The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-06-03

BILE construction of the declarations exchanged
between Mr.. Clayton and Mr.. Bulwer at the
time of exchanging the notifications of the
convention.
After reviewing Great Britain's pretensions,
Mr.. Marcy says: To take San Juan, Nicara-
qua, or any other point in Central America
upon such pretensiens would be so totally IT.
reconcilable with the independence or neu-
trality of the Isthmus, as to render the con-
vention worse than nugatory to the United
States.
Instead of submitting to arbitration, pre-
tensions, involving such consequences, or in
any other way conserving to restore the effect
of treaty with such possible construction,
it would in the judgment Of the President be
his duty to propose its annulment, so as to re-
lease us from obligations not attended by any
benefits and which obligations have thus un-
intentionally been incurred they having en-
tered into the treaty upon the supposition
that an absolute reciprocity of restrictions
was also incurred by Great Britain, the Presi-
dent says he cannot do anything which could
be taken to admit them either directly or i'm
piled, but there is question in his mind rela-
tive to the true construction of that conven-
tion and he feels bound to take care that on
outlining the present proposition of arbitra
ton he shall not be understood as actuated by
the slightest feeling of distrust regarding the
treaty rights Of the United States, but he is
not prepared to say that some of the questions
Of fact concerning which the two governments
differ, may not be conveniently determined by
arbitration or by some analogous method.
The questions,are: What are the rightful
limits of the establishment at Balize; whether
the Bay Islands do or do not belong to the
Republic of Honduras, and what extent of
country is embraced in the term Mosquito
coast or is in actual occupancy of the Mus
quito Indians, considered as Indians, and with
such territorial rights only as that description
of persons are entitled to claim according to
the established public law of Great Britain, of
the United States, and of Spain, or of indie
pendent States that have succeeded Spain in
America, remembering that no power exists
ON the part of Great Britain and the United
States to dispose of the sovereign rights of the
Nicaraguan or any other State of Central
America. Mr.. Marcy concludes as follows
The President would not decline to refer to
arbitration, but he is aware of the many prac-
teal obstacles to the adjustment of any inter-
national difference of this nature by arbitra-
ton, of which difficulties Great Britain and
the United States had experienced in the at
controversy on the subject of the boundary be-
tween the United States and the British pos
sessions in North America. t.
The President does not doubt that any one
of the powers of Europe, which should consent
to undertake the task of such arbitration as is
now proposed, would perform the duty in per-
feet impartiality, but to apply to any power to
do this would be to ask of it an act, which, if
granted, would add to their own domestic du-
ties and labors burden of settling the COM
plcated differences of other Governments. He
would greatly prefer that in controversy like
the present, turning on points of political ge-
ography, the matter should be referred to one
or more ofthose eminent men of science, who
do honor to the intellect of Europe, and who
with the previous consent of their respective
Governments, might we'll undertake the task
of determining such question to the accept
ance of both Governments. trt"
You are instructed therefore to enter into a
communication with her Majesty's principal
Secretary of Foreign Affairs, in relation to Cen
trail America, in order to ascertain in the first
place, whether existing differences cannot be
promptly terminated by direct negotiation,
and if it cannot then be arranged, to discuss the
conditions of arbitration of those points of diff
ference, to which alone this method of settle
ment seems requisite or applicable, it being as
sumed that other points of difference would
after that yield as Of course to conference be-
tween the Earl of Clarendon and yourself con-
Quoted in spirit of cordiality and frankness
which belongs to your personal relations and
dictated by the true interests both of the Uni
ted States and Great Britain.
Congress adjourned till the 9th of June.
Boston, May 80.
In the House of Representatives, to-day,
Mr.. Hale offered resolution appropriating
ten thousand dollars to assist the people of
Kansas represented in the Topeka Convention
in maintaining their rights and appointing
agents to disburse the same.
THE GREAT RUSSIAN REMEDY.
TRIO BON PUBLICO,
UT7"Every mother should have box in the house
handy in of accidents to the Children"
Hedding,s Russia SaIve. 4
tits Boston remedy of thirty years standing and is
recommended by physicians. 1t Is sure and speedy