The Washington union., 1857-06-06
Eor tho Union.
WHAT DOES ALL THIS MEANi

b ooect that for twenty years on more there had
n British journal called the Albion established In the
itv Of New York. under the editorial auspices OF Dr.
p.yfett an Englishman, and devoted principally to
british interests All, however, bear testimony that
bou0b the Albion was British in head and heart in TASTE
onnons and prejudces, yet has it been uniformly
lcted with the amenities of a scholar and the courtesy
80 gentleman 1t circulated extensively in the United
stts and was patronized by many Americans who diff
tered with it in political opinions and national bias So
PERFECTLY unexcepoabe its course that we believe the
albion has scarcely been drawn into controversy with
any Of its coempoaries among the democratic Journals OF
the United States We may ascrbe this abstinence from
all irritating topics TO prudential considerations but TO
whatever it might have been owing let us be willing TO
do ;ustice to the editor without inqurng into his
tiyes.
Recently however DR. Bartlett has removed to Boston,
"a more congenia SOIL and changed the of the
Albion to that of the Ango-Saxon We shall here alb
stain from inquiring into his motives for ignoring the
name of journal of such established reputation and leav
ing circle OF friends by whom he was highly estimated
IL would not perhaps be difficult to surmse them but
we dare say they will to most of our readers and
that his patrons in Boston, who repued good at
"guessing," will be able to comprehend them.
In a late number of the Anglo-Saxon we notice the
following somewhat remarkable announcement, which it
gives with such confident tone that almost suspect
DR. Bartlett might refer to very high authority, if he
chose
l.MlskrpnEnENsIoS IN REGAnp 10 REJECTION oP
THE DALLAS CHARLESTON TnEATy lit is time that the pub
lie mind set right in regard to the real facts connected
with this affair 1t is supposed that the British govern
,nent rejected the treaty account OF the amendments
made by the Senate of the United States This is total
error ON the contrary the British gorennent accepted all
l amendments Of Me Senate though with some reluctance
as may be supposed when their nature and bearing are
properly looked at but such was the desire OF her Mes
t,n fsra in IN
Central America that they unanimously resolved to waive
all minor considerations for the sake Of securing the great
healing measure itself
Bnt the difficulty of the case was here The ratfca-
ton of previous treaty made between Great Britain and
Honduras was reerd and the last article OF the Dali
lasClaendon treaty had reference to that treaty Eng
land ceded to Honduras the Bay and the
others of the groupupon condition that Honduras guar
anted liberty trial by jury, &c. to the people of those
islands, and also engaged to make provision for the Mos
quito Indians Upon these considerations England ce-
ded or ready to cede those islands, and also subse
aueny to make the Dallas Clarendon treaty with the
United States The conditions Of the first treaty to
certain extent carried themselves into the second and
the failure of the involved the suspension of the other
We repeat then, that the amendments of the Senate
were not the of the present difficulty as England
accepted them all fully the shman did the thirty
nine articles.
'.We will go step further and declare it as our be-
lief that should the ratification OF the Honduras treaty
come in ,npc Lord Napier would not hesitate
to the American government
iThese facts our readers may rely on.
II would appear from this that the government and
people of the United States have been much mistaken
in regard to the rejection of the amended DallasCaren
don treaty as they in their Interpretation of the
Clayton Bulwer treaty Nay what is still more remark
able d it is at all remarkable that such blunderers should
be mistaken it the ministerial organ the London
Morning Post was If possible still mistaken in the
of fha pI
and what is still surprising, in supposng it
jected at all,
1.-THE British government, says the Anglo Saxon,
accepted all the amendments" The
difficulty was not here. The ratification Of previous
treaty with Honduras not received and the last ar
Gle Of the Clarendon treaty had reference to that
treaty ',The conditions Of the first treaty
carried themselves into the second and the failure of the
one involved the suspension of the other We repeat
then that the amendments of the Senate not the
of the present difficulty England accepted them
all as fully the risnan did the thirty mine articles
Now we don't know to what extent the Irshman
ried his acceptance but If he Catholic presume
he rejected all the hirynne articles that did not square
with his conscience, just the British ministry did
or as the United States taking their word for it,
presumed they had donethe amendments of the Senate
We are doubtless, very dull for really cannot COM
prehend all this. The statement of the Anglo-Saxon
looks to us for all the world like aca-seqy and
must leave the matter to be settled between that paper
and the London Morning Post But the last paragraph is
the most puzzng OF all
We will 90 a step further and declare it as our be-
lief that should the ratification Of the Honduras treaty
noc Lord Napier would not hesitate moment
in proposing the Dallas Clarendon treaty again to the
American government.
Does the Anglo-Saxon to say Lord Napier has
thoy to do SO Ii not it is clear that his action would
not bind his government, which has according to its
pued organ already rejected this very treaty But the
treaty with Honduras Is the most extraordinary treaty af
ter ala sort of treaty by anticipation it reckon
ing chickens before they hatched 1t it had
being at the time il made the basis of the Dallas
Clarendon treaty. Yet strange to ay, the whole trans
action turned its tenor and effect, and the Dallas
Clarendon treaty depended altogether treaty which
ourselves lost in fog of doubts and suspicious it might
be discourteous even to whisper to the winds.
But let us be frank and abovcboard. What does all
this meanY Does the British government mean to keep
the United States hanging like Mahomcts coffin between
Heaven and earth in the halter of inextrcabc diploma
cyl We have been negotiating with Great Britain
since the revolution and what have got by it Was
it by negotiation that obtained at least practical
abandonment if not remuneration OF the right of search
and mpressmenta We negotiated away good portion
Of Oregon and with t yancouvers island the command
ing position Of that region negotiated away the most
nportant portion of our northeastern boundary and we
have been negotiating for the last twenty years Central
American affairs and again ask, what have we got by