Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-12-18

rle int Correspondence on the Claim Of SEARCH
~. New York Evening Post presents an analysis OF
he correspondence between the Br'tsh Nin's'e.s ahu
~ Stevenson and after skeichng the letter OF Lord
ABERDEEN, adds
81 scn>on then replies. ssris'im NIL the points raised
5, B,is Secretary e asserting ms S' p",, a. 1a,
c,1 The discussion is marked with great abiv on p"
de think the United States has reason 70 I.Jos
intelligent iirn and eloquent representative was charge"
i, the presentation and enforcement o her vieWS;
The fact is, If once admit The claim when urea'
Brlan sets up should have TO submit to numerous
orasions and lndisnes against the flag Of cur eoun-
~ ls The right OF search belongs TO otate OF war
~ not OF peace la the former case, the claim Is re-
,,red by certain known landmarks, and is guafoeo'
: veil it can be, against all danger OF aouse :"
LITER case there are such defined restrictions,
-, o,rds laid down 81. The British officer would
~, opl: disregard hag-(our striped piece OF
iIa.ing, as they have contemptuousy called ip-ont
b.y would examine papers-and claim The right Oh
,a,s,minnp whether they all right and IN proper
49,, "A This claim of visitation would not be con-
fined 10 British officers, but would on similar primer
,o Ia extended to all of the naions when
t,ra entered into the an,i-Slave Convention. NO
sooner would vessel escape from the hands OF
British officer, but next it might fall under the
ncn,s,tion of French vessel-and finally, 1t might
10 subjected to the infamy of being searched by
Lack navtian Crew-ior, Hayu is one OF The parues
"a tho connact 1t we'll becomes then, TO take care
before we submit the honor OF our tag to so many ana
y,a,ious nGusitions We reloiced to see that our
Minister has ably discharged ms dusy III '"uieS
,nr the rights OF his country.
The National lntcigencer says "Mr. stevenson
sre,s 10 be admitted not only 10 have had the rshs
de Of the question: but the bes. OF the argument
Weare clad Of this because we are proud TO be do!e'
N all questions with foreign powers, to believe so as 70
he strong asserting that our country IS IN the right
The Speaker Of the House of Representatives has
cashered Mr. Gushing, us Chairman OF the COMMITTEE
d, FOREIGN Relatons-and substituted the very last
member in the House, who ought TO have been at the
mead of tina, important Committee Nh John T. Ad'
ans il ,ha, man He naats discretion, much more
i!an any Of the wants of which he lately saas IN his
fry, sixty, or seventy to the gITls OF Connect
cnt Destitute of that strong common sense without
which, no man be q statesman-aiways eccentric,
cratic and in his ends, and erriig
in his means he is the creature OF impulse and the
martyr TO eccenricty. lie is made the Chairman OF
Foreign Relations, Immediately after he had publicly
yndcated the attack of the British Govern
nent upon the Chinese-when he is pressing upon the
South his visionary and mischevous design Of pamlng
The Abolition Petitions upon Congressman now the
case Of the Creole up test the force OF s pre-
udices and to subject Institutions to the excess OF
his lanaticism.-From such Chairman, may the good
Genius Of the Republic preserve the destinies OF our
country.