The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-05-12
NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, MAY H. 1857.

curdemni, ihs supreme judicial tribunal of a
fritne " nation aud i's eolemn decisions upoa
lo.al auctions Of constitutional law ia no mea
euroc tIrme
Next, we on this tide of the water are told
thas il r's vi the government of Eagiaod to
otttrn.,ne -hothes it vii permit the solemn en-.
lageu,cit in'o w,ict 1t has entered To Hoadu
Iae 70 be |. or,r o. the dlctasion Of the Senate
sf the United States. Ignored aud dlctation,
il d,col Car suoh fluff dsc'ive toe English peo-
plef ulat have the United States to do with
tie alopt;on of slavery provided for 10 COZ
vtntin between E. gland and Hondurass Just
nothing a, ali. The Uni'ed States have neish. r
the right nor the opposition to d ct.te 10 Hon
duras What COLT cal or domestic institution, sae
dep. ncence through The world will reject that
Honduras did not ,prcmptori,y reject thi. AFRO
CANT inf, reace with her ~in'ernal copc-raA
Tu'n the tstl.s aid make euch demand of
England as to the abolition in any Of her posses
son- Of any OF her peculiar institutions, and toe
En- sh peop'e would be filled with indignation
fsom Johnny Groar's house to Lands Fad Our
S, Nd Q .. osidd that the sovereignty of the Bay
Lslai de- should M in Honduras aud there stopped,
leaving 10 that State all It's rights under the
con mon u-ages of nsttns. If Honduras relin-
qaisbt an essential oort'oa Of them ucon ths
oicta'iou Of powerful protector, while this
country ~oold res'e ct. 1t would. not oppose this
self degradation Then. as to the ,act, has this
r, fu-al Of tie Uiited states to become oarty to
this 'tpuiat'oo be ween England and Honduras
affect d ,ts validity in the al ghtest degreei No.
II har ju.t b. fame force now that It had before.
The Convent on between Honduras ADD England
which was published In the New YORK HERALD
contains 10 rferetce what yer 70 this country,
ard i's It pua iops are wholly independent OF the
Unit, states
But, after all. there is degree Of assu'a nce in
tits d. mand of Eng and wh,.h ought to excite
the indignation Of every mao having drop Of
American blood in h,s veins 1t passes even the
uiual boundaries Of En-. llsh presumption. We
are asktd to b.co0e parties to the limitation of
tie 'nd.p.ndtnce o, a feeble State and to cast
rcproaco upon our own domestic institutions, in
joint guarantee with England that there shall
be no .lavery IN HOuduras The United States
are ak. 20 do this, in half of which slavery
ia an existing 1ecogn zed institution 30 interwo-
ven with the hsbis q, the sOcial condition, indeed,
of the people. as to be inseparabl. without a
shock wrich 10 just man can contemplate with.
out smsy. and in the whole of which, by our
co.f.dtrated CO, st,tutiOn its lawful character
Is established and the rights growing out of 1t.
hat would England think, If In treaty between
the Uni,eo Stat aid Mexico, tcere shout be in
serted clau,e tn~t Ia the latter country there
should be no her ditary privileges, neither mon
archy nor an es'ablisbed aristocrscy, nor any ex.
elusive c'ass, or y Stats church, She would
sstly ,h'uk wv had very unwisely Nodded witn
what did rot concern us, and had set bad exi
AMPLE to tn. w'rld. Dat toe ttirit Of the English
people would manifest itself in terms Of the most
indignant approaches should the government Of
the United States c.oiy call upon the English
govern to become party TO this political
condemnation Of the instituti"bs Of the kinadom
One Of two 'hings in this connection perhaps,
ad weight ~ith some of the English s'a'esnrn,
and DO doubt with many OF the English journals
The Rov.rI mstt Of the Emitted States will &C.
ccpt or reject this proposition respecting slavery
If it sccept it y onouuces toe condemnation OF
'ts own peculiar pol cy. and thus pleads guilty
before the World to the charges So often made
,eeinst IL At L. refuses then new impetus
nay be given 20 the antslavery patty in the
INIT d States, ard large portion of ihe public
plight b. perrusdtd thnt the general government
the 20, ocate OF slavery aud seeHsi It's exteos'on.
One Other pciot. The treaty as proposed by
he BTit'sh government stipu'at,s that Honduras
bould have jar'sd 'ctios over the Bay Islatds,
and that The later should sl o he "irdepeudent.
rs pa,t of the republic Of Honduras" Eoery
nan can see at elaocc that h.re are two de-
pendent income II. Mt provisions, p eguaotwt fd-
Iure difficulties and drputes Honduras has
soecTeifniy over the Bay I,latds, but the Bay
Irisncs are ut the same time independent II IL
obvious that sucb an equ'vocal provision, made
fquvocai FIR 'u'ure purposes, would lead to
ei d ese dispote between the three Powers, and
open the doos for be most aseute diplomatic notes,
ard even, peItaps. eventually TO still stronger
a'guu cLt. III American Senate old vice thing,
thorA1ne, in strikins ont there anomalies. They
made 10. rl.ic aid simple precision hat the Bay
IsIaLdr should b. uDoer the jurisdiction and make
part Of Honduras. Tbosc i-lands thus become
IN Integral y rtion Of 'be territory Of that 70
public. upc,r It's government and participating
in it, And tbs /, all we had rght to do
Bot what could hsve followed tie double faced
clause OF sovereignty" "iDdependence." nc.
The Fay Tslands hsve ben recently settled b,
so many British suHec.s- spontaneous sct-
IL mcntr o. Lord Cla, endop calls this seizure OF
the tnito'y Of nno'her nation The term
fpontap, ous ,ettltmen," Is new term 70. ILL
clustering. and mans that we did no, claim the
country. nor size II, but that our p ople went
there spontaneously" and DOW the government
m, ans to take advantage Of this unauthorized
act The b, Islands colony is thus 10 It's inte-
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