Hon
duras on the 4h of July $780, then the formation of
colony there was not a violation Of the convention
anton Is violation Of the treaty but in either case 4
has nothing to do with the present question The ena
tor from Louisiana Downs) in very wantonness
has supposed that not only the Senate but the late
President Ven Taylor kept in nee Of the condi
tons Of raAeaton and this the ground merely
Gen Taylor sckened the 4th and died On the 9th Of
July But tAe Committee Foreign Relations now ap.
pears to have known the conditions the 18th June
ed Sy the Secretary with fact that officially
municated to the Senate. Whatever else Iight have
been the errors misfortunes of that administration
want Of mutual confidence between the Secretary
and hs distinguished chief not of then They
TODD together firmly, undivided and nseparable to the
last Storms of faction from within their party and
from without, besot them-and combinations ar coal
tons in and out OF Congress- assaed them with degree
Oh violence that no other has
tered But they yielded never fatered for sn
nsant-they went on firmly united together in their
great work OF consolidating the then newly extend
ed republic upon the foundations universal liberty
and establishing its continual power the foundations
of commercial interest and republican systens That
nintraton which they conducted was not beaten down
by human hands human words but il went dow
only under providentiaL visitation, that, if it had hap
Pened on the field OF Monterey Buena Vista, would
have either forever lost longer postponed the extension
Of our borders to the shores Of the Pacific Those
sad event listen unmOved to the calumnators who for
two years past have howed and still howlng around
the Secretary OF State in his retirement the veteran
and exhausted President in his grave Let the
other hand who had some humble portion of their
country perform; though IL may be alone, the duty of
vndicating them against the chmors of prejudice and
error and let me say to the Senator from Louisiana and
10 the Senator from Ohio and the rom
Michigan that long their respectively NAV be
protracted, even as hope they may, to the ends of
their natural lives in ripenng age, and strong and de-
be han
for them and for ALL if then they shall hay esnb
hshed claims upon the affection of their country and The
gratitude of maknd equal to those which were perfected
IN the broken of in its seventeenth month
the venerable statesman of beaware and nraidd o va
by Zachary Taylor, the hero who indicated and opened
the way OF our armies to the conquest of Mexico
Mr. MASON, (dem.,) Of Virginia. hoped the debate
would be postponed till to morrow.
THE REORGANIZATION OF THE NAVY
Mr. STOCKTON, (dem of New Jersey by leave report.
ed a bill for the re organization Of the navy.
SPEECH OF GENERAL CAss.
Mr. CAS, ldem of Michigan, said he would not follow
Mr. Seward into the merits of the euogy or eegy which
he had pronounced on the Clayton administration The
they did understand the treaty as Mr. CLAYTON did not
withstanding they had asserted to the contrary The
sna.or zen had no right S to say this He now again said to
he voted for it. excluding from its provisions any part
Of Central America and he thought the treaty stood So
and was understood so by all, till the publication Of
these papers Great Britain lately had been making en-
in that quarter and he looked into the
subject He not there to arragn Mr. Cayton-all he
had said that it strange diplomatic proceeding
In the case of the protocol to the treaty with Mexico
cited by the Senator from New York there change
mace IN the obvious meaning purpose, intent of the
treaty. He would like to know if the terms used in the
treaty did not mean what they purpored to Why
not say soy Why say Central America when it was only
intended to embrace part of If the term Germany was
used in treaty no diplomatic note could limit that term
note could exclude Milan, Naples Rome BY the term
Central America, he understood Great Britain as ex-
reminded of remark by him when the treaty was
nneer consideration that this the only instance in
without resort to war. He saw Mr. King, he
stated, on Thursday last, and was clear in his
nnsar,o% rseSeston .h as % to what took place Mr. King
the underlined right to cut logwood &c 4 but he never
supposed for instant that Great Britain authorized
lie also stated that he told Mr. Clayton to send back he
quasi ratification or would be ratified As to the
letter which has published by Mr. CLAYTON as having
been received from Mr. King, he had nothing to say He
did not understand the appointment of Consul ap
pointment recognizing the independence of the nation to
which the Consul is sent a Consul diplomatic
agent.
IMPORTANT DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENTS WANTED
Mr. DAVIS, (wbig) OF Mass, offered resolution calling
for the correspondence between the Hon. Abbott Law
renee and Lord p"mert"n or the government of the
other correspondence which relates to- the claim Of
Britain to the Mosquito Coast OF to portion of the
territory Of Honduras OF Yucatan. Adopted
SPEECH DOWNS
Mr., Mr.. nowss, ldeml of Ia said he did not intend to
follow the Senator's from New York and Maryland in their
argument, because he had not the means al his
command, nor did he possess the like IA
cilties for obtaining information, to enable him
to defend British rights and interests The Senator
from New York had pronounced the intmation that this
ratification of the treaty had been made without the
sidents knowledge, wanton assault. He made no
wanton assault ON any He had made attack on
He had merely intimated that such thing was
probable. Judging from the other circumstances The
Senator ought to be careful while repeng wanton at
tack, that he did not make others The
contended that those who denied all knowledge of this
construction placed the treaty by Mr. Clayton did
understand it, He would tell the Senator that one
he did not so understand it, When he said Thursday
that no Senator had understood the treaty why did
not the Senator then rise and he hadp Had the Sc
nator's memory been refreshed latelyS
MIR. SEWARD said he endeavored to get the floor
Thursday but failed He relied Mr.. Kings letter. that
| the Senate so understood the treaty.
Mr. DowNs said that if the Secretary of State did inform
Mr. King of the circumstances it did follow that the
whole Senate knew it. He differed from the senator who
supposed the whole object of the treaty reference
the canal He thought there was another object to be
accomplished He argued at length to show that the
plain and obvious meaning Of the words of the treaty
that Great Britain excluded from part Of Cen
tral Observation-Disclosures and all The Secretary of State
had consulted him with other Senator's before the treaty
| was signed He doubted then whether those words,
Britain, and expressed himself but the Secretary of
state gave him such the point that he
yielded his opinon-otherwsc, he would have
| voted for the treaty.
RlJoIsDrH Mr. PEARcE-
Mr.. PEAReE said that had he been in the Senate
Thursday when the Senator from Louisiana addressed
the Senate he would have responded at the time He
authorized to say to the Senator, that the
Secretary of State did submit the matter to the Presi
dent and his cabinet, and his course approved
by them. lie would like to know what the Sena-
tor meant by British authority What British autho
y could he have had for what he said except what
equally within the reach of the senaorf His authority
derived from the current publications of the day He
had not very great for British power He had
perhaps much to feel bitterly towards
British rule 1t unnecessary for him to refer to his
private history. He knew feelings but those of loyal
American, and he would yield to in the purity
of his devotion to his country. He believed that
the political and not geographical Central America
meant by the terms in the treaty. He read the
mission issued by Mr. Polk to Mr.. Hampstead, of New
York, consul at the Belize, in which the President
prayed that her Majesty, the Queen Of England would
admit the said Hampstead TO all the rights privileges
and immunes, granted to such officers by this act of
Mr.. Polk this government admitted and recognized the
right Of government in the place to be in Great Britain
SPEECH BoRrAND.
Mr.. RoRIASD, (dem of Ark said that he always
destood the treaty to have been represented by
the Senators from Michigan and louisiana and had
heard otherwise until He voted against the treaty
because he believed il to be the duty of oiS government