The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-01-03

Washington July 2 1853.
Great Britain for long period has had possession OF
district OF country the shores Of the Bay Of Honduras
called the Belize The right she has to hold It derived
from grant by Spain and this right is limited TO SIN
gle purpose with express prohibition against using
for AM other restricted as to its use could
he considered British colony While she comm es
herself TO the boundaries specified In her treaties with
Spain in 1888 and 1896 and the district country
described only for the purposes stipulated therein we have
no rig complain that she Is inf ingng our policy but
when she extends her occupancy y lar ne
ercsng over il civil authority, very different character
Is given TO this settlement il then becomes new colony
on this continent mf..s
Since the acquisition OF California Great Britain hps
ifested matured design change this Spanish
license TO cut dyeNood and mahogany at the Belize into
British dominion The object of such change cannot be
misunderstood viii 1t be sregardd by this govern
The character of the ritish settlement at the Belize
is explicitly shown BY an authority which will not be con-
troverted questioned by the government OF Great Brit
ain This authority is other THAN the Parliament OF the
United Kingdom In two acts passed in 1877 and The
other in 1879 it is admitted that the Belize not within
the British domnions In these acts provision is made for
the punishment of crimes committed at Belize which Other
wise could be punished by any existing law because
Belize expressly alleged was not British dominion
In 1926 Great Britain renewed in her treaty with Mexico
the special grant made her BY Spain in the treaties OF
1883 and 1856, into and occupy the Belize upon
the and with the restrictions those I'M
posed upon her by Spain. The United States while they
concede that Great Britain has rights in the Belize posi-
lively deny that the Belize is British province any
policy referred they are bound to resist any attempt to
convert it into British colony. H.
The protecorate which Great Britain has assumed
the Mosquito Indians is most papahle Infringement of
her treaties with Spain to which reference has just been
made and the authority she is there exercising under pre-
tence Of this in derogaon of the sovereign
rights of several Of the Central American States
trary the manifest spirit and intention of the treaty of
April 10, 1850, with the United States.
Though ostensbly the direct object of the Clayton aud
Bulwer treaty to guaranty the tree and
of the contemplated hpcanal the lshmus of Da
ren and such to all nations by mutual treaty
spuations that effect, there other and highly inn
potant objects sought TO be accomplished by that
ton The stipulation regarded most of all by the United
States is that for disseminating the of her assumed
protecorate of the Mosquito Indians and with it the
ova Of all pretext whatever for interfering with the
roral arrangements which the Central American States
may wish make among themselves. 1t the inen-
ton as il ia obviously the import Of the treaty of April
70, $780, to place Great Britain under obligation to
her interposons in the affairs of Central America
and to conne herself to the of her limited rights
in the Belize She has by this treaty Of 1885, obligated her
self not occupy colonze part of Central America
to exercise any dominion therein. Notwithstanding
these stpuations she still the right hold posses
of and to exercise control over large districts of that
country and important islands in the Bay of Honduras the
unquesonnbc appendages Of the Central American States
This jurisdiction not less mischievous in its effects
less Objectionable because IL is coverty exercised
(pary, at least in the of miserable tribe of In
dians who have i'll reality, political organization,
actual governmentnot the sebanee Of except
that which created by British authority and upheld By
British power.
to the States of Central America and but little less
the United States for through the Bay of Honduras and
of these States lies OF the desirable
routes TO possessions the Pacific This interference
il will be recollered did marked character
until after acquisition of California.
Great Britain should be frankly assured that the policy
TO which have alluded, and TO which the United States
adhere is exclusively political As relates TO
merce, this government neither aims desires any
advantage Intercourse with the nations this
tinent which il would willingly extended the
whole world
The object which 1t is hoped you may be able to accom-
psh u.s. to induce Great Britain withdraw from all
troll the territories and islands of Central America
and If possible the Belize also and abstain from
inermeddlng with the political affairs of the governments
and people in that region Of the world This object is The
earnestly desired by the United States il s appa-
rent that the tendency of events in that quarter is give
foothod to British power there In conraventon of the
policy which this government is resolved to sustain.
With your ample knowledge of the facts it is believed
that will be for you to satisfy the government of
Great Britain that II has right to intervene in the po
ica affairs Of Central America, founded upon any domin
ion she fairly claim In any part thereof and that
obligation of duty interest is imposed upon her to be-
come a volunteer in the matter.
IL she has rights have before stated 10
the Belize but when restricted to proper limits part of
il Is in Central America These rights are however, very
few will be perceived by The second and third articles
Of the treaty between her and Spain dated the I4th Of
july 1856 The second article defines the Of the
district upon which British subjects may enter for the pur
poses specified in the third article which contains
press admission that the Belize then belonged to the Crown
Of Spain aud in it Great Britain spua,es in no ambigu-
Gus terms that subjects who have the right it
dye-wood and mahogany shall not this limited
right preex for establishing lin that country any
plantation sugar coffee cacao other kind Of articles
or any kind OF fabric manufacture by Of mills
machinery whatsoever with the exception Of mills
for cutting the wood which they have permission to take
from that district Of country. To enter into the country
upon such conditions for the single purpose granted the
British right cannot be well gueseEed but this right is
understood be Of very little value and possibly
matter OF interest and good policy Great Britain may be
willing % renounco It entirely but her pretensiops be-
yond this right cannot be regarded in any other light
than encroachments which ought be abandoned To
show that her privilege Is thus eircumscrbed nothing
necessary than read The FIRST article Of the treaty
10 which have alluded Though labored attempt has
been made pervert H. the language is too precise and
explicit to give pausibility TO such an effort
That article spulates Il quote the language Of the rea-
ty that bs Britannia Msjesys subjects and the other
ooousts who have hitherto enjoyed The protection Of Eng
land shall the country Of the Mosquitoes well
the continent 10 general and the islands adjacent With
out exception, sitnated beyond the line hereinafter de-
scbed what ought TO be the frontier the extent o
country granted by his Catholic Majesty TO the English
for the uses specified In the third article of the present
Nenon aud in addition the country already granted 70
them 1.-THE Beze) Ia virtue Of the spuaons agreed upon
by the commissioners Of the two Crowns in 1882
After reading the treaties with Spain Of 1888 and 1886
IN which Great Britain rCnouuces In the most
pct and comprehensive in the English language all right
any territorial possessions any rat Of Central Amer
ic all sovereign rights in behalf Of tho MOSQUITOES and all
claim to proectoate that horde osavages would
10 be useless TO beyond those treaties Tor tcs 10
explode the prefers she for herself in re-
gard to this proectorae Clear as both of these
against such pretenson il is nevertheless rue that
of her Britannia Maesys late Principal Secretaries Of
State for Foreign Affairs lord Palmsrslon) has eudeavor.
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