The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1841-06-17


Eneland. Using and dead. base main'sihsd
shai The general law al nations daes Mt
Ioubid lie ei,izens or subjects 81 ane Co.
sernaenl from taking paft IN the civil
rommolions Of smother. There . sope
reason. indeed. 10 ihink that such Aay BE-
Ihs opiaion Of Her M.jesly's Gosernmsni
AZ the pFeseni moment.
The undersigned has made these re-
marks. from lie eonsirnoR lhat il 10
important 10 regard established disiine-
lions. and 10 view lhe aels and offsnces
or indiyidusls 10 the exsrly proper light.
But il 10 Hni 10 be inferred thai there 10.
on the part Of this Government. any
purpose Of exlehnsfing. 10 the slightest
degree. The crimes 0f those persons. eiIi-
zens OF ihe Uniird States. who have
Joined in military expeditions againsi ihs
Brush Government in Canada. On the
contrary, The President directs the under
signed 10 say that IL is his fixed resolusioa
/ that all such dlsiurbrrs Of the nansnal
i peace aud violslrrs or The laws Of their
country shall be brough, 90 exemplary
punishment Nor ~ill tie fsei that they
are insliRaied and led On 20 these excuses
by British subjects. rel1gees ffom The
Provinces. be deemed ANY excuse OF
psIlialion; although il 10 well worthy Of
teine remembered that the prime movers
Of these disturbances on abe borders are
subjects OF the Queen, who come within
the territories Of lhs United STATES. seek
ing 10 enlist The sympa,hies Of their cili-
gems, by al the motives which they are
able 10 address 10 them. on accouHs Of
grievances. real or imaginary. There
Is no reason 10 believe that The design Of
: aay hostile movement from The Uniled
States against Canada has commenced
: with citizens OF The United States. Ths
lrue origin Of such purposes and such
enterprises 10 on the other side Of the line.
' But The Presidents resolution 10 prevent
these tIsnsgressions Of The laws 10 not, on
, that account. ihe less sIohg. II is taken.
|, not only 10 conformity TO his duty undes
: the provisions OF existing Laws. but in
: full consonsnce with the established prin- =
ciples and practice Of his Governmcns
The Government OF the United has
y mol. IRON The first, fallen into the doabss.
: elsewhere entertained, Of the irue'exient
Of the duties Of neutrality. II has held
!, that. however il may have been in less
= enlightened ages. The jus, Interpretation
Y OF the modern law ofnaiions Is. that neu-
iral States are bound 10 be strictly neutral;
and that i, 70 manifest and gross impro- !
Priesy siudsviduaisto engage she ga :.
= vii conflicts oEothsr States, and thus be
y al war, while their governments Al peace.
y War and pesca are high national relations.
y which can properly be established os
'e changed only BY nations themselves.
:, The United States have thought. also,
y that the sslulary doctrine ofnon>inieryen.
y ,inn by one nation with the affairs 0f OH
sc ers is liable to be essentially impaired, II,
while Government relrains from inierfer-
I ence, interference is still allowed TO iis
Is subjects, individually or in misses. l,
d may happen indeed, that persons choose
Il TO leave their county. emigrate 10 Other
e regions. aud settle themselves on unculii-
n waited lands, in territories belonging 10 9th
Ie er States. THIS cannot be prevented by
5. Governments " hich allow the emigration
re Of their subjects and cIIizens; and such
e persons having voluntarily sban loned
e Their own country, have no longer claim
: To its protection, nor 10 u longer RESPONSES
d BILE fi,r their acts. Such cases. therefore.
i IL they occur. show no abandonmeu, Of
the duty Of nsn,rshy.
i The Government Of The United Slates
has not considered il as sufficient to con-
5 6ne the duties of neutrality aud non.in-
!, reference 10 the case Of Governments
whose territories lie adjacent 10 each 9th
E or. The application Of the principle may
, be more necessary in such cases, but the
principle itself they regard as being aha
, same. IL those territories be divided by half
! the globe. The rule is founded in the inn
. proprie,y and danger Of allowing indivldu.
ais 10 make war on their own authority, or
/ by mingling themselves in the belligerens
. operations Of other nations, 10 run the haz-
, ard Of counteracling the policy. or embroil-
lug the relations. of their own government
; And the United States have been the tirsi
among civilized nations 10 enforce the
observance Of this just rule Of neutrality
and peace, by special and adequate legal
enactmen,s. In The infancy ofihis Ges-
eminent. on the breaking out Of The Ea-
3 ropesn wars which had their origin IN
] the French Revolution, Congress passed
laws with severe penalties. Tor pssyeniing
the citizens Of The United States from Ia.
: hing part in those hos,ilties.
By these laws, il prescribed 10 the eisi-
) gems Of the u. States what il understood
: to be- their duty. as neuirsls. BY the Law
! of nations. and the duty, also. which they
owed 10 the in,eres, and homer OF their
own country.
Ala subsequent period. when The Ame-
ricsn colonies ofan European Power took
! up arms sgains, their sovereign, Congress,