New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-01-12

ton not exceeding i've hundred in number snd rapidly
disappearing from the earth the victims Of the lpoy
and OtheT lOaia0ne dseasss which will externn "a
the race End tie chief Of these miserable s1Vasos is
decked with tinse crown. and sgsed - King, Win me
couDteDance Of British authorities. AMI he Is the oily OF
Great Britain and through this pT0tectOrae she eIo
pow extensive region gndeinei il Dot indefinite,
aud important 10 the world from it, capacity 10 supply e
most valuable productions and Sill more from ia &c graph
al relation 20 the great highway Of nations whiehs To DO
opened that part OF the continent The Senator
from Delaware congraiuetes hmsefthst the prOtecors
through which Great Britain Intended 70 assam, 10 MIA
ion this region she had done through other pro
in India is already abolished far we had
any object abolish it," have d5ubl bat this was
the intention Of the Senator, and though wish it hal
been prt cisey expressed ye, with him that
If the treaty be Justly carried out what rema rs o. tue
trotec, viii be comparatively innocuons Bat LORD
Clarndon strives TO destroy this vision OF Dip tn
umIh. He tells quite another story. lie tells us thlt
his country has not renowned by the trenty the prOtec
"ton which she has for centuries past Afforded and stu
affords mari that 10 the Mosquito Territory and be
pretty plainly inmates that che intends II do no such
thing except upon her terms and in her own way
while he says that 1.-THE honor of Great Britain. AS the
ancient protector Of Mosquito, shall be preserved
"iniact-' And does the Senator from Delaware, an
experienced statesman, sagacious observer OF pass
ing evtn-does he really believe, as he intmses, tlat
this prOt ctorae is preserved for the charitable pGr
pose Of sending food to the half naked savayes and Of
{" sending the Bible among them p Crefat Jad1ns
ApeLlG Let Linn think so who will, Il requires far
bigger bump Of creduy than has fallen 10 most men 10
enable to yield assent to the operation Of such be-
nevOen motive in the public intercourse Of Great Britain,
or may add indeed, Of any other country. we a.e
told by the Senator asOD suppose for leaving this
question Of the Mosquito protectofae so indefinite as
To- have led TO great miscOncepton that in no treaty
which Great Britain has ever made has she abandoned
"her allies 10 the mercy of their enemies Mr.. Pres
dent, nation has the moral right t. make allies OF
babarous savagts living in the territory Of civilized
power and to use them for deeds OF blood. And it 10
poor vaunt of magnanmy that Great itan holds on TO
tie alliance, and protects not the deieneless but the
destroyer As early our Revolutionary this policy
was denounced in burning word OF reprosch by the eler
hut a gke IN deaf hardened hearts
for the stirring up Of Indians against own people
has marked tie progress Of every difficulty we have had
with England, whether lending 10 open hostiltes or
not down to the Of 1871 AT the conferences OF Client
this subject fully discussed and l suppose every
man WHO lived at that day win remember the
thrill of indignation which penetrated the country
when the subsdised murderers officially called the
"aes of Christian people. The British negotiators al
Client stuck TO tier allies as long as II was profitable
TO do So and if the demands they made in their name did
evince much knowledge Of the American character
they evinced at any rse knowledge OF their own inter
ests by seeking to place the Indians as barrier between
their North American possessions and the United states
For this purpose they proposed that the line of the treaty OF
Gree nye should be the permanent boundary between our
own country and the Indian tribes partition which would
have sent back TO the wilderness from which much Of it
had been reclaimed about half the State OF Ohio the
larger portion of Indiana and Illinois and almost all leh
gan and Wisconsin to be roamed over rather than oce1
pied by the primitive inhabitants For was declared
part OF the policy and Of the demands OF the nego
tiators, that no cession Of land whiq TINS regl)u
should ever be made TO the United States; one
of the commissioners remarked that the In
dams could rot be restricted from selling their lands
"to England Supposed but that the United States could
abe restricted from purcb asing them" so much tor
Diplomatic sagacity. And this demand Of boundary and
barrier, with complete cesson OF jurisdiction was de-
cared to be sine qua for then, as now honor pro
