Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-02-28


SPEECH OF MIR. BRIGHT, NJ. p.
The Chairman of the IiverpoOl, Chamber of
Commerccsat the annual meeting Of the Cham
Der, spoken strong terms against any Interrupt
tionsof friendly relations between the two coun-
tries. Other members expressed the same SEN
timents, butthe Chamber did not adopt formal
resolution on the subject
The Manchester Chamber Of Commerce held
its annual meeting on Monday, the 18th inst,
when the following resolution, prepared by John
Bright, NJ. p, was moved by the Mayor Of Man
chester, and unanimously adopted:
That this Chamber hns observed with deep
regret that difficulties have arisen between the
British Government and thetG Government of the
United States, with regard to the construction
of a treaty on the subject of Central America,
and tn attempts which are alleged to have been
made to enlist men for the British army in the
jurisdiction of the United States; this Chamber
would urgently impress upou the Government
ofthi scountry the propriety of considering these
questions ina concihtory spirit withsa strong
determination to spare alike to the United King
dom aud to the United States the indescribable
evils which must arise from any interruption of
amicable relations between the two countries"
Crhe adoption of this resolution was eloquent
" responded to by Mr.. Bright, n. p, who said:)
Take these two questionable one under dis
cussion, and the. case of the Bulwer- CLAYTON
treaty with regard to Central America. Now he
wasnot about to deny that all the words of that
treaty might be shown or be made, by person
as impartial as could expect to be, to appear
to be more in favor of the view taken BY the
English Government than by the American
Government. That was the opinion to which
he was inclined on examining it. But at the
same time he thought it was certain the Ameri-
can Government understood it to mean the 9TH
er thing, or else they would never have agreed to
it; and, therefore, he did not wonder that they
took different opinion from that of our own
Government. But whatever the view was
it was notworth straw to England
2 We had got Il small town of 900 or 90 houses
called Belize, at the mouth of the river Belize,
and two small islands, which were perhaps ONO
value at all; and, at any rate, the country was
not going to engage in everlasting difficulties
with the United States on their account. Lord
Clarendon was willing to put it to arbitration,
but it was one of those cases in which arbitra-
ton was difficult. If arbitration were todecide
whether the treaty was as the English govern
ment said it was, or whether it was as the AM
erican government said it was, then the Ameri-
can Government would give notice and abandon
the the treaty, because theyswould never consent
that the protectorate and occupation of England
should continue, while they understood itshould
be abolished, andlstill adhere to a treaty which
the end would be, that the treaty would be atan
end, and all things would be just as if it had
never been made; and the result would be that
the United States, being on the spot, as COM
pared with this country, would be pushing some
way or other-some of their ways he did not
think were very wise or justin that direction,
and there could be no doubt that, whether we
went to war or not, our children would find that
the whole Of these countries were either in the
:.
cnce of the United States of America, and moth
ing ace could srer dd could prereRt it. clear
He could not say that If we chose to impoveriSh
ourselves, and go into the workhouse in order
to keep up an establishment there, we could not
do it, but that would be all that we could
achieve. He thought that the Times gave adj
mirable advice to them the other day, when it
said it would be infinitely better that this coun-
try should have no interest there whatever, and
no sway over those savagcs in the Mosquito
Territory, rather than have any interruption for
u single day of amicable relations with the Uni
ted States.
In reference to the case of Mr.. Champion, Mr..
Bright went on to say:
"He would not say that there was any proof
the completely of the English Minister; he was
not going to state the case against his own gov
eminent and country; and our Government had
but it was clear from the evidence on trial-and
there was also the correspondence, and there
was actual letters of Mr.. Champion, the British
Minister-that the whole of this proceeding was
an attempt-so stupid that there was no Ian
guage fit to describe ito get few knayis'i
yagabonds III the Uuited States to come to Can
ada or Nova Scotia to be enlisted in the British
army. Men were enticcd to Canada under the
pretence of getting work on the railways that
were making there; but it was known very well
what they were really going for, and the thing
was done so foolishly that it gotinto the Phila-
delphia newspapers. This created great nnpleas-
antnesS, because it must be noted that there
were great number Of persons in the United
States, who, from one cause OF another, had not
Sympathized with England on the Eastern ques-
ton; and also that there was a large portion of
the Irish people there, who had important rea-
sons, as they supposed, for being hostile to this
country. We'll, the English Government stop
ped the enlistment, but they did not make what
the American Government called sufficient
PREPARATION or apology. So far as he understood
it, in making an apology they denied the com
mission OF the offence; which was very much
like finding man guilty and SAYING, "Ihc man
is not guilty, butwe hope he will never do so
any more. (Laughter9 In this case they
seemed to express that they had violated the
to argue that they had not violated the laws; but
perhaps We should see more when the Govern
lnent laid on the table of the house all the cor
rcspondcnco with regard to the matter. But this
point was undeniabIe, that our Government was
in error in the course they had taken. they had
fallen in the very thing Mr.. Gibson warned them
against, when he said You must get into trou-
BILE with these Governments il they are neutral
What should we have said if the Russians had
engaged priyateers in the harbors of Americas
And what the difference between engaging men
on board ships and engaging men upon the land2
1t was quite clear that our Government was
wrong, but Americans said we had not made
antonement sufficient, Mr.. Champion had OBJ
yiously violated the laws of the United States;
they could not Danish Mr.. Champion, becausei it
was contrary to the rules Of international pro-
ceedings; but his influence for good must neces-
sarily be greatly impaired in that country, and
therefore they asked US to recall him. 1t might
be very unpleasant to Withdraw Minister, but
here were things much more unpleasant than
that. Itwas not so long since that we had
Minister kicked out of Madrid in consequence
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