Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-01-08

The publication of the foregoing Document, has
given rise to the following explanations in the Senate
Of the United States.
In SENATE, THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1888.
Mr. CASS said: Mr.. President, ask the indulgence
Of the Senate this me make what may be consid-
cred personal explanation The Senate viii recollect
that some time since introduced resolution which was
adopted calling for information from the proper
Department respecting the establishment of new colony
in the Bay Of Honduras called the Colony Of the Bay
OF Islands" which established in July last We have
received the Of the President and Department Of
State and they state what Is altogether correct that
they know nothing about it. This Administration knows
nothing upon the subject But in the correspondence
which has been transmitted to there is very extra
ordinary fact disclosed and for as one OF the Sen
ators who voted for the ratification Of the treaty OF lo5O
desire the time that this correspondence goes
ont 10 the world to let il be distinctly understood that
am not amongst those who at that time entertained the
construction which seems TO have been put upon that
treaty IL had been of opinion that any such construc
ton would have been put upon it. should never have
voted for its ratification.
Mr. Everett transmits with his report letters to
and from Mr. Clayton and Sir Henry Bulwer, who were
the Joint nepoators Of the treaty. and to them is ap-
pended the quasi and conditional IL you please 50 to call
H. ratification Of the treaty by the British Government
IL will be recoeced that the treaty PROVIDED tnat here
should be settlement occupation, coonizauon or 90
minon exercised by either party over Cenra america
The ratification transmitted by the British Governments
in these words
In proceeding the exchange Of the rahcaon OF ine
convention signed Washington, on the lstn Of april o'V
between her Britannia Majesty and the United States OF he
rca relative the establishment OF communication ~ np
canal between the Atlantic and Pacific the undersgn
ed her Britannia Majegtys Plenpoenary has received ne
TO declare that her Majesty does not un
detand the Of that convention to apply to her
Mae,t settlement Honduras 10 it's dependencies Her
Maiesys ratification Of the said convention exchanged un
| der The explicit declaration above mentioned.
"Done at Washington, the 29th day of June, 1850
| al. L. BULwER."
Nou Is obvious that the word dependencies gives
as ample sphere Of operations TO any diplomatic ambidex-
erity as can possibly be required In answer to that
Mr. CLAYTON says that the negoators on the part OF the
Governments understood the matter alike that Is that
neither Of them understood Central America to be Central
America at all but that both Of them understood that
tho face OF the treaty, though Central America was
Included vet the British claims thereon were excluded
Instead Of putting that fact in the treaty ITSELF as should
been done or even sending that the
Senate Mt the time Of the ratification Of the treaty nothing
of the sort was done The treaty embraced Central Anne
rca and ivwas voted upon by the Senate under that
impression But now it that both negotators sad
they did not mean Central America, but only portion o.
lit Mr. Clayton says-and the reason introduce tne
subject now is because desire TO dsavoW lot mysen tne
fact here stated:
!" The chairman Of the Committee on Foreign relations o.
the Senate, Hon VIM r. King informs me tnat tne
perfectly understood that the treaty did not ncuoe Dusn
Hcnduras understood to apply to and does nciuoe
all the Central American States Of Gautenaa HONDURAS Gar
Salvador, Nicaragua and Costa Rica with their just limit
land proper dependencies"