The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-02-04

FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 4, 1853.
Clayton and Bulwer treaty.

The National Intelligencer Of the 18th
contains tho documents contemporaneou
and connected with the negotiation and rati
fcation of the treaty Of 1850 between tn
United States and Great Britain, from which
the injunction of secrecy has been removed
by the Senate. The first document is th'
message of President Taylor accompanying
the treaty. In this document Presiden
Taylor states that the treaty has been nego
tiated in accordance with the views expires
sed by him to Congress. He says:
''Its object is to establish . commercia
alliance with all great maritime States fol
the protection of contemplated ship cana
through the territory Of Nicaragua to con
meet the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, and al
the same time to insure the same protection
to the contemplated railways or canals by
the Tehuantepec and Panama routes, as
well as to every other interoceanic commu-
nication which may be adopted to shorten
the transit TO or from our territories on the
Pacific
It will be seen that this treaty does not
propose to take money from the public trea-
Isury to effect any object contemplated by it.
1t yields protection to the capitalists who
may undertake to construct any canal or
railway across the Isthumus, commencing
in the southern part of Mexico and termin-
ating IN the Territory of New Granada. It
gives preference to no any one route over
another, but proposes the same measure of
protection for all which ingenuity an enter
prise can construct. Should this treaty be
ratified, it will secure in future the liberia
ton of all Central America from any kind
of foreign aggression.
.'At the time negotiations were opened
with Nicaragua for the construction of a
canal through her territory, found Great
Britain in possession of nearly one half of
Central America, as the ally and protector
of the Mosquito King. It has been my OBJ
ject in negotiating this treaty not only to Sc
cure the passage across the Isthmus to the
Government and citizens of the United
States, by the construction of great high
way, dedicated to. the uses of all nations on
equal terms, but to maintain the indepen-
denee and sovereignty of all the Central
America Republics
Gen. Taylor goes on to say that he is OPP
posed to any attempt to extend our domin-
ion over these weak sister republics, and
that he adopts in this the views entertained
By all his predecessors. He says if the
Senate ratifes the treaty he has good rea-
son to believe that France and Russia stand
ready to accede to this treaty, and that no
other great maritime State will refuse its
to an arrangement SO well calcu-
lated to difFuse the blessings Of peace, COM
merce and civilization, and SO honorable to
all nations which may enter into the engage
ment.
Accompanying the treaty are copies Of
two letters passed between Mr.. Clayton and
Mr. Bulwer relative to the signing Of the
treaty.
On the 9th Of May the President sent
another message to the Senate, with a copy
Of note from Mr. Bulwer, relative to the
proceedings Of the Briash agent in Central
America, Mr.. Chatfeld. The President
says:
Intelligence received from the Charge
d'Affairs Of the United States in Central
America, and from other quarters, having
ed to an apprehension that Mr.. chatfeld,
Her Britanic Majesty's Minister in that
country, had concluded q treaty with the
Of Costa Rica. placing that
State under the protection Of the British
Government. Ideemed i my duty to cause
inquiries upon the subject to be addressed
. Her Majesty Government, through Sir
Henry Il BulWeI The note Of that flnc
ionary communicates the answer . those
inquiries, and may Be deemed satisfactory,
10Th from tie denial Of Che fact that any
iueh treaty had been concluded, md from
IS positive disayowal, on tIe part q The
British Government Of The policy 70 Be sub
lerred 81 such treaties.
We give d: Bulwer's note % this point
sntire:
BaIrIsH LRoA zIoN, April 29, 1850.
slR have the honor 70 inform yon that
Her Majesty Government have entirely
approved # Ihe language which ] held to
you With reference e yonr inquiry e 70