Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1840-05-13

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the treaty, ifhe has the property2 IThe
Judge seemed to forget that the Court ia.
low put The Africans into the hands of tbo
resident, not as property. but as men. 70
Oe returned to their native land 4
Mr.. lngersoll said that the Pres;den.
!, ue received these men. must execute the
decree of the District Court, and canno,
pu. tnem into the hands of Span.
Judge Thompson said that, ACCORDING
20 the genileman's argument, if The Pres;.
uehl can execute the treaty under the de-.
cree tt is all the government REQUIRES =
ne sad he took it for granted that a for.
elgn iunctionary cannot appeal for the
SUBJECT OF foreign government. while he
Is nere CARRYING on his own suit. 1t does
not appear that the Spanish minister inter.
ieres at the request of Ruiz or Montez =
he cannot appear in the character If .
puollc functlonary. He is here as a vol.
u"leef' Ii ne cannot legally appear. he
cannon ask the government of the JTnit,,d
states TO appear for him. And iftbev an.
pear Without his request. they volunteer
MI. Staples then took up the areum en-,
In behalf ofthe' Africans, conlendino with
great force that SO long as the s2aniards
were IN condition to prosecute their claim
no other person could step in 10 prosecute.
1t for them. Thence he denied The r;ob,
OF the Spanish minister, and, Of course If
the Y. ); government
II wasthe strangesl proceeding. he said
that he ever saw spread unon he raco,d,
Of court The Executive of the United
st les should have told the Spanish minis
Ter, our courts Of justice are open 10 Won
aud justice would be done but instead of
this they wish TO throw the matter nnon
the courts, because they are in corresnon.
dence with the British government nnon
delicate question, and therefore wish n
AVOID the responsibility but this court, he
was persuaded, would not do the business
OF the Executive. The Judiciary is a CO.
ordinate branch of the government. and
VIII attend TO Its own appropriate work,
neither infringing upon that of another
pfa"ch, nor suffering nsclfto be infrlnged
upon: The United States have no. shown
'iiat lnpy have any interest. Il dishonors
4. ne talents OF Mr.. FORSYTH to send the
Mr. ). then examined the treaty mi
lutel Y, especially the 9Th, 7th, 9Th and 9th
articles, The 7th section applies 10
merIcan citizens when going inlo Span.
Sh Conr's, and Spanish subjects co,nino
nto our Co1rts. Mr. FORSYTH should
lave reid this article to the Spanish min
s'er' Why, instead OF doing it, does he
oDure up this mode of proceeding !? Mr..
) referred to these different articles to
now that all these questions were TO be
stermlned in court of justice, and that
he provisions and the treaty were made
or the benefit of our citizens rather than
ne subjects of Spain, as they had access
our Courts wllhouta treaty. The sove-
eigny Of Spain is not at ali interested in
his Question. Ii is a mere question of
property between individuals. The Dis.
rict Court had decided that these Africans
we're not property.-did not belong to Ru-
z or Montez-and they made no appeal.
Inc Y. 5. have no interest, and therefore
annot appeal. Under the decree thev
AN execute the treaty. He hoped there
ore lhs appeal would be dismissed.
The Court adjourned until the next
lay. MIR. Tappsn concludes his letter
hus
1t would seem that the appeal must be
dismissed, and the decree Of the District
our stand. This court will have to de-
'ide the case finally in any event, for an
appeal TO the Supreme Court of the u. S.
,ennot lie when the amount Of property in
dispute Is less than two thousand dollars.
The uppeilces appear severaly, and nei.
her OF them would be valued even by the
,panlards, especially in these hard money
lines, SO high as $4,000.
LATE FROM EURoPE.-The packet
hip United States, Capt. Brnon, arrived
It New York on Sunday, the 26th uh.,
rom Liverpool, bringing London dates to
he Isl of March, and from LIVERPOOL t,
he Isl Of April.
In the House of Commons the Marquis
't Westminster presented petition for the
OF the Jews, and expressed |
hope that lis prayer would be complied
With.
mere IS every reason 10 believe that |
here will be Congress of European
nonarchs, the ensuing summer, to de.
'ide upon the afars of the East. This
will be an important preceding, and may
ierange the plans of Egypt and France
md aso Russia and Persia.
The penny postage works well and is !
greatly On the increase in England.
1t sreported that France will take part
With Turkey against Egypt 1t was also
'unored that the Bay of Tunis would ioin
a bder ktder. with a heavy force against
ne French, and that French feet would |
lombard Tangier, in Morocco