Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-06-09
The Dallas-Clarendon rx.

Although there has as yet been ho 'T publication either of the official c, 'rled in reference to this treaty. the f. "Oelcs the amendments proposed by tbo c'R still enough has been made pubIi, r.. 'saa'e to form a somewhat accurate d,;,;. merits. Its object is to settle aI ,h. "@ questions in reference to the Central "a States which has arisen in the I, ,s, e, years, by paceable and satisfaetorv %@ ment. According to the statemar, Dss London Post, in the original treaty ina o.. ~' ing powers propose to settle the 5mra,
 Nicaragua and Costa Rica, set off q Cert. q fitory to the Mosquito Indians and s,, them to exercise all the important f,.3 of government, "with respect 4, al
 within the same, as well as to such as b,l nected themselves with them;" to apn,;.. miasloners to execute these provisions .., confrm certain grants of land na5o l-,E king of Mosquito to England. In tbo
 rate articles annexed to the treaty. f ,..
 lated that Great Britain should yIgld bo,I
 to Ruatan and the other Bay IsIa,hl near the coast of Honduras, and that tb
 free territory, should be recognized as r. the republic of Honduras This treatr
 lered by Mr. Dallas and Lord Chran5,
 our government for ratification, the Ss,.., returned with the following amebdme,,..
 1st. In article three clause has bea.
 duced excluding as far as possible Brts
 tueuce from the government of Hopdr-.
 This probably is to be explained not so Inn.
 by an implied assertion of the MDnroedoo.
 as from the principles of the Claytou.Da.
 treaty, that the Central Americal. goyenr
 should suffer no interference with tbe:,i-
 nal affairs.
 Next, to quote from the London Post G., clause which proposed to confirm all bonn grants made by the governmental Ms9r.'
 lands heretofore possessed by the said IgJ,- and lying beyond the limits of said terrjto,- is struck out, and also the article Jv wl Great Britain and the United States Were bind themselves, in case the republics of N caragua and Costa Rca should refuse to ,, cept the arrangement made by the treaty. m to propose nor consent to any other arra-. ments more favorable to the refusing rlrr parties."
 Such are the amendments to the treat7. the separate articles alluded to, au a..ert has also been made leaving it optional the inhabitants of the Bay Islands, to de. for themselves whether or not slavery shall |. introduced. To this our friends over the ", ter seem to make strong objections, but as i, and has been from the fouudatou of our It, public, settled principle with Us not to inter- fere with the internal affairs of foreign uatio- there can be no hope of concession on ,l, point on the part of the United States
 Now, it k not certain whether the Br..l ministry object to the original treaty or n tLe | amendments, but tLc motive for the yelect5. must be the same in either case, as, for oDyaa, reasons, the amendments are of very little r.. importance While the London Post ass-s the objection is founded ou the Ih.aHtho.a desire of Lord Palmerston to prevent the t.. ther extension of slavery, corra,foadeu, {. all American paper insiuuates tha. he wishes by this means to re-instate himself in rorrr favor after his recent defeat in the House o Commons. But let us look deeper. There nothing truer than the observation of Ta7 rand that language was given to us to co1ce4 our real sentiments. There is probably yuober ter statesman in England or one who would d5 mole to augment British power that LygI pa. merston, atld the people hnol1 t. Now to take open possession of the Bay Islands and to er-; Notifications there, under the Bulwer-CAyw treaty or any similar one, would be to attract the gaze of the world upon grossly illegal act. But to instruct a minister to enter iuo negotiations for d settlement of difficulties, and then to break them of with vir,u9us iua.s.4, tion at certain pretended wrongs and under cover of excitement and with an appeal to justice take prompt possession of the disputed territory, is all easier matter. Your state com plicstious and negotiations are after all very convenient.
 Great Britain ceded Ruatan and other Bay Islands to Honduras, but this has not preyen, ed them from installing with due solemn-us the Governor of Ba!;ze as Governor also ot Ruatau, nor from strengthening herself with army and navy. This, then, presumiuL ta1ta man of the Premier's age and experience, loes not act without sufficient motives, must J. the reason of the course he has taken. A> ra- val station, 1t commands access to the northern Central American States on the Atlantic $ je, and VIII De ot immense importance to Eu-'Anl when European and American travel and traffic with the oriental nations shall be turned in that direction. Il.