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know that France holds our government responsible for
these things.
1t is very probable think that the course pursued
by government with reference to Commodore Paud-
ing furnishes key OF these proceedings IL will
be recollected that when Pauldng there wrong
fully II admitted because the Executive declared
he had right 10 80 into that Terrtory-your Commit
tee on Foreign Relations made report the sub
ect and do not believe single senator pretended he
had right TO do t-our government, instead Of
lug him IN any way eul6giZed him the Presidents mes
slge was mainly taken up with an attack ON the fbus-
ters and compliments to Pauldng believe do not do
any injustice 10 the report of the Committee on Foreign
elations when say that the body that report was
mainly directed against the flbuster movement and
while IL was admitted that Paulding had violated the law
and the constitution they took great deal of paas
eue9ze him Now supposng that the recent
are truly stated in the papersand have doubt they
are because you have the statement of tue purser and
others who have just etumed-what has Great Britain
done exceeding our movement If allow
officers TO 80 there, admit not under the sanction of
tue government but then the government took no es-
pecal pains 10 prevent recurrence these things in
future) and drive anybody ont will not Great Britain do
~ You have in fact British protecorate Central
America
Now desire for one If possible to get rid Of this
Clayton Buwer treaty. Then the hands of our govern
nent will be free Until that ID done it utterly impos-
sbie that you protect American interests properly
that quarter III the President has any light since
last December upon this subject think it fair that he
should Indicate it to the country In my opinion AZ
stated on the floor of the other house. the treaty could
nave peeh aprogateu last spring terms that ought to
have been, and would have been satisfactory to u.s. II
wis not done. do not propose to inquire how
why this was prevented hope however that this reso.
luton viii pass, and that shall have something the
subject from the President
Mr. MASON. Mr. President / do not know whether
there is printer to the Senate this session OF not
II there Is, 1T seems to he has not exactly per-
formed his duty printer should perform it, The
frcsldcnts message, communicated this day week,
ordered TO be printed, and have MS yet received no
copy OF it in any shape understand in the other
House it was printed If printed SO that could
refer to it, would ascertain whether there not para
graph in it, which think recoIlect giving a comnu-
ncation to Congress the subject of existing rea
lions with the Central American States and informing
Congress TINT with Nicaragua and Costa Rca negotiations
are now pending but that they in such condition that
IL would not be compatible with the public interest
give further Information Do understand the honorable
senator from North Carolina to ask the Senate to differ
with the President that subject and to request the in
formation which he says it would not be compatible with
the public interest to communicate
MIR. CLlNGMAN. The President has said something
similar to the statement of the senator from Virginia
with reference to those States There may be- however
IN his possession information which he communicate
with regard to correspondence between Great Britain and
the United States and between and those
leave it to him. He determine whether or not il
Is compatible with the public interest to reply to this
resolution thought it fair under all the ccunsan-
ces that there should be call made Ii the senator
and the Senate differ with me- they against the
proposition do not see however, that the President
says anything in his message which renders it at all
alss Tor any senator to make call of this kind have
made the usual exception.