Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-01-24
The Difficulty with England,

tona lntelligcnccr, presents the difficulty growing
out of the Clayon-Bulwer treaty in very ditieren,
light from that in which the Presidents mcSSag,
and the Senatorial debate presented it, If this
nlent be correct the fault is not much in England
| As in the treaty itSeC-aad we wrong to demand
that to which we have just right.
We have not seen the correSpondcnce-and we
suppose such is the case with nine hundred and
ninety nine of every thousand people in the coun-
try We are compelled, therefore, TO rely upon the
statements of public the facts and if they
deliberately msrepreSent, in matter OF such gravi-
ty this, awful responsibility rests upon them.
According 10 the statement of the message and OF
various Senators there could be question but that
Great Britain violating the treaty according to
The Subjoined statement. She expressly reserved all
the rights she exercising:
THE CENTRAL AMERICAN QUESTION.
The subjoincd article from a private gentleman
entirely removed from political craftsmanship and As tar a.
any from the influence OF party politicts lie has
examined question OF great moment 10y the light of
and logical Interpretation alone, and it must be
confessed, with force and compactness of argument al
most irresistible.
10 tie Editors OF he National ht,Higencsr
Gcntlemen-Bens, like Dicken. traveller in the Holly
free Inn, showed up" in country for "A lev DAYS
have employed hours in ihe careful perusal o the
correspondence batween Government OF Great
Britain Central American affairs; and hope YOU
will pardon the, old subscriber il proceed to make
one two remarks the questions presented in these
papers.
If have succeeded in disengaging from the mass of
this correspondence the real points al issue between the
Britain in the exercise OF her Mosquito procctorate tran
Sccnded the limits within which she l. restricted bv the
clayton" Brcr Trcaiy5 .. Has she, in the establishment
81 colonial government the Bay Islands violated
the letter aud spirit of said treaty
With every desire TO ind my country always right
am not so clearly convinced could wish that our
Interpretation o the CLAYTON aud Bulwer convention
the only pauSi Bone. Aud first the Mosquito pro-
The of the treaty, understand them
10 abolish any existing protectOatc in Central Anne
lca forbid the exercise OF 10y either OF the high
contracting parties under that treaty Tor what saws ar
uce d" The Governments OF the United States and
"Grcat Britain hereby declare that neither will
make Use ANY protection which either affords or
may afford any alliance which either has or may have
ANY STATE, tor the purpose of erecting OF
maintaining any such Notifications, such a. ma,
command the proposed .hp canal OF occupying for
utyiug cuonzing Nicaragua, Costa Rca the Mo>qu-
10 coast any part OF Central America or Vt 49,
Stunning exercising dominion over the same" This
.lusc II iuc, only does abolish any cN
.-tug protcctuuttc which Great Bitau now affords IN
central America hut authorizes protcctorltc which
ithcr Government atoTi any future time always
provided that said p'oectorac he not employed the
purposes mutual, rcnouUcei hy the Governments
protccto;e i put by the treaty the same footing
With alliance aud it Is perfectly open Tor either 60
.ernmel the other under the limitations
prescribed by the treaty The only question therefore
under tu- head, IL seems To ! tins Has Great
britain actually enpoycd her proicctorate Tor purposes
prohibited by the convention: II -. she has violated
lcr covenant 1t not not.
The second qo.stion relates the Bay Islands Do
hose belong the British Honduras do they not
The adjustment OF ibis controversy a. il appears 20 me
b. looked To- IA In" Interpretation of the CLAYTON
Bulver treaty, iur what Mr.. CLAYTON himself ia liz
letter Sir H. L. BulSer exchanging the ratification
,i the treaty. BIT some future occasion, csnr,-
tpHni driici, cHcg stating ra hs iyiifs Of Ccr-
frH .iHsrca Dtghf hscoD,. ddrisdbis" The future oc-
cn-uu f5rc>cen 10y Mr. CLAYTON has actually arisen and
conventional article Is needed to define what are
Great stains nights in she Belize, what the small isl
Ind- in ucisborhOoi OF that settlement" and what
heiust Limits and dependencies the Central Amer
can States And when therefore NJ. Marcy write, 10
III. Buchanan that the object Of the ClytonuWcr trca-
"a coniue Great Britain the exercise of hc- lin.
pie grant 'o cut logwUOi and mahogany in the Belize
he to raise question aud which rttnl,
Ia the mind OF Mr. CLAYTON when he wrote Sii
Henry Bulwrr the title them the Belize and it, al
iceut Islands it nov and has been intention through
the whole negotiation 20 leave h f,ttv is-,s IL
without DENYING affirming, in any way uclIlng viii
the same, y't as Hooi pc.r'o"sia' IT, then, Rualr
and the Biv Islands dependencies OF the Belize Gret
Britain has forfeited title t'cm by the Clayton an.
Bll~er convention. II they belong to the State OF Hon
durs IL Great Britain them any fertilization
thar NAV commind the proposed ship canal see artic,
Of the treaty she has violated the conyeuon and the
IL seems to the, questions 1T geography aud fact l
uscertaned and decided by the treaty isel but b.
an additional aud explanatory conventional article sncl
as Mr Clayton iurcsaw might become advisable bv reaso
OF the nlcnitoncs of the convention 70 which he pu
his name.
These the views which peru-al Of this corrcspon
deuce has impressed upon me aud which having no pow
ambit "the applause OF listening Senates to com
and" submit to your better judgment for condunato
or rciuu,uun. NEW YORKER.