The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-01-14


have all in turn served her purpose the means
were matter Of small moment. provided the
end were gained The Clayton-Bulwer treaty
is the last attempt to gain footing in Central
America; and unless Congress act energetical-
". the British flag will soon be firmly planted
on the territory of Honduras 1t is quite in
harmony with the character Of the past diplo-
macy OF Great Britain to confound "a license to
cut woodn with the right of colonizing, and
under guise OF protecting the former. to extort
a concession Of the latter. Fortunately though
such a device may have deluded Mr.. John NJ.
Clayton. it could not escape the vigilance of the
Senate. and in our present plethora Of strength.
it was gratuitous to expect that this country
would suffer itself to be SO grossly imposed
upon.
We are sorry to perceive that some of the wing
Senators are attempting to make this party
question. We should blush to think that any re-
spectacle political party in this country could
accept the responsibility of Mr.. Clay tons errors.
or deny the absolute necessity of maintaining the
Monroe doctrine. There are faults to which it is
more damaging to plead innocent than guilty;
and of such is Mr. Claytons management Of the
treaty in question. 1t is not. that we are aware.
a wing doctrine to recognize the right of Great
Britain to encircle us on every side with armed
colonies; and whatever Mr.. Mangum may think.
he would find few supporters if he appealed to
his party to facilitate the settlement Of Guate-
mala and Mexico by foreign emigrants. The
Of, ipr tol
over this continent is not more apparent to the
democratic than to the wing mind. 1t is
proposition which none who rightly estimate
the dangers of Gordon of British and French
colonies around this country can venture to
deny The gentlemen who have hncied they
were throwing cloak over Mr.. Claytons de-
linquencies. by becoming security for his patriot
ism and honor, would have served their friend
better by acknowledging his error claiming for
him the forgiveness of the House. and being the
first to adv ocate the termination of the treaty.
Europe will find that the day has passed when
this country can be either frightened or deceived
into renouncing its rights. The re-assertion of
and for ever, both to British protectorates of
fancied Mosquito kings, and to foreign usurpa-
ton of American territory, under whatever flag
sheltered. The resolution can no longer be
viewed as mere expression of opinion; backed
by an extraordinary credit of ten millions of
dollars il is a substantial act-an unalterable
principle-to be carried into effect whenever &C.
cason offers. When it is known in Europe that
the President is enabled and instructed to pre-
vent any foreign power taking root in America.
we shall hear Of no more modest requests from
Great Britain that we should join her in protest
ing against interference with Cuba, aud of no
further French settlements in Mexico. In the
language of Senator Soule we wish not to light
up any fires which might lead to general COM
buston nor are we insensible to the danger to
this country Of contest with any of the great
maritime powers : but we wish the world to
know that they cannot presume too far on our
prudence or our tolerance. We have borne long
and patiently many violations of our rights,
without other remonstrance than a mere wordy
protest; we shall talk less and act more in flu
ture. Prepared, anxious, sincerely DESTROYS of
peace, we shall consider peace endangered by
any European colonization on this continent
and shall esteem that calamity best avertcd by
@ serious preparation for war. If Great Britain
persists in creating straw monarchs in Central
America, in whose name she can hold forts to
modest us and endanger our security the blood
to be shed in a war will rest on her heard not
on ours; but we should i'll provide for the peace
Of our children in this Union, were we to allow
the present inconv enience of hostilities to deter
us from guarding against the inevitable danger
with which such establishments would be
fraught to them. If Louis Napoleon dreams of
shedding lustre on his reign by adding Sonora
to France he must be told in unmistakeable
language, that any such attempt will be con-
strued into declaration Of war with the United
States. and serious preparations must be made
TO carry out the threat.
We do not apprehend that a rupture will ever
ensue in consequence Of the re-assertion of the
Monroe doctrine. Neither Great Britain nor
France would have ventured so far as they
have done, if they had had the fear of serious
resistance being attempted on our side The
vote Of ten millions to the President, and the
notice that the treaty concluded by Sir II. Bull
wer and Mr. Clayton will be terminated, and
held to he null and void, from given day, will
give to the Honduras and Sonora schemes
very different aspect from that which they now
wear in Europe.
COMMERCE OF New YORK AND STATISTICS OF
TRADE-We refer to the statistics of trade in
New Y ork. given in another part of our paper
They were prepared for publication on the first
Of January last, but in consequence of the
crowded state Of our columns with foreign and
domestic news, we have not been able to find
room for them until now. We have been COM
PEELED to use condensation in their preparation
Gould we have spared the room, we could have
greatly extended our collection of interesting
facts Each leading article Of trade, treated in
detail would FIJI a column or moro Sucb nro-