The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-01-02
The House Partly Indignant and
Greatly Excited.
REFUSAL or THE HOUSE TO READ THE MESSAGE,
40, &C., 10.
TRsHTY-EOURgR 0u1GgEss.
FIRST SESSION.

wAsurSeroS, Dec. 81 1855
Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. henry o. DKAs. 5L
The Journal Of yesterday read at approved 7
Mr.. SIDNEY WEBSTER P,vaesecreary of the President
Appeared announcing message ia wGiuog
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
FHIow Cl1lzESe THE SEsA1E AND ts@e
TIE Hovsr OF RIrHIf LNTATIyBs:-
The constitution Of the Omitted States provides that
Congress shall assemble Annually the first Monday OF
December and 1t has been usual for the President 70
make communication of pubie character the se-
nate and House OF Representatives. un,l advised Of their
readiness to receive it, deferred to this usage
til the close of the 6rs q The eession but my
vicops Of duty will not permit longer postpone
the discharge of the ohgson epoasa by the canstitu
ton upon the President to give TO the Congress nfor
nation of the state of the Unon their
consideration such he stall judge necessary
and cxpedient',
1t is matter Of corgstulaton the repuhe tran
gully advancing in a career Of prosperity and peace.
FOREIGN REL ATTIC As.-cEsTRAL AMERICA.
Whilst reaior OF ami'y tinue to exist between the
United States and al foreign powers with some of them
grave questions depending, which may require the
consideration of Congress.
Of such questions, the most important is that which
has arisen out Of the negotiations with Great Britain In
reference to Central America.
BY the convention concluded between the two govern
the 10th of April 1860, both parties covenant
ed that nehsr will occupy tortiy, colonies
assume exc else any dominion over, Nicaragus,
Costa Rica the Mosquto coast any part Of Central
America"
II was the undoubted understanding of the United
States in making this treaty, tha all the present States
Of the former republic Of Central Am rca and the entire
territory OF each, would therceorth enjoy complete
dependence and that both contracting paries engaged
equally and to the same extent for the present and for
the future that either teen had any claim right in
Central America such claim aud al occupation au-
thory under 1t, unsescrvedy renluished BY the
stipuatcps Of the conyeniin and .ha dominion
the, 10 be exercised assumed in any part Of Gem
trail America, by Great Britain the United States,
This government consented to restrictions ia regard 10
region Of country wherein we had specific and PECULIAR
interests only upon the conviction ,hat the Ike resrit
tons in the obligatory Great Britain.
But for this understanding Of the aree and cGsst Of tn
convention it would have been concluded by
So clear was this understanding thu part Of The
Crited States that in correspondence contemporane0us
with the ratification of the convention it distinctly
expressed that the mutual OF nonoccupaton
intended TO apply to tbs British bhshmeut
at tLe Haize Ibis qualification s to aselbed to the
fact that in virtue ;essye treaties wi previous
vereigns Of the couIt1y Great Britain had obtained
cei0n Of the right mahogsnY dye woods at the
Balize but with positive exclosan of all domain or sove
rcgnty and thus II confirms the natural construction
understood import of tho treaty TO al the rest Of
| the region to which the ssieuatens applied.
II, however, became appareot OF early day after
entering upon the ocna,ce Of my present funetiaas
that Great Britain still nud 10 the exercise
ton Of large authority IN oil that pat. Central Anea
commonlv CHILLED the .iosnuio calst and egverinu III,
eI,re length Of the State Of Nicaragua and a part a
Cnsta Rice that he reoeyd,o he R5e IA hsr aSso "a
aen "a a. ,r ane ilv xn, ;n H. ;,,;ts AZ thc 80
nense Of the sat- Of Honduras ane tat she had for
| lnalIy coopzed siderable insu group known
tie iay Islsnds arc be prpiur et right 10 that State
AN these acts or prc.epsions &C Great Britan being
contrary to the rights .: the states a Central America
I'ned states a. np5essIood by ,,s government. hsys
been ms de tho subj ct Of negotiation through the Aeri
can Minister i, I.r,9.n transmit herewith the in
tInctons Ia him On the spbec and tina
between him and the British Sec esry iof Forcgn AIlss
by which YOU win perceive that the two govern ments
offer w5eiy and ne to the cor struotou OF
the convention aud it's effect On tncr respective rea-
tions to Central AmeIia. n
tain unchanged all her previous pretenslons over the
Mo, quito coast and In dideren.s parts Of Cenrs Amer
These pretensons, Us TO the Mosquito coast,
founded on The assmpton Of pocs relation bet xeeu
Great Britain and the remnant tribe of indians o.
that coast entered into at time sheu tue whole coun
try Was colonial possession of spain 1t cannot he
success uly controverted that by the public law Of
sss 20 pe @ q indians
htical rights
Great Britain does not acge tho ASCENT Of paia as tho
contrary BY eeaed and es s
nounced and relrquished I preten-i ms of her own
and the u and soyei egn rights In thc
out solid oundae in the bcsippipg ana thus reosst
| edly obJured, were o. Tcre.t period revived by
Great Britain against the Cen1aI American states the
legitimate successors to ell the ancen jurisdiction Of
Spain In that region They were f. 1t app led only to
defined part OF the coast Ct Nicaragua afterwards tho
whole OF It's Atlantic coast and lasty to part of the
coast OF Cos Rica and they rcassered to this
extent, notwithstanding engagements to the United
| States.
the eastern coast OF Nicaragua and Costa Rca tho
Of Great Britain though exerted at ono TINA
in the form OF military OCCUPATION of the port Of san
Juan de Norte then in the peaceful possession tina
appropriate authorities OF the Central American States
now presented by hcr a. he riehuI exercise OF p-o
fecforship over the Mosquito tfioe Of Indians.
but the esta oishment at the Dase reaching far
beyond its treaty imits into the state of Honduraa ana
that Of the Bay Islands spPsrainpg OF right TO tho
same sac are AZ DISTINCTLY ccona. governments
nv % Jama'cs or .@nasa and therefore contrary to
me ve,y letter as wen az the spirit Ct the convention
s .ne .nea states as II was at the tine OF raca