The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1841-03-11


DO so unless it were made matter OF treaty |
stipulation. This duty aud right in an Ex |
ecutve has generally been considered as
dormant, until made binding by treaty ar
rangsmeu,. Bot when the matter is re.
versed, aud demand is made, not Of lugiiiyes
from justice for offences committed against
a foreign Power, but for The liberation Of
man charged with offences against the
peace and dignity Of one Of our own States,
then it is that the demand becomes pIepos
ferrous in the extreme. The fact that tie
offences we're committed under the sanction
Of provincial authorities, does rot ater the
case, unless We we're IN q state OF war. III
such cases as The present, the power 10 aa
liver up could no. be conierredupoa The Fed.
erai Executive by treaty stipulation Il
could ouly be conferred IN those cases ever
which jurisdiction is clearly delegated by
the Federal Constitution SUCH for n.
stance, as treason, which is an otisnce
against the conlnined sovereignty Of the
States, as defined in the Constitution.
Over all cases except those defined N the
Constitution, and those coming clearly gu.
der the laws Of nations, the States have ex
elusive jurisdiction, and the trial and pea.
isbneni for offences against them are iuci
dent 10 their separate sovereignty. Il Is
not pretended in this Gaze that there is my
treaty stipulation under which The demand
Il is made and the Federel Executive, uudet
our system, has no power but what IS con
terred by the Constitution, or by special
law Of Congress. In the former, i IS 10
e!aFed that the Executive power IN Vested
ID a PGesltea, .. the JaHel States, aid
+, that power IS .hen 10 be pola!ed out and de-
fined by special laws passed from ilne -
tune, imposing such duties as are thOusb,
proper and eSpedieut BY Congress.
Your committee deem il dangerous for
The Executive 10 exercise any power over
4 a suIJ4ct matter not cou.erred By treaty Or
By law; aud 70 exercise il II any case m
conflict with State Jurisdiction, wou,d be
worse Than dangerous II would b usufpa
tlon.
/ But your committee fltbear 10 press
these points further Of present, aud thes
would not have said as uuch on such cIpgf
questions Of International law, tot ,hat II
. tbs case the demand for liberation hss been
uaaa IT. lie accredited agent Of great
Power, ald under circumstances If peculiar
4g-tNal,oa and excitement.
re have other POINTS of dlH5renca Bith
Great Bfitaln, which add interest 10 uyetg
question that arises between rs 4. present,
NpI,her orr Northeastern or Northwestern
Boundaries are vet settled 3ith her, AID
The subject Is not eatisaly free IRON Difficult
~. She has receatly seed our vessels
and exercised power iar0irlng Tie right
IF stcrcb, under tie preteyt Of supprese,ng
the foreign slave trade, which i porsefcte5
in, Will sweep our commerce from tie coast
81 Africa, ara WHICH IS Incompatible with
our rights as maritime power She has
receHt!y, III her intercourse viii as, reils
+ ed indemnify and denied our rights 10 pro
perry, OF a suhjec. matter wal 10 near one
halt tie Safes of this Conleleracg, and
Which, considering her military position Al
Bsrauta, aud her growing power q tie
Nest Indies, is 81 the last Importance toour
national independence.
All these subjects make every question
+ between ", al this peculiar Janc,lyc, u tie
deepest interest.
Besides this We are beth permanently
destined to have perhaps the most eglen
.ve commerce Of modern nations. Our
Gags Goat side by SIDE, over every sta, aad
bay, ans iulel Of the know g.obe.
+ sae moves steadily upon her oLsc,sailb
an ambtloa that knows no bounds aa3
wherever she has had a corl.e; 81 Interest
she bus rarely yielded to any Power,
! A. tas mgmeGt she presents 10 tho civil
:zgd world tho spectacle q. TIE greatest
military and commercial power 10 comy.Ha
. lion ever known.
{ From Ter vast possessions in every quar-.
ter OF lls globe, aud her peculiar CONNER,
ciai 81 stem, she has been made the fcser.
yojr Vi the wealth ot ua.tous.
Her internal resources, skin, labor, ard
machinery, With her capital ara beyond
calculation. Her natural position being
about midway the coast Of Europe, gives
her great control over tho outlets aad cur.
/ rents oil commerce.
! Her military occupation Of Gibraltar,
Malta, the Ionian Islands, and recently Of
st. Jean d'Acre, gives her ascsDd3Hcy On
he Mediterranean and the Legant, while
St. Helena aud the Cape Of Good HOPE
give her possession over the currents Of
trade along those extensive coasts. Then
Bombay, Calcutta, aud her immense posses
( SONS IA the Las, Indies, together with her
recent movements 10 the CHaa seas and Is
lands, enable her to extend her power over
those vast regions that have slumbsred for
ages to solitary and suervaled rnaeniCence.
( She possesses Falkland Island but to con.
troll the commerce that passes around Cape
Horn, while Trinidad gives her all she de
sires IN the Caribbean sea, Jia3tfar at
ons point and Bermhda at another, staod
out N great force over or own coast from
one extremity to the other.
J Her positions all oVar the World are at
this moment, in military point Of view,
equal TO million Of men under arras.--