The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-05-18
the CENTRAL AMERICAN QUESTION.
INTERESTING DEBATE III THE SENATE.
Justification Of II. Clayton, and Attack on
the British Minister,
from the Washington Globe, Nay Is. ]

from the Washington Globe Nay ISL
In the Senate of the United Safes Wednesday, l4th
M CIAYTos-I desire the consent of the Senate to
make few remarks somewhat in the nature Of personal
The PRnuDnr-The Senator from Delaware viii pro-
Deed If there be no objsctio n.
Mr.. CLAYTos-I find in . morning paper, sir, that .
portion OF the British state of on
tbs Central American question lately laid before Para
ment BY ordkPalmerston pubhsned, and among other
things, extract of letter from Nr Champion the
British Minister At Wa hugtop, to the Earl Clarendon
Gated Warrington March 81 1856, containing this most
remarkable staiennert:-
MR.. cRAAPros TO CLARENDON RECEIVED APRIL
wa be within lortshp recoecton that NJ Clay
1850 signed hs, 4 stsn vas de e and az Sao sasa
'ss NM .a s has . On s a
"uch British possession JamAicA other Britain
Now sir wish to say, in reerea 10 this statement
OF conversations with thst Is utterly untrue in
every particular, md that the British Minister have
sboIeo under of the strsDgest Authorizations that
ever aie,ted the brain Of any man, in making such
the British Secretary Tor Foreign Affairs in
London nothing Ike what he imputes to me ever es-
capped from me to him, to any else. Fortunately
the depend merely upon the counte.
meuts az Mr.. Champion and gef to refer pre-
sen'ly 70 living witness hut before 90 call tbs
tsnion o. tie Senate TO letter written by ar Crampton
epo read by ne in the Senate CT tbs United States the
18th o. JANUARY, 1854 in the speech in which
va1 enfsavoring TO prove thai Roasn not Deepen
ceney o. bs!ize, and not, therefore, exem pied
from the provisions of treaty of the 10Th of April
1850. had his own testim my this subject
II
70 contradict his statement which made known
to me within thia hour, for the first tine, and of
which had net before the mos. remote concep
cn 1t will be rsccils cted that Great Britain has rested
her claim to the island Of Roatan entirely the
tact that il was Deepen eocJ Of Belize. Thst the
groune and the only ground, upon which she pretended
at Tire tine Of treaty 1850 10 HAYS had title In
ceea,e hee IN Jarnay lSoi-he senate taen consider
Crarptcn, in which ne uses these words:-
BRITISH LEGATION. January, 1854
IN
whether there may be dispatches my
speak British dafas . psr Of Cent? America se
yos han the American Sns
hIdy whethsE the eependences Of British Hoa
durss So ANYTHING more than Inc small islands described the
Tregre tta present unable to supply you with an
explicit explanation Of the passages f the despaches
Witch seems 70 be inferred that Belize ia stated by
posst any from my govero
Ss ct r. se and other
a w ,.sss 70 che s
lead ne TO Conclude hal BRUSH honduras situated r Mex
epr haV. sosd g Sf hs Of he
abe dependencies Of Brah are, In my opinion
eocy ~ ss n, ne ,e.sy q M vh,c,
us be rreoecet treat OF mis- somewh complicated INST
eesn used in acal which i
ffqueny heen applied % the central Of this continent
ss @ ID s II 81 s
NOR. rsi &c 1na ss;
between Ccsta Hios SD ne~ Gtaasda which still in dis
Thsse sivausl Impressions and only
% government distinct expanstoa OF tie
lie tsed ss w p5oys me gov
sm n, deer r with much 'eepss, yoqrs ys'y fsthfey,
To tire Ecn. Joas F CLAYTON, United States sensae.
