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ever mischief may come If by the course they are
pursuing, they force the United States from the dig
nifty and Majesty of the position we now occupy in
this matter, and compel us 10 rclnquish our own
triumphant ISSUE to adopt that which England would
fam present to U.S. for her advantage and disgrace.
Blu, this is not ALL The question the Caroline is
no, the only one pending between England and the
United States. There are many Others in all which
as in that OF the Caroline the United States are the
aggrleved and complainant party, and on any OF
which the United States might, if occasion required,
and no ohe. means of redies existed jushably en-
ter upon war with Great Britain.
In the first place, we have the old and long pend
ING questions Of bOundary--not merely that of the
Northcas ern boundary, but oftwothrds OF the long
line ofronter, extending from the mouth of the Pas
sama luoddy bay, the continent to the shores
of the Pacific ocean TIE largest part Of which is
still wholly unsettled, and upon the line OF which
Great Britain is continually committing acts Of gross
al these wrongs the day of judgment and redress
| must come and m these great boundary questions
England might well jump at the chance of intcrposlng
the ca.e of Mcleod, and complain against us for
wrong in that matter, Britain would Willingly inter
pose this between us and our claims on her, VI
We have tho folly to do SO. appeal to the members
from the state of Maine-1 appeal to those from the
great Northwest whether they will suffer themselves
to be drawn into position so false as ths and
whether they content to follow in the lead OF the
gentlemen from Pennsylvania in this matter, and 10
become theinsrument of Great Britain in the sacrl-
flee of the rights of all the frontier States
In the second place, go to the sea- and you find
tina; in the vast carear Of ambton and conquest IN
whioh.tngand is hurryng along to some great but
inaaprecaoe consumiatlon, she is perpetually there
also, committing aggressions the rights Of The
United States. Among these, are acts OF the aravest
and most threatening description. i do not aude TO
here and there case of blockade, operating injurious
ly upon our commerce. LIDO not speak merely of the
innovation upon theiaw Of nations which England is
cndavotng to force upon us, at the expense of our
Southern States, in the reiterated of ship
wrecked slaves unlawful taken from their masters by
British officers in the West Indies, new instances
| of which have occurred within the last year. But
allue more particularly to the long series of insolen
Of search and seizure Of our vessels perpetrated
| by English cruisers on the cons of Africa. Are gen,
years lcen so fearfully multiplied that set represent
,aons Of twenyfour injured parties to the notice o.
the Department of State And they constitute cases
Of wilful mi ry and public aggression, second only
| to those old acts of search which were among the
primary causes of the last war with Great Britain
For when, subseq emily to the Congress of Vienna
the English Government entered into negotiation
with the great powers of Europe and America fol
the purpose of adopting concerted means of putting
end 10 the African slave trade she proposed to
arrangement for reciprocal right of search on thu
coast of Africa. The object was noble and gener
Gus onc,he termination of the slave trade.
! We were as anxious as she TO extnguish that trade
as we have evincod by our legislation upon the sub
jcct. But our Government said TO that of England
and said rightly: We can not and we will not trus
you in this matters your condnctat sea IN the wars
FTcilCH lecNOllllOU WIS So lull Vi dRGTtSSOl
usurpatlon that we decline TO entertain any PROPOSE
ton for placing in the hands Of your cruisers powe
so delicate and dangerous as that of searching on
vessels though for ever so good a purpose; AM
upon that precise point the negotiations were broker
off and ceased. And the recent acts of search an
seizure are not only violations of the immunity Of on
flag, under the law ofnaons but they are aggravate
by the consideration that they the exercise of
right which England requested us TO concede to he
by treaty, and which we positively refused TO con
cede. And il IS important to observe that these out
RACES have been committed under authority of an &C
oiParament, passed $780, against the remonstranc
and protest of men the most pre-ennent, such tn
Dukr Of Wellington who warned Parliament that tn
act, passed, would inevitably and almost Instant
bring the English Government into coll sion with tn
United States, upon pom; where the United State
most OF all, sensitive and prompt for war; tbs
England would he liable to us for every detention
our vessels and that if there was point more l.
be avo dcd than another. it was the detention and VI
ilniion ofvcsscls bcona'0g to the United States.
C Upon all these maritime questions the United state
have stored up against Eng and great body
in,erposition Of the public force of the Union-Hel
c also, we have the right our SIDE. Here, also OF
position - iinpreRnablc one so long choos
to stand on IT, And again. appeal to every melnb'
ofths House not to allow himself to be blinded b
party spirit or IN sled by party nssoci'ons into a
loving false issue upon the case of Mcleod to tai
the place of these the true ones in possible ";
between usand Great Britain when the sho OK com,
as come il well NAV, let tak. carc that ad.litio
10 tho stcishI and the spirit enlisted on our SIDE
? the struggle, may also have the right, remcmbe
2 Ing that
'Thrice il he armed who hath his quarrel just"