The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1857-05-19
THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. TREATY


relation to the rejection of the Dallas-carendon
treaty by the British government. We now publish
another in connexion with the subject from the
paper and commend it to the attention of our
readers. The Herald takes high American ground
in this article. 1t takes strong ground and uses
plain language, but neither the position the Ian
guage is stronger than the facts of the justify.
The evidence is reaching every day that
such is the sentiment of the countryside sentiment
of the intelligent, patriotic people everywhere-n
regard to this very important question. And it hap
pens that the politicians and the people in per
feet accord. They believe that we are most fortu-
natey rid-or soon will be-of all treaty stipuations
with Great Britain in regard to Central America We
shall now be left free to pursue our own American
polcya policy regulated by the highest principles
of honor and justice, and seeking only to advance
our national interests and influence by all fair and
proper means. The prophetic wisdom of the warn
ing of the Father of his Country has had most por
tentous illustration in the misunderstanding and dip
omatc difficulties growing out of these treaties with
Great Britain touching Central American affairs 1t
was, indeed, an entangling alliance" from the very
beginning. We are happily rid of it, or be at
option; and let us henceforth remain free
to shape own policy, and to regulate
ton according to the dictates of wise forecast and
the exigencies in the chapter of coming events.
From the New York Herald
CENTRAL AMERICA-LORD PALMERSToN'S MEN
AGING POLICY. TROUBLE BREWING.
The rejection by Lord Palmerson of the amended Dali
las Clarendon treaty is affair of the highest signf
cancy touching the whole schedule of our international
relations with England With every additional scrap of
information defining the of the British cabinet for
refusing their assent to the fair and consistent overres
Of our government in reference to Honduras and the Bay
Islands, the more convinced that this tropical i'm
brogo has thus assumed more menacing shape than in
of the many ugly phases through which it has pass
ed from the beginning
We have doubt of the honesty and good faith of
Lord Napier in those cheering relations Of brotherly love
and commercial cooperation which he anticipated would
henceforth mark the diplomacy between England and
this great republic We feel satisfied, too, that the
broad and liberal commercial views Of such Brit
ish statesmen Clarendon, Disraeli, Golden. and
others, comprehend the policy of cordial peace with the
United States to the extent of absolute aban
donmen of all British pretensons, claims, and usupa-
tons of every sort throughout the Central American States
But this is not the policy of Lord Pamerston He looks
upon this country not commercial ally, but pow
erful commercial rival aspiring to the commercial and
naval dominion of the seas which flank the American
sthmu and also to the absorption control of all the
sthmus transit passages from Mexico to New Granada
His policy is, therefore, to naval and commercial
lean coasts not only for the purpose of checkmatng the
suspected designs of Brother Jonathan but for the
positive object of securing to England the possession
control of the American isthms communications between
the Atlantic and Pacific
In this Central American policy the Palmerston min
sry have only been following the long established uni
form system of Englands cncroachments aggressions
and annexatons in every other part of the world From
her first lodgmcnt in the bays and coasts of Honduras in
search OF logwood and mahogany down to this day. the
ultimate object OF possession has governed all her
ments In the curious and amusing adventures of Chat
field in the seizure and abandonment Of Iigre island In
the Mosquito Indian protectoate in the INDEPENDENCE of
Greytown in the Clayton Bulwer treaty in the of
Costa ca against Walker and in this Dallas Clarendon
treaty. this ultimate object of occupation and CONTROL
commercial and military, of this that commanding
point, has for moment been lost sight of by the
agents. emssaries, and diplomats of England. The Clay
ton-Buwer treaty was but stratagem to gain time the
neutrality of England, between Walker and Costa Rca
has been but mockeTy for England under the rose has
armed sustained and directed this native coalition against
filbusters from the outset Her liberal charity to
Walkers desertes and disbanded troops in shipping them
off to Panama and New Orleans, nothing than
q magnificent military stratagem for the exngushment
of Yankee influence" and colonization along the Mica
ragua transit route If the truth were KNOWN should
probably discover, also, that English Vaccinations
derlie existing disagreements with New Granada
corning the Panama transit
AT all events, have enough and suffered enough
from English diplomacy and duplicity in Central America
to satisfy us that with Palmerston this Dallas Clarendon
treaty is intended only to be used cunning device to
lu to sleep that his rejection of the treaty amend
ed at Washington is but trick to gain time, to
secure, here and there permanent footing for ul
terror operations The sharply defined issue of the pro-
hbition of African slavery in Honduras and the Bay
Islands, upon which Lord Palmerson has thrown this
treaty back into the face of Mr. Buchanan the issue
beyond all others for indefinite period OF diplomatic
juggling and abolition agitation In raising such is
in such place, detect in Lord Palmcrston not the
honest advocate Of 'shappy accord between his gov
eminent and our own, but the inyidious of
commercial expansion and our internal peace.
We not surprised, in this connexon at the deep
disappointment of the Pamerson cabinet with the refusal
of government to join the league of England and
France for the reduction of China In standing aloof
however, may do better than by dancing to the Eng
sh piper The Chinese government is favorably inclined
to people. In trade with the Cinnamon have
paid for teas in specie in desirable goods while the
purchases of English merchants have been met by sup
plies of the contrabad and infamous article of opium
the extent told Of twenty millions of dollars
per Let France and England prosecute their war;
and let maintain the position OF independent
tray and, before the struggle is year DID, people
may perchance, find it their true policy to give helping
hand to the Chinese in the supply of steam vessels and all
the latest inventions and most destructive engines of
In this policy indicated in telegraphic despatch
from Washington, may perhaps, powerful !
and active ally factor in Russia and in her Asiac
ports the markets for and most lucrative Chinese
trade should the Ango-French fleets blockade and
clue all articles contband of from every port bay
river, and inlet of the Chinese seaboard.
The late English elections and the lofty expectations of
the Pamerston cabinet from this projected against
China have given to the rejection of the DaasC laren