Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1841-02-06
THE .. STATES AND GREAT BRITAIN

The conduct of g i ish office. 5, both on sea and
on land, multiplies la ly the causes Of lrfitatio on
.ud renders more difficult The pacific settlement OF
pending controversies between The United States
ami England. A few days since We mentioned
the barbaf ous treat tine MT by British soldiers quarter
tered at Madauaska, of three American g%ehte-
usen Who Weie peaceable passengers through the
Disputed territory Oh their way to Cataia nom
Bangor; aud the following extract from the Phila
delphi a Gazette of the 10Th nit, proves that our
h rhy mariners fare no better abroad than our eltl-
zens do nearer hcme.
st,ant Taylor, Of The big Waverly, arrived at
this port rom Sierra Leone. ireports-ihe bafque
Jones, of New York, was taken possession OF at
St Helena, Ivy Il. III. brig Dolphin, on the l7lh
Sept. last, on sospicion Of being conoer"ed iii the
slave trade. TIE ca tain was on shofs and wGud
not give up his papers. The crew was then taken
out with the exception of the mate, (ir Davis of
Salem, since dead,) and two men, a irze crew
put on board a..d sent to Sierra Leone Ton tial.-
Aft,r laying here eight weeks, The bHrIue was
cleared, there being 10 proof OF her being in an IL
legal 'rtd.. One of the crew IS since aeaf. She
is low laying tefe with no one 10 take charge OF
her, in charge Of a shipAeeper only. She las mon
ey aud cargo on board amounting 10 about Sl0,-
900.
The ship Sea Anew, of Salem, capt. Briant, was
brought III here ulda II charge of a prize officer and
E{tW lflIi II wi piiS J. iF'A s'uANt 'i ~ ept't'
coast, en- s~nap:cion Of legal trade. Tile CO.. t
of fixed Commissions here, refused to have any
thing to do with the vessel, AMI l believe they are
taxing her TO St Helena to give her ZIP again to
tie captain. The captain during his stay sfefe
was a close prisoner on haald not allowed to see
ror have communication with any one. His
crew we're all taken out of the ship when she was
| taken, except the male aud COOK
So long as the Quilted States government toler-
...,.t -: ,xe IF Craot Rrsto;, a nd e,b,,,ts
to the i,npertiuent interference Of her diplomatic
| agents in tie domestic concerns of our people
pre- eiices will not be wanting to justify any outrage
| upon our abroad. Ii Great B.itain can
with impnnity overhaul American YES ses tracing
On the coast of Africa, and detain them in custo-
dy upon suspicion merely, II will be an easy mat
ter for her TO break up our With any ma
ton, of whose traffic she desirestfe exclusive ben
eft AL American vessels bound to any Of the
south-easiern hemisphere will be just as liable to
Illegal seizule as the barque jones, and the ship
Sea New, and Notwithstanding they may be iiber-
ated after a long custody, no trade can survive
so, h arbitrary inter- ption. The American gen
tlempn SO brutally treated near Madawaska were
assaulted upon suspicion Of being spies-Ame
can ships seized in the south seas were clptured
upon suspieian of being slavefs. Allow these ex
cases for forcible interference with the raitrII
rights ef our citizens and the protection which a
national flag affords property upon the high seas,
and we will soen be beIeft Ut the common 7rivi-
leee tfIoeomation aud foreign trade.
When il is reeolleetea that the slave trade was,
until very recently under the protection of the ma
tional law, and that it was once a principal source
of revenue to the British Government, whose sub
iects for a long period monoeoiized the profits
arising out of it, the seizure of the two vessels
above mentioned appears to be a most aggravated
violation of American rights. The United States
was the first nation that denouhced the slave trade
as piraeys bat inasmush as the traffic had been