The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-01-12


provided 1t 'AbstaDs from occup, ing exerctsng 60
minion there British army on the soil Of Costa
neither occupying nor exsrciaipg Dominion that
small state Within the true spirit and Of this treaty
Why, sir, while this Is reputation OF national fAtn
Is an insult to the common sense OF mankind.
You might - well Jay the Austrians exercise no
dominion At Aneona, nor the French ct Rome,
because the local police goes on with Its unworthy
The word dominion Goes not nee ,ssa lily imply the
actual direction Of the powers of government. the
argument OF the Queens Advocate would to take for
granted. II may be assumed and preserved without that
actual interference with the In srnAl affairs Of country
The great English lsxicogrs tells that means
among ob er things, power" and ''predominapce the
acquisition Of both Of which Is precisely the condition
as depended upon its provisions And II passes ny COM
prehenton to conceive how power or predominanee,"
"dominion, indeed in either Of those forms Is to be
avoided In the presence of British army in Central
America. It IL idle to talk about It, The dominion
Of such army would both precsde and follow it. and
would be just as sfs otuay exercised the govern
the State precisely every ,essfu invading army
does whether they come friends foes Az u 'for
fypg" their position, such measure would In fact be
useless to British force, looking to the compostou
and character Of the people Of those regions The b.yo
could need Their camp would be impregnAbls stron
hold, and their line Of nAroh uudis puted occupation
OF the country there Eugishman within tao four
who believes the United Gates would have
tered into I'll engagement with the suspcion. even,
that II would b controlled and rendered aborve BY such
. Instructions there is he knoss little Of the char
acter of the American people, British inhuer TO be
acquired BY the OF armed FORCE was what our
respect TO the United States what the British
ment sought this Is not attained BY the treaty then
that is not worth the space occupies In the
spatch to Mr. CHAMPION OF Nay a. 1885, proposes that
new or supplementary treaty shall supply the defects
Of the f!st, and establish Of adustmn MT by
which the affairs Of Central America Mosquito included
shall De satisfactorily AZ per manently settled" 20 II
Clayton on the very day Of the .xchsnss Of the rsac.
ton expressed to the British Minister the opinisn
on some future occasion utiona article clearly
sta ing what the limits Of Central America might be-
come advisable" 1t La unfortunate treaty, indssi
which needs explanatory ement in the opinion Of
the negoAtor OF OF the parties before its romuga
toD the opinion the ohe party almost since
For myself sir, am not 1t al s,nguine IN he expecta
ton that any useful resul. will follow an attempt to pro-
vide by second treaty for the failure Of the first The
President In his Informed that Great Britain
has proposed to settle the arrassDg questions which
ment and that Minister at London has been autho
riged to enter into sgotiaons upon the subject This
and the honor and the interest OF the country
the bands Of able representatives. will the I'D min
stratioD, feel sure consent 10 any arrangement which
does not protect both o. those elements OF national
But to settling the boundarie, of Central Ame lea
geographical Central America for must again bring
the recollection OF the Senator from Delaware that
POLITICAL confederation Of that name to which hs ha.
alluded has ceased to exist, and that the States that
compose 1t are wholly independent 1t would be lost
labor to undertake It, With respect to settling the
bouIdl rice Of the existing republics, have
more right to do it than they have TO settle
England claims that British Honduras and its depen.
denotes included In the treaty and agree
the manner before stated that ey are rot The
ton then between us and England II there be any is
not as to the extent of Central An erica but OF Hon
duras and its teper denotes. Whatever may be the
tent OF Central America should Il reach from Labrador
to Cape Horn wouli not incuce Of thsse pos
sessions for ttey taboosd by the that the
government consider them part Of Central America,
excepted them from the treaty by aud
there is not the least doubt have already said but
hiatt Ia ~ fhA he .
