The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-02-01

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in,e Osrend s,sr OTIS 70 oe,iye IN empessne,us
.r.,,t, favcss the Birth .oustso. iso fon Vi
1,Tust a and the intel stat's previous 70 u
treaty. Spsia dd 10. intced re n,ttate sgli55' N
FIetcose durng the last years 4 hse pswes N a.,
RIGA he rad abundant oceupa - 40 osiuoilag tnen
az aiust her ipsnrgen The ualted s.ies -
not cha lspee ,he legal II The PrcsctorAe esa'e st
althc invited to BY teairai America and TIE
Staff Honduras Qua emala and Nics'saU,. sat hen
theJ rad acquired title ant no interest which wouid
authorize tssir in erven.ion When that ute and mai
interest," acquired the. promptly and exphd.y 40
nounced Great Brts their hrecOnciaoe opposiioa
to her msirt-csnce Of the PIotsctora,e
have ALREADY given the protest made oy a.. ave,
Mr.. lsuIeree-
Is Great britain eager wrreg that the question Of her
opn on Il he %oTits ps she believe
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she dis csed hazard The no osy O the act TIA. ne
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Lord Clarendon Iexs Ie'orts 20 refinement OF crit
cifm quite aordinary place lie refers q
the stipulation by which toe psrass sgee 70 invlS ~
Powers friendly 10 either Of then " enter spuL-
argues that this agreement would include he CsafrA
American aes, whie they al uld asc,pt the invita-
to the Am.r ican cons ION The tsrrtoia-
in which they exist The nost cursery reading of The
con'emr lated one class those existing 10
Central America; the other those xhich are stacshsd
there. Only the FIRST class invited TO enter into s'
puatiors similar 70 the pre- ent treaty ana they are
also invteo to follow tbs example Of the contracting
parties and enter into especial treaties WITH the second
cass namely, the Central peIican States.
leave his controversy Of words, aud following the
distinguished negotatur rise to the height OF the gre.
argument; Mark pray you the manifest conflict OF
In bis of the 18th Of September 1885, Lord
Clarendon argues thus
1.-THE treaty bad been intended to act npon an terminate
remuneration tie OF Great Britain OF the esaions
had famed to maintain.
Again, and on the same othssis, he writes
The treaty imposed Great 8raao The
equivalent remuneration the part Of United States.
Again
Irthe convention intended impose upon Crest Britain
by it, then the government Of the Central American STATES
the territories in which they were situated
Once more he writes
1be British government neither have the with hs
that quarter nor would any De promoted
doing But The British government are not prepared 10
contract either the or the other.
You see at that in these branches of tbs discus
siop the is shadovy thing,
but that, the contrary, il is poht,al insEu
having The elements Of possession, occupancy and do
mDion.
Listen now to his ordship wae, win equal skI, hs
plays upen lower key In his statement Of Nay 1854,
he wftes:-
proper that her Msesys government should =. onss
The Mosquito csuntrv But sihous Great Bri'au he'd no
possessions the Mosqu country he undou e eissd
extensive influence over it, the protecting ally Of
the Mosquito King.
Again he writes
Mr. Buchanan conounds conditions OF sovereignty
ana and under this error the
rot colonze occupy. fory
20 sovereany Great Britain claimed and docs
claim or hold any sovereignty over Mosquito
Rei the British Protectorae into and
inCisinct fhsd and Mosquito kingdom rises up be-
tore perfc' in outline and raajesd proporu
those graceful yet st,c whch
iigtl us il the Arabian Nights Entertainments.
Itakeiesve To say, that ed OF with Mesquite
kirg Mosquit, Nation, cot with her Most Ora
ci0us Majesty and the peops o. Gr at B aim. raey
csrnct The characters they
ano substitute ia their PLACES unreal real psrte
whom hey die Dot then introduce
But, in fact there was then, nor Is there now,
either Mosquito kr gdOm or Mosquito KING
Fist. There such kingdom OF Kiog because by
the laws of a,ioi there could snt tie
sake Of he argument that there ia tribe of so MO
lneiaIs ano that they have chief, who is called by
others ano regarded by them elves as every iucn a
hingn-g,ant, that with Whatever form AMI CEREMONY
this caIique, and his predecessors, through lang
line ascending beyond the discovery OF America wars
crowned il their owe domsin 10 Jsmaisa, By t1s-
people oy B.ish subjscE-still tbs facts are
disputed that this nation and their King ssvage',
who fauna ing vitIsu the know
and territorial limits of Guatemala oroviacs OF
Span, the earliest ceor liza ion Of America, and
In that province, by which it in ependsnt ana
that they have remained tae territory
within the aphica limits of the states
OF honduras and Nicaragus, and possibly Cos-a aiea
By the universal custom of European and Am-r,cs
States, savage tribes alts ougn they perne,
ercise some municipal powers, have actual high
sovereignty Even vhen they have never been displaced
or suoiued tie sovereignty nevertheless resi- e 10 the
State nation which exercises eirecg, derives
itself the title acquired by European discovery. Il
by this universal law that Great Britain acquired an1 So
lerg sovereignty within tue errt ny of
"a "a he "A To
by The ueaty of Versailles, in 1885, BY the sane Law
France acquired and held mat dominion 10 Cansds
the valuable West India Islands, which she reluc an'iy
transferred to Great Britain tn, fall OF Que,es 10
1893 By tire same law spain acquired that title to
floIidss and vast regions in Louisiana and Mexico
TO which the United states have succeeded by pu--
chase. as well as al the extensive countries
in Mexico, Central America, ana South America
gone under thu Of the Spa aish Amerc republics
II was by the same Law that Denmark uieed her pos
sessions In the West Indies and that Portugal acquired
Brazil and the emf ire of Brsz sands the
title The suth0 ty for this universal law 30 20
site the present occasion IL that Great Bic her
self as confessed in The negoauon ai,n Ia, to the tea
y In question. Mr. Rives reports to Mr.. Clayton
versaon between himself and Lord Palners.oo, thus
concluded with saying that resulted from long course
session vas In no wise necessary to The exercise Of sbfu
tribes We're Of sos Of the asu Is AZ eosas
and S sso n he %
aon OF peace and var yet was impossible to recognise
was for soqatoes wSons he wnos
Shch
had up with the assent Ct All
the civilized nations Of Europe
To these remarks Lord Palmerston replied by saying
that
He fully admitted the general doctrine for which
terded that was the principle on which they ,oniuetsd an
their relations win The Indian tribes In Canada but
Of the Mosquitoes sui geaa and stood upoo
peculiar circumstances Doc IL a. vol "a
Bid Cong.
But TIE law, beipg universal, there be csse
SUI gen1ts II there are any peculiar circumstances,
which IL denied they not forth Even II there
such, yet they could not sustain exception 10
the universal law
At least t1e existence Of such in behalf u The
Mesquite nation cannot be pleaded sgatnss Sp.ic Ani
her successors, unless the recognition OF IL can be
shoup. Nor y be pleaded BY Great Bri.ao sae
herself has recognized the tide of Spain
her successors.
HIRE you will peose take notice that the proacorate
neither is, nor ia Glanced ~ Great Britain be-
Germ ns ituion On the contrary, IL stands upon pre-
scription. give you The evi ence:-
FoR.rGs OFFICE, Jan. s, 1850.
vlscount PalmerstUn presen's his compliments ne
renee and begs communicate HIM, for his perus4l
laton In spanish "A ster from Mr.. Chated her NJ
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