The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-02-07

managemen and its own fate and il i maintained
that keets and armies may invade that country n 90 NOT
speak OF just wartha is without the reaty out ot
protection il Is caedl proEidsd hey
exercise dominion. desire 10 know how brlts army
could enoamp upon The soil OF Nicaragua without oecupe
tion and The assumption of dominion They mlLh nor
choose TO Interfere with the internal administration OF Us
country bat that voluntary iorbesranee would not Hset
their power influence in the slightest degfee You might
well that the exercise dominion AT An
coma the French Rome becauss The local police az
both places is len TO do its ungracoas work "Do-
ninons saws The great English photographer Ais power
and to contend that English army WITH the pa5'9pg @
ueor cold traverse OF those feeble Central Apiercan
States without powerpowerles, indeed Ills 70 seT that
has force and that conventions for tho
accommodation Of national differences bat waste p
be read as The purposes Of interest o. ambition may dc
tale
Ii was not difficult II appears 10 me, to anticipate the
present state Of things Certainly, thought oraw y.
and predicted it three years ago Lord Clarendon kndly
despatch 10 Mr. Champion, dated May 27, 1888
gataiious for benefit designed upon i's iaee r
publication, in which he said As great miscUpceptin
appears prevail not only among the people o he IL
ted States but also smong persons placed ia high and re-
sponsibe situations in The governments Of thai Gear y
respecting the engagements Of Great Britain uaer the
Clayton-Buwer treaty he thought i desirable 70 PIT II
It's right footing lie does by bis conclusions rti-
have already referred and which proves that weak oun-
try may be traversed by an unresised army exercising no
power and occupying no space and that slch lrike
expedition the fair nlfment Of treaty which sought
with jealous vigilance xcude both parties fom ne ex
Of any influence by cNe which might be iured TO
the injury Of the other Lori Clarendon in this tier to
Mr. Crampion went the whole matter, and tbs was
my conclusion the course Of the British government;
They will hold 10 all their pretensions and wd not
sacrifice their interest msconcoas fhat s Lord
Carendons for our construction o the treaty The
inlfllmeDt has come .a
referred few DAYS since to the anxiety Of the British
government to obtain ascendency in the South Amer
can country order control the great highway across
the isthmus rendered Of neaicuabe importance BY our
acquisitions upon the Pacific coast Accident has Brought
10 light A document conrnaorY Of these views IL Is
letter from the British vice consul al Grenada 10 Lord
palmerston, dated April s4 IN which mat nnenonhry
cifi nj
establish communication with the Pacific by the route Of
the San Juan says that this and other circumstances had
injured the British interests and that the country l be
by North American adventures unless ln ar,
rangement made By negotiation for protectorae ana
transit favorable 10 British Interests, &C !,
Bot the gst Of the correspondence ~ IN ie eohuuihg
paragraph, where the writer says
aThe welfare Of my country and desire Of ita obtaining
the control Of desirable spot IN the connerA
and free l. from the competition q e Sssss roar orp
with such freedom"
We have here key the whole line Of policy when
dictated and yet Dictates the course Of England there
little necessity for the consul 10 deprecate me apes
of Lord Palmerston The proposition went no aohN1
the head and heart of his lordship i was ioi
lowed by promotion The prospect that route across
the continent by canal or railroad would be undertaken
and accomplished by our citizens, unqnesonaoly ieg
British government such portion OF II as favored ~
measure into this treaty. with view 10 lnsh
a participation in the advantages. The parties = tihly
agreed in the words have already quoted that nehler
should occupy or fortfy or assume Or exeTese dpl
served former occasion that could not conceive why
the word occupy would not have fulfilled the intention
of the parties and why these peonasms were introduced
treaty rendering perhaps doubtful by overload
ing il with words enabled 10 do justice TO our
negohaor, the honorable serator IRON De,amaTe w
CLAYTON, and from information not derived from him.
aud that this redundancy of language was no fault
of his but that he placed in situation which reL-
dered il proper yield, though inclined against H.
But must also make the arse,de honorable and az
knowledge that in my opinion formed upon subsequent cir
cumsances, whether the phraseoogy OF the treaty bed
,1tx CfnwN
foregone conclusion and just what IL now s We should
have had the prudential Interpretation which s hEl-
lowed in English diplomacy, and which many years since
was applied treaty between Spain and England in
laon this very region Of country This remarkable or
rather remarkably disgrAcefu incident alluded TO tie
other day. bat II win bear repetition useful lesson IN
the Of tor.uous policy
A treaty was concluded in 1913 between Spain and
England the sixth article Of which provided for the aba
donment OF the Mosquito country portion Of tie
Continent Espagnol' There great reluctance en-
the part OF the British cabinet TO this Withdrawal and Ut
the time strong desire 20 terminate the pending
by the coucuIon Of treaty. The King was honestly
inclined and besitsed 10 give his assent Nr Fox hen
of the ministers undertook TO remove his objections
lie urged that IL in their power put their own in
depreciation upon the words Continent Espagnol aud 10
determine, upon prudential oon'drafions THAT s TIE
terml awbe'her the Mosquito shore under that de-
scripton or not" And this erpedent prevailed and
though Mr. For and knew iu we'll % speak
plan LANGUAGE that ,oey were ssesnhs , sns spanl %
Spanish continent mesnt that portion Of the American
continent yet the treaty was concluded and ratified aud
its operation The King while be gave bis consent did
with hesitation and considered the Heircumsancr very
untoward one lie nigh, have truly qualified il BY
much harher epithei under the impression that the
prudential rule would have been again applied 20
tain the Mosquito country il The words Of The
CsytonBulser treaty had been less equivoca upon this
point than they II that Is possible
Mr.. President u s within the recollection Of the Senate
that years since had discussion with the senator
from Delaware upon this treaty when took exceptions
portion Of its phraseoogy, well as 70 other crcnm
sanoes connected with H. doubted did ever
express donbi of the patriotic purpose ~ the senator
and acknowledgment then made that during
the progrs Of the negotiation be did The honort
consult me wc "a other senators, and that warmly
approved his effort Now sir have nothing cay
pending they embraced questions relating internal
own. Bot drawn into discussion with for
eign respecting the honest Interpretation o
the treaty and the subsrfagsr the term advisedy
BY which II Il sought avoid ia obligations And eZ-
press full In the various points taken by
the from Delaware and which he has Supported
with that power of intellect and eoqpenoe which Is known
10 the whole country, and with all knowledge ~ the
sahect directed by active and enllqhirned patriotism
have said that the object of this treaty keep die
country from the occnpstion influence Of the parc
So far respects the object has been accomplished
and the proof of that fact s that compaint Of failure
has been preferred against ID co-couirartor We
have foot of land In that region nor the slightest IN
fuence except what results from fair 0f policy,
and disqualified from making aequisiuun
ia that quarter Not with England The advantage -
altogether her side She retains all she claimed while
have debarre ourselves OF The right of acquisition H
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