New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-01-17

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Committee the subject referred to. He cofec'Ni
eerener who supposed this vessel chartered by Che
Msr Deps-raen The Government had not chartores B.
III shipps ,orion Of rosimen -, % H. but che
ytsse' 1pen and actually a. 'i1"n o'Ssr passengers
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- led anon bo ,e ,uornistion which may be Afforded,
n NJ dose much that he senate kn'" n0ls o.
a. ~ Tl.ER.-The information might touch delicate
q Of obligation on the part OF the Governments Il
n n, zach liabilities Of the owners of the steamer and
a r A, 90 doubt Il would show very different degree Of
m fsr AZ regards the conduct OF the different officers
4 ...ended 10 honor. Ii was presumed and he hoped
ye ropcrly that they entitled to oil that had been
ipcirscf How far the OF the steamer M ght be
subjeo liability be woud not undertake 10 say. That
wosld d upon the information furnished and upon
the so,er 1gment Of the Senate In connection w'h
fhe So nc forced 10 say that whatever might
The G0 &c the Of the vessel, be could not WIN
hold h. ire common opinion expressed towards is
msnder, Capt. Watkins The three cheers which were
given "a MIN that occasion the Des: laAgaage ths
could , pronounced any occasion 20 far as regards
M BADGER thought under ~ d: 2; 9n'staeots' s'e
as! could be Of little conseGasir "sii ..1niItys
charge Of the matter to pass the @ of the Com
SnAnders of y Aree vesseI, aud hoped the resoiu1'h
would pa. -. - so,tod
Mr. SHIELDS offered his and it was adopted
To Co., - regulating the manner Of paying Soma
,o,s a, .pur ~ The Senate contingent fund.- was re-
mrped{ p. = use with amendments and was referred
tothe FIRsuee committee.
Mr. DIXON gave notice Of an amendment ADDING IN
additional section TO the Nebraska Territorial BILL pro-
ydng that much of the eighth section Of the act admit
ting Missouri prohibits slavery or involuntary serVi
tide ether than punishment for crime IN tue Ierro
attained in the cossOn OF Louisiana lying north OF 80
40 fks be deemed wholly inappicabe 70 The Territory OF
Nebraska and all other territories Of the Uned states
he people Of whom shall alone have the power OF decd
ing whether slavery shall or SHAH not eAlst tHeelh
Ii was ordered to be printed: .
Mr. PETTTTS report on the Vermont Senatorship is
favorable TO Mr. Phelps right to h seat and made by
Messrs Petit Geyer and William Tho minority report
is signed by Messrs. Butler and Bayord e. ,...
Mr. HAMLIN reported resolution dTectng uie PM PIN
ing of 900 copies of the 0btract OF me census Alped
Mr. ADAMS reported bill increasing the pay Oh niue
hundred dollars clerks TO twelve hundred. m
Mr. SHIELDS reported bill to incr as we mllary
establishment of the United States Also bill to regu-
late the nav and increase the efficiency OF the army, &c
Also bill to promote the efficiency OF the army by re-
Mr.. GWIN, from the Naval Committee, reported back
from the House joint resolution Of approval Of the con
duct of Lieut.: Ingrahem, and asked it's passage
Mr.. BADGER said Lo had an amendment to oier-
The subject of the Clayton and Bulwer Treaty was
Mr. CT AYTON resumed his remarks, commenced on
Thursdsy last by way ofshowing, by additional testmo
nv that be was right in suppOsng the Senate dd under
stand the treaty when they ratified, as not idcludng the
sstt eut at the Balze and that Mr. King right in
informing him that the Senate dld not 50 understand IT,
He quoted some remarks made by Mr Mangum mem
Der also Of the Committee on Foreign relations a. last
session Mr. Mangum, in his speech protested That the
question of Baze not discussed in the Senate at all
the only question debated was whether me Mosquito pro
tctoraie was to continue lie referred also to Mr. Web
ser who WAS member of the Committee on Foreign Re
sous at the time the treaty was rathed and who voted
or be treaty Ifthat gentleman understood tho treaty az
ahe Senator from Michigan asserted the Senate did, why
8id he when Secretary of state permit the settlement at
Balze 10 be continued in violation OF the treaty without
