The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1856-03-06
Relations of the United States with England.

The remarks of Lord Clarendon. her
MaJestv's secretary Of State for Foreign
Affairs, in the British HOUSE of Lords. in
reply to tho structures ut the Earl OF Derby
on the Queens speech, nrp of the most
conc'l'atnry ra,urr, in reference botl, to the
construction of the Clayton-Bulwtr ,rpnty
and ~ the rcclalnatons of the Cuitcd
States for allcdrd violation Of it's laws by
British recruiting agents in this cpuntry.-
In respect to the tormrr he states that the
Government of Great Britain has now, for
the sccsn,l time, offered TO suLmi, the in
depreciation u the treaty to ;hc arbitration
of any nrutrai third Power, and to he
bound by tho arhi,ralor's decision and he
Expresses the reasonable hope that the
United States will Weld its consent to SO
equitable proposition. On the enlist
mcnt Of recruits for the Crinra in America,
the langragc of the British Minister is not
less temperate and torbcaIing. The move
n"nt WIS suggested hy the application OF
foreign residents here who asked the rriv-
lcgc of joining the army be ore Scr,s,upol
While arrangements were made for the
rendezvous OF such ms wished to enlist at Hal
flax, MIR. Champion WIS instructed that his
Government WAS more Solicl.uus to avoid
derogatimy from the sovereignty of the
United States than anxious to obtain re-
eruits; and when the opening Of agencies
for the information of such as wished to
proceed to the British Provinces to enlist
ecited the auin,a,lvcrsiun OF this Govern
mcnt, and the United States Secretary of
State accepted the explanation OF Mr..
Champion, in accordance with these facts,
rs satisfactory. Lord Clarendon added
that, though the correspondence had not
been Of the most auicaL!e nature, vet, us
his Government hal throughout disclaimcd
al Intention Of infringing upon our laws
anil the transactions were bygone, there
was hope of {. peaceful solution. He sus-
tanned Mr.. Champion against the charge of
either Intentionally or accidentally violating
laws Of the United States; and his strong
language in this connection may he sup
posed to have had reference To what he
spoke Of us the latest American demand,
received but two days before, anil which it
is supposed asked the recall of Mr.. Cralnp-
ton and the Bri,iSl, Consuls in the ports of
New York, Philadelphia and Cincinnati.
The offer to refer the dispute to the arl-
tration Of II di>intcrcsteL Power presents
ready mole Of settling it, and one to which
party confident in the Justice of his cause
might he expected to yield assent. That
j, probably tic view taken Of it hv our
Government; for it would appear tAt the
President had not taken The responsibility
Of refusing that proposition but had only
delayed reply in the expectation. it may
be conjectureh, that diplomacy would effect
un arrangement without making any other
Il,
to refer the matter had been received at
Washington ut the commencement Of this
year, it is difficult to reconcile the language
Of the Presidents message with the Suplo-
sition that the Administration contemplated
its acceptance even altcrnativcIy, after all
the resources of negotiation should have
been exhausted. That language allirms
tho correctness of the construction. contcn-
dci for hv this Government, and Il rcsolu-
ton to Insist on The rights o. the United
States. AMI distinctly expresses apprehcn-
sion Of an issue involving nj serious dan
ger the friendly relations which it is the
interest rs we'll as the lnty Of lotl, coun-
tries to cherish and preserve" Such an
issue could not he anticipated in cuntcmpa-
ti"n Of II reference by the result Of which
both parties should l,e l,"nd. But if this
proposition Of the British Govcrnn.e,., had
not been received at tha, time, its pr .scn,a-
tion anil renewal within the brief perio.l of
six weeks INDICATES II sincere solic,,n.le on
the part Of that Power fnr Il p,cilic and
amicablc settlement. Lord Clarendon rep
rcsen,s the offer to be still pending; aud.
if the United States Government leaves il
yet unanswered, it NAV he safely inferred
that the hesitation of the Administration
results rather from the pcrplcxitv whicl, so
many practicable ,n"dcS of terminating the
controversy have produced, and IL wish To
select that which promises best for the in
tercsts Of the country, than for any deter
mination looking TO It's ultimate and abso.
lutte rejection even rs the alternative Of war;
From the tone of the more influential
portion of the British press it is probable
that the Government OF Great Britain
would concele all we claim under the
treaty, in return for the expulsion Of the
fil.ibustcrs from Nicaragua and it may he
that it would itself undertake TO pcrf,,m
that service. We have indications from
the same quarter that the n rngation of
the treaty itself would tie readily asscntcd
to AS settlement Of the difficulty; and
we regret to perceive a disposition in this
country, from the discussion in the
United States Senate, and from IN article
which we have already noticed in the
Washington Union, to look upon this us :,n
acceptable solution. We cannot but regard
the treaty, with its guarantee of the nc,,-
traliiy Of the transit route ut ali times.
whether in war or peace, rs too valuable
al acquisition for us to yield without the
prospect Of another convention at Least as
eflicaci"us to secure that Object. But either
from the arbitration Of friendly power or
from the proposed restoration Of the nativc
Government in Nicaragua, We anticipate n
satisfactory termination Of this tcdiors con-
troversy-
Perhaps It would he as VII. in case Of
reference, to submit 10 the arbitrator the
question of damages resulting from the
lou9ly-complaincd Of Infringement of our