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

sDoss, 20 far Is the nesotistors were concerned
Esgland obtains what she wants BY the aooept
OF her conditional ratification, and by the
sckDovled yemen. with which 1t received BY our
executive; for though there Ia want Of cautious
viii ). souna that h.y u" proaao:
effect upon the claim OF England Doe clear limitation
defining what We gave up wtui1 have been true po,ey
and true sincerity. We gave up Britt Honduras" Ia
express terms and certainly that contains By far tbs
important p, rti OF the possessions Of ,gAnd,
ding she claims to the SArstoon river not to
the Gulf o. Dolce The only IMITATION IS TO the de-
pendencise" meaning, Suppose the islands, add 70
srieng the claim to the small ones 10 the neigh ,orhood
OF the settlements and which may bs known" as de
pends ncies WHAT small islands, aud what 10 tbs
neigh Of . settlement, claimed to extend more
pences prssent fruitful subjects for controversy IS the
diplomats who most .eocss In his trade could desire
Honduras exclude fro the treaty so far IS appears
BY the papers solely on the ground that the negotiations
cid nst intend TO include IT, net at al on the ground that
II not covered BY the convention And after thus
asserting to the demands of the British Minister,
the Secretary Of State proceeds TO explsn why t0s
term Genital America used In the treaty, and the
tarns ont to be that 1t adopted because Wis
count Pamerston had assented to H. and used the
proper term" an sorry tina. no better reason ceud
b~ assigned for the of this descriptive epthst than
wish the Br,h Minister for Foreign Al
fairs presume every Senator who voted for the treaty
supposed that the term Central America was mploysd
TO designate given region Of country with well known
limits and that was not srs vague OF preston used
IL compliment TO . forsga suggestion The secretary
adds that I've naturally supposed this account It
would be satisfactory to your government" Toe
for this remark not At ali obvious The British MINIS.
ter had made no complsin. Of the terms used In the
treaty. Nothing like It, The words Central America
not to be found In his note He merely claims tbs
empttn he demands tn. ground OF thu mutus under
standing, and that ground he obtains II But what
ifyour government intend says the Of
State, ITO delay the exchar Of ai sh Ill
have Sxed the brec.e limits Of Central Amsrca mus.
defer the further action until have further iuorms
on both slices to which At present have Of
resor and which it certain could not obtain before
the term 61ed for exchanging the Publications would
government Asked delay Of the exchange Of rsfeA
III rs They had then actually isd the treaty and tbs
authenticated instrument In OF tue S,cre
tsry Of State And what is still extraordinary he
in this letter that he the dscars
makes 1t absolute by his own concession Of the fact
stated and prt cssds 10 sign the eter and deliver It
to exchange the Publications Of the treaty" Why talk
Of the postponemsEt OF raacsons In order to Ak the
limits Of Central America at the very moment when he
was exchanging rah6cations with the other party Aud
why tall Of fixing the limits after he had admitted what
the Britifh claimed the exclusion OF their colony from
the pro visions the treaty II was shutting the stable
door sitter the horse had escaped They had gained tnsr
object and to them speci boundary oonpar lively
uDimpor'an and Why not Ak the limits during the pr.
obave been DONE IL there to
the true extent OF the region covered by the treaty
In this sttsr TO Sir Henry Bal he told by Score
ary OF State that alteration could be made Ia the
treaty without the sanction Of the Senate but he does
not understand that any authority has been given to the
lister By his govern uent to propose any alteration
Why th, remark Mr. PresdsoY Tue rstAry perfectly
well knew what the British government wanted de yields
to their dema 10 this very letter Il, tn want
ed the exclusion OF Honduras from the ergxge nent of
the treaty andthey ratified upon the express a.
on thai such was to the effect OF their action tbs
process by which ous compliance with this demand
TO be given questi IN for u.s. and not for them-a
nothing to do and about which they probably cared
little Why the Secretary started institutions al point
respecting the divided cttops Of government In
correspondence with foreigA mini ter 1t the he
assents to HE application IL What pAbs to cops
ture. presume Sr Henry Bulwsr, after petiag the
exchange OF ratification ras perfectly willing t, permit
us to settle question In ,ur own way Bat sir There
was an alteration sod ser one made this treaty
by the rider annexed to It, quits - eoua for the pu
poses Of England II had been inserted 10 iS stpu
lAons. That instrument embraces ntal AmerisA and
the ratification Of the Senate covered that region.
