Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-03-19

mnion as extending from the southern part of Mexico
to the interior Of New Granada The President had stated
in that Executive message that the treaty provided for the
protection of all the routes between the points which
have just named but the country from which the British
were excluded by the treaty the country described in
the FIRST article The eighth article speaks Of protection
to be given to the Tehuantepee route and the Panama
route and sad blunder made by somebody in quot
ing that passage to show that British Honduras was in
Guided in that treaty 1t is unnecessary for me TO expose
what is at made papabe to every one who will look
at the eighth section of tue treaty.
Again, it nsnuated in debate, if understood it,
that the President and Cabinet had been informed Of
my proceedings the time Of the exchange Of the rati
cations On what authority such insinuation may
have been made is impossible for to conjecture for
think Mt this very moment Of the Cabinet Of Pres
dent Taylor is within hearing Of my voice and will bear
testimony with me, every other member would, that
the whole saect referred to the President and per-
fecy understood by every Cabinet minister, well
by the President himself 1t is only necessary to men
ton these things, and have done with them 1t is pain
fu to- allne to accusations builtupor such miserable
statements this
At the instance Of the Senator from Michigan reso-
luton adopted by the Senate the 18th Of January
last referring my correspondence with Sir H. H. Bulwer
the time Of exchanging rafcations 10 the Committee
Foreign Relations, with instructions to that committee
inquire what measures necessary on the part OF
the Senate to be taken account OF It, On the lh OF
February the committee reported resolution that MIR.
BulWer's declaration and my reply to il import nothing
than an admission tie part of the two Govern
nents, their fanetonaries ut the time Of exchanging
be considered affecting the title existing rights Of
Great Britain TO the English settlements in Honduras
Bay, and consequently that necessary
the part of the Senate to be taken because of Sir Henrs
declaration and my reply"
To this part Of the report which acquitted Of the
imputaons cast upon me- of course DO not object The
committee have negayed all the statements of those who
declared that the Senate did not understand the treaty as
had explained it to Mr. Buwer or have deemed them
unworthy of theU notice My triumph over these accu-
satons is completed by the report of the very tribunal
selected by my accusers in my absence to try But
there IS one part OF the commttees report which, al
though 1t is not necessary for my justification to rete
It, yet is indispensable for those who assa
cd me- Ny attitude is, therefore, in this respect no
longer merely defensive. deny the statements Of the
committee SO far they those who assaed
me, and become the accuser in my turn. The state-
ment OF the committee to which except is that
: the boundaries allotted to the British settlements on
the Belize, by the treaties Of 1888 and 1856 lie alto
gether within the territory Of the republic of Guatona
h. mean TO maintain that this opinion or statement
OF the committee, whether considered politically geo.
graphically, historically is utterly and absolutely e.
roneous and that the British settlements within the
boundaries allotted to them by the treaties of 1883 and
up are and ever have been from the earliest history Of
hat country within that intendency Of Mexico called Yu
'aan Merida and never formed portion and do not
1t thus day form portion either of the State Of Guate
naa or of the ancient viceroyalty Of Guatemala or of
that country which is known among statesmen by the
name of Central America
The term Central America has been used amorr some
olundelng geographers and careless travellers appca
bic TO many different parts of this hemisphere can
supply the committee with several such books as John
son uazsteer which was quoted in debate, and which
describes as containing large portion OF Mexico and
the whole Republic of New Granada Such was the char
icer Of the authority relied upon in debate here by some
Senator's to prove that they understood when they voted
on the treaty Of the 10Th Of April 1850 that British Hon
duras was included in that treaty. OF course then they
understood that the treaty covered only large por
ton Of erico, but the whole Republic Of New Granada
Now, among statesmen aud legislators the boundaries of
mn ivy ar "A
which their own Governments have recognised under that
designation We made a treaty on the 5th of December
le25 with Central America" or Centre America y
ana we have repeatedly accredited minister's for whose
missions Congress has made appropriations from time
time, 70 the Government Of Central America At the
same time have sent other ministers to New
Granada as separate Govcrnmento Mexico another
government special agents to lucatan, and consus to
British Honduras The writer's Of gazetters and careless
travellers may classify countries according fancy and
nobody is hurt by it if they happen extend the Of
Central America to the whole thmus between North and
South America, to the arctic circle but states
man IS expected to speak, when writing treaty in the
language and according the meaning Of the terms EN-
poyed by ms own Government in former treaties and
laws. Oar treaty with "Centro-America or Central
America, Of December 9Th, 1925 was treaty with the
confederaed States of Guatemala San Salvador Hondu-
ra Nicaragua, aud Costa Rca; and the constitution Of
the Republic Of Central America adopted on the 22d of
November 1924 and officially communicated to our Gov
eminent before made the treaty with that republic
described It's territories as embracing only the ancient
OF UuatemaIa with the exception of the
vince Of Chiapas. Whatever excluded by Central I
America from her limits could not be embraced in
any treaty with that Government any treaty respect
lag its territories with any other Government SO far
the committee and | agree They have repudated the
preposerous and silly conclusions arrived at by certain
gentlemen in the debate Of the 9th of January These
errors Of which schoolboy ought to be ashamed and
content myself with referring to the facility with which
the committee have rejected the geography Of such
ed Ihebans and adopted the conclusion that the treaty
OF looO includes nothing than the Central America
embraced IN her constitution But the report of the
committee shall not cover the ignorance Of Others who
asserted Win so much confidence here that British Hon
duras was included IN the treaty | shall proceed to
prove beyond the power successful denial that the set
Elements at Belize, within the limits Of the treaty Of 1886
could not by possibility be included in the territory Of Cen
trail America and now throw down the gauntlet not
only TO all these wise who thought me so silly for adj
hitting that these settlements were not within tb treaty
but even TO this Committee Foreign Relations and in
ve them to defend this part their report IL thew can
shall prove them to have been guilty Of n gross err
first by the authorities which they themselves have
relied upon, and then by every authority whether po
CAL geographical, historical which is worthy Of re-
spect
And rst TO the authorities relied upon by the COM
mitee. The report states that the Rio ondo the north
limit Of the Belize settlement, is claimed BY Qua
temaa to be wholly within its territory Even il this
we're true, it would prove nothing for no impartial
Judge admits party his assertion to be
the OF any property out Of his possession and in
the possession Of another who claims It, Is the case
here But il s not true that Guatemala claims
has claimed the territory marked for the Belize by
the treaty Of 1885, To sustain their assertion the
miee first quote Captain Bonnycastes description Of the
boundaries Of Vera Paz which literally proves nothing at
ALL then they refer to the map which accompanies the
work, and say that that, which (they ADMIT upon
too small scale distinctly TO mark the boundaries the
Ialfv gaIL1 al IN. tho