Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1856-02-13
The CLAYTON Il uIwer Treaty.

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land, goes to show that the opinion of the peo-
pie Of England, SO far at least as this treaty is
concerned, is adverse to the construction put
upon it by the Palmerston Ministry. The
Times regards the Protectorate set up by Eng
land as "ludicrously disproportioned to the d.
mansions Of the interest engaged in it" and
therefore it prefers, rather than leopard the
commercial interest of England to give up the
Questionable rights to the Mosquito Protector
ate and the Island of Britain" and also "to
throw the worthless settlement of Balize in the
bargain"
Doubtless this acknowledgment of the Amer
lean contraction by the Times, is the result of
the debate in the Senate, and if that body with
anything like unanimity declares in favor of
the American construction, and of determi-
nation to sustain the treaty and the honor of
the country, it will allay all serious apprehen-
sion of war, but as long as we manifest any
fear of war, or desire to treat and compro-
mise, so long will England adhere to the Pal
m .rston construction of the treaty, and the
danger of war will become imminent
We arc for the American construction of this
treaty, and if necessary, to sustain the honor
of the country, for war.
We cannot appreciate the policy Of the adj
ministration in desiring to DEFER delay, post
pone the discussion Of this matter. We do
not suspect any party, or any man, of any
other intention or desire than to protect, de-
fend, and sustain the honor of the country,
and it seems to us that we cannot too soon
declare distinctly what our intentions are, and
what our determination will. be. We are con-
WINGED that settlement of this question will
speedily follow any declaration on our part to
maintain and defend this treaty even at the
hazard Of war
From the London Times JAN 90.
Without, however, offering an
opinion the Interpretation of the treaty--in our
point of view, a matter of very secondary import
ance--we may presume to offer few words of ad-
vice to the government and the nation. The mat
ter in dispute is ludicrously disproporoned to the
dimensions OF the interests engaged in it. Here
are two of the greatest nations in the world, pos
sessing between them the greatest share of its
maritime commerce, approaching to the very verge
of quarrel about matters to an ordinary appre-
henson of the most extreme insignfcance. What
possible advantage can England derive from the
protectorate of the Mosquito territory the seiz
ure of the island Ruatan or of her rights over Be-
lize, paltry as they are, there is no question II
is no doubt very glorious thing to carry off his
Mosquito Majesty to Jamaica, and then, after he
has recovered the effects of his three or four
days devotion to the celebrated rum of that island
to stuff his sable limbs into Generals uniform, to
crown him with cooked hat to anoint him with
palm oil out of a calabash, to put sugar cane as a
sceptre in his hand, and to send him back to his
nokad cnh Will oil tba nj;
wait on protected royalty but surely even this
qualification, and that Of occupying the island of
Ruatan, may be bought too dear. All the advan-
tage that we could hope to obtain from these du-
bious and ill-defned rights over remote and I'M
healthy districts is, that by being first in the field
we may prevent the Americans from anticipating
US in obtaining exclusive possession of the transit
over the Isthmus of Darien.
That nothing of the kind will be attempted we
have the guarantee Of the Clayton Buwer treaty,
the provisions of which the American government
has evinced no inclination to infringe, and any
future infraction of which we possess both, the
right and the power to prevent. Once secure on
this point, we might leave the care of the morals
ofthe Mosquito Indians to themselves, and restore
the island of Ruatan to its primitive desolation,
without any perceptible diminution of the power
or prcstige OF the British monarchy. In the mean
time, by adhering tenacousy to these barren and
worthless rights, we are running some risk of for
feiting the very objects to secure which we retain
them. America is never wanting in race of hardy
and adventurous pirates, ready to undertake any
enterprise however desperate, and carry it out by
any means, however criminal. Such q horde Of
civilized barbarans, cooperating with the Ameri-
can Transit Company has just taken possession of
the State of Nicaragua, under the leadership OF
Col Walker, and while we debating about the
Mosquito protectorate and the island of Ruatan
seems not unlikely to accomplish the very mischief
by the establishment of an American State on the
line Of transit, against which the Clayton Bulwer
treaty was intended to guard.
We apprehend it is the duty of the United
States to put down by military force these dis
graceful enterprises where men possessed of no
other merit than ferocious courage, disgrace their
country and their by every species Of cruelty
and oppression, and continually embroil the rela-
tons of the Union with foreign countries But
while we are at issue with the American govern
ment to our part of the treaty, it is vain to
pect that they win incur either trouble or unpopu-
arity in Furnishing such of their citizens as are
violating Its provisions on their own account. The
suggestion, then, we would offer, is simply this
Let us take our stand on the literal construction of
the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, which accompanies for
us all that we can reasonably desire in Central
America. Let us frankly give up our questionable
right to the Mosquito protectorate and the Island
Of Rustan, and, by way of delivering ourselves of
the whole embarrassment at once and forever
throw the worthless settlement Of Belize into the
bargain. In return, let US call upon the American
government not only to observe its portion of the
treaty, in respect of which we have hitherto had
nothing to complain, but also to root out the gang
Of pirates and murderers who have taken forcible
possession of the State of Nicaragua, and hold il
In defiance of the win Of both countries. Such
an example would do more to carry out the inten-
ton of the treaty than any amount of protection
to drunken savages or occupation Of worthless
islands. -
AN AMERICAN CAsTArRIcE.-A young lady from
Washington City, Miss Julia May, has for some