Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1841-07-27
NEW sERIEs.-VoL. 1. NO. SO.

does not mention the appropriation OF
S750,OOO made al one time for that OBJ |
ject: it does not mention the numerous
calls upon the military authorities along
The line TO assist in restraining our peo-
pie; il does not mention the arrests of
persons, and seizures of arms, which we
made; it does not mention the prosecu-
tions which we instituted; it does not
show that for two years we were at great
expense and trouble TO restrain our peo-
pie; and that this expense and trouble
was brought upon US by the excitement
produced by the affair Of the Caroline
The British brought upon usIaH immense
expense by that affair, for which they
render us no thanks, and the Secretary
fails to remind them. The letter does
not repel,wi the indignant energy which
the declaration required, that we had
"permitted" our citizens to arm and Join
the insurgents. 1t repels it, TO be sure,
but too feeOly and gently, and it omits
altogether what should never be lost
sight of in this case, that the British
have taken great vengeance on our peO-
pie for this rashnes5 in joining this revolt.
Great numbers of them were killed in
action; many were hanged; and many
were transported to the extfemit:es of
the wOrld---to Van Dieman's land,
under the Antarctic circle. where they
pine out a miserable existence, far,
far, and forever removed from kindred,
home and friends.
The faults Of the letter are fundament-
al and radical-sUch as no beauty Of com
position, no tropes and figures, no flow
ers OF rhetoric, can balance or gloss over.
The objections 60 to its spirit and sub
stance-to errors Of fact and law-tO its
tameness and timidity--aud to its total
omission TO demand redress from the
British Government for the outrage on
the Caroline which that Government has
now assumed. She has nov assumed
that outrage for the first time--assumed
il after three years Ofsilence; and in the
assumption, offers not one word of apol-
ogy or'of consultation TO our wOunded d feel
ings She claps her arms akimbo, and
avows the offence and our Secretary, in
his long and beautiful letter, finds no
place to insert demand for this assumed
outrage. He gives up the subject, and
demands nothing Of the sovereign. He
lets 90 of the servant, and does not lay
hold Of the master. This grievous omis-
sion 1t is tantamount to surrender OF
all claim for any redress, of any kind
Mcleod, the perpetrator, is given up: he
is given up without conditions. The
English Government assumes the offence
demand his release-offers us no sat
isfaction. and we give him up, and ask
no satisfaction! The letter demands no.
thing-Iiterallv nothing; and in that res
pect degrades US as much as the surren-
der upon threat had degraded US.
This is most material point, and
mean TO make it clear. mean to show
that the Secretary, in giving up the alleg.
ed instrument, has demanded nothing
from the assuming superior, rnd this |
will do him the justice to show by read
ng.from his own letter. have examin-
ed it carefully, and can find but two pla-
ces where the slightest approach is made
not even 10 a demand for redress, but to
the suggestion Of an intimation Of wish
on our side ever TO hear the ma me of the
Caroline mentioned again. These two
places are on the two concluding pages
Of the letter: if there are others, let gen.
tlemen point them out, and they shall
be read. The two paragraphs | discover
are these;
"The undersigned trusts, that when
her Britannia Majesty's Government shall
present the grounds, at length, on which
they Justify the local authorizes Of Cana
da, in attacking aud destroying the Gar.
oline,' that the laws of the United States
are such as The undersigned has now rep
resented them, and that the Government
of the United States has always manifest
ed sincere disposition to see those laws
efFec,ually and impartialy ADM is
Z. tered. If there have been cases in which
! individuals, Justly obnoxious to punish
u ment. have escaped, this is no more than
happens in regard 10 other laws"
L n
}. "The President insfructs the undersign
J ed to say, in conclusion, that he conf
n dently trusts that this, and all other ques
IS items cf difference between the two Gov
g ernments, will be treated by both-in th'
fnll exercise of such spirit OF candor
e Justice, aDd mutual respect, as shall CIV
II assurance Of the long continuance Q
II peace between the two countries"
OF
v. This ia all that can see that looks
ID the possible contingency of any inlur
allusion TO tbs case of the Carol'ne.-
u. Certainly nothing could be more con
wv nle,e abandonment of our claim to redrei
-e. The first paragraph goes no further lh'
ne 10 .ttrust" that the grounds may be pr
# sented which '.jHstify''-a strange wo
in in such case-the local authorities
*. attacking and de Stroying this vessel; al
,es the second buries it all up, BY deferri