Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-12-19

"VtFdn0 honduras, had uob oeoo
exchanged, owing to the hesitation of
that government" Had this been done,
u Is stated that "Her M.iestv,s
would haze had little dificnl, 30Se'nhl."
It ,', ~b 1I', ~oaIg 9aI p,oPo, ID o " t tie Sen.
s~igniicatio, a. .sad, in effect, the
' neither this the original wording,
neither the .ould have been the effect,
lange : mere circumstance of the ex-
II the ratifications Of the British
.ention with Honduras, prior in point
of time to the ratification of our treaty
with Great Britain, would, ''in effect" have
had "the same Specification as the original
wording" and thus have annulled the a
mendment of the Senate, may well be
doubted 1t is, herhaps, fortunate that
the question has never arisen.
TIE British government, Immediately
after rejecting the treaty as amended pro-
posed to enter into a new treaty with tne
United States, similar in all respects to the
treaty which they had just refused to fa'i-
f., if the United States would consent to
adj to the Senate's clear and unqualified
recognition of the sovereignty OF Hondu-
ras over the Bay Islands the following con
ditionaI stipulation: whenever and SO
soon as the republic of Honduras shall have
concluded aud ratified a treaty with Great
Britain by which Great Britain shall have
ceded, ard the republic Of Honduras shall
have accepted, the said islands. subject to
IL , ,,l coalitions CONTAINED in
such treaty"
This proposition was, Of course, rejected.
After the Senate had refused to recognize
the British convention with Honduras Of
the 9th August, 1856, with full knowl-
edge of its contents, it was impossible for
me, necessarily ignorant of 1.-THE provisions
and conditions" which might be contained
in a future convention between The same
parties, to sanction them in advance.
The fact is that when two nations, like
Great Britain and the United States, mu-
tualIy DESTROYS Of maintaing the most
friendly relations with each other, have
unfortunately concluded a treaty which they
understand in senses directly opposite, the
wisest course is to abrogate such a treaty
by mutual consent and commence anew.
Had this been done promptly, all dIilieul-
ties in Central America would most prob
ably, ere this, been adjusted to the salts
faction of both parties. The time spent
in discussing the meaning of the Clayton
and Bulwer treaty would have been devo
ted to this p~raiseworthy purpose, and the
tu,ir Cy~n11 bnx-a hoon Tho morn o1GJiU ar
complished because the interests Of the two
countries in Central America is identical,
being confined to securing safe transit o
yer all the routes across the Isthmus.
While entertaining these sentiments,
shall, nevertheless, not refuse to contribute
to any reasonable adjustment of the Cen
trail American questions which is not prac-
tically inconsistent with the American IN
depreciation Of the treaty. Overtures Tor
this purpose have been recently male by
the British Government in a friendly spir-
it, which | reciprocate, but whether this
renewed effort will result in success, | am
not prepared to express an opinion. :
brief period vii! determine.
FRANCE.
With France our ancient relations Of
friendship still continues to exist. The
French Government have in several recent
instances, which need not be enumerated,
eyinced a spirit Of good will and kindness
towards our country which heartily reel
procate. 1t is, Notwithstanding, to be re-
GREETED that two nations whose productions
ara cf cunh a chnraoto~ ~ ~ invita- tho /
most extensive exchanges aud freest com
mercial intercourse, should continue to en-
force ancient and obsolete restrictions OF
trade against each other. Our CONNER
cial treaty with France is in this respect an
exception from our treaties with all OF er
commercial nations. 1t .iealously leaves dis
eliminating duties both on tonnage and on
articles, the growth, produce, or manufact-
ure of the one country, when arriving in
vessels belonging to the other.
More than forty years ago, on the third
of March, 1915, Congress passe.! an act
offering to all nations to admit their yes
sells laden with their national productions
into the United States upon the same
terms with our own vessels, provided they
would reciprocate to us similar advantages.
This act confined the reciprocity to the pro
auctions of the respective foreign nations
who might enter into the proposed arrange
ment with the United States. The act OF
May %, 1928, removed this restriction,
and offered a similar reciprocity to all such
vessels without reference to the origin Of
their ca goes. Upon these principles, our
commercial treaties and arrangements have
been founded; and let us hope that the
exception may not long exist.
RUSSIA.
Our relations with Russia remain as they
have ever been, on the most friendly footing.
The present Emperor, as well as his pre4eces-
sors, have never failei, when the occasion of
fered, to-manifest their good will to our coun-
try; and their friendship has a'ways beea high
ly appreciated by the government and the
people Of the United States.
SPAIN.
With all otker European governments, ex-
cept that of S ain, our relatio ms are as peace
full as we couli desire. regret to say that
no progress w~tttever has been made, since I'll e
adiourp,oan4 n T1,wra-~ --I ~. ~,