Mobile register and journal., 1841-12-06
THE MCLEOD CASE AND THE BRITISH
 PRESS,

"'rhe high, important and favorable intelligence from inc United Sate. received by special express from Liverpool, lms caused the most hAely sensation Tn the city, and produced tine greatest gratlhcailoh among all classes of persons immediately the hi"i- INation was communicated. Me tllnk that fhe event of MrLeod's trial must have effect m both coun | tries valuable even beyond the termination o a long | prOtraced, angry, and dangerous dispute. in Lis- land will learn to distinguish more accurately than perhaps have been in tie htht of distinguishing, between the intelligent and moral class, and the sod- less rabble of ere'politca sasages-the spawn ol national indifference religion, aud of an extremely Democratic systeni of government. We should do Il violence owu feelings Ii We delayed to acknoW- ledge the high talent and admirable conduct of the presiding judge, and ibe gosd emper and sense of justice that characterised the demeanor Of the Jmy- We see in the actions of the judge and the jurors a faithful reflection el the nobest qualities oi the BrI- tish race. Let the people of America prosecute national rivalry iq this way, and though competitors, will wlsh then all success"
 How different Is this language from that which con slantly dissraces the columns of the Times, and which am happy b say, meets with no apr baton, either from ts party press or the intelligent pulp lie. In the following short extracts from the ulobe, and the Post, he scandalous articles on Aneri- referred to-
 The Globe says:-
 'sThe public mid is set free from the anxiety which has pervadsd it for several months. The speech of Mr. Spencer, together with the vigilance and zeal he and theearned gentlemanassociatedw with him displayed, show how perfectly graiultous and un gene was te lsInuations oi the Hines, thai the case of the aceussd would sustain damages because placed in the ha.k of the American bar. The desig- nation given by that journal 10 the irla itself Was equally unjust and insitng-the trial was no ''iarce no I.nomlm,c display, furnished for tine amusement of the weakness, or for the qualification of the vanity of the people of America. We have looked with great through ;he whole proceedings and are-irom sense of justice to the tribunal by which the cause, pregnant with matter to influence the judge, the counse and the juy-compelled io ad- init that the proceedings conducted with as much dignity and lmpaitalit, could have been eN- hbited in any submitted to adjudication of the highest court ol justcein this country"
 Now, mark the calm md dlgnilled language of the Morning Post, the leading fashionable Tory orsan:-
 "The peoi ile of the United States and those of Great BiiiaGl equally to be congratulated this result of the affair of Mdeod, since it leaves the real ly important questions between the two countries to be adjusted with the clnness and coolness that the discussion uf important questions requires, that con duce 10 equitable detlsion, and that belt the char acter of and pIwerfui StaIes." $50 con- pletel, has ls afiar absorbed attention in ihs city have cast the unp hasant Exchequer Bill mate, into the shi,e and are gla to nave tlie opportu ntN of recording the circumstances, Inasmuch as il proves very clearly thai the intelligent and re- spectabe classes of sdcety m hs country do not en- certain that hostile eehng towards the Americans which they have beeii gi,en to suppose ifum the b- era attacks made upun them in the newspapers.
 lhe M irnrig Chronicle, ol Monday, thus remarks cnaternlng this mattei:
 'sFhc man in Mha:h the in, estigation has been conducted highly crelitbe to chararier oi the judicial irIbnt'tis of America. Had the case been one affecting Amersan subject m England, and triale at uf our ass 1es, would Dot nave wish ed the mere formal prbceeiinss to have passed oil otherwise rhai tiey did al Utica. The question ol AcLeod's 'tl.blity al all is, how ever, another mat
 
