Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1859-02-01

ference TO transactions which transpired
year ago, d British minister is neootiatin,
4 treaty in Central America q proceed
Ting III which american interests will NEE
1 with about the same kindly consideration
that the fable represents the doves Il
/ have received from the protecting care d
the hawk We know, too that a British
I feet hinder the pretehce of afordIng pro
tection to that functioaary, blockades The
harbors sof Central Ameriea, and doni
neers oYerIthe commerce of The world
j From across tile seas, tile same winds
4 which fill the sails Of Tie 't'homeward!
! bound, = wait To durears rumors of Eu.
4 ropean alliances, the basis of which is,
European interference with American az.
| fairs. | shall notice single one Of the
most recent Of these, which comes in
shape not TO be questioned. i read, sir,
/ the tran stations of an extract from a
FRENCH paper; the Goarier dc Paris, 81
/ December IA, Jas follows !. VI
n" iii has been sa id for some days past, there
Is project for a mixed MoSARcuY for the
island Of Cuba, and that OF Porto Rico, which
would give 4o those possessions an independ
ent existence, q nationality OF which the,
have always been depriyed. It is possible, all.
so, that ia THE near future, Mexico--alas for
her INTERNAL coaFulsions .4-will become more
calm II She can then follow their example,
and an intimate alliance between the three
Kingdoms would suffice to- protect them
agalnstl the aggressions ef their powerful
! ne ghbors This plan is said to be ifresista-
Die, aud Spain, who has taken the first inili-
IN practice Perhaps for herself it is not "a
De: regretted, for she does not at present sue
coed IN maintaining her dominion over Cuba,
i oy example, Lut has to aid il BY display OF
force which renders that rich colony a bur-
densoHne charge upon the mother ceuntry.''
90 much for European rumors.
II Atsour side we behold our sister Re
public, once Of fair and comely form. and
radient with promise, now convuIsed with
the throes Of a deadly revolution. tits
my lntention at present 70 call the atten.
top of tile House only 10 the frst ofthese
questions the condition Of Central
Am erlcan affairs, and more immediately
as Icorhected with The. ClsytoH- Balwer
treaty hold this treaty ii my hands
ills the result Of what the world calls di-
lploinacy European diplomacy the gist
LOT which consists in each, of the contract
ling parties affecting to concede aud de.
termihe q great deal using language,
however. from which they subsequently,
/ proye, to their own satisfaction at least,
Ethat they cpncede and determine nothing
/ What seems te me to be venting al
prescott on our part, n action. definite aud
specific. That action is now before HE
/ House for Reconsideration, in the shape 81
Ha joint resolutiony which reads aslollows:
1. Rssolpea. Thatthe President 81 the Uni
/ ted States 5e'reqaested to take such steps as
may BE, in his judgment, best calculated to
Ell TIA speedy abrogationsof said treaty.'' I'll.
| am aware, sir, that captions obiec-
tom may be taken at the outset toEsuch a
Iproceeding on our part. upon the ground
that ny 60 doing we would infringe the
prerogatives Of the President and the
SENATE, who, by the Constitution are the
treaty making departmental the Govern
tment9 For one, sir, j would newer lend
Tiny aid tol Amy measure which / thought
would violate this provision Of tile Con-
stitution, either in lettertor spirit. But !
submit that this resolution does neither.
For Ehold it to be the true theory of our
Goyernment, thar the popular win is the
supreme law Of the land, aud the Senate
land The President+-the treaty making
power ars only onssof the formula used
TO express and oafry. out that viii. a.
Hence it would seem to be eminently
proper that this House. the immediate
representative Of the people. should make
known Tie popular will upon all occasions
when, III lis Judgment, the necessity 81
1.-THE cassreauires i. In my humble judy
lment, this is one Of those occasions, 4
shall therefore proceed to state, coscisely
| the grounds upon which I advocate the
passage Of this resolution, and, as q con-
sequence, the abrogation Of the Clayton
BulWef treaty. stf sa
Ny first proposition is:
/ THU tce dsrips The dlsGGtage i9lsatepef
from tl.e operation ot % is treaty.
And ths history of the matter, subser
d uent u I'LL ratification. will bear me out
| il what T lsaY, II has accomplished for
| us no one of the thugs it was intended to
accomplish.Ha sch
One of the objects Of the treaty. as set
| forth Iin the instrument itself, was s. TO
consolidate the relations of ami:y So hap
Epily subsisting between the two ceun-
tries \ Instead Of SO doing, i has more
than oncs threatened 70 rupture those ri.
lations Ia the most serious manner. a
Adopted, ratified, and exchanged, n
1850. it has since that time been the
fruitful source Of irritations and conten-
lions between Great Britain aud this
lcountry IL sbs
/ Another object was to guaranty tothe
commerce fof the world the common use
lof 4 proposed ship canal. This WAS rath-
er al ostensible than real object with
]our Government, though II, doubtless,
llured our people into an aequisoence
which they would Otherwise have been
slow to give. But, 81 all events, as the
canal has never been made and, indeed,
Iis now prorounced impracticable by
some oil tie very parties who proposed 70
construct 1.-THE treaty is g npility ~ this
particular. But the principal object oi'
| Government had in view. was 70 prevent
English interference and English domino
ton Ii Central American affairs. Not,
Isir, that We conceded her possessions Y
/ that quarter 10 Be righiful, or her preleu,,
1sions7to Be lust but because we wished
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