The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-05-13

American question war NneiIJ ecl eno
! Bay Islands restored to nd Republic snd the
. British protectorats with ifawl from 10 Mos.
seuito territory. The con Ipunaestion fSenor
Alvarado, Honduras's M,Dsster to g. At Brit
ain, announcing to his government he con.
ciusion of the treaty, is dstfd London, jeptem.
6 Der Is, 1856. The prin cSSal festui in the
convention was the RICH accorded the in.
habitants of the Bay Isla ats to main In their
own municipal governm, d 10 be ad mister
ed by Legislative, executiyss and jud sal off.
GERS, of their own electspr; tried b Jury in
their own courts; freedoss ,of reaigk belief
and worship, public and peivstA; q mption
from military service, ex, EFT for thei ,wn de-
fence; and from all taxs tin on rea other
property, beyond such q, faay be in ,sed BY
their own municipality, fna collectt for the
treasury of the same, and 10 be sppl to the
| common benefit. - AZ N a&
The stipulations conc. sning relie Is free
dom and trial by jury are thus forced Hon
duras, and furnish the &c, ms from WI these
eminently Anglo-Saxon iaeas must e atually
spread to the main land. q neer thu FEDERAL
Republic, the attempt TOT introducet gave
rise to the sanguinary Goraices bet EN- the
authorities and the Indiaissw VII Their 3 now,
were incapable of appr,cisikg its Sene6ts.
The privileges thus acce rdAd TO an ptegral
portion of the State affo ID the first ,stance
of the establishment in Central A, RIGA of
republican institutions, v hieh are ne subject
to overthrow at the cepfice of + porary
rulers" ia4T@f
1t seems that our Amer cah observ stand.
ing on the spot-howevera sverse to Brit
ish intrusion-is obliged 10 sdmit that afford.
ed "the first instance Of shs establs ,ent in
Central America of republican in, utions
'achich are not subject to Ossythroto, The ca
price of temporary rrteys' Sat what Is our
President in reference te this Con otion
He revolts at it, because, II read his tds y
Whilst declaring the Bss Ialand be
free territory, under the sovereignty Hon.
duras, it deprived that Reoublic rights
without which Its sovereie nty over th, could
scarcely be said to exist. II divided Il from
the remainder of Honduras, and CAV. their
inhabitants separate GoSernment their
own, with legislative, exsertve, and tdicisl
. officers elected by themfel es It orived
the Government of HonJu5as of tn, taxiDg
power in every form, and Exempted peo
pie of the islands from the p6sformant IF mil
itary duty, except for theft eRn .exclt We de-
fence. 1t also prohibited~tbAt kepu& from
erecting Notifications u1ot item their
protection thus leaving ID. N open inva-
sion from every quarter; I'D, hnali it pro-
vided tAGt StdOery shay aot at q time
This last point is marked by inver COM
mas in the message, by wsy of show that
he gives the exact words of she treat that
clause, which crowns the clipSsx of it bnox-
ious impositi0ns. 1t is strente that OF Presi.
dent, in his enumeration Of tie shock guar.
antees with which Englapd Encumb, d her
surrender of the Bay lslaudFao the ICY of
the dictator, omitted those vi. Oh wer loosely
associated with, and gave vitality to, th inter.
dieting Slavery. They were tb. rigto .a6eas
corpus, trial By jury, and fret Tom of; igious
belief and toOrship.
But Mr.. Buchanan put his rIars on vt line
of the treaty xhich excited so .duch alb ,rence
in that part of the Senate whie was ar Is still
laboring to force Slavery o. Kaus He
:" sticks pin there" and thu tails m, 81
join you in making war upGl he ,blish-
nent OF Anglo-Saxon institut ,on in ypart
of Central America, coupled With the fusion
of Slavery, because they will FRI STRAIT he de.
sign we have formed and SEM Wake exc
cute, and which the latter plainly avo, in thA
foAowlrg passage OF letter H. or of ennis
sarles embarked with him IN tae enter Use. In
letter to Goicuria, sent by h,n Us Nj ister to
England, be says:
with your versatility; az /, fl ay use
the term, adaptabilitv, / exI eel mu to be
done in England. You CT / Go m than
any American could possibl accom- sh, be-
cause you can make the b tish Ca net see
that we are not engaged il apy see me for
= annexation; you can make sem see aat the
only toay to cut the erpGndI and ,ansire
Democracy of the North, is b "a poaC, Gl and
compact Southern Federated; based q mill
tdry principles"
Again he says:
"TeIl he must send ae tber ss. and
let me know whether 'Cubs must d shall
be Free but not for the va; KEGS. hl mol
that fine country is not fit 70, those barous
Yankees What would sue psalf inging
set do in the island 2"
In his letter to the Hon. Il. J. j Tins, of
Georgia, Walker admits, ths thougi he did
not go to Central America to stablish lavery,
that measure was the guiding. tas of policy
after he reached there. He admits, o. that
the decree issued with this o iect in wv was
hiSindividual act, and that i was CD, sed by
the whole body of native inhi bitants. He as
serts, also, that the measure Is sesor j to by
him IS part of system for pr,mot "the
increase of Negro Slavery on bis con- emit"
Now, whether the Presiden sent b. 9eet to
Nicaragua to protect that SITS e rom aker's
attempt, in compliance with ae late atty, or
to make cover for our natio al hon and
coreT for the enterprise enidn ierid b mother
In one view, the policy cont miilatet By him
is very clear. No man cln pol. at q com.
plexion of the Cabinet with hi th b Is sur
rounded; at the hardy attempt Of eve branch
of the Government to propag1 To SLAYER North
and South; at the manifest dc er nina D, both
of the Senate and the late and th, pre-. / Pres
ident, to keep open the Cent II Anne an dis
pute with the British Governf ier tn ing its
treaty with Honduras for the axttlusit of Sla.
very from the Bay Islands the nsin d. Guilty
without seeing that there 8 snt . pose of
forcing Slavery on that T, Rio agains, ,he will
of 9 majority of the people the u IN, aud
making the Confederacy &nbf It to Agment
of it, under the threat of syii off
The purpose of subjeciing Central merica
to Slavery has been bodily proclair d and
the opening of the Africa Ell We trad, 9 relied
upon to ell up the void in tho Iahorin popula.
ton which must be made lyt ssar al. the ex
pulsion of dangerous classes. II it MT. deg
radiation of the nation ghie stand on this
continent as the first ASSERT of its freedom
and Independence, and the eeat exsN.plar of
popular sovereignty in tae world, tShave
Chief Magistrate and cottro ing uf..ils har.
boring designs which they df Q not a ow, and
seeking by sly intrigues 3 4 roIve it : war.
TO accomplish schemes which the peos would
spurn with disgust if promu, ,ated b re thew
became committed in the. co, dict? Crave no
doubt my countrymen would regard eth lust
indignation and resist an at smpt byy.sngisnd
to turn our flank on the Gulf Of Mexic That
she spreads her dominion aci oss this c1ntiuept
from the Gulf of the st. La renee to, Yancoa,
ver's Island on the Pscisic sringing xts pres.
sure to bear upon our whole, Northerd frontier,
Is as much restraint as Can, ae enduF5. The
nation would be willing 70 cl Sc this entury as
began, in hostility with: En- ;land, rafser than
submit to encroachment ON r SonthsSn quar-
ter. For this reason, out G. ,ernueut insisted