Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1841-07-13
McI.Enn,S CASE-

rbe speech Of Mr.. Buchanan, in opposition +
- doctrines laid down by Mr. Webster, in a.
70 io,,or TO Mr. Fox, is characterized by the io
ps'.oi courtesy Of that gentleman, WHO never Z
usuoaa,s "a some others do, that political op-
psont many nevertheless be an honest man;
POI that when Differences OF opinion exist,nei.
s s.r marty being exactly nfalable, it is possible
W. he glau be sometimes wrong and his ad-
uu.s,ary right. His argument is ingenious and
s.c;ble withal, and is well calculated to de-
We We even its author, as we'll as others. Mr..
1achartan quotes Vattel, to show, by the law of
pl,,ions, that where Anindividual, in time of
Ice. even in obedience to the orders of his
FY,oerior, invades the territory of friendly
Nv liver with hostile intent, and commits fla
P.,nt outrages, if the offended State has in her
s,,e, the individual who has done the injury, |
~ nav without scruple bring him to Justice |
ss.j punish him. But MIR, Rvcs, in reply, !
SI,,1lv demonstrated that this could be done
Nv where the nation had not avowed the out
nc Of which the individual had been guilty;
t..Vattel, in the same paragraph, adds, If he
[ho offending Individually has escape and re-
w IN his own country, she (the offender ma
.sor> ourht to apply to his sovereign to have
NO done in this case.'-And, as Mr.. Rives
JuS'u rsmarked, ut would be idle ami absurd TO
WI 10 A sovereign to have Justice done upon
sPPyg,Liact. when he had already ratified and
nD,.,,,ed the act of that subject The case
Ppp,,s 10 MS to rest clearly on the ground as
o'.,-,cd bv MIR. Webster-that public wrongs
so 10 be redressed by public means; and that
o,uould be derogatory to our dignity as ma
,,,n as well unjust in ITSELF to wreak our ven-
s.o,,co ON an obscure individual for an act done
e dome at all By him, by order of his govern
,,ont. which, asa good subject, he had no RICH
- dlsobey, and which he could not have dis
obeyed without mourning the penalty of DISC
Incidence.
M, Buchanan is very much offended at thu
", n spirit displayed by Mr.. Webster. w
Tarr WITH that gentleman in this respect. w
LII Air. Webster, in transferring the conte'
en-, the individual to the nation, displays "a
mo,nore of that quality than do his assailant
~, s,ch charge comes with a wretche
80 from the quarter, even IT 1t were we
E.,o1sd. The Caroline was destroyed in DE-
D,,,ber lS37-in Mau 1888, Mr.. StevensC
a,n,nded ofthe lr tisEl governmental dtSarolo
vi ESqpprouli OF the act,and also such redre
a. The nature of the case required! Nothu
,,c,,,s heard oft, however, the British 60
,.,,,,pt vr,ppinr itself up N a dignfed
80 until .Jaly 1889, IA months,) VIII
~, Stevenson wrote To- Mr.. Forsyth, then )
,,,rv of State, to know whether he shot
,,rcy the subject, and # so, the degree Of !
,,,.y be should adopt. To which (says
Eiyes in his speech, from which we have ga
God these facls,) MIR. Forsyth replied, no; Il
President Van Buren) expects, from the Il
81 Mr. Fox Conversation, that the British g
sr1mcnt vii answer your application IN
c,ss a-ai1m much further delay Yet this
hy Continued until the arrest of Mcleod,
nrior to Mr.. Van Bdren's exltfrom power;
then the answer was not a diSaUoTGL as
been demanded by Mr. Stevenson and
Forsyth nearly two years before, but an dro
ofthe outrage complained of. What W
Messrs. Stevenson and Forsyth doing tn
two long years, while the British govern
slept upon their demand! Surely It lily
comes the friends of tie late Administrat
with these facts before us, to taunt any Q
with a want Of sprit!-Lynchbnrg Virgin