has been wrested from the legal possession and Is
fed without the shadow Of just title Since tbs forma
ton OF this treaty. and In full view of Its stipuaons
colony has been established in this very region
does suppc that England any pro-
Of peaceful negotiation give foot
try fhe holds part OF which she has just into
separate IL there anything In her history
in the eespatches Of Lord Clarendon tojusy ths
pscaonY Does he Senator from De- ware that
because, In the official memorandum he filed with the
treaty, he restricted the claim OF the Bi sh Minister
honduras, and It's dependencies, by in,.rns the sord
"aleged," SO ~ to read Honduras and is alleged"
dependencies or becsute in his notice OF July 4th his
speaks q thefs dependencies IS the small islands in
kne its depes denci.s" does he suppose say that
trch expressions intended to be ultra osutious
olive Of sction than is far oisusi BY udeants
limitations like those here employed She has got the
country; and her claims and her possession jus.
we'll known while the negotiation pening
and her Entertainments could not have bsen concealed
from the investigating mind and habits OF the Secretary
81 State And much TO be regretted that whsa he
thought necessay to accept the British proposition
control the tr.ay by the understanding OF the re
precise terms As to what extent o, country should Do
e1ceIted from lis "epgaevIents" As the subject ieft
1t fuipsres most rstul seId for controversy, bet
ter proof Of which 10 wanted than the claims
of England along the csMt and her estab hment Of thi
new colony II. thsrsfore, she should ever propose,
Central America it viii Be found Central America
excluding her Honduras settlement and its dependencies
as sh' hoks them. ask. what single motive have We
for fixing he boundaries Of the Central American region
possible dispute could arise with gland except
IS to The extent OF what Lord Clarendon calls her
lawful territory In Central America she is prepared
atsndon her unjust acquisons and retire upon
original poesfsory rights then oertsiay mu n Of the
s,i'iing Snisully might BE- adjusted but, ss
adapt our course, and . firm too, without which
there will be either oessou concession Fer
part
Though by unauthorized act Of executive
we may have precluted ourselves from maintaining What
the treaty been ratified it stoi that Honduras aud
Its cependen cies are within the engagements" the
treaty snd though the extent Of airy thus severed
from the obgat ms OF that instrument improvidsn,y
left inc finite yet Justice and posy (snohsr for
the Monroe docrine) equally unite dictate course
and tina, Is to require Epsland abandon
ments, which fair dependencies OF hsrr aud to
fau back upon her posseasory nghS, not soveregny
limiting them to the comparatively marrow district shs
has 20 often snd go soen My declared To b. all TO whch
she has any jus. claim. But, air. IL Is evident on
careful ptrusa of Lord Carendon dsspstchss that the
British government have intention Of subn lifting TO
egotaton the question ofthe limits OF their
Zone whatever He makes no such PROPOSE ion any
Ne1ther the bOuudares Central America,
hose Of Honduras iA dspendenes, alluded
to BY him. The subject carefully and studiouby avoid
ed This will be manifest by the brief examnatsn pr
poee to mahe OF the papers Az "a Mosquito he sdmit
that within the limits OF the treaty, though he de
nes that the stpustops provide for the bar Comment Of
the protectorate How 1t 10 TO be maintained without
or'iheadon or occupation dominion would be Of
tie most zz questions in pe icsl science pre-
sntsd for practi al solution What new amcsbls ar
ai gements Lord Clarendon coDen plates the
Mosquito territory, II difficult to conjecture rs
phAtcay announces that the honor OF Great Britain
ancient protector Of Mosquito, must be pre- ervsd In
tact" Frank ~ ough this, but rot very for
any satisfactory arrarg cement thAtie retsnea
st this declAraion would appear TO ntmlte had
ter don the whole matter let
nerottlvss lts or sin Lord Psmsrs,on TO Tor
al tesfon OF their country by the Mo,quito Iadan
TO the kirg Ct England, made about 1887 to ia
Go'sinor OF Jsmsica, sno who gave the chi-f
mission a. krg And what would Eng and have thought
II a. shat yer, tine teh styed deprtation OF
the TRIES Of gnia Indians had been taken to Canada
AID there CO ded the sovereignty Of the lans they resided
10 The khg Ct france Ard at this day what vouli
che ihiI If similar step should bs tskeu by OF
tie Came tribes. and France Holland should claim
extensive gors in her Cspe colony by yrtue OF inch