The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-03-20
TUESDAY, MARCH /, 1853.
I'm CONTINUATION
SENATE.
MINISTER TO CENTRAL AMERICA

is 10 strike oul an appropriation and moi any other
in its place II reduces The expenditures which lhe p
proposes. IL is to strike out these words:
ssFor salary and outR minister 10 Central America
to be accredited 10 such of the governments
Included tat the President oil me United states
may designate, 8lS,OO0"
And then the next clause
salaries of secretaries of legation the places
will have to be SO modified 10 correspond with the
amendment
The first reason assign for striking that out is this
By gong little further, you will find the salary OF the
cbarre d'afares al Nicaragua and Guatemala. Surely
il cannot be the intention OF the government send
full mission 10 the five Genital Anecan Siaiss. snd
Individually In looking al The letter OF The Secretary OF
State recommending This full misson find he proposes
ii in lieu OF the two charges daaresi ior he goes on
to show that II will cost TO The government 10
send full mission 10 the hve States Than TO send the
charges uafaires to the two States would be
tent TO strike out the chae daa,res and leave the ul
mission, but for the fact that appTehensve that the
creation OF that full mission, on Mr. Everetts recon-
mendaton, would be deemed approval OF the
for creating the mission am unwilling TO endorse the
assigned in Mr. Everes eller Tor establishing
this mission. II you will look into the message comnn
nisating Clayton Buwer treaty TO The Senate Tor rat
iication you will find stated Great Brnan pos
session of nearly half of Central America, under the
Mosquito proectora,e. which il was The object OF the
treaty 10 abolish. You will find that while the trends
al that treaty here differ as 10 whether II did abolish the
B.tish settlements the Belize, they all agree that II
cid expel the British proieciorate over the Mosquito
coast
| assigned as a reason, the other day in nv speech,
why objected 10 that clause respecting the British pro-
tecorae, that II was equivoca, whether 1t expelled the
Mr.. BRADBURY. did not understand that my
anendmen, was REGARDED as being withdraw.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Itwas considered with
Mr.. BRA DBURY did no, so understand il,
Mr.. DOUGLAS understood that it Withdrawn
with Liberty 10 renew IT, 1t does affect your position,
except that II interrupts The few remarks which have 10
Mr. BRADBURY. | did not understand /, to be
withdrawn want vote upon It, My purpose was
tn. PRESIDING OFFICER. The Chair will sug
gesl 10 tue senator from illinois that he nveseny
finish his speech on this amendment
Mr. DOUGLAS ! was about to slate that my diff
Guilty with regard the clause in the Clayton Bulwer
treaty was, that oouofu whether il abolished the
proecloale recognised lis existence, and only
ed lie exercise SAID then that would take the Amer,-
side oi The question, The the treaty
fed, and insist upon the construction which Mr. Clayton
put upon IT,
The senator from Michigan [Mr CAssl said tha, he
understood II 10 be abolished Four days subsequent
that debate, Mr. Everett sent TO The Senate report
lalion correspondence betw the British minister and
the Department OF Slate. The substance OF the CORE.
spondece s that the British has
To the State Department. by authority OF the British gov
ernmeR the ANXIOUS desire 0. the British government 10
enter INTO arrangements BY which England shall don
the Brush prolectoraie on the Mosquito coast That
England is willing 10 abolish ishe anxious
up sne wishes an arrangement BY which she may give
Hup; and proposes thai shall open negotiations be-
tween the Central American States aud Great BRIAN and
the United States By which the British poecloraie may be
surrendered Our Secretary OF State enteIaIns that prop
oston iavorahy and the President of the United States
with oil securing the surrender OF The proecto-
Tale recommends thus iull The House OF Rep
Isseniauves have passed the appropriation, and the
Senate are called upon 10 concur ia IT, ask il IL will
mol be deemed an acknowledgment by this government,
first by the State Department, then by The President and
then by Congress tina, by The true construction OF the
Clay ton Bulwer treaty ar now stands the British pro-
ta, .h.I,. had
meni by which hall be abolished II YOU this
yiew you acknowledge that not abolished that il
sl in existence, and that something is necessary by
which they may be expelled hereafter | unwilling
10 make any such acknowledgement think can show
by this correspondence that is clearly acknowledged
that the pro,ecorate is not abolished, and unwilling
10 acknowledge tha, by sending iu mission, Tor the
which has been given. IL would be pretty piece
oil diplomacy where there a doubtful clause in
treaty we putting one construction upon IL and Great
Britain another, II we, by a oversight OF this kind,
abandon own construction, and put hers upon IT.
How is u to be donei She propose neg oaiIon by
which she will surrender her protecioale We accept
the proposition and then, when by answers have
acknowledged the right OF Great Britain she refuses TO
come 10 an understanding, and leaves the matter
adjusted, having obtained our admission thai a new
treaty was necessary deprive her OF her proleciorate
MIR MASON. hope the senator will Indulge me a
moment would ike him 10 answer how il is that
the appointment OF minister to Central America by the
Uhiied States Affect IN any mode The negotiations II
they opened between Great Britain and the United
States upon the subiee OF treaty. Whether ii policy
IL
not do moi know. But If they opened, they will be
oIened between the Uniled States Grea, Brain and
] want 10 know how the appointment of a minis er
BY the Uniled States 10 Cent al Anne ca affect, far
less commit ns with regard 10 any question involved
MIR. DOUGLAS. l will answer the chairman of the
Committee on Foreign Relations very briefly aud direct
ly. Under ordinary circumstances, the appointment OF
minister 10 Genital America would affect que s.
tom but when that missoa is established on the rec
oDmendaiIon oil the President and Tor a given purpose
and that recommendation OF the President refers the
report OF the Secretary. and the report OF the Sece
urgea upon the sos ground tnat the British minl-t
has prsPoeed negotiations by which sh. will give up her
that proposition, will il not be said that we have thereby
endorsed the reasons assgned for creating the mis-
sonl IL 70 TO AVOID that very conslruclon-he implied
admission that 10y the terms OF The Clay Buwer treaty
England has not abandoned agreed TO abandon her
ptoectorae the Mosquito coast-ihal propose to
srIke out ihis appropriation
Mr. MASON. | understand that the senator is ma
king this debate upon smendment offered by the Ju
diciafy Committee. II that is The Iac II would be impos
slbs Tor him 70 without doug great injustice 10
iho.e who might wish to reply
MT DOUGLAS. | am making 1t on my own motion
TO strike out The Char sustained me IN it,
mI. MASON. VIII the Char inform what is the
question before the Senate?
The PRESIDING OFFICER The question is upon
be ahenoment offered Ny the senator from Maine er
,neuusuohs lion th. judiciary Committee. Pending
"s,, hs Nhaf understood the senator from Maine to
W'muAW 'he amsndment Tor the time being and undsf
AhaihE ust he announced to the senator from Illinois
,nt., ,nn. we AmeooHenl proposed by him IN order
WINE ne was discussing that Amendment IN. aenator
from Name informed The Char mai he was nnd.r mis-
take, tba' he al not withdrawn tbr anendnent rbe
senator from Illinois remark that The n,y H., ., r..
would be 10 cut him of IRON his speech Ih 81 II, ~
ssveo una, ne mEhi hhsh his speech conveniently upon