Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-05-22
From the Washington Union
THE nAII,AS.C1, TREATY.

Tho evidence IL no. reaching US every day tnat
such is the sentiment Of the countryside sentiment
of the intelligent, patriotic people everywhere-in re-
gard to this very important question. And happens
that the politicians and the people are in perfect ac'
cord. They believe that We are most fortunately
rid-or soon will be-of all treaty stipulatons win
Great Britain in regard to Central America. We
shall now be left free TO pursue our own American
policy-a policy regulated by the highest principles
of honor and Justice, and seeking only to advance our
national interests and influence by all lair ana proper
MEANS The prophetic wisdom of the warning OIL tiie
Father Of his Country has had most portentous IL
lu-traton in the MISUNDERSTANDING and dlplomaiic
difficulties growing out of these treaties with Great
Britain touching the Central American adsirs. II
was indeed, an 'entangling alliance" from The very
beginning. We are happily rid Of it, or can Oh al
own option; and let US heneesorth remain . scou
shape our policy, and to regulate our own aeon
according to the dictates of wise forecast, and lie
e1igencies in the chapter Of coming events.
from the New York Herald.
CENTRAL AMERlCA-LORD PALMERSuO;,M,. ~
MENACING PoLICY.-lROUBLE BREW
ING. aod
The rejection by Lord Palmerston Of the amended
Dallas Clarendon treaty, is an affxr of the hgnes'
signi6cancy touching the whole schedule OF our ~
ternatonal relations with England. WIN evely ~
ditional scrap of information defining the reasons OF
the British cabinet for refusing their assent ~ Tue
fair and consistent overtures of our government W
reference to Honduras aud the Bay l.lands tne
are We convinced that this tropical imorog'io nas a,
the many ugly phases through which II mas p"o'oO
| from the beginning. e.;.h ~
We have no doubt of the honesty and good faith OF
Lord Napier in those cheering relations OF orotnoi
love and commercial cooperation which no anuoap
rcd would henceiorth mark the diplomacy oe.See o.
England and this great republic. We feel sat'sneu
too that the broad and liberal comm eIeial Ie 81
.uoh Rritish sta,esrnen as Clarendon. Disraeh C0o
| dem. and Others comprehend the policy OF CORFU.
peace with the United States even 10 tue
an absoIuts Abandonment Of all Br'tssh pre,ensions
claims and usurpations of every SOIL throughout :ne
Central American States. But this is not the policy
of Lord Palmeraton. He looks upon th's county no.
as commercial ally but as powerful
rivsl .spirpg 10 the commercial and naval DOMINION
| of the seas which flank the American lslnmus, ano
also TO the absorption or control OF an the '''nnus
transit pasaagee from Mexico TO New oIanaua. ~;
policy is, therefore, 10 secure na'oi auu @
iootbold at every available point along the Crnfra
American coasts, not only for the purpose OF oh.ck
| mating the suspect designs OF brother Jonatnan
but for the more positive object OF securing 10 Eng
land the possession control OF the American sth
niue communications between the at'an''c ano
| Pacific oceans.
In tb, Central American policy the Palmerston
, mini,try have only been following the long+sab
| Isbed uniform system Of Englands eucroachm-nis
aygre.siops, and annexaohs in every other part OF
the world From her fret Judgment Ia The bays and
coasts of Honduras, in search OF loawood and ma.
hogany, down to this day, tbs ultimate Object OF pos
ssssiou has governed all her movements in the Gu
rous and amusing adventures OF Chan-ld IN In
seizure and abandonment OF Tgre island, in tie
Mo-quito Indian proiectorate, in The independently
of Greytown, in the Clayon.Bulw-r treaty, in The
war of Costa Rica against Walker, and in TIN" Dial
las Clarendon treaty this ultimate obj-ct OF "ccupa'
tun and control, commercial and military, OF lille or
that commanding point, nas" never f'r m"m-n'
been lost sight Of by the agents, emisss-s nad d.
plomais of England. the Clayt"n.buw1r treaty
wa. but strat.g-m TO gain timei the neutrality OF
England, a. between Walker and Costa Rica, has
been but mockery for England, under tbs rose mas
armed sustained, and directed this native coalition
against our aouslers from the outset. Her liberal
charity 10 Walkers des-rters and dsbanded troops, IN
shipping them of to Panama and New Orleans, was
nothing more than magnificent military stra,ageY
for the eXiingushmsni Of yankee Influence nno
cooniz alton along the Nicaragua transit route. ii
the truth we're known, We should probably Discover
also that English Vaccinations un!erle our existing
Disbursements with Now Granada concerning the
Panama transit.
