Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1838-12-20

| t'tles neen regarded blythe American Gov
ernmcnt and people with the greatest sh
horreuce. Military incursions by our ci,i
Zehs' INTO countries go situated, and TN
commission Of acts Of violence ON the mem
bers thereof, in order to effect change !;
Its government. or under any pretex
whatever, have, from the corpmenceme
"f our Government, beeu held euuaII,
Criminal on the part 0f those enqaged Il
them. and as much deserving of onnisb
ment, al would he the disturbance of m.
public peace Ivy the preparation of siu,ila
acts within our own territory.
ny no country or persons have these
invaluable principles of International law
principles, the strict observance of wbict
" 20 indispensable to The preservation O
SOCIAL order IN the wOrd-been more ear
ne9tiy cherI>hed"r sacredly respected thar
ny ihose great and good men who firs
declared aud finally established, the indie.
pcndence Of our own country. They pro.
'nuiSaletl aud maintained them n, an OR.
ly hnd crltica! period in our history: ,bev
were subsequently embodied in l.sisla,ive
'.naclmen's of u highly penal charac,er
tue faithful enforcement or which b,o h;,h'
erto heen, and will, | trust, always con
tinue t" he, regarded as n duty inscnarabIv
associa'ei with The maintenance NJ r,r ~;
tional honor. That the peoplc of tho IT
states should feel am interest IN Tho snr.a,i
P"nucat institutions rs free as the y
'esa"" the'r own to he. ia natural; nor can
s'ncere soliciiude for the success of all
'hos' wh" are, al any time, in good faith
>'rusei'n. for their acquisition. he imputed
our citizenS as crime. With the on
tire freedom OF opinion, and an uulissuised
expression thereof. on their part, the Gov
ernm"nt has neither the right, nor I rrus,
IN" disposition t." interfere. But whether
'hc interest or the honor nf the II. Sta,es
require that they should he made partv to
any such struggle. and, by inevitable con-
sequence, TO the war which is waped in its
support, Is question which. bv our can.
st"u'i"n. ls isely left TO Congress alone 10
decide II Is, by the laws, alreadv made
crininlnai IN our citizens to embarrass or
anticipate that decision. by unauthorized
military operations on their part.
Onences nt this character, in addition to
their criminality as violations of the laws
"' our country, have direct tendency 10
draw down upon our own citizens nj lurge
The multiplied evils Of foreign war. and
e stHid iioaaai ssI tiIe eonntry. AS sncn
they deserve to he pu, down with promp
ttudc and decision. cannot he mistaken,
| am confident, in counting on the cordial
and general concurrence OF our fellow cit
izens in this sentiment. A copy of the
rrmlnmation which | have fel, il INV dury
10 s>ue. is herewith coesmuuicated. I can
'm hu' hope tha, the good sense and pa
trio'is,n. tie regard for the honor and rep-
nta'ion of their country, the respect for the
laws which they have themselves enacted
for their own government, and the love of
order, for which The mass of our people
have heen so long and so Justly distinguish
ed. will deter the comparatively few who
are engaged in them, from further prose
cuii"n nf such desperate enterprises. In
the mean time, The existing laws have been
aud will continue to be. faithfully exeru-
ted, and every effort will lie made to car
ry them ont in their full extent. Whether
they are sufficient or not, 10 meet The ac-
tual state of things, on the Canadian from
tier. il is for Congress to decide.
1t will appear from the correspondence
herewith submitted. that the Government,
OF Russia declines a renewal of the fourth
article Of the Convention Of April, 1924
between the United States and his Impe.
rial Majesty. by the third article of which
II Is agreed that hereafter there shall nu
he formed by citizens of The United States
or under the authority Of the said States
amy establishment upon the northw-s
cOas, of America, nor i'm any of the island.
adjacent To the north Of 81 deg. 80 ~. O
north latitude; and that in The same man
ncr there shall he none formed by Russia,
,,t, ID
south OF the same parallel" aud by tht
fourth article. "that, during n term of Iel
years, counting from the signature of tn,
present convention, the ships of both pow
ers, or which belong to their citizens o
subjects respectively, may reciprucally fire
gucnt, wIthont any hndrance whatever
the interior sras. oulfs. harbOrs, and creek, ,
upon the coast mentioned in the prrccdi,:
aruc!e, inr the purpose Of fishing and tra
ding with The natl, es Of the country" Tn
REASONS assigned for declining 10 renew I'm
provisions of this article are, briefly. ,ha
the only use made by our citizens of tn
privilege it secures to them. has been II
supply the Indians with spiriuous liquor.
ammunition and firearms; that this trail
tic has been excluded from the Russia
'rado; and as the supplies furnished fror
the United States. are injurious o tho Rus
sian establishments OH the northwest coas
and calculated To produce complaints be
tween the two Governments, his Imper,a
Majesty thinks it for the iutercs, Of bot
countries not to accede to the propositio
made by the American Government for IN
renewal of the article last referred to.
The correspondence herewith com,nu
nicated will show the grounds upon whic
we contend thar the citizens Of The Unite
States. have. independent of The prnvisio,
OF the convention Of 1924, a right To trad
with tho natl es upon the coast in questio,
at unoccupied places, liable. however, it