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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 edition. Excerpt: ... 1855. TO LORD CLARENDON.1 Private. Hornby Castle, 2 January 1855. My Dear Lord Clarendon/ I have received your note of the 30th ultimo. "The point of honor" involved in the settlement of the Central American questions is, I confess, too deep for my vision. Like truth it lies in the bottom of a well. The fact that Nicaragua is at present in a sad condition appears to me to be a strong reason for the immediate settlement of these questions. The friendly offices of the two Governments acting in concert will be required to put things to rights in Central America. There are surely no hard words in the President's message directed to England in regard to the Grey town affair, & he certainly never intended to say anything which could give just cause of offence to the British Government. But what will Mrs. Grundy say to the settlement? I know not what on this side of the Atlantic; but I feel confident of what she will say on the other side. This will be that Buchanan has made a capitulation under which Great Britain is not removed from the usufruct of Belise which she still holds under the old Spanish Treaty, despite The Clayton & Bulwer Treaty. It is just like the capitulations by which The United States surrendered to Great Britain the one third of the State of Maine & nearly six degrees of latitude on the Pacific coast. So it is always in our negotiations with England. As to the braggadocio of Captain Lynch, if he ever indulged in such a folly, --this I consider of no account. Wishing your Lordship with all my heart many a happy New Year, I remain yours as ever James Buchanan. Lord Clarendon. P. S. We go to Mr. Brown's near Liverpool on Friday, & I hope to be in London on Monday or Tuesday. Have you forgotten the Consular Convention? 1...
The Works of James Buchanan; Comprising His Speeches, State Papers, and Private Correspondence Volume 9 by James Buchanan is 190 pages long, and a total of 47,500 words.
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