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nation. But the Evening post and

other opposition papers refused 70 DeieFe because ofi
absurdity We invite them 10 turn to Mr. BuehAnals
printed letters under date Of November I'd and eth aud
they will see for themselves that absurd and incredible
the explauaon may SEEM sneh the explanation given
by Lord Clarendon.
What then was the true inducemen ofhs British
menace Of October and Of the simultaneous offensive buster
Of the LonScn rmes2 We have in the documents
panying Presidents annual message and 10 the docu
accompanying the late special the of
planning the facts otherwise inexplicable Late In Sep
TENDER Lord Clarendon had received from Mr.. Champion
the letter Of Mr. Marcy Of the 9Th Of September which
brought the notice of the British government the
aspect Of the enlistment question by the then ascsransd
fact of the completely Of Mr. Champion. About the
time the American government which had been waiting
oy months seeking in vain 10 obtain from the British
government answer matter what on the subject
of Central America directed Mr. Buchanan to insist in
language upon reply to bis despatch Of the
10th of January, 1854. Lord Clarendon and Lord
Palmerston were much disturbed in mind upon both
questions
On the 27th Of September Lord Clarendon addressed
TO Mr. Buchanan despatch the enlistment ques-
ton which despatch is puere in argument and is the
only document in the whole series, diplomatic legal
on either side British American, which betrays i'll tenn
per- which contains ndecorous undiponalic, other.
wise exceptionable language matter. tN-
On the day, the 2st of September Lord Clarendon
dressed Mr. Buchanan despatch upon the Central
American question in which, after nearly years ST.
lence the British government at last speaks And how
Declningwe might say evadingts discuss the merits of
the question: it surprises with the strange assertion
that notwithstanding the express stipulatons of the Clay
treaty. it continue to hold the Mosquito
coast and the Bay Islands 1t had agred with
traze Central America For that purpose had jointly
contracted that neither would occupy any part Of Central
America. If either should occupy it would not be neu
trail Least Of all would il be neutral far regarded
any transit across the ismus if Great Britain
nue hold the entire Atlantic coast Of Nicaragua and
Costa RIGA in virtue of the miserable fiction and the base
ugge of the pretended Mosquito kingdom, and was to
command the of Honduras by the Gibraltar Of the
Bay Islands And yet such the final of the
British government
Lord Panerston we'll knew that these two despatehes
of September 27tb the enlistment question: and of Se
tember 2sth on the Central American questionmust be
received by the President of the United States with min
ged establishment and Indignation the first for its bad
temper and its scandalosy indecent thought and Lam
guage the second for its extraordinary construction
of the Clay Bulwer treaty Accordingly Lord Palmer
ston undertook for Lord Carendons dispatches in
way after his ashionthat is by the nsolent make
believe Of reinforcing the British squadron in The
West Indies with accompaniment of the brag and balder
dash of the London Times .H
We say makebelieve menace because although the ad
donal ships ordered to the West Indies early in
October yet statements not wanting, and there Is
believe, that the chips in reality
dered there merely for the purpose of winterng during the
enforced pause of naval operations in the Baltic We say
makebeeve menace for the further reason, that when
called upon for explanations, Lord Clarendon produced
Consul Barclays aiiidays in the of the "Mau'
But those aidavits the printed documents show
made on the 10th Of October in New York. and could not
have reached Lord Clarendon until fortnight afterwards
and seized upon by him after thought to eI
plain Mr. Buchanan act of naval menace which the
British government had TO be ashamed Of and
the true inducemen Of which they ashamed to state
to Mr.. Buchanan.
We cannot stop here TO remark Consul Barclays
groundless and petty complaint against the barque au
ry" Suffice il TO say, that conceive can In
good faith put together the two sets Of documents those
on the Central American question and those the enlist
ment question, and then, with the knowledge now
possess the newspaper demonstrations in London
against the United States OF October 24 25tb and 26h
and the naval demonstration which preceded them with
out coming the conclusion that all that clamorous out
cry against as official and unofficial, contri-
vance and very pay contrvance at that for the purpose
OF diplomatic effect in the United States.
But the blunderbuss which Lord Palmerston had thus
charged and discharged through the Times recoied upon
himself All political England revolted against the folly
Of Lord Palmerstou's naval Of the United States
III al ,l,a If Russa
privateers at New York.
complete change Of front ensued. The London Times
issued the word command the LIST OF November Be-
tween that day and the 25th Of October wonderful evO-
luton bad the world On the 25th Of October
the United States lawless people with imbedle
administrators On the LIST Of November, instead Of
being lawess discovered 10 be executing the laws
right and left upon the fbust eripg agents Of Great
Britain, and our government was all at per-
ceived squsrng up 10 John Bull, and threatening
to knock him down In a word the United States &C
cordng to the Times striving TO bully peaceful and
reluctant Eualsud into And apon this hint, from
that day this, the London press, from the Times down
to the Standard has been firing of inoessant columns Of
foul thoughts and foul language against the entire people
Of the United States and especially against the President
with certain members Of his cabinet whom il singles out
for malicious vuperation IL they, In the discharges
their official duties amenable 10 Great Britain
We now have another tragicomc exhibition in London
the precise onntsrpart of that of last Oc,ober