New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-12-21

sJiri1r. Has England thcn, manifested any dis?o-
si'ion 20 interfere in order 10 opprss hs peope OF
freasn or 10 chang the character "i their govern
ueI: from repnoic 10 monarchy We asve no
evidence whatever that point l. i true that the
Commissioner from iuca'an, NJ. Sierra, wonh H.
sipua'e "a much He spesks Of the lnisns who
IN hos lily TO the white peop, Of Yacaran as having
obtain arms from the i,ish. He spe AXIS with come
g. gree Il uncertainty, however and is unable 10 say
whether the were given 2 and cannot state
h1w they were obtained by the Indians He spesks
also Of the hc.,ile temper Of Englari and gives
eral Indications of that kind Bot in answer 10 al
this his own letter furnishes conclusive reply. He
tel. rs that the people If lucaten could themselves
have obtsired an abundant end cheap supply OF
from.the Balze, without stating why they we're pre-
vented ~ why they Old Tot obtain them. In my opin
ion, the s feent from that 'taiei by tbs Sen
st"r from Massachusetts,. Z was owing 10 the fsct
that Yuca,an va. rot considered as neutrsl Power
but as part Of Mexico, AZ far a. the inr ducion Of
arms w,s Coz cerr ed and AIMS were in consel hence
made coutrsbsnd and therefore they were prevented
Fl, being introduced by our act and not by that Of
the British Government or is agent or people NJ the
Balze OLe o. the membs rs If the Committee goes a
little further and says that the settlement at lie
has sent arms aud MI itary force along the coss. of
fucatsn, without stating any particulars. 10 not
fed any evidence OF this | do not kuo whether Il
is fact or not but II BE- fact it still remsns TO
be shown whether was intended 10 ,ieve the people
Of lucatan, or for the purpose of Selling ard occupy
ing TIE territory. The chairman Of that COMMITTEES
took higher ground. and, without assigning his or 1o
ssid boldly and distinctly & at ugand melits,ei
cupaton Of the county, ard that We ought - pass
this measure in order 10 prevent t. Bat the President
himself does not put L npon this ground. lle
does not make this charge. He says, II we do
II, she mdy-there no stronger IMPRESSION used-n1y
utu stey assert her dominion and sovereignty over
Yucstar. This is the utmost charge made by the
President. Now, the question arises, fupposs this
contingency should hspTep, would it bring the
within the declaration Just quoted Not At all En-
gland does not inteIpose as hostile power. She does
Afna fh.,
request Of lucstap, aud only to aid to res
cue tie people Of lucstan from determination
ard expulsion by the Indians, according TO the state
uent Of the President him self. Again, suppose Ei-
gland shoul assert Der sovereignty, would that bring
the case within the dec aration Not at all; for
the declaration is directed against iu'erpos,ons 20
. change the government and Cypress the country.
But in this case, the tender Of sovereignty is voun
tarily made on the part of Ircatsn The acceptance
of il may be objected to- and it may be cont ended that
we ought not to allow it. waive that subject for the
present. assert ho Eever, without the possibility OF
Contradiction that the case, even then, does not come
within TIE declaration. The President hrself gives
stror in icatons that 10 his opinion II does not for
although he refers TO this declaration in tie body of
the Message, he does not say word IN regard to It
when he comes TO make his recommendation. In TINS
he calls upon Congress to prevent iueatan from be-
con ing a colony to some foreign power That shows
on VIII ch of the three declarations he rests his recon-
mediation 1t is upon the third and last which refers
10 an entirely different subject. That declaration il,
that the continents Of America by the free and inie
pendent condition which they have assumed ard main
tanned are not hetceforth 10 be considered sub
iects of colonization by any European power. IL 10
upon this the President bases his recommendation.
Is the case of Yucatan, then oomprehended in this
declaration ? l expect a. show that it is not, with
Just much certainty ii has been established that
it does not come within the two former.
The word colonization" has a specific meaning. IL
meaIs the establishment of a settlement by emgrants
from the parent country in territory either uanhab
tied from which the Inhabitants have been partial
y or wholly expelled. This is not case of that char
scter But here il may be proper in order to under
stand the force of my argument to go into history
also Of this declaration of Mr.. Monroe IL grew out
Of circumstances altogether different from the other
two. At that time there was question between
Great Brain and the United States on one siie and
Russia on the other All three claimed settlements on
the northwest portion Of this continent. Great Britain
and ourselves having common interest in keeping Rus
ria far north ms possible, the former power applied
to the United States for corporations and it was in
reference to that matter that this additional declaration
MAS Tad Ts ssd to be To- be sabsc OF
the northwestern seeme and the other portions Of
the continent were thrown in because all the rest OF
IT, with the exception of some settlements in SuinaB
Maracaibo and theresbout, had passed into independ
eDt hsnds.
Now. having stated the history Of these transac
tons contend that the word colonization does no
apply 10 the Of Yucaan. That is the Of sur
rendered sovereignty over people already there-a
people who have rendered it, and, il accepted, freely
accepted on the other side. Is that colonzat T.
Can II he construed TO be by any forced n,erprea
ton No; by accepting it Yucatan may become a
province, or TO use the appropriate term that she em-
poys, possession Of Great Britain, but not col.
ony.
When the Chairman Of the Committee Foreign
Relations addressed the Senate few days since, he
relat. conversation which he had with Mr.. Adams,
in reference to this declarations and, according To his
statement, if heard him Alright and he be correctly
reported Mr.. Adams in applying bis observations TO
the whole Of these declarations, stated that they all
originated with himself and were unknown TO the
other members Of the Cabinet until they appeared in
Mr.. Monroes message. There certainly mast be
mistske either the part OF Mr.. Adams, or that OF
the Chairman of the Committee On Foreign Relations,
to the two first OF these declarations. The history
Of the ransaction the Senator will perceive be ex-
amines the documents shows distinctly tb st they
came through Mr.. Rush-orgnatiDg not with Dir.
Adams but Mr. CsnDpg-snd were first presented in
the form Of a proposition from England. l recol-
lect as distinctly l do any event of my life,
that all the papers in connection with this
subject submitted to the members before
the Cabinet met and were duly considered. Mr..
Adems then, in speaking OF the whole as one, must
preference TO the declaration relative alton
As respects this his memory does not offer much rom
mine. Ny impression il, that it never became sub
iect OF dehberaton in the Cabinet. 80 stated when
the Oregon question was before the Senate stated
il in order that Mr. Adams might have an opportunity
ofdenyDg it, asserting the real state OF the iacts
lie remained sileLt, and presume that my statement
is correcthat this declaration was Inserted aiter the
Cabinet debefatiOD. IL originated entirely WITH Mr..
Adoms, without being submitted TO the Cabinet and
il s in my opinion, owing to this feet that 1t is not
made with the precision aud cearness WITH whc1 the
two former IL declares, without qnalih anon,
that these continents have asserted and maintained
their freedom aud inds pendence, and are no longer
subject to colonization by any European power This
If not strictly accurate Taken As whole these con-
tnerts had not asserted and maintained their freedom
ard il dependence. At that period Great Britain had
larger portion of the cOntnent her possession Than
the United States. Russia had considers ME Jrtlh
of it, ard other powers possessed some portions Oh the
southern parts OF this continent The declaration
broader than the fact, and exhibits prccpitancy and
want of due reflection. Besde there was IMPROPERLY
in when viewed in con junction with the foregoing
40. ak NOT In the LAM mage Of cens1re.