The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1841-06-26

ple so fraught with evil to the community
of nations, and the direct tendency Of
which must be to bring back into the prac-
tice Of modern war atrocities which civ
iization and Christianity have long since
banished.
Neither can Her Maiesty's Govern
ment admit for moment the validity of
the doctrine advanced by Mr. Forsyth,
that the Federal Government Of the Uni
ted States has no power to interfere in
the matter in question, and that the de-
cision thereof must rest solely and en-
tirely with the State of New York.
With the particulars of the internal
compact which may exist between the
States that compose the Union, foreign
? wers have nothing TO do; the relations
Of foreign Powers are with the aggre-
gate Union that Union is to them repre-
sented by the Federal Government; and
of that Union the Federal Government
is to them the only organ. Therefore,
when q foreign power has redress to de-
mand for wrong done to it by any State
of the Union, it is to the Federal Govern
ment, and not to the separate State, that
such Power must look for redress for
that wrong. And such foreign Power
cannot admit the plea that the separate
State is an independent body over which
the Federal Government has no control.
1t is obvious that such doctrine, if ad-
mtted, would at once 20 to a dissolution
ofthe Union as far as it's relations with
foreign Powers are concerned; and that
foreign Powers, in such case, instead of
accreditng diplomatic agents to the Fed
eral Government, would send such
agents not to that Government, but to the
Government Of each separate State; and
would make their relations Of peace and
war with each State depend upon the re-
suit of their separate intercourse with
such State, without reference to the rela
tons they might have with the rest
Her Majesty's Government apprehend
that the above is not the conclusion al
which the Government of the United
States intend to arrive; yet such is the
conclusion to which the arguments thai
have been advanced by Mr.. Forsyth ne
cessarily lead
Be that as it may, Her Majesty's Go
vernment formally demand, upon the
grounds already stated, the immediate
release of Mr.. Leod; and Her Majesty's
Government entreat the Government oil
the United States to take into his most
deliberate consideration the serious ma
nature of the consequences which mus
ensue from rejection Of this demand.
The United States Government will
perceive that, in demanding Mr.. Nc
Leod's release, Her Majesty's Govern
ment argue upon the assumption that hi
was one Of the persons engaged in The
capture ofthe steamboat Carolina" bu
Her Maiesty's Government have the
strongest reasons for being convinced
that Mcleod was not in fact engaged il
that transactions and the undersigned i
hereupon instructed to say that although
the circumstance itself makes no differ
ence in the political and internationa
question at issue; and although he
Majesty's Government do not deman
Mr. Mc'Leod's release upon the grount
that he was not concerned in the captur
Of the "Caroline,'' but upon the groun
that the capture Of the "Caroine" was
} transaction Ofpublic character for which
the persons engaged in it cannot incur pr
vate and personal responsibility, yet tn
: government Of the U. States must not dis
! guise from themselves that the fact tina
, Mr.. Mcleod was not engaged in til
: transaction must necessarily tend great
, ly to infame that national resentmer
: which any harm that shall be suffere
by Mr.. Mcleod at the hands of the al
: thorities of the State of New York wi
, infalIibly excite throughout the whole {
: the British empire.
: The undersigned, in addressing tn
. present official communication, by orde
i of his Government, to Mr.. Webster, Sc,
: rotary of State of the United States, ht
e the honor to offer to him the assuranc
e of his distinguished consideration.
H. S. FOX.
r The Hon. DANIEL WEBSTER, &c. 81