Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-11-20
The c1ayton-Bulwer Treaty.
oorrs.pOndonse Of the Joaraal. Of commeree.
WAsnIsoro,y. Nov 4

! WAsnINGToN, Nov Is.
The Clayton-Bulwer Treaty IS neither abrosated
nor at an end, IN consequence OF the disagreement
between tie two governments as 10 its inierpreta-
tim. The negotiation concerning lis conStIuc-
ton IS suspended; but is subject 10 resumption at
any time But our government hiss rejected the
British interpretations and faile to establish its
own; aud will not under the present Admiuistra-
ton, be likely'to modity.its demands. The mode
Of formal abrogation of Treaty will be found
/ in. the Act ADVOCATING the Treaty. of l178 with
France, and the act Iseif tmbOdies The reason Tor
it, viz that the Treaty had been violated by the
French government. similar Sc, may be pro-
posed by President Pietce, but ave no SnecIaI
reason for The belief that tbs measure has yet
been decided upon, or that lheIe is any urgent
TeaSOn ior IL, at present.
The chief difficulty lies in the extension Of
British jurisdiction over tue Bay Islands, AMI rs
peciaIly Of the Island Of Ruatan, hlch our gov
eminent considers Paipable violation of the let
ter and spin; of The Teaty, and entirely iuconSis
ent Swith President Pierce'S re.aSsertion OF the
Monroe dOctriEe.
he history Of the British claim TO Ruatan is
briefly as loiIows:-It was taken by English pirates
in Observation-Disclosures by Spain. an,l again
taken possession OF by England in 1912, aud tLen
fortified. In l780sthe English were liSlodgetl by
forces sent from Guatemala. In 1896 the English
again became masters Of ii, but held il only for
Year. Tie Brtlrh commander Of the garrison at
the Belize seized upon tile Island IN 1880, hut tile
1 :
duraS, d;Sayowed. Ii was again taken POSSESSION
Of i'll 1871 by Col. Alexander McDoudld Her Ma
( irS'y's Superintendent in Honduras, who hauled
down the f"g OF the republic Of Honduras, and
hUSted that of Great Britain in its stead. The
island was tlken by Great Britain without any right
To it, no less than five tunes, and the time US
laIe as 1852. s-I.
The tone neld by President TayIor's Message in
! 1856, tended tn check for while the raInd t,,-
crJachments OF Great Britain upon Central Amer
md h1fi,
the Importance 10 the world of the IS;hmns transit
amicaGy TO arrange The matter; Tut it has BEEN So
fur, unsuccessful.
! Great Britain has possessed herSclfofthe actual
sovereignty OF territories on the northern Shure OF
Honduras, extending over tWeH ty thousand SQUARE
miles, exclusive of the islands aud keys The
Ratuan island contains 10000 acres ofGrtI;e suil
In Yucca an, Great Britain has obtained possession
of additional territory 10 the extent of 5000 square
I miles.
/ Add to this the ProiectorOte of the MiSQuito
Understanding FIVE hundrd miles from tile
Roman river 10 The Chtqui Lagoon, and embra-
/ cirs S1,U00 square mtieS-and lhe result is that
Great Britain now has practical possession OF
! about Sky 'quare miles III Central America, or
one.lhitd oil the whsle. That she intends to hold
all she has got is certain; aud cIrcu ances
are very favorable 10 her acquisition Of all the
rrst-auLi that, tho, IN the face aud eyes OF The
Monroe doctrine, 10 say nothing OF the Clayton
/ Bulwer treaty.
| The difficulty has been aggravated by the ex-
| redItiOns Of Walker aud Kinney, and this may lie
a Pretext f0t further British prrtrn<ions But our
own govetnm Mt endeavOEed 10 arrest Walkers
expedition, and having failed in that, they
have now stopped his reInGorcemenls from San
/ francisco. Walker is now acting III Subur
dlhailUn TO the Nicaragua Gov, Tnnent de tuctO
but vial not long lie atIe 10 retain even that po
sltlon. The military enterprise OF Kinney was
arrested in New York by the Government, and he
IS cuillvatns corn and cabbage, as peaceful
EQuatteE, al San Juan.
| Again, it is said that Mr.. Gushing has written
very lndScTeet letter 10 the United States District
Attorney in Philadelphia, i'll which he has applied
vllnperatlVe terms TO the British CoveTnmt mt. II
is true enough that it not was the buSineSS.uf Mr..
Gushing 10 discuss our foreign relations in cor
reSponIence with District Attorney. 1t was suf-
hcleht Tor INN 10 point out " hat lie Gcems d The
District Attorneys duty; he should have left Mr..
Champion, with Whum he had nothing 10 do, 10
| be handled by the Secretary Of State, But the
BIN II Government has no concern with what
two law OificeES Of the American Government NAY
Say by way OF PnlenlhesS, when they happen TO
write to each other. Mr.. Gushing may lave made
remarks which were INDIGENOUS, Tor which there
was no occaSOn-which were even uniuSl-w Lich
II addre sSed to The British Government might prop
trIy be regarded as inSuIliEg-yet, InaSnluch as
they were not addressed 10 that Government il can
take no notice OF them. 1t might as we'll take no
lice OF paragraph in the COshoclon Spy, " Ech
II chose 10 regard as offensive. An English l1ur-
nast may put himse Ii inlo as Towering a passion
as he PleaSeS with Mr.. Gushing, if he fluids his let
ter in print, but 1t is an affair for the journalists
only.
This view of the causes of difference between
the two counties. think, will show our readers
pretty clearly that we cannot have war yet, how
ever desirable some may thlk ii. Nothing has
been dUne Oh either side for which either country
can have the face 10 90 10 war-there is no injury
Which war can heaIi no Insult Offered (or war 10
wipe out; war III such Case would Ge naked,
w""ton homiclde, without the shadow Of an ap"l-
osy. 1t IS not ut all Strange, lhereIOre, that many
should think The getting up Of this excitement o
mere Slochjobbet's trek, something uG that