Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1856-03-25
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proposals for an aEbil1ation, and how 1anx
ious they were that Z \ question, mightbe
settled in this mappe .,o,sid ,iq!l Riiw
,I'told him that | puld eheeffuily conn
ply with his request llt repeated that my
own individual opiniors remained ynchang-
ed. ! considered The language Of the trea-
ty too clear for serioNs doubt and such !
believed was the opi6'0n Of public men Of
Of all parties in The #nited States, This
bad,been eyinced BY he recent debate in
the Senate on the Pres ent's message, ~ Be-
sides. the difficulty seleotipg . suitable
sovereign as an arbit5ior seemed insur-
mountable. But, I said, this was q qnes-
ton for my government, dnd.not for myself.
L., Yours, very respectfully,
,.,.,,,,'a-, ssJn JAS. BUCHANAN. h
Hon, WIN, L. MARCY, Sec'y of State. 4
se}i 'MRo cR1MProN TO NH. MARCY. M ge
Recsed at the Department of State on the 9th
ai. of February, at eleven o'clock P. MI sos
sap ~ WAsHrNoroN, Feb. 81, 1855.
b NV DEAR SIR--0 Observing that some mis-
apprehension seems to exist as to the offer
made by Lord Clarendon to Mr.. Buchanan,
to submit the points regarding the interpre-
tations ofzlhe Clayton -Bulwer treaty upon
which the two governments disagree to ar
bitratioh, Think itwell to send you the en-
closed dispatch, which received in Decem-
Der last. Iregretnot having gmade you this
communication before, but the trath is, that
the last paragraph Of the despatch escaped
my attention until Itreferred to it lately;
and as was aware that the negotiation OF
the questions regarding Central America
vas in Mr. Buchanan's and Lord Clafen-
doh's5 hands. / considered the dispatch as
meant merely for my own information as to
what was geing forward upon subject in
regard to which inferred you were already
informed. 3 <, arGetl's.,eq Gse g"l
Believe eme, yours, very faithfully, Ts,ls
~ .a,9.asM JOHN r. CHAMPION. ii
p. .S--Lsend the original despatch, which
] will beg of you to return te me, butI have
no objectionito your taking a copy Of lit.n
70 u n4Alb fliox, ,fd 81, j. FC.G
Hon. VIM. L. Marcy, Sec'y Of State. lroq
LORD CLARENDON TO MR.. cRAMPros. :"
No. q5s. : fossres OrTIcE, Nov. 10. '55.
,Sir--Mr. Buchanan having, in the course
of conversation, d few days ago, adyerted
to the impression that would Be created in
the United States by the non-settlement OIL
the Central American question, ! again as
sured him that England had no wish to ex-
tend her influence or to obtain any territory
in that part. of the world; and / reminded
him that, as the difference between this
country and the United States turned sole.
| ly upon The interpretation Of the treaty ol
1880, ] had offered, on the part of Her Maj
esty's Government, to submit the case to the
arbitration Of third power, but that he had
declined the offer. IVA 2', I
Her Msjesty's Government, ! said, would
still abide by that offer, and thought il
would be the fairest and most amicable
manner Of arriving at a settlement of the
question. Mr.. Buchanan said he would
make it known to his Government, and you
are instructed to communicate this despatch
TO Mr.. Marcy. y H..
lam, with great truth and regard, sir
your most obedient humble servant,
;s'a3e' 4 CLARENDON.
!J..F. CHAMPION Esq, &C., &C., &C.
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