Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-12-24
RELATIONS wIru ENcIANp.

RELATIONS wrru ENGLAND.
We copy the comments OF Iha "fadeycnd,ni."
upon the correspondence, recently published, be-
tween MIR Stevenson and Mr Lord Pslmer.,on and
Lord Aberdeen. There is certainly great force in
| ,ts views;
RIGHT OF SEARCu-Ths Real Question
we gave, IN our las', tho correspondence between
VIZ stevenson, our late Minister to England nnJ
Lords talne'sion and Aberdeen, the l,ts and pre
sen. orus" Secretaries Of State TOT Forsisn Ali
| Inc qusstions involved IN this oorrrsrontlence
have been looked on. in quarters. a. Of the las,
naucnni impo'tsrc-, and, Hs of themselves decisive
81 the question Of war with Great Britain, il that
rover shSil aet-as she evidently intebds to act
upon INC principles asserted by the orsan OF the late
Ministry, and maintained still more strongly by the
representative" OF thu present one
We has'ened. st hts, TO place these documents IN
possession OF our readers, before even we had in
the pressure OF su n thing, had tine 10 rive ,b.o,
such an examination ~ would warren, on, ,,...n,
ing To the public the rcsul, which thew n,i.b, an
pear TO carry. We have now Possessed ou,.clv..
II To be. N~'
The difficulty has obviously been mi.,rprch.,d.
ed, to such degree, in the main point of IN. dis,
putr, mat we are conpsod 10 conc udc that hard
any oocy has 70 al the entire series OF th- Diploma.
VIC no'oS' mr = evenson must, Of course have done
80; Out appears not to have had discrimination tn
zee what was the true issue in the m,,,,, n. ,v
nesociaiins-a degree OF Ambassador ncum,n
precisely such, by the by as was 10 be expec;,J OF
this American hett.rnich "
me Ihpressio" has gone abroad through the pub
TIC mn', thai the question here issre IN,
iwn Governments Is, the General R;sht If S,,,rh
s.Sn % was once put IN practice asnin.t Us Ly
Sfcat bltaln. Such appears 10 te on, s,pl,,.s,
var P'eEa'ins icss; and his main effort of argu-
tnent IS accordingly directed toward, ep,,l,,tiip,
that ciiin, although obviously ,ysfywhor, d.,
'o~ed. on the pr, of the Eng sh nesoc,,t,,,.
u Will lie seen, in the carrier part "a. an. CORR.
pon"snee' h.t, as 10 ths cases of the Iiso uc.r.
aud Douglas, Lord Paimetslun ,pSti6.s H.. n,. ,
'hu search OF those vessels, under formal acre.
ment entered into between the Are.e,n ,ns n-..;.L
naS'' commanders on the African station. Bv th,s
was arranged that those officers tor the p,rnn,, of
'S''y'nS out ue views ct their respective Govern.
nen'> 'hou'd detain all vessels unds, the Haired
States nag, tound TO be equipped for ,-I ,,,.,,,,
~, mo save trade; ana the ship, SO detained .h.IJ
hr turned over To the cruisers of die n.,,,,r ~;
"hich thty should appear to Ice the nrorcr,v. T.,
making such an asreement tho A,nc nc, ~, =.
I-"s u nave exceeded any ,'nlvc. conferred urr,
nim hutthc conveution Itself clearly c.t,,,.j. y,
'u'"i>neo, until distvnwed by our G..y.rnm.,,
'o""nan' s'nund TOR the sc's complained a. 'rb,s
c'"'eh''oh 'one was uled:ed as the grounds of tL.
cts III question; ani our Cove, nIrsnt ms SIN Sc
- dts'vowi! o. this agreement y,S t,r-, -.
assured mat 10 further proceedings of ms 80,
s"'u'u occur. Meanwhile. ~ To the Ii.;.t o. s.xr.h
ing vessels known 10 be Amenc,n, tn 2 r,-h So
'e.''y utterly n'sc'Iims any such pre;erson. Til,
90
can find them. H. any o"uy
Nov however, ensucs, from the abro .at;,, . : -
un'"'h"tlzed agreement m qurstinu IN, tim, -
ne eS's ing dHicuity. Under tins nu,u,l,, -
seafeh' vessels assuming our hic To cover tbe,,
fr,'ic practices, could be detced nv The ,t,iso, -,
p''h nations Oar force -iorg the slave Co.'S,
ppe'r, from the Report nj the S.c;s,,ry Of 49,
Navy, to consist Of two yr.seIs--,b. Dnl,L,
ne Dermnu': 10 hIus eJnsiSie4 We shou.j s,y-
'T "csh appear To- have returned home and MOI -,
y we been replaced H. them vessels ,s.ur,;n, o.
1'--and al slave ships will, and urder th.s,, .;,-
,""N'Nh''s do-arc 10 pas u"q iestoncd .Srrnt L,,
Nihtrlcdn SIMS OF wsr, there d. an end tn m,
preston of TIC slav. trade -'
Dflven, then, 10y this invinciLle necesSitv ,b.
hnshSh s'y, " These seas are las YOU ar,.,l stIc4
%Eh slhvets, few OF which il il believed ,;,s., 49,
you oc us, TO be American; but a great mari -,
Sh'eh hear your f's, because the nltiors Whose
P'oP'r'y they really are, have, as TO eich o.hrr
'u'ho'ISed ms risht oi search a-inS- heir :, rs
Nlsrecieh at BEN: engaged IN tbs ugfic ID, vn,
claim that your flag shall project not oul,, vo,, %
ships, but all Others, ef our o,gn ma TIN,
shai' assume II, for the purpose of evidIn, eIsmi
"'i"h' It's totally out OF the question We ran
never hsent 10 push our resgec Tor your d,o 10
ihis absurd length. We must, where our cr,.i.,rs
zee vessels mat give reasonable suspicion OF their
oeins siaNers visit them-ascertain ky Inspacrin
t1er papers and crew. to what county thew re,I,,
pe'ohS, anu what they are ahou'; and in a w,,,J
AhoW something more of the" than the buntin, n,
heir masthead. II we find then, TO be bona f4-
ARefican vessels. we shall acknnW educ AZ on.
no protection which your Ing confefs. even tbo,,t
NneY my tie ascersned To he really engaged in A.
AVE trade, or have a cargo Of slaves on hoard
Dnt we vii not re 'peci your hIs thus assumed L
every pirate that cGn kos, H."