Speech of Mr. Cass, of Michigan, on The Clayton-Bulwer Treaty - 1854
The Clayton–Bulwer Treaty was a treaty between the United States and the United Kingdom, negotiated in 1850 by John M. Clayton and Sir Henry Lytton Bulwer. It was negotiated in response to attempts to build the Nicaragua Canal, a canal in Nicaragua that would connect the Pacific and the Atlantic. Britain had large and indefinite territorial claims in three regions: British Honduras (present-day Belize ), the Mosquito Coast (the region along the Atlantic coast of present-day Nicaragua and Honduras) and the Bay Islands (now part of Honduras). The United States, while not making any territorial claims, held in reserve, ready for ratification, treaties with Nicaragua and Honduras which gave the United States a certain diplomatic advantage with which to balance the de facto British dominion. The resulting treaty had four essential points:
1. It bound both parties not to "obtain or maintain" any exclusive control of the proposed canal, or unequal advantage in its use.
2. It guaranteed the neutralization of the canal.
3. It declared that the parties agreed "to extend their protection by treaty stipulation to any other practicable communications, whether by canal or railway, across the isthmus which connects North and South America."
4. Finally, it stipulated that neither signatory would ever "occupy, or fortify, or colonize, or assume or exercise any dominion over Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Mosquito Coast or any part of Central America", nor make use of any protectorate or alliance, present or future, to such ends.
The Speech of Mr. Cass, of Michigan, on The Clayton-Bulwer Treaty, delivered in the Senate of the United States, January 11, 1854 clarifies Mr. Cass' then-current position on the treaty. It is contained within this approximately 5 ¾ x 9 inch pamphlet of 24 double-column pages, without covers. The item is a first edition, as printed in Washington in 1854 at The Congressional Globe Office. The pages are somewhat tanned, with minimal foxing, but the text is clear and easily read. The overall condition of the item is good.
The illustrations accompanying this description show the title page and first page of text of the pamphlet.
Lewis Cass (October 9, 1782 – June 17, 1866) was an American military officer and politician. During his long political career, Cass served as a governor of the Michigan Territory, an American ambassador, and a U.S. Senator representing Michigan. He was the losing nominee of the Democratic Party for president in 1848. Cass was nationally famous as a leading spokesman for the controversial Doctrine of Popular Sovereignty, which would have allowed voters in the territories to determine whether to make slavery legal instead of having Congress decide. [Wikipedia]
The Clayton–Bulwer Treaty was a treaty between the United States and the United Kingdom, negotiated in 1850 by John M. Clayton and Sir Henry Lytton Bulwer. It was negotiated in response to attempts to build the Nicaragua Canal, a canal in Nicaragua that would connect the Pacific and the Atlantic. Britain had large and indefinite territorial claims in three regions: British Honduras (present-day Belize ), the Mosquito Coast (the region along the Atlantic coast of present-day Nicaragua and Honduras) and the Bay Islands (now part of Honduras). The United States, while not making any territorial claims, held in reserve, ready for ratification, treaties with Nicaragua and Honduras which gave the United States a certain diplomatic advantage with which to balance the de facto British dominion. The resulting treaty had four essential points:
1. It bound both parties not to "obtain or maintain" any exclusive control of the proposed canal, or unequal advantage in its use.
2. It guaranteed the neutralization of the canal.
3. It declared that the parties agreed "to extend their protection by treaty stipulation to any other practicable communications, whether by canal or railway, across the isthmus which connects North and South America."
4. Finally, it stipulated that neither signatory would ever "occupy, or fortify, or colonize, or assume or exercise any dominion over Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Mosquito Coast or any part of Central America", nor make use of any protectorate or alliance, present or future, to such ends.
The Speech of Mr. Cass, of Michigan, on The Clayton-Bulwer Treaty, delivered in the Senate of the United States, January 11, 1854 clarifies Mr. Cass' then-current position on the treaty. It is contained within this approximately 5 ¾ x 9 inch pamphlet of 24 double-column pages, without covers. The item is a first edition, as printed in Washington in 1854 at The Congressional Globe Office. The pages are somewhat tanned, with minimal foxing, but the text is clear and easily read. The overall condition of the item is good.
The illustrations accompanying this description show the title page and first page of text of the pamphlet.
Lewis Cass (October 9, 1782 – June 17, 1866) was an American military officer and politician. During his long political career, Cass served as a governor of the Michigan Territory, an American ambassador, and a U.S. Senator representing Michigan. He was the losing nominee of the Democratic Party for president in 1848. Cass was nationally famous as a leading spokesman for the controversial Doctrine of Popular Sovereignty, which would have allowed voters in the territories to determine whether to make slavery legal instead of having Congress decide. [Wikipedia]
The Clayton–Bulwer Treaty was a treaty between the United States and the United Kingdom, negotiated in 1850 by John M. Clayton and Sir Henry Lytton Bulwer. It was negotiated in response to attempts to build the Nicaragua Canal, a canal in Nicaragua that would connect the Pacific and the Atlantic. Britain had large and indefinite territorial claims in three regions: British Honduras (present-day Belize ), the Mosquito Coast (the region along the Atlantic coast of present-day Nicaragua and Honduras) and the Bay Islands (now part of Honduras). The United States, while not making any territorial claims, held in reserve, ready for ratification, treaties with Nicaragua and Honduras which gave the United States a certain diplomatic advantage with which to balance the de facto British dominion. The resulting treaty had four essential points:
1. It bound both parties not to "obtain or maintain" any exclusive control of the proposed canal, or unequal advantage in its use.
2. It guaranteed the neutralization of the canal.
3. It declared that the parties agreed "to extend their protection by treaty stipulation to any other practicable communications, whether by canal or railway, across the isthmus which connects North and South America."
4. Finally, it stipulated that neither signatory would ever "occupy, or fortify, or colonize, or assume or exercise any dominion over Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Mosquito Coast or any part of Central America", nor make use of any protectorate or alliance, present or future, to such ends.
The Speech of Mr. Cass, of Michigan, on The Clayton-Bulwer Treaty, delivered in the Senate of the United States, January 11, 1854 clarifies Mr. Cass' then-current position on the treaty. It is contained within this approximately 5 ¾ x 9 inch pamphlet of 24 double-column pages, without covers. The item is a first edition, as printed in Washington in 1854 at The Congressional Globe Office. The pages are somewhat tanned, with minimal foxing, but the text is clear and easily read. The overall condition of the item is good.
The illustrations accompanying this description show the title page and first page of text of the pamphlet.
Lewis Cass (October 9, 1782 – June 17, 1866) was an American military officer and politician. During his long political career, Cass served as a governor of the Michigan Territory, an American ambassador, and a U.S. Senator representing Michigan. He was the losing nominee of the Democratic Party for president in 1848. Cass was nationally famous as a leading spokesman for the controversial Doctrine of Popular Sovereignty, which would have allowed voters in the territories to determine whether to make slavery legal instead of having Congress decide. [Wikipedia]