Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-05-05
EVENING STAR.
WASHING TON CITY:
TUESDAY..... -....M May 5, 1851.
SPIRIT of THE MORNING PRESS.

SPIRIT OF THE MORNING PRESS.
The UH,0H officially announces the rejection
at the Dallas Clarendon treaty, saying:
-. Dispatches Were received from the American
Minister at London. by the last Liverpool steamer.
advising our government of the rejection by the
British government of the Dallas Clarendon
i,fsty, as amended and passed by the Senate of
next Steamer will probably bring the official cor
frspOndence"
We felt assured yesterday that the Govern
ment here had not at noon come to the conclu-
SION that its London dispatches by the last Lv-
erp0oi steamer embraced information that Pal
merston had absolutely and Internationally
closed the door to the contamination Of the Dali
Ias-Clarendon treaty. This opinion proves to
have been erroneous, though based on reasons
such as have generally guided the Star correctly
In similar matters, wherein other presses seek
ing to be very prompt in the PRONUNCIATION of
such news are prone to make mistakes. A
Washington dispatch in the New York Herald,
announcing the fact of the rejection of the
treaty, says
&" The DaIlas-C laTendOn Treaty does not 90 into
Ebert and for tiIis the Treaty between
England and Honduras, relative to the island of
RUatan ms not Yet been ratified by Honduras
MIL this - done some of the provisions OF the
Dallas Clarendon treaty cannot properly i'm the
view of the English Government he accepted |
have it from undoubted authority that neither the
President nor Lord Napier regard this result as at
all likely to interrupt the present friendly rela-
tions of the two countries -
This Honduras idea is the EXPLANATION which.
We hear from many sources. Lord Napier gives
Of the unexpected action of his Government
II Is sincerely to be hoped that the alleged
antic:pations of the President and his LorGsp
may prove correct Yet we certainly have our
misgivings that the two Governments cannot
get = at sea again over the intermnable Cen
trail American questions, which are hourly be-
coming of more profound national import with
out giving rise to unpleasant controversies, to
say the least of them That they will end in
war, we have no belief whatever Yet it can
hardly be that they will fail to keep this Gov
eminent in very hot water for some time to
come; requiring all the experience. energy
sasacity. and so thoroughly tried and proved
patriotism of President Buchanan and Secretary
Cass to preserve /" the present friendly rela-
tiOns of the two countries" Among the most
serious obstacles t. the success of the efforts
they viii be called on to make to secure our
eOuntry's rights without disturbing those SO
desirable relations very difficult task even
If not thus embarrassed-will surely be the in
termeddling of the wonder-mongering press Of
this country, in publishing multitude of roor-
backs concerning our relations with Britain
designed apparently, to make a breach be-
tween the two Governments, and then TO widen
II. Eut for such publications on the part of the
wOndeT-mOnsers hostile to peaceful policy on
the part of the Government of the United States
We apprehend that England would have given
rs far less trauhle in tho EnIiStr,prt i'm
In that affair, she was first goaded thus by that
portion of the American press into occupying
untenable positions and then cheated tempo
rarily into the idea that she could continue to
occupy them 10 the end, by the assaults of such
American presses on the late Administration
because, fOrsOOth, it selected to be governed by
we'll balanced counsels in its negotiations rather
than to tickle the EXTREMIST fancy of the ex-
tremest Misunderstanding men. The end proved
not Only the wisdom Of tho deliberation with
which President Pierce and Secretary Marcy
conducted their share Of the controversy but
also the misehievous tendency of fast newspaper
diplomacy That Is, TO the satisfaction of all
thoughtful persons. We trust our Government
IS not again destined so soon to be put through
such another sweat by volunteer American pro-
fessors of diplomacy. whose theory is that the
secret Of the successful management of the for
eign relations Of the United States L. in all
eases, simply to kick up id fuss generally
The Iptf!ltgeSsoer seems half astounded by
the news Of The rejection Of the Dallas Clarendon
treaty, and suggests that the Senate's amend
ments did the mischief The Intell.esucsy's
idea that those amendments did not meet the
appreciation Of the late Administration We take
10 be unfounded, for that WAS not the understand
ing here when the treaty was undergoing the
Senate s scrutiny. Indeed we have regarded the
late Administration the virtual author Of all
those amendments that are of national import
anee, and more especially Of that one declining
10 join England in guaranteeing the exclusion
81 slavery III Honduras and of that one striking
out the original provision involving an acknowl-
edgement on the part Of this Government of the
eminent domain Of the Mosquito Indian tribe
the two changes or points which are probably at
The bottom Of the recent action Of the British
cabinet