The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-03-24

Lord PalmexsIon. HxPrcteo ny
~. s"nd On r.,. goa, orr any,
America that the people Of the u ses aavicss from
ss psnsa TO nd ssn SI.' ri upon us regarding
he attention There is not Ave- lately attracted pub
suaes percepbe in the pub journals With pe, a. to
snes ior which We vt, At degree Of positive iodfer-
which seems TO evnce ssnss ad ino
n;h;tsS the <ntalned. The contrast thus
.nd thst that Of ne Of the organs Of opinion
remarkable eus positively asserting that the latter
;,S ,ha no one upon this side Of the Atlantic,
C Az 1satons, both the enlist and the
vt Aerscan questions, display captious aud un-
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soeped az national, for merely party Objects it
ters icy to the world at large. IL is in either
rated thus country st least the implied disav ,wa
the policy Of the government BY very large proportion
o. the American journals would lead US to this conclu
sion.
OF the two poir Is in dispute We shall confue our
remarks at present only 10 one. As the correspond
snee with regard TO the enlistment question has not
yet been brought to close, we sbal abstain from
commenting upon IL, But the disputes which have
fore the public, and nothing ,emsins to be added
upon either side. The government OF the United
States apply certain Interpretation to the treaty
OF 1880, while We apply another. We insist that 4,
purely prospective in its operation, and that i,
only 6ouno not to extend dominions that quar-
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implied PRONUNCIATION upon part both OF terri.o ry
and Of political influence But they do not ask to
did, their demard would be intelsibl. and
sissnt The OBJECT OF the Clayton Bulwer convention
70 prevent eiihe Power from obtaining the conro
and mmsnd of the 18th rms OF Daren and with this
view they each stipulated that they would "n, asse
or txercse any dominion over any part OF Central Aae
rica" Under this clause the government OF tbs United
Sta insists that shall abandon protectorate
over the Mesquito coast and give the sn
Of Rustan together with certain other dependencies
hall 0ta thoe Dn..a
much of it obtained from Spain by the treaty of
Is6. With this exception it Is contended that oil our
posfessions in Central Ame lea should be abandoned
But why leave as this remnant of Beizef Why this
ree, t. old treaty with SPAIN viii, The
Cayton says not word We could
have understood the American construction of the latter
If aDattempt bad been made to show that it ant
by the negotiating parties that should abandon a.
once and for all possessions In that quarter
the globe. But why should abandon part and retain
part we do not If such had been the nten
ton Of Sin Henry Bulwer and Mr. Clayton they woa'd
They would have clearly defined the oes that
be given up They have laid down the Biographies
not dor and that there reference direct ind
rect to the ef existing rights Is the
But the American pomatiss contend that there i'm
pieo citation Of our possessions in the Blu
treaty or to speai more correctly, OF portion OF them
This doctrine of "iDped renunciatiOn" less origi
nal than the theories lately propounded
the same su horitss with regard to Cuba and Denmark
Tho island of Ruaan and the adjoining islands
distinct British colony; and, although they
mention ed in tho treaty Of 1850 it Is assumed that
from the date Of its signature, the Queen Englapc
nounced all right and title to them in all time coming
doctrine more extravsgant in itseH and opposro
to fll experience grayey propounded. than
that rights OF this mpor nature should be irrec
veiaby lost by mere implication, and without any
press une ers'andipg on The subject
But the most singular part Of the affair is, tina.
the American plenipotentiaIy himself who signed
the treaty with Sir Henry Bulwer dreamed
OF attaching to 1t the consequences upon which his
government insists The treaty was de6hitiveiy
ratified b. The President Of the United ststes the 9th
despatch to Sir Henry Buwer, says that the treaty
was not UNDERWOOD ''by either OF ha negotist,rs
incluee the British settlement In Honduras the
small islands in the neiehborhood Of that settlement
which may be known dep.nder To this settle
nent and these islands the treaty not intended BY
ether Of us to apply" Yet IN tae teeth OF This ex
pcit declaration. the American cabinet contends
that the treaty applies to whole OF these islands, with
out exception, and to large portion Of itish Hondu
rss They virtually tell that Mr. Cay ton meant thai
which be formally notified to Sir Henry Bulwer that
clio not mean Who then can be surprised that the
people OF the United States should disposition
to back up their present rulers In tne.e preposous de-
mandsy Who be surprised that the latter sh oud Do
reluc. ant 10 submit such demands to arbitration?