hbitod the abandonment OF allies. 10 all these prOpo
sitions iud0lenly made and superciOusy passed. our
Commissioners gave that noble answer forever to be re-
membered and adhered to in good and in evil days should
evil davs come upon u.s. ave have authority to cede
any part of the territory Of the United States, and ono
stipulation to that eject will we subscribe Well the
sine qua non was abandoned we agreed win E1gaau
that each party should do what we had been striving to
do during the whole war; and that was to terminate hos
tiles with the Indians and TO suffer them to return to
their possessions if they would immediately des IRON
bostes against u.s. and they did and came back to
our sovereignty taught useful lesson OF peace and oDe
dence The food and the Bibles they got were bat
Ioor oupensaiun for tho uerngs they underwent the
lives they the misery they entaed up0nthenseyes
wish tie Senator from Delaware had recOected this les
taught in the history OF his country when ne ieit ne
Mosquito protectorate to exist though should exhaust
its eforts-as be to think it within acts Of
and religious Mountaineering food for the mind and the
body But Lord Clarendon tells us another story have
carefully examined the dispatch of the Secretary OF State
Of tie tenor and temper Of which Lord Clarendon com
plains and nothing in its language or sentiments not
fully justified by the circumstances The Secretary speaks
plainly and firmly, but with proper dignity, as becomes
bis position and the honor of bis country The real dill
Guilty is in the subject and not in The mode OF treating It,
Ii REQUIRES not much penetration to perceive that Lord
Clarendon became sensible of the embarrassment OF his
POSITION He had undertaken irksome task the task
Of defending the pretenson OF England 20 Sonrol q
incTa sng in wrechedness, occupying regions belonging
TO civilized governments, and keeping them, a no says
of the pale of political enlightenment ana lost 70 me
world Al this is so contrary to the received principles
of public law as well to the practice OF Eng and,
that the effort must have been made with some sacrifice
of consistency, if not Of feeling by Bdhish states
man Ii NAV well be- therefore, that language, which
under other circumstances would have provoked no
observation became under these cause OF ohense Inc
Senator from Delaware. in his speech as have before
observed seems consider the proectorae as lett only
for charitable purposes and to enable Great Britain to
utercede In friendly way with any Of the Centr al
American Republics o. them from destruction Their
reduction 10 five hundred and their state OF misery are
but poor comment upon this foreign philanthropy Bat
Lord Clarendon also gives similar reasons for the British
neglect TO comply with the treaty though the @gis ne
throws over tie Indians becomes the signal OF war against
the civilized communities in those regions DO not know,
Mr. President the relations they bear 10 the Christian
government within whose boundaries they I'VE wen
enough to say whether my arrangement, and u any OF
vii nature should be made in the interest OF humanity
for tler protection. If there peculiar circumstances
belonging to the past tie present. as there wen may
be from the nature Of Indian hosties by which bit.er
feelings and resoE,ments have been SO engendered as
10 make their position unsafe, the remedy is not the
violation of a great principle TO shield them rom the
prrer jurisdiction but by friendly representations whic
could not fail in their effect when made by the Onlle1
states and by England insure them such permanent
settlements as their wants require, without leaving TINS
feeble tribe the nominal owners Of vast country 10 Dc
controlled and governed by power across the ocean un-
der the kindly guise Of protection To do all this requires
neither new treaty supplement- but good faith only
and sn homes, compliance with treaty already made
zee II is reported that American company has purchased
large portion Of the Mosquito country from the nd
chief and some OF the journals OF the day make saD
iect of congra;ustion under the expectation that WI"
remove much Of the existing embarrassment; AnO"
nothing of the alleged purchase nor OF ne Dat
sufh a measure in my opinion would increase the
difficulties instead Of diminishing them, 6y aiding
q new and serious element OF trouble "nat rlgnt
have American citizens to purchase land OF an IN
diem chief lying within the territories Of civilized na.
toni Our Government has demonstrated with that OF