Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1841-12-14
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.

upon the dswchafre II is duilts wnh which the Poo
pc have cbsrr'd us srvcrsily W. find rr,ai occa.
mon % Ieo'eo a IN g,neral pIosp,ny q the coun.
Try We aIc IN the ,njoym,n 81 al ihe blessings 81
eiui and religious h,rrty. with unerainplcd means
Il education, knowloJgr and improvement Thro
The year whneh y now drawing 20 a clos. peace has
bern ~ our borders and plenty IA our habT,a,ions
and although disease has VISITED some f,y portions 81
the land wnh distress ani mortality ycl in general
the health q ihc p,orl, has ltn prtsrrytd and We
are all called upon by the highcs obligations Of do
~ 10 thanks and our devotion 10 our HoaY
nly psfon, who has continued To vouchsnf, 10 ms
The eminent blessings which surround and who
has 40 signaily crowned the year with his goodness
we find Ourselves Increasing beyond example. IN
number an strength IN wealth IN knowledge IN
every thing that promotes human and social happi-
ness, lci us ever remember our dependence for all
thesc, on the protection and mcrcfu dispcnsa,ions Of
Divine Providence
Since your laN adjournment, Alexander Mel cod,
British fnbrci who was indicted for the murder Of
an American ctizsn. and whose case has been the
subject Of correspondence heretofore communicated
10 you has been acquitted By the verdict Of an i'm.
partial and intelligent jury, and has under the judg
mcui Of the Cour been regularly discharged
Great Britain having made known to this Govern
mcnt lhn the expedition which fitted on, from
Canada Tor the destruction Of the steamboat Caroline.
IN the winter 81 s37 and which resulted IN the de-
nruction Of sad boat and in the death Of an Amer
citizen, was undertaken bv orders emanalng
from the authorities Of the British Government, in
Canada and demanding the discharge OF Mcleod
upon the ground that IL engaged in that expedition,
he did but fulfil the orders Of his Government, has
thu. been answered IN the only way in which she
could be answered by a Government the powers Of
which are distributed among its several departments
by the fundamental law Happily for the People Of
Grea, Britain, well as those of the United States
the only mode 10y which an individual arragned for
Il Il
obtain has discharge, is BY the independent action Of
the judiciary, and by proceedings equally familiar
To the Courts OF both countries
II in Great Britain power exists in the Crown to
cause to be entered n0Lic proseqUt which is not the
case with the Executive power Of the United States
upon prosecution pending in n State Court yet
there no more than here, can the Chief Executive
power rescue prisoner from custody without an or
der of,he proper tribunal directing his discharge
The precise stage Of the proceedings at which such
order may be made is a matter Of municipal regula-
ton exclusively, and not TO be complained Of by any
other Government In cases of this kind. a Govern
men, becomes politically responsible only when its
tribunals of last resort shown TO have rendered
unjust and injurious judgments in matters not doubt
full To the establishment, and elucidation of this
principle, nation lent its authority efficiently
than Great Britain Alexander Mcleod having
his option either 10 prosecute writ Of error from
the decision of the Supreme Court of New York,
which had been rendered upon his application for a
discharge the Supreme Court of the United States
submit his case the decision of jury, prefer
red the latter dccming il the reades mode of obtain
ING his libera,ion and the result has fully sustained
the wisdom Of his choice The manner in which the
issue submitted tried will satisfy the English
Government that the principles of justice will never
fail to govern the enlightened decision Of an Amer
tribunal cannot fail, however, to suggest t.
Congress the proprety, and, in some degree, the ne
cessity, OF making such provisions by law, so far "a
they may constltuonally do so, for the removal a
their commencement, and at the option ofthe party o
all such may hereafter arise, and which may
involve the faithful observance and execution OF GU
internal obligations from the State to the Fedora
Judiciary This Government by our institutions j
charged with the maintenance Of peace and the pres
ervation Of amicahle relations with the nations of tn
earth and ought to possess without question all tn
reasonable and proper means Of maintaining the on
and preserving the other Whilst Just confidence
fell IN the Judiciary Of the States yet this Govern
ment ought TO be competent in itself for the lulf
men, Of the high duties which have been devolvc
upon j, under the organic law, by the States Their
selves
In the month Of September a party of armed me
from Upper Canada invaded the territory of the Tn
,od States and iorcbly scizd upon The person of on
Grogan, and under circumstances Of great harshnes
hurricdly carried HIM beyond the limits of the Tn
ted States and delivered him up to the authorizes
Upper Canada His immediate discharge was o
dcred by those authorizes, upon the facts Of the cal
being brought to their knowledge course of pr
eeiure which was to have been expected from a n
ton with whom We are at peace, and which was n
more due TO the rights Of the United States, than
its own regard for justice Thecorrespondence whiC
passed between the Department of State, and the b
tish Envoy, MIR Fox, and with the Governor Of We
5..21a.i the facts had been made known
this Department are herewith communicated
1 regret that 1t Is no, in my power TO make know
you an equally satisfactory conclusion m the ca
Of the Caroline steamer, with the circumstances co
necied with the destruction OF which in Decemb
1887 BY an armed force fitted out in the Provin
ofUpper Canada YOU are already made acquaint'
No such aionemon, wasduc for the public wro
done TO the United States by this invasion Of her L
ri,ory 50 wholly irreooncilable with her rights as
independent power has Yet been made In the VIE
taken BY tbs Government, the inquiry whether
vessel was in the omploym,m Of those who ",
prosecuting Unauthorized against that Pr
nce, or was engaged By the owner in the business
transporting rassengers TO and from Navy Island
hopes Of private gam, which was mos probably
case, in no degree alters the real question "A, issue
tween the two governments This government {