Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-04-02


communication by the way of the port and river San
Juan free all nations upon the terms, shall deem
ourselves justified in protecting interests independently Of
her aid, and despite her opposition or hostility With view
10 this alternative, have treaty with the Spte OF Nicara
gua copy of which has been you anil The stpuatons
ofwhich YOU should unreseryeY impar "a Panerston
lou will inform him. however, that this treaty concluded
without power instruction from this Governments that
the President had knowledge Of its existence Of the in
enon TO form IT, until it presented to him by Mr. Hise
our late Charge dAaires Guaema about the LIST Of Sep
TENDER las and that consequently not bound TO at
y It, and will take step for that purpose, If we can, by
angeent with the British Government place our interests
upon just and satisfactory foundation. But if our effort for
this end should be above the President will not hesitate to
submit this other treaty which may be concluded by
the present Charge dAares Guatemala the Senate of
the United States for their advice and consent with view
ITS atiheaton and if that enlightened body should approve
~ he also viii give his hearty sanction and win all
his constitutional power its provisions goodtath
discrimination in which he may confidently upon the
goodwill Of the people Of the United States"
IT is impossible to with one who says he does
not understand the object for which this in the
despatch written.
But he has quoted another passage from the same de-
spatch. could not wish to expose him eectualy
than by quoting it myself 1t is as follows
Youmay suggest instance that the United States and
Great Britain should enter treaty guaranyng the indie
pondence of Nicaragua Honduras and Costa Rca which
treaty may also guaranty to British the privileges
quired in those States by the treaties between Britain
and Span provided that the limits of those States the
be acknowledged to be the Caribbean sea-"
After citing this, he gravely asks me- "What has be-
Of objection to the guaranty Of the independence
of Nicaragua Ills question scarcely deserves an an
Great Britain in possession of the country in
virtue of the prcectorate and not; and the pro-
position made to her was that she should only aban
don 1T but also guaranty the independence OF the Central
American States adjoining the proposed canal The Sc
nator is incapable of perceving the difference between
treaty of the United States and Nicaragua guaranyng
the independence of Nicaragua and treaty of the United
States and Great Britain jointly the part and Nj
caragua on the other, for the purpose If Great
Britain had joined in such treaty we should have
readily reached whole object She refused accede
to this proposition; and it was papably suggestion to
ascertain her views The separate guaranty Of ndepen
dence by us alone was indeed objection to the ise
treaty and it among many other objections which
made the whole nsurmountable Our separate
was guarantee against Great Britain the party in pos
session. joint guarantee with her liable to no such
exception, and could net possibly entange us.
The Senator is guilty Of many other msstatements
that 1t is difficult matter to them all He SAYS
that voted for the Mexican treaty Of peacethe treaty
OF Guadalupe Hidalgo-accoring to his recollection His
recollection is in this respect in many Others en-
rey at fault The record shows that did vote upon
the treaty.
His statement that the Hise treaty was evidence of the
fact that Nicaragua was willing and anxious grant TO
the United States forever the exclusive right and control
ship canal between the two oceans contradicted
by the letter Of Carcache the Nicaraguan Minister who
declares she rejected had been signed by Senior
Selya the commissioner her part The treaty evil
dence of extreme folly, and of little else beside.
The Senator recurs again to his objection that the
ventlon VIII not permit US TO annex Central America and
points with triumph to passage in the letter of my dis
tngushed friend the Senator from Massachusetts, MIR
EvERETT,) TO the Compile de Sartges in which he ex-
presses doubt whether the constitution would permit us
by the rpartie treaty proposed by France and England
to declare that we would purchase Cuba The Sc
nator from Illinois held this up conclusive authority
to prove that the treaty of the 10th APRIL 1850 was un-
constitutional He did venture argue this position
The treaty of 1850 referred the Committee on For
eign Relations of which Daniel Webster of Massachu
sets ut the time member, who joined in reporting
the treaty and in voting for it, did he not understand the
constitution! Without referring to all the other dstin
guished jurists who voted for it, to the
treaties in which this Government has defined the limits
Of its own territory as perpetual including the Ashbur
treaty and the treaty of Ghent and the treaty with
Mexico, and know not how many Others say to the
Senator from Illinois that acknowledge wide distnc
on between the purchase of Cuba and the annexation Of
Central America Cuba not in the possession Of Great
Britain under the Of protectorate otherwise.
large part of Central America We had no canal
to make in Cuba She presented no obstacle to us in our
passage 10 California and Oregon. Central America did
SIR DO cordially in AL che encoIniuas upon
the letter Of my friend from Massachusetts, / approved
of all the policy of President Fillmore in regard Cuba
while my friend the Senator from Massachusetts, mir
EvERErT,) the head Of the Department Of State
President Taylor, at early period Of his Admnistra
ton informed OF the substance of Mr. Forsyths let
ter which has been since published instrucng our min
lister at Madrid 10 say the Spanish Government that we
would defend the title Of Spain Cuba with all the naval
and military power Of the United States l thought il
impoltc, it led of course, similar communication
10 Spain from Great Britain and France. The French
and English Governments being apprised by Spain Of our
guarantee against hem of course thought, would give
her similar guarantee against The assurance of the
United States, Great Britain and France thus made 10
Spain, virtually guaranying Cuba TO Spain, equal in
efficacy to any partte treaty that could have been
cluded BY the Presidents direction did not continue
the assurance part
alude to this illustrating the identical policy adopt
ed by my honorable friend from Massachusetts in his let
ter the Compile de Saruges Our minister at Madrid
instructed the "a of August 1Sl9 that the Pre-
sident could not comprehend appreciate the motives or
expedency Of openly declaring Spain that the whole
power Of the United States would be employed TO prevent
the occupation in whole in part Of Cuba from passing
into other hands because he had reason to believe that
this declaration of Mr.. Forsyth part had led to
counter declarations 70 Spain OF similar character by
other interested Powers that whilst this was
resolutey determined that the Island Of Cuba should
be ceded by Spain TO any other Power than the
United States IL did not desire in future to into
any guarantees with Spain that subject that without
guarantees should be ready when the time came 10
act that the Of the cesson Of Cuba to any foreign
Power would in the United States be the instant signal
for and that foreign Power would attempt take
that did not expect hostile collision with as in
eytable consequence
This discontnuance revocation, Of Mr. Forsyths de-
claraon which had bound this Government for many
years, not exactly refusal to agree such rpar
tte convention, very properly rejected by my hon
orabe friend from Massachusetts, but It the first in
in which this Government gave unmistakable evil
dence OF its policy not 10 agree to any such convention
Sir, the Senator said that had abolished the Monroe
doctrine. IL have really done that have done
than thought was capable Of doing. III | have
done that have abolished fruitful Of controver
sy between my own country and other nations. Buthow
and in what sense have / abolished the Monroe doc
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