The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-11-28

distance from that goal which the mere per-
sonal ambition Of Pierce and Marcy aspired
to. We know that Mr.. Buchanan, previous to
the sailing OF the Canada considered the ques-
ton as all but settled but we are also advised
from Washington that no intention exists there
of permitting settlement, if possible. There
is, however no truth in the ca,ard that Mr..
Crampton's recall has been demanded, because
that gentleman was considered as merely car
rying out the instructions of his government,
and it is those instructions, and not the mere
agents, which are regarded as matters Of griev-
ance. But Mr.. Marcy has, within few days,
given, all diplomatic intercourse with England
shall cease, and that Mr.. Champion will re-
ceive his passports. We regard this as mere
idle talk-though the fact of Mr.. Marcy having
made this threat is susceptible of proof.
Mr.. Marcy, however, has quarrel of his own
on hand, distinct from the enlistment difficult
ty, and which he has managed so far with that
tact which is peculiar to him, in adopting the
abors and ideas Of others, and turning them to
his own profit We allude to the Central Anne
rican question. It is we'll known that the
Mosquito protectorate was a pet project of
Lord Palmerston. He watched it with jealous
solicitude, and fought for it on all occasions,
with zeal worthy of his friendship for the
hybrid King Of that interesting country. So
far did he carry his policy that after the Clay
ton-Bulwer treaty had been ratified he ma
| naged to explain its provisions all away, and
prove that whilst Clayton had been
slipping gin and water, Bulwer had
drawn up treaty which said that the
Mosquito humbug was to be abandoned and
the perfect freedom of the San Juan estat-
lished, but really meant nothing Of the sort
In fact, the much pulled treaty was so explain
ed away as to mean nothing, and as far as Eng
land was concerned was regarded as mere
waste paper.
| Recent events in Central America, and es-
| pecially on the banks of the San Juan, have
put an entirely different complexion on the
Importance Of the reading of the Clayton
Bnlwer treaty, and Lord Palmerston has sud-
denly discovered that that instrument does not
mean what he contended formerly it did, bat
that it is susceptible of far more enlarged
Interpretation; that it calls for the joint &C.
ton Of the two governments-that of England
| and the United States-to preserve intact the
| freedom of the route to the Pacific, and, of
course, to suppress all attempts at changes
which may be made either in the government
| of Nicaragua or to disturb the condition OF
| affairs in the Mosquito territory. 1t may
readily be imagined that in this controversy
Mr. Marcy has the best Of it, and the more
/ r nrd p,lvn ,,1n An %bo
is our Secretary Of State. He has the English
| government on the hip, and shows no disposi
ton to let them up. Lord Palmerston finds
that his duplicity in denying fair interpre-
tation to the Clayton-Bulwer treaty has now
defeated the hobby of his life, and that the
Mosquito protectorate has slipped from his
fingers forever. So important is the matter
viewed by Lord Palmerston that he sent for
Sir Henry Bulwer, and the last reply to Mr..
Marcy is the joint production of the blunder-
ing Premier and the willy diplomatist It is,
however, useless. The time has come, at
last, when English interference will be no
longer tolerated in the affairs OF Central
America, and manifest destiny can 90 on per-
fectly unmindful of all attempts at European
interference, or without the trouble of solving
the problem given by an English paper as to
the relative strength of the Cyane and the
Duke of Wellington.
We have given Mr.. Marcy the credit of
quick adoption of the labors and intellect of
others, and in no instance which we can re.
member is this more eminently displayed than
in the present Central American controversy.
The documents which will doubtless be com
municated to Congress will show wonderful
degree of information on the part Of the Sc
cretary of State, in his dispatches 10 Mr.. Blu
chaDan. He traces the whole question of the
Mosquito settlement from its inception; and not
only so, but he analyses the British pretensions
to Honduras His facts are numerous argu-
ments conclusive. Yet, when the documents
are made public the reader will look in vain
for an acknowledgment of the source from
whence Mr.. Marcy obtained all his informa-
ton and is enabled to make so respectable
display OF laborad research. The credit, how
ever, belongs not to Mr.. Marcy. He found thu
materials all ready to his hand, hid away in
the pigeon holes Of the State Department, ia
a series OF dispatches from Mr. Abbott Law
renee whilst Minister to England, and which
were suppressed by Mr.. Clayton, and are now
only destined to see the light through the
secondhand medium of Mr.. Marcys wholesale
adoption. We trust, in justice to the memory
Of good man, that call will be m ade early
in the session for all the corrcspon ien,e which
M. Lawrence had with the State Department
not heretofore communicated to Congress. Il
may strip Mr. Marcy Of his borrowed plumage,
but it will be q just and proper tribute to the
services Of man who was something better
| tbar mere politician.
Whilst it is out of the question to suppose
that anything even approaching War can grow
out OF the controversies now exsting--for they
are both mere abstraetions-it il evident that