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


The Senator from Delaware rspudiAtss this eoa
can BE- clearer than that what Sir Henry Bulvsr
cd . ignition that Honduras and its depsudsn-
cies were not included In the "sng Agemeor OF the
treaty And this he got BY word and deed clearly rs
e preclude all controversy the topic By deed for the
Erghsh declaration restricting the operation Of tbs CON
sruction received it'll the set OF ratification and Is
upon the dies OF the department state uu,oncted
70 this esy and BY vor for he is pressy told by tbs
sesrctsry Of State and the fact is peatsi in the
memorandum deposited BY the Secretary with the rs,ty
thst Bitsh Horduras OF embraced 10 the treaty
It d impossible to establish this point clearly
self upon tie fact that he sit the title to Honduras
as the treaty bears it, wi .hout denying, af rming
or In any way meddhng with the same, Just it stood
previously And ths honora lie Oh irmAn also appears
to At sch 30 Importance to this precau
tionary one must confess that TO il 1, another Of
81 q .nsss oSsDs whs, the
British title, the treaty left 'ust 1t stood pre-
vousiy" (prsvs usiy = t~aty which it understood
after he had formally declared thai the Convention did
not extend to his colony /: to hat refer
snes 70 the treaty ., Ghsnt o. any tthss iads.d wos
to the British demand that moment he had to
do with these possessions than he had with the city OF
London ss and bis protest against the title OF the lat
ter would have been Just appropriate an IS valid as
sgsin,t the former, AID not particle II Was
MT act Of supsrsrogatios far rsspscts
this conversion 1t unauthorized interference
did AK the United States to recognise heir title
They asked ackno wledgmsnt that the treaty did
not extend to them and they got it, and there ended
Foreign Affairs in their estimate of the ef,ct Of
the admission thus made by the Secretary Of state
With re,p-ct to the practical operation of deca
ration ibis made at the time of the exchange of r
hcatons whatever that might be, igsd by tn. ordi
nary principles Of municipal Law, app ed to indEii lA
u be contested that in the intercourse OF
Were mutual engagements depend for their ilimsnt
upon mutual good faith such joint procedure would b.
6 psieered by The party itself and BY the ~o:d full
he rfi0 dsma al
quenty In Il Gaze that this treaty had pom
her settlement Of Honduras and its de pendsnces,
rate portion Of them Mr. Johnson In his letter
he senator from Delaware fpeakr OF tbs question Is
strictly legal and refers TO the prQtoc0l tbs
change OF the ratification Of the bsarpg
10 pitc ipie upon 1t. Sir 1t goes far beyond mere
technical considerations. and far beyond that
That was the declaration Of the opinion Of the Com
missioner ~ to the extent of certain clauses of the
treaty avowedy made without any authority what
This the act Of the head Of the patton the
gan Of communication with foreign powers, within the
line Of his authority he considered it, receiving aud
asserting to conditional ratification, and declaring that
the Senate understood It As he did For suppose that
the sanction Of the President upon
But sir to return to the bill OF indictment preferred
sgan't me by The honorable member rs says that
made still g aver and accusation against
him - that charged hin With inserting direct false
hood In his letter to Sir Henry Bu~sr in the assertion
made on the au hority o. Csl ng that the Senate
perfectly understood ~ the time they voted upon this
treaty, that British Honduras included in 1t aud
that declared TO the Senate that had from Col
King that very morning positive denial OF the
aasel tion.'
Mr.. President, it is obvious that there are two
facts involved in this statement one and much the
most important Is that the Senate knew this rest,c
tion upon che limits Of Central America by which that
British province excluded from It's operation aad the
other secon iary one sriing authority Of Gel
King in proof Of the alleged ledge Of this body Nov
Fir ~ TO the hrst no man deny there some
whsre grave mhtske, No man, except the Senator
from Delaware viii astert that the Ssnas SUCH
perfectly erstood that itish Honduras was no, in
oluded IN the treaty o oous. they knew nothing Of the
ee-And therefore their opnion Of the territorial obg.