Secretary Of State to settle it by his own act and to
except from the engs cement OF the treaty extensive
and impor section Of the county, By the acceptance
Of the conditions al ratification and acquescsuos in IT,
the executive added this restrictive csuss treaty
- ehs tualy, SO far the ola OF England are con
I'd, 1t had made part of It, provious in this
formal mAnDer-provded, that the engsgemsuts Of this
convention 81 AL mot apply to the British settlement at
Honduras or to its depends nces There denyiny or
explain Dg away this inevitable consequence Of cutvs
in efferente II question the ter:iorAi OK
snt OF the obligations OF treaty sh ul be adjusted
psrt Of the Secretary OF State b. lore it and
independent Of tn. action Of the Senate Is treaty
Cur statute books whose sng g. aents" aIoa sfas.
xttno 10 oil Central America, but licked mp tbs
executive srch es is decAratio, that Hosduras its
oepeot er ces, & most prolific eu up:.rsia term
ad last session, and ~ events have since sh
ret within the stipuations OF tho trsAty II .ontro
verhy should arise between individuals involving this
lection what curious cubic. would this stats o.
things prssen FOR Judicial sctD What would o. tn ugh
Of The proceeding should csson OF country by On az
te made to the United States and the treaty be thus
siped by the Senate. and thso should the executive,
up his own sspors iby, duclafs that large extent
OF county wa excepted from cssson the grouui
that such Was the Of the npsotAtors OF
The convention And this is precisely ths principle Of
AL QeQ he az n
Gus conssqu TO which its estsbshmen. wouli
oessariy lead The Secretary OF tate seems to have
necessary 10 ascertain the understanding Of the
sera'e suppose from the fact Of this applies.
tion that L is had beea toll the Senate did not
understand" hs matter he did the treaty voold
have gone back to that body for its reconsideration
This presuppcsed that there actual important
arDgsn emit Only to be justified by the fact that
in accordance with the II ordinate branc Of
the treaty making power. And what Vas the constitu
Most assuredy by its reer-Nos to them in the usual way
by the executive, with full statement Of all the circum
stAnses Ths course would have preserved involsts all
body would have been made Known in the estA bed
manner And the controversy in which ind rselves
engaged Is .ns best oom%snt.Iy upon the
ing Instead OF doing thf the Secretary OF ate Ak
tie opinion Of the chairman Of the Gun ntee For-
Relations Is to the views OF the Senate and the Senator
from Delaware 10 defending the course speaks OF the
chairman ''of cAl an, seeking TO isti,y b m
self by that designation. Cir, pbsr oc,uppiog that
position is no more the ocia orgau to make Sno .n
suthoriAtively the Vows Of the senate to the exc
eutiv. than any other member Of this body. The
Senate, in such cases. is its own organ, aud
its intercourse with the President is carried by
his sde and by votes and resolut theirs
This very experiment. tqu ally unfortunate In les
and quences exposes the Of fro
the true principles OF ec-sdng and Of the to
substitute the opinions of an individual for tins action Of
the proper body. 1t Ia mite clear that Col kns did
90. updcrstard ths state OF hngs bet the Secretary
of State and tbs British Minister and past coIadc
ton that large portion Of Sen never thought Of
ageer to the exclusion OF Honduras lite dspsn
eies from the obligations OF hs treaty, md you'd have
voted its rat alton had they belle red that such
attempt would be made All this vota OF this body
would have shown, had it's constitutional ghts been
gadsd TIE sehAtor treats this branch OF the in
sir sulary cavalier manner Hs says he has b. him
the letter q the chairman, Col King Informing him Of
views SIT Is conclusive, he adds, 'of the fact that
the Senator ming myself and ali others who voted for
ard sgsinst the treaty perfectly Ddsrsood at the Tim.
that tbe territory Of British Honduras not included
DE treaty All under stood then but f.w said
that thty did not urdetn n 1t and few Others Try
to prove 1t is not where their ON official org IN de-
clare to they y updsrso,d it to be whom the
treaty ratified by them They try convict their