New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-01-13

bad frequency rcduced no new authority to sustain him
nlees twas the authority he found 40 the recently
81 ,sd dispatches from England Tie lClayon was muc1
AZ he total ignorance OF this subject displayed
- fese Birth Dispatches change had taken p,cs ~
a. ministry and young Secretary OF state was eauel ~
sce there who possibly knew very little Of TIN, iniraS
h;ect and under these circumstances 10 had SUPPOSED
~ was some error or mistake in these recent dspAoc
Ne had addressed note to Mr.. Champion asking 1'n
th,re vas not mistake 10 these dispatches or r.,
sble hat the British Government sugposea aaria
p,;tsh Honduras formed part Of political Centla. -
Mr. CHAMPION had replied TO him frankly y Toeni
not advised officially Of what the view o. 'o "a
- bpt Ala NOT believe ever intended 10 DC ~ -
,;nr tbat Vondurse was In Central Alnerica' Vh no
eonirary be beliey ed the Belize was Va tt,; 90 &
dispstches alluded to, be thinks u wa ~ bicai do
,he term Central America as geneIal goo.' o. ~;
- ,ha central part OF the continent ahd Dol us
go ,oi;,icaI sense Mr.. Champion says ~ Jus IoaoH ~
believe thattbe Governqsn ~ covtonl understood the
n contendng that Central America as used IN the
sT. nst be taken in iis ographical sense lie exam
ined Iis point last March ana ne !nougu a 1g naa
b nv authorities and argument the contrary Stl not
hir,.ndipg the Senator had had ten months in which to
ne The matter he appeared To be es cOnhdent as ever
=. "a error The Senator mad not pretended 70 reply 10
III The authorities he Lad there exhibited, but
;rrly confined himself 10 repetition OF his pOstniate
atrue that gazeteers and some aliases described
Te1tYal America as embracing the Belize indeed some
f,Lem mt down the limits Of Central America os in
in5;no Texas and California. One of the maps pup
ibed by the Society for the Diffusion OF Useal Know
sdge describes Central America as including an OF e4ieo
"a Calfornia and pOsitively excludes Costa hica,
and II was such map a. that ina. inc oSni'o e
Statesman relied If the Senator relied on s9cn maps as
.bst 40 bow that the Belize was included IN Central Ame
,ca no rnpst admit that the geographical description
ri Central America thereon Is correct snl as ne say
he voted for the treaty because eSciaIu 'o
States and Great Britain from coloniziog occupying
-, fortifying any part Of geographical Centrai
America &c must admit that he voted tr treaty putting
Texas and California out of the Union. Did any sen
80, vote Sot The treaty under such impression
hid the Senators from Texas IN voting for 1t,
suppose they voting to put Texas embraced
on this map as part Of cen,'a Aulg nd out Oh
unworthy be relied by any one protesting to be
Statesman; to ascertain what was Central America he
referred to such maps as tins Dat 10 wha was cOnsd
syed Inv This Government the true, political Central
America This he found laid down in treaty made by
,Ss Government with Central America ITSELF aud in that
treaty Central America defined to be included within
fbe five States constituting Central America in the true
legal political and diplomatic sense lie read the treaty
and said that when this political definition of Central
America abandoned then they would DC az sea IN the
search for a true one He regarded the Senator from
Michigan placing himself on the BRUSH SIDE OF TINS
question and against the position OF the American GOV
eminent He is assuming that the Belize was excluded
from the treaty by the exchange of Publications hold
shst the Belize is part of Central America The Senator
ia mistaken in supposng that the British Government
acre ca with him this last particular. Take from the
speech the assumption that the settlement at the
Belize is included in the Central America named in the
treaty and ne Mr. ClaytOn might afford TO allow the ff
teen columns of the speech TO go unanswered even full of
errors they The greatest part OF he speech is
founded the very assumption that the Brit
Government admits That the DelIe Is IN
terms of the treaty describing Central America. Let the
Senator produce the authority of single American Sec
rotary Of State let him produce the authority of William
Marcy TO sustain the position that the settlement of the
Belize is included by the treaty, and he (Sr. ClayOn)
would abandon the controversy and admit the Senator to
be victor He referred to acts by Secretary Buchanan
which he found recorded in the State Department which
fully sustained him in declaring that the gentleman thought
as he did this subject The tendency of the first twelve
columns of the Senators speech was to produce that which
England desred-a aew treaty but which Marcy by
his silence all the implOratons of the British Cabinets
TO that end refused The title to Belize by Great Britain
was no title to sovereignty or dominic. was settle
ment there which che held by the tendency the
gentleman did bis farm-the right to possess and
occupy but without any political supreme power or do
1ninion Her title TO Ruatan different. There
she was possessed of absolute poll zeal dominion As
much so as in the City of London. The
Senator from Michigan would persist in viewing Ruaan
rs one of the dependencies of tho Belize. With much
proiey might ne call Jamaica dependency of pr
yate genteman's settlement lie described what the de-
pendencies of the Belize were. They consisted of
island called Georges Key, and small cluster of islands
where English shipping could be repaired &c, at times
when the main land cOnd not be approached for that pur
Thee were named and described IN the
treaty Of London and his counter statement to Buwers
declaration he coDded the dependencies to more pacu
lar The Senator in his desire to make him out
wrong had involved himself in absurdes which might
hereafter prove embarrassing If hesa down. the Senator
said he short if he stood up the Senator thought
him too tall In the exchange OF ratlhcations OF the
treaty Bulwer declared that the Belize and its de
pendencies were not included He answered that Cen
trial America and its dependencies were included.
What gained or lost here by either party lie
put it to any a question of law in a controversy.
declares claim all white acre and It's appurtenances
and says claim all black and its appurtenances
Neither party rights viii be affected by their declarations
when the case into Court AT the time he received
Bulwers declaration, he was much annoyed by
and said that he would not exchange notifications
with him in the treaty But friends finally persuaded
him that he would be doing wrong and would be
greatly blamed if he permitted such matter to the
loss Of the last chance of getting clear of British influence
In Central America This consideration induced him to
ceive the declaration and to make counter one
informing Bulwer that il not to be replied to- In this
counter declaration he stated that the treaty not
20 be considered altered changed by it, and he told
Bulwer, further, that he (Bulwer) had no power to
propose any change in the treaty, all of which Buwer
asseDt,d to- and admitted exchanging ratcations It,
TO show further that Great Britain before the treaty
made thoroughly to understand that she to agree not
10 ooonze occupy oItfy any part OF Central America
He quoted from the report OF an Interview between Lord
Pamerston and Mr. Lawrence in 1919, and from
pondence between the Since tue treaty Great
Britain has made like declaration, and he
what surprised TO find Lord Clarendon asserting the
over the Mosquito Coast He thought that during
This controversy the Senator had felt the full force
and weight Of precedent which stood in his path,
but in respect to which he hads said nothing.
Mexican Government regarded that protocol restoring
the treaty to what before amended by the Senate
ye, President Polk did not send TO the Senate did
be make il public for year after, when was sent to the
House in answer call and accompanied by his
for not regarding valid Polk denied the validity Of
the protocol its bnoing on the United States
Commissioners had no power to change alter treaty
from what it was when ratified by the Senate He
iCayton) afterwards had occasion TO defend President
Polk and his Commissioners from the charge by the
Mexican Government of want of faith in disregard
ing that protocol Would the Senator venture the
hon that that protocol changed altered the Mexican
Treaty from what was, ratified by the Senate
absolved Mexico from obligation abide byts stpula
hon He made protocol with Buwer; he received
from ms "A