The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-02-14

,a A -. long maintained that sovereignty within the
territory OF the original United States which she resigned
-, ~ te treaty OF Versailles Ia 1883 BY the same
, Franee ACQUIRED and held that dominion la Canada
and The valuable Iada islands WHICH she SO reuct
Auy transferred 10 Great Britain On .ns isl q & =, h
Floridas and vast regions in Louisiana aud Mexico 70
which the United States have succeeded by purchase =
well a. all those extensive countries ia Mexico Cenun
r and South America which have passed froa under he
dominion and gone under the sway OF the spanish
republics was by the same law thas ,a
cal acquired Brazil and the empire Of Brazil STANDS now gu
the same title The authority for tins universal law .nos'
appose to the present occasion Is that Of urea, britain
bsrf a. confessed in negotiation which led 10 the
,fy IN apestion Mr. Ryes reports Mr. Clayton con
yersaton between himself aud Lord Paimerston mus
concluded with saying that It resulted from this long
prse 81 universal usage conventional practice that &C
NAL wise TO the exercise o.
btul sovereignty Indian terrory and that, although
an tribes We're possessed Of attributes Of sep
nrate political existence such as that OF governing ne
nnns by internal laws and also o. sustaining he
u peace and war yet impossible to recognise
in them complete national Independence such As tnat when
WAC claimed for the Mosquitoes, without supverunH thc
whole fabric public law belonging 70 our peculiar position
which had grown with the ana
of all the civilized nations Of Europe.
70 these remarks Lord Paimerston replied by saying
that be afy admitted the general doctrine for which we
contended that it the principle on which they con-
Quoted all their relations with the Indian tribes 70
but that the Of the Mosquitoes was sm gsners ana
stood upon its own peculiar circumstances Senate Doc
al D. ~ Vol Ill, I'd ssss, 32d Congress
But the law being universal there be no case Sun
oe4s If there are any peculiar circumstances, which is
denied they are forth Even If there were such
vet they could sustain exception TO the universal
law At least the existence of such case in behalf Of the
MOSQUITO be pleaded against spain and her
unless the recognition OF IL be shown nor
can il be pleaded by Grsa, Br,.sn shs .Fsei nas rec
Here you will please take notice that the protecorate
neither IL nor is claimed by Great Britain 10 be- modern
institution On the contrary 1t stands upon prescription
give you the evidence:
"FoaEIeS OrrIcE, January 5, 1850.
tYscount Palmerston presents his compliments to MI
and bsg 70 &C. aisr rom w. chsd her
aestys charge daaires In Guatemas addressed 70 the
nnr statement Of facts showing the nature Of the
which has existed since the middle q TIE
century between Great Britain and the MOSQUITO
ISenate Doc. ~, p. 3D.
This precrptve procorate under the cognizanee
of not only SPAIN but also Great Britain herself when
making treaty Of peace, boundaries, and commerce. IN
1888
By article sixth Of that treaty it stipulated that
British subjects asha have the right of cutting Loading
and carrying away ogwood in the district lying bet ween
the river Wallis or Belize and Rio Hondo-a district
hundreds OF miles distant from the Mosquito coast There
FORE all the English who be dispersed in any other
parts whether the Spanish continent main land or IN
any the islands whatsoever dependent On the aforesaid
Spanish continent and for whatever reason u might be-
without exception shall within the district which
has been above described in space Of eighteen months
nd for this purpose orders shall be issued the part Of
bis Britannia hlaestyH[Sen Doc. 10, vol. x. l6.J
The protectorate again under the review OF
the same high contracting parties in 1856, in making
further treaty BY article frss It was stipulated as fol-
lows:
ellis Britannia Maestys subjects aaA the other colonists
who have hitherto enjoyed the protection Egspd, shall
evacrae the country the Mosquitoes, wall the o0pti
nent in general and the islands adjacent
situated beyond the line described ought
TO position the extent Of territory granted by his
Catholic Majesty to the English Cor specified the
ird article Of The present Convention and the
country already to them in virtue OF the stpu
agreed upon by the OF the TWO crowns
in 1885,"
The line specified in the other articles OF the treaty
the boundaries Of the special possession Of the English
the Rio ondo ON the north and the rver Sboon on
the south together with the small island Of Casino ST.
Georges Key Cayo Casino and the cluster OF small
islands which situated opposite that part of the coast
occupied by the cuess, the distance OF eight leagues
from the river Siboon place which has always been
found well adapted fer that purpose BY article seventh
all the spuaons OF the treaty of 1883, for recognising
the sovereignty OF Spain this lasd possession
renewed and confirmed with and more stringent
restrictonsSen Doc. 10 VOL X, p 81 BY article sec
ond his Britannia Majesty agreed that should there still
remain any persons daring as TO presume by retiring
into the interior country to endeavor TO obsruct the en-
tire evacuation already agreed upon h Britannia Maes
ty far from aordng them the least
lection win dsown them in the solemn manner,
be will equally do those who may hereafter attemp; to set
tie upon the territory belonging to the Spanish
ISen. Doc. 75, vol xr p. %
BY article fourteenth it was stipulated as follows:
CHS Catholic M.e,y prompted solely BY motives q hu
habtng part the countries which be by
virtue the present convention account Of the
ions which may have subted between the Indians and
the English and his britannia Majesty, his part, win
strictly prohibit all h subjects furnishing
like the Indians ia general situated the from
tier OF toe Spanish Doc. 75 Vol Y, p.
23.l
This treaty made the ground Of motion for a
of 10 the BRUSH House OF Lords in 1897 and
denounced being bumiaing surrender OF the Mos
quito country and abandonment of the Mosquito nation
the allies of Great Britain The ministry defended the
treaty the ground that tbs British settlement the
Mosquito shore not regular and lawful settlement
and that the Mosquito nation allies and there
fore Great Britain bound TO protect them; and
the Of refused by large majority Of the
Peers Thus the matter remained far treaties
laws concerned, until 1872 when Spain adopted
and written consultation in defiance of the despoiic
powers Of Europe That constitution contained this
ticlc
Guatemala, with the internal provinces Of the and
and the adjacent islands beth seas part the
Spanish domnions."
Great Britain recognised Spain under this constitution
and guaranteed her sovereignty Guatemala threw off the
Spanish yoke in 1923 and became confederated republic
It's constitution thus described the domain which 1t
ed
The territory OF republic which formerly
oompreheuded The ancient kingdom Of Guatemaa with the
exception, for the present, OF Chispas"
This territory included the whole Of the Mosquito coast
The special and limited british settlement between the Rio
Hondo and the Sboon (eaed the Beze,) belon ging
within the Spanish province of Yucatau and by tie
luton pa sed under the sway OF Mexico Great Britain
scknowlel ged the Independence Of Mexico spulang at
tue time that British subjects dwelling In it's terri
tories should enjoy the rights which had been granted
them by Spain in the treaty Of 1886 and thus rearmed
and re-estabshed her exclusion Ameri
ca with the exceptions and limitations before described