ever having demanded the reason oil us continuance
cr chilled fbe attention OF Congress e. the viola
tion of the treaty Mr. Websters ac11escence without
doubt showed that he never UNDERSTOOD the treaty Us IN
ending in its proviions that settlement II the Senator
from Michigan himself thought the treaty meant what no
now asserted he thought did when he voted for It, why
did he suffer that settlement to be continued for nearly
three years after the ratification of the treaty without ever
calling the attention OF the Senate or country 70 what mus
have appeared to hum TO have been Ia5faDt violation OF
III The Senator had dwelt Particular P,hhi' having
STYLED Mr. King, who Chairman OF tho Committee on
Foreign Relations the organ Of the senate IN commn
ucating with the State Department on tho subject lie
recsrded tbe Chairman Of that Committee as neces
saTily the convenient and appropriate person 10
communicate with the Departments upon matters be
before the Senate 10 make formal calls by resolution
every of the frequent ana daily occasions whoIs
inform oOn required would be absurd and Tor each
one Of The sixty Senators to apply in person or in
body at the Department would be more So Inc Chairman
of the Committee he thought as much Inc organ OF
the Senate, in all communications with the government
rs well as the Secretary OF state tho organ OF the Te
dent in all like Communications. He thought that he had
now demonstrated that Mr. King had given him the inor
nation stated in his note to Mr. buwef as having been
made bv MIR King to him, to the understanding placed
In lie treaty by the Senate fully correct lie referred
10 that part of Mr. Casss speech wherein complaint Is
made that in his speech in April last he said that all the
reports Of Mr. Cass speech OF the 9th OF January 1893
published the day after its delivery agreed IN represent
mo that Senator as saying that Mr. Clayton had recog
n9ed the title of Great Britain to the Baiize.
This statement the naor from Michigan now denied
and referred 20 the official record of his speech III
The Globe and The Union. He did not doubt the
Senator's word but by way of showing how much mus
flee the Senator'S speech had been the Of ne read
from The North Anu.caa of Philadelphia, Of Jan. 7,
1883 In the report received by magnetic Telegraph ana
published in that paper and in some dozen others through
out the Northern cities, the senator was represented as
the Senator reported in TIE Gio5e ia Jan 1883, and
held that the Senator there was represented as saying
something TO the same elect lie examined ana denhe1
what the British title at the Balze really was and held
That was the mere right of settlement the right TO cut
dive wood pluck the fruits not the cultivated fruits Out
those actually there al the time. The eminent domain re-
NAMED in Spain. and the rights OF Spain had fallen
mon Mexico il was now in Mexico, who cOuld at any
time order her of because there was no dyewoof there
now In the negotiation this subject he had thoroughly
informed himself upon the subject aud had carefully
avoided all RECOGNITION Of any right by Great Brit
ain TO sovereignty or domain at the Balze Ia
1850 in response to call Of the House Of Representatives.
the treaty had been transmitted to thar body together
with statement of what had taken place at the exchange
of racations that statement printed aud each Sena
tor had copy il placed in his hands, the Senator from
Michigan among them This nearly three years be-
fore the Senator delivered his spessh on he subject as he
had said the other day two thirds OF tue senators speech
was in spirit of Gliding and filed evidently with the
vipdidiye lucubratOns OF whole sumner ana NJ inc
close Of IT, the Senator had clearly demonstrated that the
British had not the least shadow OF title II inc Sovereignty
at the Baze The Senator had done this so well that II
useless for him 20 say lie agreed with the Senator
in his designations to the reported violations OF the
treaty by Great Britain. Great Britain has violated all
the made with Spain concerning Central America,
and unless there be mistake in the drespectfu and
arrogant dispatch of Lord Clarendon, Of the 9th Of May