Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-09-26
Ptoan tAs ~ orlesns Adrer.Ls.r, Of So. 10. ,

AN OUTRAGE.
inc ioiiowIng information which copy from
inc LOUISIANA Advertiser, of this morning. is OF Il
description TO command the attention OF the Ame-
rican people; and think, that whatever may be
me opinions arSing from education or the prciudi-
COS OF any OF our conntrymcu, in this other Sec
lions OF lc Union, that they viii view the conduc.
OF the British Government in tho Transaction rela
ted below as one TO cali forth their condcnnation
- EE' course our government VIII pursue in the
aI'ar' we cannot, to be sure, undertake 10 say-wc
nope, however, in requiring redress for the wronr
committed on the rights OF citizens, by the Bri-
tish Government il OF The colonies OF that nr-
dom, that G"irGrd Lri.g$ioa, present Secretary of
state iioy dtcct Martin Var BUren, cur present
Minister to GEcat britain, TO act, as neither to
compromit the honor Of our country, nor sacrifice
the Just demands citizens have upon the roy
ernment Of that Kingdom in the case alluded to.
IN snort VIC hope our Minister will lie instructed
ny Air. livingston 30 Demand remuneration for
the property seized By tho Governor OF Bahama;
Gndnot solicit boon that whic! we should do
niaId a. right After The disgraccful comproIn list,
winch NJ NcLanc, by the instruction OF Mr. Van
Gurcm, made with the British Governments respect
ing the West India Trade; the mean, contemntiblc
course he pursued to obtain party object nj tho
sacrifice o: great national right-wc cannot oil
course expect, that in one of minor consequence,
apecuniary and commercial point of view, hIr. Van
Buren viii observe moro Independent manner
though the outrage is such, require IL to be re-
dressed, to the just satisfaction of our Government
anG the individuals concerned. c.
from the BahanG Arrus
We understand that Col. Morse of New Orleans
arrived IN this town a few days since, and that he
IS the agent for tho owners of tho hundred and
sI%ty-hvo American Slaves, brought into this port
from the wreck of the brig Comet, AJaco. We
are also informed that correspondence has been
commenced between this gentleman and his Ex-
ceilency the Governor-thc result of which has not
a" got, TRANSFERRED; but, disposed TO hazard
aconJecture, knowing, as we but too well know,
the extent OF influence exercised by the SANITY NV
pocrltcs of ENGLAND over her Inflated Colonies
we should not hesitate in saying, that his Excel
'cncy will still persist in the Illegal and llst DC
tention OF the Slaves in question from their right
tul owners
Hence, it seems n national question, to be set
lied between the United States and EngIund-n0n
nostrrl tantGS cOmp0ncre MeS. Without ASPIRING"
TO be much learned in the profession, we arc inclined
to believe 1t Will puzzle all The LAWYERS in fGur.aud
and Lord Goderch at their head, to lind any law
n statute Of Great Britain. or any OF their ColoI
mics, that VIII warrant either the cgad ennctigE.
emancipation or further detention, OF these Slaves
under the circumstance Of ncceSs5t. a.I distress
in which they brought into this port
An American vessel, engaged in a icgcL trade,
sailing from one port otthc United States to ano-
Their, is wrecked the slaves taken oia rec of 70 ks
and brought into this port nv British vessels for
the purpose OF saving their lives, and procuring
the means Of transporting them to their I.act o !
destination; they here seized by tho Grown
Officers, libellcd, and tried under the abolition law
and fully acquitted by The Judgment IF T. COM
petcut Court; the whole Provincial Assembly OF .ic
Island and every respectable and Intelligent man
IN THIS community soliciting his EXccllency to res
tore them , their owners.
Why are they rot restorcdl We AGAIN ask -
Hhcw the lar of King, Lords and Commons
under which they detained. We do not want
the private instructions of Lord Viscount Godcrich
or the opinions otthc Abolition Society: these NAV
serve TO oPpress and in the end, ruin our ou.,, Col
onics, but cannot recognise in them any le,s.tt
authority 10 deprive subjects of another nation
at peace with England, of their lawful propr.cty.