Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-03-24

il occupies, il is the dciateor reason, sanction.
ed by all experience, that lie is bsund TO lock
no farther.
1t can be of no importance to him that not
witlSIand,ng ALI these appearances, announce
ing lawful rule, the mere right to fill tile
throne is claimed by, or even resides in, ano-
ther than the actual occupant. The latent
right, snpposin. IL to exist, di>ioined from I,
and contioNcrted by, the fact, is In him, no
thing, WINE II continues 10 be latent. 1t is only
The sovereign IN possession that 1t ,s Ia his
power In know. tits with him only That he can
enter into engagements. IL Is through hf.,
only that lie can deal with the society. And
II II he true, tbat The sovereign ~ possession Is
incapable, on account ut cOneri of title he.
tween HIM aud another, who barely claims, but
mai e. no ehori To assert his claim of pied. ,.c
the public iai:S OF the society aud ct the me.
march TO foreign traders, for commercial and
OTHER objects, weare driven 10 the nonStrrus
conclusion, that IL: society is, in effect aud ia
definitely. cnt oil from all communica on with
lie rest Oiihe world. 1t has, aud cen have, 40
cr-an by whichit can become accountable to.
o. make any contract with foreigners, by
Witch needinl supplies may he invited into its
hatD0is. hE Witch famine may be avsited, or
redundant pitI,iu, nous be made 10 find mar
het ia thc wants OF strangers. ttis, in woid,
an on;cs.st iron the bosom of the great com
mummy OF nan"ns, at the very moment, too,
v he" ITS eAiStence, in the form Which il has
aSSgnE q. may every where be admitted. And,
even II the dormant claim TO the throne shonld
AT s&Si, ny foi fUpaie coincidence of curcum-
Stances, become triumphant, and unite itself
10 the possession, this Harsh and valSNing the.
oryhas no assurance to give either 10 the soci-
ETY.. or To those who ma incline to deal with
H. r.'at its moral capacity is restored that il
rs an outcast no longer, aud tliatit may now,
through tic protecting VIII of its Sove-
reign, do what il could not do before Ii
contains, OF course, no adequate aud certain
provisions against even the perpetnity of the
dilemma which II creates. IL. therefore,, eli
Al or nj l.
tire possession Of the soycreicnty to enter in
to all such promises TO the members OF other
societies, as necessity or convenience NAV re-
quire, and to remain unauswerable for the
Oreach or them, into whatsoever shape the So
ciety may ultimately be cast, or into whatso-
ever hands the government may ultimately
faH II sovereign, entirely i'll possession is
not able, tor that reason alone, to incur iust
responsibility III his political or corporate cha
racter, to the citizens OF. other countries, and
to transmit that responsibility even TO these
who succeed him ty dispacmg him, il will be
difficult TO slow :nai the moral capacity of a
civil socletyis any thing but a name or the
responsibility of sovereigrs, airy thug but a
shadow. And here the undersigned will TAX o
the liberty 10 suggest thatit is scarcely for the
interest of SoyefeigTs To iHCulcatc, as a ma X
i'm that their lost domnCDS can only be reco.
| vered at the expence of the unofiending citi-
zeDs OF states III amity, or which is euuiyalent
TO II to make that recovery the practical con-
summation of intermediate injustice, by ut
VI
even the title 10 demandit.
The undersigned will now, for the sake Of
perspicuity and precision, recall to the recol
lection OF his exceitency the Marquis iii Cir
cello, the situation of the government of Mn.
rat ~ the epoch Of the conliscations in uues-
ton Whatever might be the origin or foundati.
on OF that government, it hadfor some Time been
established. 1t had obtained such obedience as
in such times was customary, aud had mani
tested itself, not only by the active internal
exertions et legislative and executive powers
but by important external transactions will
old and indsputably regular governments. 1t
had been Gas long afterwards it continued to
be- recognized by the greatest potentates, as
one OF the European family of states. and had
interchanged with them ambassadors and
other public ministers and consuls. And G.
Britain, by an order in council Of the 18th of
April, 1909, which mosiied the system OF con.
siracilve blockade promHl gated BY the orders
OF November, 1907, had excepted the Neapo-
Titan territories, with other portions of Italy
from the operation OF that system hat neutrais
might no longer be prevented from trading
with them.
Such was the state Of things when American
vessels were tempted into Naples, by a reli.
ance upon the passports OF It's government, 10
which peifdy had lent more than ordinary 50.
iemnity, upon declaration as explicit, as il
was formal and notorious, that they might
come without fear and might depart in peace
Ii WAS under these circumstances that in.
stead of being permitted TO retire with their
lawful gains, both they iId their cargoeS we're
seized and appropriated IN manner already
related. The undersigned may consequently
assume, thatif ever there was claim to com
pensatIon for broken faith, which survived
the political power OF those, whose inquiry
produced it, and devolved in full force upon
their successors, the present claim is of that
description.
a to the demand itself, as it existed against
the government OF Murat, the Marquis di Cir.
| cello will undoubtedly be the first to concede.
| not only that il is above ieproach, but that il
rests upon grounds In which the civilized
world mas ii deep and lasting interest And
| with regard 10 the liability of the present go.
vernment, as standing in the place of the for
| mer, 1t may be taken as a coroiary from that
| concession at least until il has been shown,
4 that II is the natural fate of obligations, so
| high and sacred, contracted by government,
| in the full aud tranquil enjoyment of power.
| TO perish with the first revolution, either i'm
| form or rulers. through which il may happen
! TO pass; or 30 state The same propositiSn TN
different terms that il is tiie ma fnrai Operation
| of a political revolution in state 10 strip un.
| fortunate traders, who have been betrayed and
| plundsred by The former sovereign of all that
| has rapacity could not reach-the right OF
reclamation.
| I'l'e wrong. which the government of Murat
| inflicted urou American citizens wanted no.
| thing that might give TO it atrOcity or effect as
| arobbcTy introduced by treacheTy bur. how.
| everperincious or cxecrable it was stiulrfpara.
| Bile. IL lett in the sufferers and their nation
right which was not likely TO be forgotten
or abandoned, of seeking and obtaining ample
redress, not from Hurdt simply, (who indivi-
| dually was lost in the sovereign hut from the
| government OF the country, whose power he
| abused. IN what course of argument eau il
| be proved, that this incontestbIe right, from
| which that government could never have es.
capped, has been destroyed by the reaccession
of his 5icilian majesty, after long Interval, 10
| the sovereignty 81 the same territoriesS
Fiat such a result camDOt in any degree he
| inferred from The misconduct Of the American
| claimants, is certain; for no misconduct is i'm.