The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-05-09

must be settled without her consent Prom this urne, how
ever change tock place II the relations OF Great ssin
snd the Uni.ed States shose simulated concert nov gave
place u simulated opposl'ion
Or Green Consul at San Juan for her Majesty the Green
of Great Riair and at the time reger for George
William Careuce King OF Mosquito, propose1 to me noa
btaIt OF San Juan, Groytown as Is Affected 70 be
and to make constitution. The proposal adopted
with raiau,e the leading men In the scheme being tho
same who had Immediately before concerted one TOR ~
wiling back the Ecaragaan Authorities and renouncng the
Anglo MosQutan rule
This constitution secured:-
territory NJ about thirty miles square lao, liberty,
ana the pursuit or happiness Tho English law, revised
by the decisions Of the American Supreme Court, the
m'est or which iegalizes slavery inhe United Sta es
onhs ssdence being required for the mayor and month
soon AFTER criminal was executed for robbery, and
c'.aon WAS declared to be established at Greytown.
me next imn0ftant event ia Lord John Russels two
n 70 w h,ngton proposing to convert Mosquito,
s dc and ss Of Join. colonization of Mesquite BY
two remarkable dispatches will be found In an appendix
President Fillmore requested the permission Of Mr..
crs%pca 70 communicate the contents these dispatches
70 congress Ills permission was tiven by Mr. Cramp-
ton and sanc'ioncdb Lord Clarendon and he President
IN consequence communicated 70 Cong css something dii
fro.ectoratc of Mosquito. eAAs '"0
This Justification was submitted TO In silence and there
upon Greytown was burnt TO the ground BY Can't Holns
Of the American Navy or this fact no notice has been
taken by the British government '-
cs Of scptcmber 1866 to understand which Il is ueces
say n revert to the British aggeions In Ruaan ana the
By the treaty Of r7se with span England rcuoupccd al,
claim 70 these islands and thu Mosquito country In
favor OF Spa!n 70 whom and subsequently, 10 the Central
American States these countries have since belonged
may be ascertatned consulting any gazetteer pub
ussed besxaen lS0o end l616
Your vigilance is not required to protect the interests of
our commerce. not merely from danger but from annh
laton.
have the honor to be- str your o1sSsnt humble ser
THomAr JOHNSON, Secretary.
guarantees the freedom pr the Bay Islands against the
sovereignty or Honduras and the sovereignty Of Honduras
against the freedom Of the Bay Islands thus .Hordug
prcteN for the perpetual presence Of British fleet
nanring Port Cabailos, the terminus o. the Honduras
Inter oceanic railway, -hose neutrality Is guaranteed oy
the treaty The povisi respecting that part OF Hondu
ras which has been denomlnated Mosquito, ignore alto
eaan: to the territory Of four 50 rereSn States ana de-
clare that, the Mosquito Indians shall have
coded their sovereign rights IN Hnturns the sovereignty
OF Honduras shall be acknowledged by Great Britain Thus
Hondu practically gives up the nter Of her territory
In the vain hope Of afterwards recovering It,
The late treaty with the United States 10 settle The Cen
trail American question binds the United States to sanction
orr treaty with Honduras just described an aggression
the territory OF Guatemala by an extension OF the Belize
settle nen beyond the bounares agreed 10 in the Spanish
treaty u 1885, and further undertakes settle the affairs
Nicaragua without consulting that STATE already reduced
70 anarchy by aggression upon Ne territory like the
treaty with Honduras II ignores the Mosquito King but re
ccgnze the sovereign rights Of the Mosquito Indians and
proposes to place Nicaragua In the same anomalous
situation towards 81 Juan, which Honduras has accepted
TOW ards RuAtan.
This treaty. has been proposed by the United States
Senate 10 amend az follows
I. Thai the bay Islands he restored TO Honduras
z That ~ Juan be- restored " Nicaragua.
= Thai possessNy bat NOS sovereign rights be reoo9
ni.ed on the part OF the Mosquitoes.
These three proposals. Of the Senate strike NJ the root Of
a that lord Pamerston has appeared TO be aiming at IN
Cent? al America and this step Of the Senate has not been
calculated prepared by him. but does not
sarfiy follow that they will be ree,ted his part. He
reject the amended treaty II that quits his Interior OBJ
ject he accept and then violate H. he has violated
the Eulser Clayton treaty. That treaty has been dead
letter Tor every purpose except that or embierng the
hostility which proposed 10 alay, and deugng with
blood the country which II proposed u bepeht
We entreef your Chamber 10 investigate the truth OF the
sssererss ve hare made, and should you 70 the
same conclusions at which have arrived TO take
sures Tor putting sop 10 the proceedings or the British
government in Central America But such proceedings
arc not confined 10 tina; spot
There u par OF the globe where transactions not
prcTarng such ~ We have recorded, part where
Bot ~ England In 1875 revived her protectorate OF
Mosquito 1881 she scszcd Ruatan This Seizure
dfsavcwed. but IN isfi Colonel NJ Donald supcrtn
tendcns ~ Belize landed Rratan, hauled the flag
of Honduras and hois'od that Of England threatening
with death any who should attempt to reverse this
r~vce~dnr number ~ blacks, British subjects,
tnrfted IN coone the place IN 1852 the Bay Islands
were erected into rh colony In defiance of the B1l
wer CaJton treaty aud Of the sovereign rights Of Hon
duras.
The treaty Of 1850, between England and Hondu.