Canton herald. (Canton, Miss.) 1837-1839, 1838-12-26

port, is q question which. rs aHf COO
siiiuiian, is wisely left ~ Cunefea
alone e. decide. It's, wv tha Iawa
already made criminal IN uur citizen.
10 cmhirrass of anticipate that deca
i'm, ~ unauthorized military oppH.
tons On their part Officers of me-
character, IN addition 10 their Grim
inality as violations vt lhc law. ol
our county, have q direct tendency
70 draw down upon uur own citizens
at large The multiplied evils of Cos.
/ cign war, and expose Us injurious ia.
puatluns the good faith and honor "
the country. A. sgca 'bcy deserve
TO be pat down with prompiiule and
decision. ! cannot be mistaken. / mn
confident, in counting on the cordial
and general concurrence Of our lcl.
low citizens in this sentiment. A
copy OF the proclamation which
have felt Tiny duty to issue, is here.
with communicated. cannot but
hope that the good sense and patriot.
ism, the regard for the honor and rep.
utatlon of their country, the respect
for the laws which they have them.
selves enacted for their own govern.
ment; andth 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
engaged in them from n further pros
ecution o such desperate enterprises.
In the mean time, the existing laws
have been, and will continue to be,
faithfully executed; and every effort
will be made to carry them out in
their full extent. Whether they are
sufficient or not, to meet the actual
state of things on the Canadian from.
tier, it is for Congress to decide,
1t will appear from the correspon-
dence herewith submitted that the
Government Of Russia declines a re.
newal of the fourth article of the
convention Of April, 1924, between
the United States and His Imperial
Majesty, by the third article OF which
1t is agreed that hereafter there shall
not be formed by the citizens of the
United States, or under the authority
of the said States, any establishment
upon the north west coast Of Ameri.
ca, nor IN any Of the Islands adjacent,
to the north of sad 4Om of north Iati- |
tude; and that in the same manner
there shall be none formed by Rus.
sian subjects, or under the authority
of Russia, south of the same paral-.
lei and by the fourth article, that
during term Of len years, counting
from the signature of the present
convention, the ships Of both powers,
or which belong to their citizens or
subjects respectively, may reciprocal
ly frequent, without any hindrance
whatever, the interior seas, gufs,
harbors, and creeks upon the coast.
mentioned in the preceding article
for the purpose of fishing and trading.
with the natives of the country
The reasons assigned for declining toI
renew the provisions Of this article,
are briefly, that the only use made
~ our citizens of the privilege il Sc
cures TO them, has been to supply the
Indians with splrituous liquors, am.
ard fire arms; that this traf-
fc has been excluded from the Rus
sian trade; and as the supplies fur
nished from the United States are in
furious to the Russian establishments
on the northwest coast, and calcula-
ted to produce complaints between
the two Governments. His imperial
Majesty thinks it for the interest Of
both countries not to accede TO the
proposition made by the American
Government for the renewal OF the
article last referred to.
The correspondence here with com
municaied will show the grounds upon
which we contend that the citizens Of
the United States have, Independent
Of the provisions of the convention
Of 1924, a right to trade with the ma
tives upon the coast in question, at
unoccupied places, liable, however, it
is admitted, to be at any time ex
tinguishcd by the creation of Russian
establishments at such points. This
right is denied by the Russian Gov
eminent, which asserts that, by the
operation of the treaty Of 1924, each
party agreed 20 waive the genera
right TO land on the vacant COZ ~
their respective sides Of tho dcgre,
81 a,.,.i,ude referred to, ar :, accented
IN lieu thereof, the Mutual privilege,
mentioned in the fourth article. Tn,
capital and toaage employed by on
citizens in '.neir trade with tho north