The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1853-01-25

""ihk ~ Wa-HAhh'
iou. except winding up the Affairs Of the
refining administration. aud preparing foI
the pew one. IL is gratifying to know thai
much harmony aud good feeling prevails
among the members Of Congress. and al
seem disposed to act IN good faith for the
good Of the whole country. Much egfios
ity exists as to who are to constitute Gen
Pierce's cabinet, but as yet little is knoR ~
about who the lucky few viii be. OF one
thing we are quite certain. that lie, that il
will be composed Of straight forward dem
ocrats. incapable Of a weak, shutting
trucking policy. A good deal Of excite
ment has been produced in relation TO the
manner in which the present sdmInistra'
ton has administered the Clayton aud Bul,
wer treaty. In this treaty, which wal
agreed to June 18th. 1850. the Senate in.
serted the Monroe doctrine and intended
that it should sweep from Central America
all foreign power. After the treaty was
agreed to by the treaty making power Of
our government AMI placed in the hands D
Mr.. Clayton, then Secretary OF State, for
exchange OF notifications with the British
Minister instead of simply fulfilling the
trust reposed In his hauis, he yielded
to a presumptuous demand OF the British
Minister that British Honduras, an English
settlement Of Central America. should not
be included in the treaty. This demand
Mr., Clayton granted. without any power
whatever to do 20. Nor is this all. this un.
authorized misconstruction Of the treaty
has been kept secret until the present time,
by this wing administration. And In the
meantime, the English have colonized the
territory OF Honduras and its dependencies
and have lately been recognized as "a Brit
ish colony under the style Of Bay of Islands.
This latter fact being of course known to
the world, Gen. Cass was induced to offer
his resolutions, calling upon the President
(orall information in his possession in regard
TO the administration ofthe Nicaragua trea>
ty. and British interference in Central
America. MIR. Fillmore sends the desired
information to the Senate, when 10 it is
revealed to the astonished Senators that
Mr.. Clayton had emasculated the treaty,
aud this timid, trucking administration suf-
fered it to go SO. And now England has
got a foothold in that region, so that it will
be out Of our power 10 remove it without
difficulty. Now, then, we have France in
Hayti. Spain in Cuba, and England in Cen
trail America-a formidable trio TO be com.
bining and strengthening themselves along
southern shores at the present time.
Another very interesting matter Of great
Importance among the po!itial events of the
day, is the letter of MIR. Everett to Mr..
Champion in relation TO the tripartite con.
A convention has been proposed
the U. States by England and France, in
which the three parties shall bind them,
selves jointly and severally, never by any
means. to gain possession Of Cuba, or per-
init sny other power to do so. The ad-
ministration has very Justly and ably re-
fused TO go into any such convention, We
regard Mr., Everett's letter in this refusal.
one of the ablest diplomatic letters of the
present age. Its doctrine is in the main
democratic, and in harmony with the true
spirit aud genius Of our county. We
know not how such u letter can come from
q wing Secretary OF State, without his for.
the past history of that party, or
considering il as a nullity. For the wing
party has always fought against those mea.
sures that have resulted in what Mr. Everett
now considers to be Of unspeakable impor.
lance to us as a people as well as to the world
large. This letter il so lemarkable-com.
ing as il does from a distinguished whig--
that we publish a large portion of It, as
more interesting than anything we could
in our columns. We are inclined 10
think tina. when wings read this letter. they
will, as the Secretary seems to have done,
see the short>sightedness and folly Of wing
opposition to the acquisition Of Louisiana.
Florida, Texas, and California. and to the
other great democratic measures inihe pro-
gress of our Union.
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SOUND TRuTBs.--ln announcing the
future conduct of the New York Cour,
and Enquirer. upon the accession
of Mr.. ]. II. Spalding. as one OF the edi-
tors, that gentleman enunciatcs a rule