Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1856-06-25

will in the first place, say that, as far as
myself am concerned-and speak also in tic
name Of all the members of Her Majestys gov
erament-l do not believe there can bc the
sliahlest dnub, Of my and their desire TO man'
tain unimpaired the cl"Sest, the most cordial,
and the most sincere relations with the Uulird
States. Cheers | believe no men can be
more con> ucrd Than We are both of our Interest
and our duty 10 maintain those friendly relations
with the American government AMI people; and
rs far rs am ro"crrn"d, having flied the Office
of Foreign Secretary for some years, can con-
srrn,iDu,Iy affirm that neither by word or deed
has arythng been done which could create 4
'ust c..use OF irritation between the two coun-
tries. Checrs.
The noble lord has a!luGed to the Two points
of difference between the United States ana
Great Bri!aln-v!Z., The question nl lie recruit
menl. and The question oil Central America
With regard to The recruitment, that question
entirely arose from proposals made to us with
respect to HE persons dasiruus Vi entering into
the Queens service. We did not even cnnicm-
plate accepting amy of those offers without due
reference to the neutrality laws nf the United
States, which, entirely agree with tie noble
lord i, il Us much our interest ard duty to up
hold ls i; can he those Of the Cned S'a'es
themselves iiear, hear 1t is not our duty,
indeed, to cncru;ch upon Tie laws OF any otter
corniry; but we have an increst.-a British
in,rrest-in thc neutrality laws of the U"IirG
States being maintained. The mnlntcna;icr.
therefore. of these laws w#s our FIRST thought,
us they constituted the principal part of cur
instruc :iuns: and Ike moment we asceranrd
that the recruitment could not DC carried on
without the danger-uot OIL the part of our own
t,pt pf Cd
accnts-of violating the neutrality laws "i The
United States. W. agreed 10 rcnqush The whole
scheme.
Your lordsh;ps have seen from the papers
which have been laid on the table tha! there Is
nothing which could be expected from one Nj
lioa towards another, from one Government
towards ano.Ecr from one gentlemen towards
another, that wu have not done or offered TO do
in order To afford rrparaton 10 the United States
for any u!f.ncs-howevcr u,inteniiunal on our
part-whch they can conceive has been commit
ted. Hear. My lords, the last DESPATCH that
was written on tits subject which was resume
of the whole matter in answer 10 The long Gcs-
patch Of Mr. Marcy, can l.ardly yet have reach
ed lie United States; ard therefore upon the
question Of recruitment, am exceedingly anX-
ious not 10 Sly any more at present. But, rs
far as have been able to ascertain what are
II II. -,,:',s II; tr71!'E ,-!r -:rrt. uJ Is
that we have offered Il complete satisfaction to
the Government of the Uni.ed States, and that
the only thing which We certainly have not
done has been 10 rccall Mr.. Champion and tie
Consuls, because We Go not think they have
mcri;cd !hat ccnSure and that punishment
TChcrrS There would have been 30 short
coming on the part OF Her MHjesly's Guvern-
meat, if we had seen reason to adopt contrary
course, or no Hesitation 10 deal severely with
any agent who should so far have forgotten lis
duty and hpcn urirndful Of his instructions rs
to violate the laws Of The Uniicl States; bui
being convinced That that Lad not been done,
ard having in our possession The means of
proving 10 tie United States lila! it was rot
done, tlirk rnbody will require of Us to s&c-
riice our agca;s and to purchase :, Cancellation
with the United States, by doing that which
would be both shabby and di>honorab!r-
(ChrerS.
With regard 20 tie Ccuiral American cues.
lion, yunr IortIships know what were the terms
Of The Clayton Buiwcr treaty. think i: i'm
possible tia, language could be more clear or
lnorc precise in lis meaning than the language
employed in that Instrument. Hear. hear The
treaty se!s forth that there should not bc in
future any colonization, any occupation, any
io.iiy !ng or strengthening Of places not already
in The possession OF either cuua,ry do not
see how there c%n be two interpretations .! lis
terms. il WAS intended for specific "bj j"r,-
first, the construction of car:.i, and ten lis
maintenance free for the use nf Tie wnrl1. pro-
hiLi.ing any enrroachmunt on the par, Of the
United S alcs and Great Britain, which were the
contracting and guaranIyi"g parties; bnt ail ii,
provisions were prospective, ana there Is GER
tainly nothing in il which implies that We were
to give up honduras and Ruatau, or to cv&ruate
or alter our position il any respect froln what
it WIS before the conclusion Of The treaty. 1t
is impossible that the very able man-Sir lien.
ry Buwer-whO negotiated that treaty on The
part Of Great Britain, could have taken upon
himself, without insi!uc!uns-even without the
knowledge of his oyrrnmemi-to abandon any
norton Of British territory or British interests; !;
and so Eir from having done anything Of that
svrt, he made = stringent provi,u, which was
acknowledged by Mr. Clayton, that the treaty
shoa!d not touch Honduras, or affect any of lis
dependencies. Hear.
When Mr.. Buchanan came over to this cCun-
try, We heard for The first time that there WIS
IN cnirely ncw Interpretation 10 be put upon
The treaty. 1t was no longer 10 be looked upon
ass prospective arrangement, bu; one for the
evacuation of British territory, and ". we're
told that we were TO blame, and were Iii, cause
y will not sa7 Of i quarrel between the two
countries, bul-nf irritation and complaint on
the part of the United States, because We had
not fulfilled the engagements Of the treaty by
eyacua:i ing all the territory We possessed in
Central America. told Mr.. Bucianan-wlat
was the perfect trulli-;hat that WIS Tie first
time h;d heard such an Interpretation put u2-
on the treaty. lie replied inst in his country
there Was doubt upon the subject. then
sad illat-howrver clear the terms of the treaty
might appear to me-u call in Il THIRD party. an
impartial Judge, TO determine what should be
the Interpretation Of The treaty, would TO llc
fairest course to pursue between governments
as between individuals. also added that we
certairly had TO wish 10 possess territory in
Central America; that We did not desire to cx.
..tend our influence in that part of the world;
that We were perfectly ready to enter into snch
engagements as would satisfy The United States,
and even our people at home here upon that
score that it was therefore indifferent TO us
who was called in TO arLilraie; that We should
be prepared to abide by the decision, whatever
i, was but that TO do what was not conicmr!a-
ted by the treaty, because We were loit That Il
certain Interpretation was rnt upon it which we
eould not admit, was not n couisc which one
government should propose 10 another. and TO
which certainly no Independent government
would submit Cheers.
. therefore proposed-wllat is by no means
rncommon in such cases-that the matter should