American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1856-01-03
The Presidents Message.



lseeu usual fOf lte President 10 make no COM
pranTcr4ioR u = public charaoIeT to The Senate
ant Eosse II Representatives until advised
ai tbsit ~Tca!is' IS 10 receive il. have dvirT
Srd 10 lhiS usage until tins close oil the tfsl
saontu OF the session. but my CONVICTIONS OF ia
u will not permit me longer 10 postpone The
NiSphafge Of the Obligation e%nioined by tIe
constitution upon The President so gave to
Congress information OF the state oi the ulion,
;nd iecummen I 10 their consideration Svch
measures as he Shall judge necessary aud tx
pediept.'
II is a matter Of congra 'ulatinn tia. The Re
pntiie is Tranquility advancing M career VI
prosperity and peace.
FlREiGE RELATIONS AMERlCN.
Whist relations OF anily continue Ia exist
between the United States and all foreign pow
eEs, with soTDe Of them grave questions ate du-
peDlmg which may reqdite the cons i~statinh
Of COM fess.
or such questions, the most mpHs,apt is
that which has arisen cut of the negotiations
with Greet Britain in reteseRce 10 GENITAL
mSrica.
By the convention concluded between the
Two governments on the 10Th Of April, 1880.
10th parties covenanietl, thst neither viii ~
CT occupy, OF lOTtity, or COLONIES, or assume
~ exercise any dominion over, Nicaragua, Cos
"a R'ca the Mnsquito coast, CT ans part 81 Cen.
ttal America
II was ibc Unidentified understanding Of The
CE6tcd Sinies, in making this Jteaty. thni all
The present States OF the former ~Trpnhiic GI
Central America, and tue entire territory 81
each. would hencctofIh enjuy complete lntle
lcnaence; & that both contracting parties IN
based equally. and 10 the same %exten', for The
present aud ihT The future that IL either tiI,r
lad any claim ofTlght IN G., utIal America, sucl
claim, and all occupation or anthony unGefit
were unreservedly rel'nqniShrd by ihe slipuln
lion OF the conyeniian; aud Jbal nu dpminiol
was hereafter 10 he exercised or assumed IL
any part Of Central Americi, ly Gfcpt Bril-
ain or the United States.
This government consented IL 'fesiric'irns il
IsFaFd 10 n region Of The country. Wherein W.
had specific nndpecnliaT interests, only upon
the conviction that the like Restrictions were
in the same sense obligatory on Great. Britain
hut Tor ihis unnerstaD nag Of The force aud ef
iect Of the convention. It would never have
been concluded by us. .
So clear was The understanding on the part
nf The United States. that in coi rel p%undence
coniempoianeOus witlrt!ie ratification Of the
convention. i was distinctly expressed, that
the mutual covenants of occuPatInn were moi
INTENDED 10 apply TO the British ESTABLISHING ~
al The Dhlize. This qua,fcntiOn is 20 be as
eribed to the fact, thai. in virtue Of successive
treaties with previous soycreignS OF thu conn
wv G. Britain had obtained a concession Of the
right 10 cut mahogany OF dye woods At the LA
I've, but with positive exclusion of all domain
OF sovereignty; and thus il conhTrls the nolur
al construction and unierstpnh import OF The
treaty as 10 all The rest Of the region 10 which
stipplations applied.
II, however, became apparent, al an enrly
day after entering upon the discharge u! my
present functions, that Great Britain sti con
tiuued in The exercise or assertion Of large al
thOn,y in all that part Of Central America
-, A H.. 800. - -.
efing The entire length Of HE Safe Of NicaTa
qua, and a part Of Costa Iica; that she regard
ed the BaliZe as her absolute domain, aud was
gradually extending IT'S limits at the expense
" The State OF honduras. aud that she had for
mally colonized a considerable insulnr group
known as the Bay Islands, and belonging, OF
right, TO that Stale.