AT all events, we have seen enough and suffered
enough from English diplomacy ana dupc'ty III Cen
trail America, to salty US that with Palmerstnn thus
Dallas Clarendon treaty is intended only to Do usec
as cunning device to lu US 10 'eep; that his rtJer
ton of the treaty amended at Washington is out
trick to gain time soas to secure here ana tners
more permanent footing for Interior operations. Int
Sharply defined i.sus of the prohibition Of AFRICAN
sayery in Honduras and the Bay Islands. upon Whct
Lord Palmersion has thrown this treaty back In''
| the fac. of Mr.. Buchanan is the issue beyond al
|
and abolition agitation In raising such an issue
such place. we detect in Lord Palmerston, NOT th'
honest advocate OF "happy accord between III
government and our own. but the lnvIdi'us enemy
, our commercial expansion and our in'ernn peacs'
We are not surprised, In this conneKlon' at I'M
deem disappointment Of the Psmerst'n cabinet WIT
refusal Il oqr me 10 J hsr h," %
dancing to the English piper The Chinese govern
ment is favorsbly inclined to our people. In gu
trade with the Chinamau we have paid for our tea
in specie or in desirable goods, while the purchase
of English merchants have been met by supplies o
the confrabaud and Infamous article OF OPIUM to TIT
extent, we are told, of twenty-five millions OF dollar
per annum. Let France and England prosecute theil
war, and let us maintain the position OF an indepen
dent neutrality and, before the struggle is yea
DID, our people may, perchsnce, nnd It their ture Po
icy 70 give helping hand TO the Chinese III the sup
ply Of steam vessels and all the latest inventions ahe
most destructive engines OF war. In thld policy al
indicated in our telegraphic despatch from ashlng
ton. We may, perhaps, secure powerful ano an &C
tive ally or factor in Russia and in her Asiatic ports
the markets for new and most lucrative Chinese
trade, should the Angl0French fleets blockade AMI
exclude all articles contraband OF war from every
port bay, river and inlet of the Chinese seaboard.
The late English elections, and the lofty expecta
tons of the Palmerson Cabinet from this projected
war against China, have given to the rejection OF the
Dallas. Clarendon treaty pnngencY, and degree o
importance which otherwise tins proceeding could
not command. Lord Pamerston has now substantially
confessed tndt EDXldnQ mas Ho VI OH oosoiu'e
evacuation of Central America, nor anything like III
but that the prospective trade from Asia aoross the
Pacific Ocean and the American Isthmus routes to
the Atlantic renders it Incumbent upon England 10
hold fast in Central America to every inch OF ground
she claims. and to secure. by diplomacy it possible
the sovereign command Of at least one or two OF our
islhmus passages. We have thus nothing togsin BY
resumption of negotiations. England will take
care that she i. not negotiated out of Central Amer
ca but that We shall be cheated and deceived in any
further bargains of that description.
What then, is the true policy OF our Government
Simply the policy of total abrogstion of all our
joint stock Central American diplomacy with Eng
land, and the repeal OF neutrality laws Thus, be-
tween English and American fibusterlng in Central
America We shall be left perfectly free to pursue IN
every that course best adapted to promote our
commercial interests and to extend our naval de-
fences and to the special end Of defeating the antago
nistic policy and ambitious and grasping designs OF
England. Such, too, We have every reason t. believe
is the policy which has been virtually resolved upon
by the cabinet at Washington. We dare say thai
there will be further negotiations with Eoglano
upon Central American affairs till the meeting of the
next Congress- and that then, instead OF the recon
federation Of the treaty OF Dallas and Clarendon We
may anticipate the abrogstion OF The old Clayton
Buluer treaty and all its appendsges.