Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1838-12-13

NO c''lHchs 10 disturb the peace .! coun-
try where order prevails, or has been re
established. Depredations by our citi>
zens upon nations at peace with the u.
States, or combinations for committing
them, have at all times been regarded
by the American Government and peo-
| pie with the greatest abhorrence. kIil>
itary inc ursions by cur citizens into
countries SO situated and the commission
oil acts OF violence on the members there
OIL IN order to effect change in its gov
rrnmen', or under any pretext whatever,
/ have. from the comme ncement of our
Government, been held equally criminal
and as much deserving of punishment as
would be the disturbance Of the public
peace by the preparation Of similar acts
within our own territory.
by no country or persons have these
invaluable principles OF international
law-principjes, the strict observance OF
which is SO indispensable to the preser-
walton OF social order in the orId-been
more earnestly cherished or sacredly
respected than by those great and good
men who first declared and finally es.
tablished, the Independence Of our own
country. They promulgated aud main
tanned them at an early and critical Pc
Rod ILL our history they were subse-
quenlly embodied in legislative enact
mtn,s of highly penal character, the
faithful enforce ment of which has bi,h-
erto been, and will, trust, alwa avs cons
t.nue to be. regarded as duty insepara-
bly, associated with the maintenance of
our national honor. That the people of
the y. States should feel an interest in
the spread of political Institutions as free
as they regard their own to be, is natu>
raj; nor can sincere solicitude for the
success of all those W ho are, al any time,
in good faith struggling for their acqui-
sition, be Imputed TO our citizens as a
crime. With the entire freedom Of o.
pin'on, and an undisguised expression
thereof, on their part, the Government
| has neither the right. nor, trust, the
disposition to interfere. But whether
the interest or the honor Of The u. States
! require, that they should be made a par.
J ~ TO any such struggle, and. by inevita-
Die consequence, to the war which is
waged in lis support, is question W hich,
by our constitution, is wisely left to
Congress alone to decide. 1t is, by the
laws. already made criminal ia our citi>
zrnS TO embarrass or anticipate that de-
cision, by unauthorized military operas
tons On their part. Offences of this
character. in addition to their criminality
/ as violations Of the laws Of our country,
have direct tendency TO draw down
] upon our own citizens at large the mui-
tiPiled evils Of ii foreign war, and expose
10 lnJunous imputatlons the good faith
aud honor Of the country. AS such they
deserve to be put down with prompti-
tude and decision. cannot be mista.
Ken am confident, in counting on the
cordial and general concurrence Of our
fellow citizens in this sentiment. A co.
| Ply OF the proclamation which have felt
1t my duty 10 issue, is herewith! commu-
Dicated. | cannot but hope that the
good sense and patriotism, the regard for
The honor and reputation of their coun>
try, 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 been
| so long and so justly distinguished, will
deter the comparatively few who are en-
gagged in them from further prosecution
OF such desperate enterprises. In the
mean time, the existing laws have been,
and will continue to be, faithfully exc
cuted aud every effort will be made 10
carry them out in their full extent
Whether they are sufficient or not, to
| meet the actual state of things on The
Canadian frontier, il is for Congress TO
decide.
1t will appear from the correspondence
herewith submitted, that the Govern
ment Of Russia declines a re uewal Of the
fourth article Of the convention Of i pill
| 1924, between the United States and
His Imperial Majesty, by the third arli-
Gle OF which ii is agreed that hereafter
there shall not be formed by the citizens
Of the u States, or under the authoril,
OF the said States. any establishment up
on the north west coast of America nor
in any of the islands adjacent, 10 the
north of $40 40 of north latitude; and
that in the same manner there shall be
none formed by Russian subjects, or up-
der the authority of Russia, south of The
same parallel )" and by the fourth arti
Gle, that, during a term Of ten years.
couDiing from the signature OF the pre-
sent convention, the ships Of both pow
ers. or which belong 10 their citizens OF
subjects respectively, may reciprocalIy
! frequent, without any bipdrauce what
ever the interior seas, cuffs, harbors and
creeks upon the coast mention, d in the
nrrCpdiuu article for the purDuS,s of fiSh>