Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-05-29
rse DnlIn.-Ciarcuasn Trensy.

We published> few days since, an intimatlon
from semi official source. tina, the reieeiion of
the Dallas Clarendon Treaty by the British
Government was due to the fact that the treaty
with Honduras, which Grea, Britain had in pro-
oes. Of ratification. had not ye, been completed
and that q renewal Of negotiations with Us. on
the same basis. would be made the
British Government should be officially informed
that Honduras had accepted the treaty TINT had
bsen proposed to ker.
Il now appears that Honduras has absolutely
rejected the treaty-as indeed she should have
done. Ii was coupled with conditions nj once 80
degrading aud unjust. that even an efete aud
demorslized State If Central America could not
be imposed upon WITH them The ce.~ian Of the
Bay Islands was merely nomipai-Hna. in point
of practical benefit, Honduras, under the treaty
proposed, would have been in condition no bet.
ter than before.
The truth IL, Great Britain, though making mn
immense chow of liberali,y in respect Of her
treatment Of the Central American States. has
really nv idea of abandoning her pfeteusions
there. Her whole history shows thai where she
once obtains footing, no matter in what quarter
Of the globe. she retains it with tenaeity that
nothing can weaken. Witness the rapid strides
Of her power in the East, where, for years. her
aggressive policy has excited the e,tonishment,
- we'll as the fears, Of the other great powers Of
tho earth.
Thus i, turned out that the clayton Bulwer
treaty. carefully guarded as it was, was yet SO
violently distorted from its true meaning that,
according to the construction placed on IL by the
British Cabinet, it was on engagement ON our
part to abandon every interest which might
have in Central America, present or prospective
--whls, on the other hand, En-, land was still to
retain what she denomnaied her "possessory
rights: :" by virtue of which she could, quietly
but easily. control the internal polity of tie
whole of the southern part Of the Centrnl Ameri-
eau sthmus. Such a construction might well
have been denounced by Mr.. Clayton aud Gen.
Cass-nor was it surprising that leading states
men of this country should have been brought 10
think fayorably of total repeal Of the neutrality
Avs, and of entrus,ng the fate of Central A
Il.rica to the contingencies of "maniiest dcs-
tiny
The rejection by Honduras, Of the treaty
which Great Britain proposed to her preelndes
any attempt to revive the Dallas Clarendon
treaty according 10 the conditions and terms
which were approved by the Senate of the United
States. We are, in truth, in SO far Central
America is concerned, precisely where we were
before Mr. Clayton and Sir Henry Bulwer I'M
derook the adjudication of the question. And
in view of the difficulties which must inevitably
occur to AN adjustment which will be ti.foclory
to all parties. it may well be consideiel whether
we had better not fall back upon the Monroe
doctrine and insist upon its rigid APPLICATION
With all the grasping avidty of Great Britain
for power, she yet retains in her craftsmanship
suficien, sense Of justice and sufficient re
gard for the we'll understood principle. of inter,
national law, to recognize our rgb, 10 protect
our own safety.