Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1841-04-24
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ma and TuiAey-Eurt and lola, wi,A all lie -u.
settled affair, ShIca the Old gentleman has Oh
hand 10 those vide regions, 90 not afford s1ti-
cirut scope Cor The display OF bis agSrssstrs lac.
u'ue. lie nus, manifest bis supremacy on our
continent, and assert for himself among u, one
Of he yrsroSauves OF ms crown, that JOINS Bull
can do 40 wrong. THIS Is The doctrine wh.oh It.
seem, he Is received to make good DO The case Of
lhe Caroline. lie now takes upon himself to say:
81 ordered the invasion OF tie soil and iurlsdc-
ton of the United Staies-lhe coHhagraton OF
the boat, and the murder OF the people on board.
have ayowed It as my act; and, although have
made no amends, you shall not hold to accousta
bhiy auy one charged with participation in ~
The bare assertion OF the nights Of the American
people against tins INVASION, IN the clear and
manly report Of Mr. PIckeu,, as Chairman Of the
Committee on Foreign Adalrs, is looked upon as
an objectionable ndlgnIty offered 10 The majesty
of England It's looked upon as abeung PR
acy.
Surely there never was such an abuse OF Ian.
guage-such a violation OF truth to Justify the
outage OF invading New York, and there com
muIng The double crime Of murder and arson, as
thus christening the Caroline pirate. The ship
and the soil, and the Government of this country
ATE all 10 be stripped OF their rights by name
10 suppose the very worst alleged by the British
that the Caroline had carried arms, amunluon,-
aud other means 10 the persons prosecuting the
rebellion in Canada, II does not furnish pretext
for the charge OF piracy, nor justify the nNa-
sion Of the territory OF the United States to seize
and destroy her. There Is not "a civil war IA any
country Of the globe, that British subjects are not
constantly found carrying every species ofcontra'
band atlCe-arms, ammunition, and supplies Of all
sorts--to one or the other slde,--as matter Of
course, IN the regular pursuit Of commercial gam.
They take the hazard Of capture and confisca-
ton from the warning parties, and put the risk to
the account in the enhanced prices. But, among
the risks, vas It ever iol moment admitted that
British vessel engaged IN such traffic could be
pursued INTO The ports Of England, and there Sci
zed as a lawful prey Such an idea was never
tolerated by England, nor any other independent
State, in any age OF lbe,word. What would have
been the course ofhe English Government Ifthe
English steam ship which landed Louis Napole'
on aud his followers at Boulogne, in France, pre-
pared TO make war on the relgnlns sovereign, and
leyolutlonse the Government, had been pursued
into the Ihames,--sezed while fastened to the
London wharf, part Of It's crew murdered, and
the ship itself floaled down the Thames, in q Stale
of combination, with all its property on board
and the probability Of some of lis crew suffering
the same late2 Would the English peope or the
English Government have borne TO be told nv
France--Ii any of the supposed participates IN
the outrage upon the natlon, and the individual.
protected under the agIs Of its jurisdiction were
captured aud brough; 10 Trial for the act-hpt the
French sovereign ayowed the act as his own, and
therefore the accused mus be set at liberty We
think not, England would tell France that she
was sovereign over all within her territories that
the punishment Of supposed offences within her
jurisdiction by violence was nothing less than the
assertion Of IA foreign sovereignty within her lin
its, and was, III fact an act Of war. She would
not have suffered the avowal Of a wrong by TOT,
elgn Government against the nation, TO screen
the individuals perpeIraturg the aci, from the res
ponsbhty incurred by their crimes against nd
ylduas. En- Hand would have sttiu,--"We wiz
first enforce our municipal laws against the crm
mails who have violated them upon our SOIL anC
| we will next hold the natl which ayows having
authorized such wrong, accountable under the
| laws of nations "
Notwithstanding all the buster Of the Englisl
Dress we do not believe thai war will grow out 0
| the trial of Nc Leod. There is probability tina
be will be acquitted as not having been presen
at the destruction Of the Caroline, and if SO tha
will end so much Of the controversy. Whether
| the Government Of the United States will res
conlented without insisting on indemnity for th'
national wrong,now ayowcd as the act of the go
yernmenl of England, is another matter. From
appearances, We should suppose that the presen
American cabinet are too ready to acquiesce II
the English rielrs of the Mcleod part Of III,
transaction, to assert american utews in regard Il
the national aspect OF it. The activity which III,
cabinet showed to nterpose in the course Of Jus
tee prosecuted by the State of New York, evin
ces very lule Of the feeling which would deman
Justice for the national wrong.
We ere happy TO believe that every aspect Civ
en- by the late administration TO the contfovers
has met the public appreciation. The avswal q
the act as that Of the British Government, wa
not made until just before lhselosaQf Mr. VA
Bnens term. Id Palm tied, in III
House oECsnIaoz mai hsFz5t replied t
the demafA becansa the American Miaiser ha
been directed no. II ntess him upon the subject
but he forgot to add shs very important circum
stance that he was not pressed there, because ii
Fox had given assurances here, that without ful
lher instructions the matter would, wlhou. della,
be fully respondedto Courtesy required, ther'
fore, lheceurse observed by our Minister in Lor
don.
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