The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-01-08

could never have received hf support. excep. under
the belief that this its scope and object Yet,
We repeat, no single iota Of English pretensions
has been relaxed, nor Q single stride Of English
rapAcity been stayed BY its provisions More tta~
TOO years ago, the government Of Nicaragua asked
to 'soio " the constructions girea to the treaty By Mr.
Clayton Uds the true o~e; bs. to that request
stcG has to this day been giren The inquiry was
afterwards repeated, with no better success The
imbecile administration Of Mr.. Fillmore, If it did
not concur in the Interpretation put upon it by
Great Britain, certainly connived at its violations,
az construed by its negotiator the Anercan eide,
by the Senate and the public at large. And now,
when asked how has the treaty been observed, it
s.ultides itself by protesting entire ignorance.
And no doubt it is ignorant
Does it know nothing Of the open esta blshment,
within tix months, Of an English colony in the
islands Of friendly republic, whose rights this treaty
affects to guarantee The fact is notorious; it has
been published and placarded, and undergone every
variety OF proclamation and yet Mr. Fillmore
knows nothing of it Of course ne does not nor
does he seem to care more about il than he knows.
Does this administration know that the negro
puppet of England is sill sustained in shirtless
grandeur on the Mosquito shore by British power
and that the port Of San Juan is still kept from its
rightful poasessors by English force? Has it forgot
ten that American vessels have been fred upon in this
port by British cruisers because they did not choose
to submit to the arbitrary exactions Of British Con-
sui :. No 1t knows nothing! Itcannot say whether
England continues to " assume or exercise dominion
over any part of Central America or the Mosquito
shore,' nor whether it has founded colonies
there In fact, it does not know whether solemn
nlo n,,t svc,,l
friendly republic by Diminishing its representative
without reason, and compromise our national
honor by refusing reply to the just and anxious
inquiries of that republic, upon points affecting its
vitality, and which the United States had assumed
to guard
The Clayton and Bulwer treaty, therefore, no
matter what its intent and purpose, is pompous
nullity. 1t was negotiated upon false principle,
and has produced no good result; bu., on the con-
rary, only further complicated the matters which it
professed to adjust and settle What then the con-
duct to be observed towards it Clearly to give
notice to terminate it within ninety days. Why
should its useless bulk cumber action, when, so
far from proving an impediment to the assumptions
of Ell gland it constitutes cloak under which she
more eectually carries out her designs! Away with
it, Away with it to the constitu tional guotne! We
want neither trpartite, nor dualistic treaties but
an energetic and faithful enforcement Of the exclu-
sion of European and especially of monarhcal, in
reference and influence both from the domestic
affairs and from the relations Of the American
States.
We trust, therefore, not only that the requisite
measures will be taken to put period to this dplo.
matte abortion, but also that, in the general giving
up of its dead Of the State Department, all the
documents connected with it, as we'll as the subss
quent extraordinary project for pagttioning Nicara
qua, and creating Mosquito kingdom, will be
called for, and exposed to public condemnation.
Let this Augean stable Of diplomacy be swept of its
rubbish, and new start taken in relations with
the world, upon broader, higher, and purer princi
pies The work has been well begun. Let it 90
on