 press, Lord Aberdeen determined to make stand in opposition the decision of tie Supreme Court of New York. Is tlls of the questions hs lordship intends to snlhnit to tho arbitration of Louis ibiip pei On Flliay last intlinated our belief that tie British government intended to have recourse to such method of at compllmentIng douDtlui ally and promising question of national interest,"
 The Morning Herald, usually well informed upon questions of Tory foreign policy, says
 ''We have reason to believe, that If any serious difference should arise between Great Britain and the United States, relative the trlal of Mcleod, the northeastern boundary, any other question pending between both countries, oar Government has agreed to accept the mediation ui France, winch me- diation has been offered guarantee ui peace and good will between the French and English cabinets.'
 Upon this, the Chronicle remarks, that
 1.-The boundary question has been arbitrated upon already; that America refuses to be bound by the de csion of the King of Holland, and that she probably will not be bound by the decision of Louis Philippe"
 The Herald has some rather singular remarks founded upon the Mcleod atid. It says
 ''Lieut. Drew and Sir Allan McNab haye both in public documents and in private socety-dnd agaIn, in depositons, taken by mmissons-admted voluntary, their actual paro patton in the enterprise against the Caroline. They, therefore, cannot ever up aibi, should they be laid hold of with in the American frontier. Is that event impossible! The John Bull of yesterday any rate, has an ex- tract from the letter of private correspondent who actually says, that several of tle with ssses for the defence, who had appeared before the court at Utica have already been arrested, and of to be tried the charge! But whether this shall prove be the fact not clear It is that McLeod's acqutta under the doctrine set up by the American courts, leaves the life of every individual officers men, and volunteers among the party who attacked the Caroline in jeopardy of forfeiture or an ndict- ment for capital felony, whenever either business or duty, pleasures necessity, accident may induce him the frontier into the United States territory Such are the baneful consequences-such the dsas- trOus evs-which must ensue, now, from the seltcomnted and humlliating policy of the govern. mcnt in not at once and with strong hand insisting on the unconditional surrender of Mcleod! Such are vet the unmeasured depths of disgrace and op presson into which the British name and character must fall, in the sequel of this affair with the United States-if the British people will submit to them! We trust in God they will not! We trust in God that with SD righteous a cause in hand, our present government will exact ample and unqualified explana-
 
 rights alre ,dy committed by the American govern ment. We trust that strong in the consciousness of its good at and its desire to maintain friendly re- lations belwcen the two countries, Gas evidenced by its prompt elease of GrOgan, lrregularly and unlw fully seized by some Canadian borderers,) will al- be strong assert the claims of private British subject for compensation and redress by reason ofhe aggravated persecution, imprisonment, and peril of life to which he has been subjected.'
 The Times considered the trial at Utica such complete farce that it would not conescend to place it before its realcrs but merely gave the charge of the judge to the jury. The leading journal still continues to keep alive the excitement which has so long agita- ted the public mind Even in It's columns on Mon day appeared long article filled with sneers Sat the solemn little folks at Utica, and poor Judge Grdey" The Times then remarks:
 " There still remains certain correative questions of great importance, the satisfactory adjustment of which may he attended with some difculty-t case of Mcl.eod has disclosed to the powers of Europe n vital disability in the American Constitution, which, unless it be forthwith repaired, not only places the republican union in the untrustworty position of be- ing unable to exact from its component States a due observance of international law, but must compel fo- reign kingdoms, for their safety, to insist at all hazards that such dangerous insubordnation shall be eitectualy extingushed. But while such is the conclusion necessarily arising from general view of that disability in the American Constitution which denationazes its treaties with foreign powers we must still recur to the speciality of McLeods case as affecting Great Britain in particular The Queen of Engaud's power to protect her subjects, question winch cannot be lightly disposed of. On nsuch an inn portant point this, is it to be endured that our glo rous empire shall quail to my masters of New York? As matters stand at present, her majesty has been fouy spat upon by these inflated bravadoes McLeod's acquittal not straw about. 1t is enough that in proud defiance of their own nominal govern ment, they have actually brought him to trials
 The Weekly Dispatch, which has circulation be- ysnd any other weekly journal, thus censures the