The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-03-17

So"s~A~r Sonvcnion, and Case OF Captain
. Gibson.
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recent news Of the conclusion Of treaty bstse.n
consuls into Netherlands India, has not failed to pro-
take interest in colonial politics II 10 difcuit to be-
understood IN view OF the reiterated declaration OF
treaty would be fasal to and security
of distant possessions, that the minister Of the
fs Sses ss.as H. : and
posed IN favor This Il p policy Is
not regarded as being simply concession the part OF
the government TO the views of the opposition 10 the
colonial ADMINISTRATION but it has been supposed that
extinguish the Gibson reclamation of which, doubt
readers have not forgotten the many curious phases
in the Chamber have had the effect to involve the mat
ter in question in still greater obscurity or to leave it
in precisely the same state as before We have pub
lished from time to time several well authenticated
ocu mens confederation Of various statements in
laon to the Of Capt. Gibson which have awakened
the iveliest desire for complete information from
the government We are very positively assured that
the convention for the admission Of American consuls
into our colonial has not been entered into
with q view to smother the reclama ion Of Gibson; at
least 1t does not impcate the Of ignoring de-
mands OF the America captain, which have been 50
nounced this affair Is now in the hands of the Commit
tee Of Foreign Affairs in the House Of Representatives Of
hat it referred to this committee after that Mr.,
Orr the deputy from South Carolina had called attend
sderatons and invited the committee to give It an i'm
mediate and earnest examination. We await the report
Of this committee to know whether the House Of Repre-
sentatves approves dsapprOves Of the action Of the
administration in their continued support Of Gibson In
his reclamation, and whether anything has been done
which would explain the true motive for yielding to the
consular convention just announced.
There are many who mistakenly imagine that our
has given no small occu patton more than one. ihs
duty was assigned to Mr. Lghtenvelt, our Minister at
Paris to inform himself Of the position which Capam
nd fharQ at n afioUn f
United States and despite proverbal celebrity he has
barely succeeded in obtaining very incomplete In
sells received especial instructions in relation to the
Captain and now has come to the turn of Mr. Covers,
Netherlands at New Yorl, to employ themselves ASST
duousy in hunting up the antecedents Of Captain Glib
son-as II some law process against him was now pend
csed by Mr.. Secretary Of State Marcy who recsived
BY remarkable coincidence, letter denouncing the
lection Of his government and alleging certain reasons
In support Of the denuncation Mr.. Marcy addressed
letter to certain Mr. McGregor, mentioned along with
others in the denuncatory asking Of him
to give such information In relation to Gibson would
s
documents could be relied upon The letter addressed
BY Mr. Marcy to this Mac6regor was circulated among
the New York journals, and called forth very
complimentary comments against the Secretary Of State.
This provoked explanations on the part of the Union,
ters, that the affair had been taken in hand wheR
Mr. Webster Secretary of State; that dispatches
from commissioner MARSHALL from commodore Aulck,
from Captain Magruder from Consul Shaw at Singa-
pore, and from Mr.. Cramerus at Batavia had been
csived and examined at the State Department smulta
necusly with memorial written by Captain Gibson;
and that as consequence of this examination, the
had hsstened to give Mr. Belmont stringent
instructions (Which led him to write his sharp notes
and that whatever might have been the antecedens OF
Captain Gibson 1t remained only to be shown whether
his imprisonment at Batavia could be justified not
and that not nothing should deter the Of
the Union from causing the rights Of its citizens to be
respected.
There the matter rests. It remains be seen
which shall weigh most in the estimation Of the repre-
sentatves of the United Satesthe real merits of the
reclamation and the favorable opinion entertained by
President Pierce in the goodness Of Gbson's cause
the antecedents OF the Cspt,n ably pried out and
the consular treaty which the Cabinet Of the Neither
lands offers to America with the utmost graciousness
the late threats Of the enforcement Of
the Captains claim.