thus sd6rcea Mr c-ampsons own authority, for the
purpose Ct showing that there bsen mistake
in previous despatch written by Lord Clarendon, Who
claimed as Lord Pain srson had done that Roaan was
Dependency OF Belize other wise called British Hondu-
He seTees that there mistake in those
patches He ha he hGs consulted the ,rds of
hls lsga3r and that ate, icing fully and after the
e.onition b. me which expressed wish tina should
70, be has arrived ut tag conclusion deliberately,
tina: the depsndencss q Bsh hooduras are d!.tinct
enumerated in tie freely T Use" Well sir If they
'e tis.i6ctjy IN the trssy Of 17S6, what
Cows from that? TIE t-sy OF 1856 describes the small
lands that are dependencies Ct Belize And they are
ESQ isle uds:- First Usy Cssno, g. Georges Key,
L thsn those pail islands embraced 10 srnge within
very ANAL distance from Bsize no, oxt slang from it,
a. any rate . leagues. Rosssn is stated
y Mr. Buchanan to be three hundred niles from Belize
ana 20 far from being enc OF those small Islands
brkced In thai triangle, island Of considerable
size, AID more than hundred miles, By auy mode OF
oppus,ion. from those small siards and from that
rlis gle Then sir Mr.. Crsnpton arrived rhe conclu
sion authorized by his hand writing to
the senate and to the world, as did at the
Briiish Honduras and could not claimed in bis opn
ion, such. l mentioned on his authority. in the
Senate few days at his letter. that the islands which
were the dependen of Bel 70 marked in the
treaty of 1856 and tina. the irresistible fol-
lowed that Rostsn wss not dspsne ensy o. bsze ana;
dependency Of Be ze exempted from tbs operati
OF the treaty of 1850. That Of itself Is conclusive REID
taon of the statement which is for the first time
published under his authority that ever said "Roa
tan B sh possession a. much Is jamaica or any
other Island - because had never hsard that
Great Britain claimed The island IN any other way
BY AIRY other title, than As dependency OF Belize.
aos csd suppose bi. rns ,son,bt stSaXs
expreese ID my opinion in DEBATE here, that 1t
impossible it could have been dependency OF Belize
while Cr.st Britain asserted other titieY am in
cise6, il charity, eeheve that this gentleman has
Unsigned that acme such conversation as this onk place
between bm End from the fact that in oil the negot
sons Ieatipg 10 subject. and all conversations
about it, have always said that it could be shown on
the part OF tee British government that Rostan was
West India Island go re1not from the OLD vicsroyaiy OF
Gust,n8s called Central America, that II VAS not
AZ ISLAND soiscen to that territory within me mem
irg the te&ty Of 1876 II would 70 exenp ed from the
Operation o. tn. tesy Of 1885, by ali Grea. Britain
shancor 90 - spain .. claim o thst vceroyaty and tae
Islands adivcel TO IL; bu whether II or not with
treaty depended geographical facts; and those
facts DOW fully established show tina; the island
cent that territory and :, the shore OF tbs State
a Honc uras which is part Of it. 1t happened that
during March, II think Il vas in that month AMI
yosa vss unable n aard the sessions OF the Senate
hsire ecs AZ nv lodgirgs-I was waited IN one d,y
by ny friend fro,o Kentucy (Mr C-ftenden,)
ard ergssed IN conversation sitn FIN N references 70
ea-husetts (Mr. Wilson, who had OBSERVED as | had
suppose, upon authority emAnatirg from toe
hsht scrue { az which would show that Roatan
cesood the parties who negotiated the tresty
Of 1850 10 be British possession exempted from the
ope,ston of that treaty called the attention OF my
friend 70 IT, and conversation In reiat IN to n
when M CHAMPION came In for the purpose as ne said
Of inviting dine with him. was 700 sick to
dine with him, but convsrsed vi him Mt length As
he took seat called his attention 20 the state
ment which had made here in the Seua.e by the
Senator from Massachusetts,, and demanded OF him
whether he knew Of thing whether anything was
to be found in the Brth records to inpiicate me In
sucb q manner ~ tbat-whsther there any charge
that | bad admitted that Roatsn not within
the limits Of the treaty, and exempted from its
operssionS In the most unqualified terms in the
presence of my friend nom Kentucky here
he acknowledged that there nothing OF the kind
&ts viyt 1e1 an irnpu
Nov cir AJAX my friend from Kentucsy 70 stale what
his recoectiops o he ion, to which he
acc5sp ally happened 10 BE- -itness on that OCCASION.
Mr. CAss--Dces the hororsble Senstor recollec: the
date Of view with Mr. Champion 70 which he
fesf
NJ CLAYTos-T cannot remainder the precise date.
Nv friend from Kentucky, perhaps fix toe very day
Mr. CRrTEsDKN-No, sir. ! cannot. toiuk 1t was In
the mon OF March cannot De positive about the
day n some time sgo.
H. wnsoN-The tine referred TO BY the senator from