Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1841-07-20

was at peace, The country heard III
news ofthe execution with Joy; thev ap
proved the act of Gen. jackson. Not s.
with the pOliticians--the politicians o
the Federal school especially. They con
demned il; partisan presses attacked il
and when Congress met, committees o
each House Of Congress reported against
it--loudly condemned it,and were follow.
eddy crowd of speakers. ALI the phra
ses now heared in Ginning exemption for
Mcleod, and bewailing his fate, were
then heard in deploriHg the fate Of Ar.
buihnot and Ambrister. Violation of the
laws Of nations--inhuman, unworthy OF
the nineteenth century, shocking to hu-
manity, barbarous, uncivilized, subiecting
us to reprisals, and even 10 warfrom Eng
land, drawing upon US the reproaches OF
ChristendOm, and even the wrath Of Hea-
ven; such were the hOlyday phrases with
which the two Houses of Congress then
resounded. To hear what was said, and
it would seem thatlhe British lion would
be instantlyupoB us. We were taught to
tremble for the return news from England.
Well! it came! and what was il? Not
enc word from. the British Government
against the act Of Jackson! Not word
in Parliament except the unsupported
complaint Of some solitary member, Just
enough to show, by the Indifference with
which it was received, that the British
House of Commons had no condemnation
TO pronounce upon. the conduct ofGeneral
jackson, Their silence justified him in
England, while committees and orators
condemned him here and this justification
from abroad, in case where two English
men were actually hanged, should be a
warning TO gentlemen how they should
commit themselves in case where an
Englishman is mere ly in the hands Of JUS
tice, and has nothing tofear. from "God
and the country" ifhe is as innocent as he
now alleges, and as humanity would wish
him to be.
General Jackson was right, and the
committees and orators who condemned
him we're wrong. Hes was right in the
law and in the application of the law. He
had no musty volumes Of national law to
refer TO in the swamps OF Florida; and he
needed none. He had the law Of nature
aud Of nations, in his heart. lie had an
American heart, and that heart never led
him wrong, when The rights, the interests
and the honor. r.ofhis country were at stake.
lie hung the Englishmen who were ex.
citing savages TO the murder ofour wo-
men and children; and the policy of the
measure isno less apparent than its legal
ity. Before that time, Englishmen were
eternally in The ranks Of theIndians, stm-
ulating them 70 hostilities upon US; since
that time no EBglishman has been heard
Of among them. The example was
wholesome, its effect salutary. Ii has Civ
en- us twenty five years of exemption from
English interference incur Indian hostili.
ties; and if the aSsassins of the Caroline
shall be hung up in like manner, twill
give US exemption from future Brit
ish outrage, along the extended line
which divides the Union from the Can
adas. at aa saa., 1
It's mournful, Mr.. President, continu-
ed Mr.. B. 10 see gentlemen of eminent
abilities consulting books to find passages
tojustify an outrage upon their own coun.
try. Betterfsr 10 throw away The books,
and 60 by the heart. Then, at least, they
would always have the consolation Of be-
ing on their country's side. Better even
.oatake The rule Of the ilIustrious Commo-
dore whose actions have shed so much
lustre upon theAmerican name, (Decaturl
and go for their country, right or wrong.-
Then they would always have at least
their hearts on their side. Besides, there
is no book which fits our case-which was
written forIhe duplicate eG0vernments
whichw6 possess. We have State Gov.
eFnments ss well as General Govern
ment and these State authorities have
their Fights, and ore soVereign within them.
The protection Of the lives, liberty and
property Of their citizens, is among these
tights The punishment oflnuFder, arson,
and burgIaTy are among the rights Of the
States. II thete was nothing in the law
FOf nations, AS, written in The books, to re-
cOgnise these righis,it would Be enecessary
and proper for US to.cause new line TO
be written inlhese books. But this isnol
the case. The law Of fnaiions, as they
now stand, is sufficient for,us. The pas
sage quoted from Valtel by the Senator
from Pennsylyania is pointed sand con-
elusive in our favor. ltepplies to thecsse
Of Mcleod, and coversi it; and if we give
up that man, npon the demand Of thel3ril.
ish Government, we shrink from the de.
fence of right, and suffer the law
Of nations 10 be violated in our per.
sops. ia gl 81 a4s
This brings me to the case before US.
.iEWhat is it2 The fact Of the case are all
:. spread out in odicisl documents, and The
evidence Of them, are clear and undeRia-
l,hle.. An American steam ferry boat ira
verses the Niagara river; she carries pas.
sengers and property from one shore to
ahe other The English beIieysAnd per-