The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-03-04

of the historical blunde lie asserts that Ruata
has been dependency Of Belize for hundred yearsi He
most assuredy feel ashamed OF that assertion for
Lord Clarendon in his correspondence with Mr. Bu-
chanan declares that the present British claim originated
in 1889 ls40 and he does deny what Mr. Buchanan
asserts in substance though not in words that the seizure
at that tune Of this island Honduras act OF a-
cy. Mr. Buchanan calls II mildly "usurpatonp lie
shows il to have been robbery committed by few Eng
smen not authorized by the ITSELF which the
government has since advantage Of erect colony
there since their treaty with Mr. Buchanan asserts and
Lord Clarendon admits that the island had been seized in the
before the States Of Central America had dissolved
their union and that the eonfederated States had inter
fered protect Honduras until Great Britain dsavowed
the act Of seizure hauled down her flag abandoned the
possession and the State of Honduras assumed her
regnty the islands, of which she again most
shamefuy deprived, have seem by another act Of
piracy in ls4-the ate assigned it by Mr. Buchauan
when, the Central American Union being dissolved, the
weak State Of Honduras was unable to defend herself Mr.
Everett had evidently read anything Of thesc mat
ters lie had certainly never seen Grove. book written
by Englshman who caracterzes this whole outrage
of his own country as shameful and "disgraceful."
Nearly all the copies of this book have been bought up by
w.
British government commenced its violation of the Clay
| ton and BuIwcr convention. #....u
But suppose all Mr. Evcretts statement had been true
that Ruatan had been for hundred years dependency
Of Bezc-we know the fact be that this island by the
treaty Of 7sG between Great Britain and Spain,
knowledged as Mr. Marcy states to have been depend
ency of the vce-royalty of Guatemala, now called
Central America being one of the islands adjaenf
| ,lo ocII hot hv
cal process which Mr. Everett explain this island
somehow and in way, became dependency Of Be-
lize which Belize commonly called British Honduras
part of Yucaan in Mexicosuppose that Mr.. Everett is
so shrewd uris that he explain to how the Brit
ish sorersigy this island could become dependent
the miserable usurutary right in Belize tenancy
will under Mexco grant all this to Mr. Everett and still
tine plain language the treaty. which expressly includes
in il A State Of Honduras with its just limits and proper
dependencies and which is expressly explained Mr.
Bdwer by Mr. Clayton, his letter counte-declara
ton Of the h of July 1885, before the treaty ra
fed does legally and efec,ually Ruatan and the
Bay Islands because fst it is therein declared that the
lslauds exempted from the treaty only 'the small
islands in the neghborbood of the Belize and secondly
they were to islands no,on be dependencies Of
ize at the tiue Whereas as Mr. Buchanan asserts and
miles from Belize and instead Of being small island, is
sixty-fve miles long while Mr. Champion himself has ad
med that the small islands in the neighborhood of Be-
lize were those little islands marked all the maps
within few leagues Of the Belize and expressly described
as dependencies of Belize in the treaty of 1876 between
| Spain and Great Britain.
Mr. Everett Is gentleman of admirable knowledge and
attanmens as literary inanhs life has been that of
clergyman and president Of college and he has occupied
the guished stations Of American minister England
and Secretary State dnring the last months of Mr. Fill
moes administration His beautiful and classical imagery
adorns some of the oaons be found in Amer-
can iterature but 1t is respectfully submitted that Mr.
Everett never any claims the character Of uris
and that he would now discaim-no readily than
himse-a pretensions to the character Of able and
accomplished lawyer Avoiding therefore, the legal
rules Of interpretation and have proved with little
no examination Of even the historical part of this subject
he entirely deserted the language Of the treaty. and the
language the negotiations the time Of exchanging it
the only safe basis of nerpretationand then adopting
the oose ideas connected with hs first Impressions
abroad for events which he though, had occurred hun
ded years ago aud facts which he thought had existed
during all that time control the Interpretation Of the
treaty Any one common-aw treatise the law Of paiee'
which i referred to by Mr.. Buchanan or the rules
which govern the construction Of legal instruments would
have furnished Mr. Everett with for understand
ing the treaty and the declarations Of the negotiations thar
all the information exhibited by that gentleman in bis
speech the sahiect.
The Inien,gsaop makss another II thinks Mr.
Marcy wrong 10 saying that the great object Of the treaty
was 10 proveat the dominion Of Great Britain In Central
America The inegeno thinks the great object of the
treaty was the canal yet the treaty declares that its OBJ
jec Is not to protect canal but all the canals and
railroads which can be made in any part Of Centra
America and especially binds both parties TO agree TO pro
tec the Tebuantepee and Panama railroads, To eGec
their construction by 1t manestly necessary no
only 10 protect them but liberate all Central America
where Great Britain had obtained ioothold from British
aggression canal made In that country would certain
ly in be seized by British colonsts IL there 1t wa'
declared by President Taylor the Senate to be the eec
Of the treaty that Central America should be liberated
and Mr. Clayton In his report President Fillmore or
the 18th Of July 1885, clearly states the effect Of the treaty
TO be the Capitalization Of the FIVE Central American
States
II The heRgResr refers 10 resolution offered by Mr.
Clayton in ls53 ealing for information in regard TO tn,
conflicting claims Of Great Britain and the United States
10 this colony Of Bay Islands and TO Mr. Csytons sub
sequen remarks the 18th Of March, 1853 explaining
that bis object in offering this resolution TO give the
e. II.