~Ail these acts NJ pIetcnsions Of Gtra, Brit
ain, being CONTRARY To the rights Of tle States 81
Genital America, and TO HE manifest L. nor 81
let stipllatjons with The United States, as IN
derstood by this government, have been made
The subject OF negotiation through the Amer
can Minister in London. transmit herewith
the instructions TO hun Oh, the subject. and lbC
odt esp1ndence between him aud the llriisl
Secretary for Foreign Affairs. by which ynu " il
pet Give that The TWO Cow rnmen's differ wide
ly and irreconciinbly as 10 the construction o.
the convention, and it, I Gecton their respect
i've relations TO Central America.
Great Britain so eonSiTnes the convention,
rs to maintain unchanged all icr previous pre-
tensions over The Mosquito coast, aud IN diff
rent parts Of Central America. These pre-
tensions, as To The Mosquito coast ate founIet
on The assumption Of political relation between
Great NrItaln and the remnant Of a tribe of In
dams on that coast, entered into at a time
when HE whole country was a colonial poss-
csSon Of Spain. II cnnnit lie successfully
con'lovcrtrd, that. by The, pnbIic law Of Eu
rope and America, no possible act Of such In
Glsps or their IRE l~eceSsnrs could confer on
y GIeatDritnin my political RICH B.
Gfeat Bnlaln loes not alInre The nsscnt of
Span ns the O irin uf her claims m the Mos
quito coast. She has, Oh he contrary, by rr
ieatcd and successive Treaties, Trnpunctd and
r.lnqmshed all 2retenSions Of her own, and
recognised the full aud sover ign tights OF
SPAN IN the most untqnvocal terms We,
inese ptetensions, so without Said foundation
40 the brgMnlag, and thus repeated y %atjured.
were, nj n recent period, revived by Great
britain ngai INST tie Central American States,
The legitimate successors 10 MI the ancient in.
rsdictiOn OF SPAN IN that region They wctt
inst applied only to q defined part ri the coOsI
o, Nicaragua, Afterwards To the whole IL IL.
Atlantic coast, aud lastly To q part Of The cnusl
n cjs,a Ries; and they are no ~ 'reasscr' ell Il
th's extent, Notwithstanding engagements lC
tho GATED States. F
On lie eastern coast Of Nicaragua and Cos
% l,Ica, the Interference vt Great Britain,
though cSErted al one Cine IN the form Of min
taty occupation Of the poIt of San Juan Dir
Norle. then in the pracr(nl possession OF tn,
hpPfppriata authorities Of the Genital Amer,
can states, IS now presented by her rs The
tltbiinl exercise OF y TrotectorShip over The
Mosquito tfihe Of Indians.
But the establishment at the Bilizc, now
TsnchDlg beyond its treaty limits into The Stat.
81 Honduras, and Tint Of the Day islands, an
pettatniag OF rrht IN the same Stale, are as
distinctly colonial governments rs those OLA.
maica or Canada, and therefore contrary to the
ftIy letter and spirit Of convention with The
United States. rs il was ut the tune Of rs,IGc,
pon, and now is understood by lLls govern
lacnt.
The Interpretation which the Ditish govern
ntni. thus IN assertion aud net, lresISts in nv
cfVbing 90 tho convention, entirely tbon,exI,
thefacieT, while " holds us TO nh our obIieo
buns, lin a great MEASURE Telea SEES Great B,il
Etn rem those which constituted the con sid,,
alton of this GoveTnmen, for entering ma A..
convention II is Impossible, ia nv ndpm.r,
Cor the United States 10 acoWiesc. In ,nnh .
coastfuctl0n OF the respective relations of .Ls
'wo Governments TO Central America.
TO q renewed call by this government hmm
et'ot Britain, to abide by. ard carry into effect
'bc siipulniiops OF the convention nccorlin,
u" ITS olVious import, by withdTa wing from III,
possession OF Colonization nf portions of the
r,ntral American States Of Honduras, Nicara
sla' ana costa wa. the British government
as At length replied, affirming that The operu
Won OF Tue Treaty is prospective only, md did
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