Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1856-03-08
to HIM, he did not think they had rccelv-

| 10 hlm, he did not lH!ua iNey had rccelV-
cd much encouragement.
told him that whenever had spoken
to him upon the subject had always beer
careful 10 assure him | was expressing my
owa individual eehiineuls. without an,
instructions OF Information from my GOV
leiumeDt. aud these remained unchanged
| also observed that his last letter to me
finally denying car con>tru, ton Of thr
treaty aiid forming aHy Issue between the
two. governments, might appropriately
have contained proposition Tor aihit,a-
ton; nd ID this riianner The question
might have been ought IN a regular fotm
before our government. He then for the
fist lime informed me that lie had al
dressed dispatch to Mr. Champion on the
subject, with inslfu, lions to hoa TO read II
to you. He then seut Tor it and read il 10
me. / believe 1t is dstcd in Noyembpt
but copy being doubtless in Yonr posses
sioa, II viii speak for itseiI aud he IN
formed ne that all YOU had tad ABOUT ii
10 MI. Champion, WAS TIA; the matter was
in MIR. Buchanan S haads,
He thru preceded 10 express his Geti-
ded opinion N favor CT arbitration, aud
SAID that when two friendly governments
disagreed upon The construction OF treaty
the natural aud appropriate course was to
refer the question 10 third friendly pow .
e1. He hat ever bc!Ieytj Their consl uc--
zion Of the treaty to be correct. He then
requested me to communicate to you their
proposals Tor an aibitration and now aux
ious they were hat the question might BE
settled III this manner. tod him
Shoud cheeItuly comply with his Request
out repeated that my own individual
opinions remained unchanged. l con>id-
cred the ldngna t OF the Treaty too cleal
for >ttltus doubt and such believed was
the opinion OF public men Of all pathes in
the United States. It's lad been eyin.
ced BY he recent debate in the Senate on
tue Presidents message. Besides the
difficulty of selecinga suitable sovrreisn
as an arbitrator seemed lusurmouutable.--
But | said tbs was a question Tor nay gov
eminent aud not for my self.
fours, very respectfully
JAMES BocHA<Ax.
Hon. William L. Marcy, Secretary Of
State.
Mr.. CHAMPION TO Mr.. Marcy. under
date OF February 9th. says: Observing
that some misaPprehensous seems 10 ext
as TO the offer made by Lord CLARENDON
TO Mr. Buchanan to submit the points re.
gardipg the intet probation of the Clay ton.
8uiwer treaty, upon which the two gov-
ernnents disagree. to afblta.ion. thiaEs
it well 10 send J on the EN- Iosed despatch
which received from Lord Clarendon on
the subject il December last. regret mol
having made you this communication be-
fore but the truth is, the last paragraph
OF the despatch escaped any attention until
referred to IT lately. and as | was aware
that the negotiation 81 the question re-
garding Central America was in Mr..
Buchanan's and Lord Carendoa's hand
considered the despatch as meant lot
my own information as to what was going
forward, upon a subject, in regard to
which inferred you were already in.
fol med.
Lord Clarendon in his despatch TO Mr.,
Champion says, under date Of Rovrmber
10th: "Mr. Buchanan having. il the
course of conversation few days ago,
I'D yefttd to the impression that difficulty
uonid he created in ihr limited Sf.,ies NV
lir non srttlemen mt of HE Central Ao,eri.
can question. again assured hin, tia,
England had no wish 10 extend her r.tlu-
eure or obtain any Tertiary in TINT mari
Of the world and ,.t.,,drd him tbat AZ
the difference between This country aud
HE United States turned solely uoou the
Interpretation Of the treaty o. 1850 had
offered on the mari IF her Nlair.t,'s nov.
ernmetl: 20 submit Che e5>e TO the arb,tra.,
zion Of n third po,var. hut thar h.. had
declined the off,. Her Majesty's gov.
ernmta', said, would still abide by that
offer, and thought i, would be tie Mirtst
aud most amicable manner for arriving a,
a settlement Of the question. Mr.. Buc.
hanss, said he would Eakr it known 10
nis G5yeremrAi, and YOU are instructed
10 communicate ihis despatch 10 Mr.. Mar
cy.
Mr.. Seward said this correspondence
placed the subject nj the Central Amr,i-
can question in heA. sa,p,w hat different
from that which it OCCUPIED when HE de-
Date commenced. As the case stood when
submitted by the President. the comuni~
cations between the two Governments con.
sisted Of arguments able and deliberate.
both sides maintaining their respective
positions regarding HE construction of thu
treaty the Uated States demanding full