tons Of the treaty depended opinion of tbs ex
tentthe geographical extent OF Central America for
bad then no political existence any thar Hep
tsrchy OF former days. tie Italy our own And he
who believed that the B sh possessions any portoa
81 them that region 81 country, could not believe
In hz exclusion from the obligations Of the
That tome OF the Senator's entertained the view that
por ion OF these possess OBS without the limits OF
Central Amsrica. do not deny say portion OF these
for do not believe there was IN ia thu
Senate and very few out Of it. who believed that the
whole OF them lay beyond that region Of coanty Many
Senator's, as we know from their ceclarAons considered
AL thefe British usurpAtions honestly making part Of
Central America and consequently no ons has
OF aLd scquiescsd in this ceussraeti1. s.cln ,;au
But even were 1t otherwise it Is enough for m 10 ~
that never bad before heard Of Il, aud right
to relieve elf from the i'm putson It would pecs sra-
ry bring upon me were it true in consequence OF ths
une had taken; and In ,hs act OF SELF had
ss Iu,lns: dn,y OF Stating my a0n AMI the facts
Ssptts attending all these proceedings and pnsipstcg
II hen, did not ''nndertAnd that the did NOT
iue i-de British Honduras" The uaver oil iy Of the pro
position included me The truth. sxela ing ms aud
nany others vas ircomPatible with the general asser
tp Well SIR, this alleged understanding vas therefore
an error 1t was not true The facts mad bssn SO ne
where nissppo hended, and Ia nov it wa, pop
to put them right As to the Up ihsts employed By tn
honorable Ser or, they are his not mine / 1se' NJ
such espre sion Is faisehood nor Any term implyios
moral delinquency kept myself within the limits Of
courteous ard legitimate die assOn. yio.'sd
10 which gave rss. would do 30 any shsrs and
least Of oil In this high bransh Of tho national po~.
The cAl In question Of alleged facts and the attempt
to dsprove them, give no just Of on.nos any
one long as proper Ard temperate language ussc
No ser ator has right TO fay charge him Vita false
poceet ing The sources Of human obvious
and too numerous to excite surprise by their sperStsn
liable 70 their effects from the cradle to the grave
every search after truth ht degenerate personal
implied ofis; sive imputatons. rspeat sir, made no
charge Of falsehoed against the Senator As som
read the letter, and the accompanying documents de-
e,mined to call upon q lionel King to ascertain the
ground fer tbs assertion that the senate aware
this claim 10 ,luce British Hon from the stipuA.
TONS OF me treaty In order publicly ano promptly TO
Of the obligations catsd BY that instrument Isuppose
neither the Senator from Delaware any ss win
cid cali upon Color ell King and toe result Of that
view need not repeat, for ,ated 1t {, the
o s s a. ins
ledge Of the alleged fact and informed this Senate
His vie W then we're precisely what they we're at the
meeting the democratic Senator's related by the
member from Louisiana, (Mr. SosIe). stated my
position, and the lion had had with Col Ki,g;
and did the ly because hs desiredit Nov,
sir, not going to defsnd the de:orum Of this pro-
ceeding may safely leave my viaeicstion to
the good sense Of ths country In proceeding to what
he considers much grayer accusation the Senator fro
Delaware speaks OF the charge mace again him in
nection with the letter OF Mr. King and the entail it,
though the author OF the contradiction and his
disclam the sgency thus impuiei 10 me. l
expressly said did not come hire TO arrAisa Nj Clay
ton. | denied that the Sen.ts-vhat-vsr in nvIduh
Senators may have thought-undsrs,ood that British
Honduras not included in the treaty. hal right
to do being of III who for momsn.
terared such view ana who would have vote, against
the ratification had such suggestion been seriou y
,inained as the act Of this body But to the let
ter my agency confined to reporting at his En
request my versson with Colonel Kiog upon whose
authority the statement rested The $50 at5r says
The Senator from Michigan declared, in tbs pre-
OF the American Senats hat he had that very mornng
hms. waited upon Colon King, and had received
his lips the positive denial Of the assertion" 7,
be ! did Mf President. and repeat 1t here In
the fane presence ana in the facs OF the Senator
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