The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1841-12-28
THE MAb1S'oNIA'N
FRoM OUR oWN CORRESPONDENTS

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nails. The Times (oficiaD ASSUMES upon The NOR
,;o, ~ ia American correspondent that the result
- ,hs election in Maine, Maryland, Pennsylvania
Georgia, Ohio and New York has been oceas'o,eu
nv q apathyp of the Wings and anticipates that lhey
are to rally in the spring in favor OF Gen. Sco'' as
the candidate of the Wing party 1t SEXES upon 'he
articles in the New York American to cast sheer at
the democratic faction" and to impugn PRESIDENT
Tyler The Times may be said to be the organ OF
pary here that discredts every thing American, ana
reoces in every opportunity to say any thing that may
initiate against American credit and character
Here the credit of the several States Of the Fede-
raj Government and of private individuals, are aike
affected by the failure of the State OF Mississippi pay
the interest ON her State Bonds and the friends OF Tree
Government are looking withdeeP anxiety to The ae'on
Of the Democratic Legislatures on the subectoi o'a'e
debts.
Tho great subject of agitation at this moment IS the
Corn Laws The Wing papers are making the most
Of il. Meetings are being held in all parts OF the
country and associations, under all the influences
that can be brought to bear on the question: org7
nised. II is probable that some alteration will be
proposed by the present Ministry, but IN what iorm
or to what extent, not yet disclosed Parliament
will probably not be convened until February.
THE RIGHT OF SEARCH
The Herald (Tory) of to-day holds the following
language on this subject
The limited States journals in the absence of any
exciting interest on the other subjects OF dispute be-
tween this country and the republic, have fallen back
on the alleged violation of the American nag on lhe
western coast of Africa by her Majcsty's cruisers
engaged in the suppression OF the slave trade. MT
IT...t, StntAs anIgt ut
court, it is alleged, in passing through New York,
let loose some gossip relative to diplomatic cores
pondence now in progress between the Governments
Of the two nations and gave zest 1t IS added to wat
if the allegation be true, is gross breach OF dpio
matte confidence, by remarkng, that before he LETT
London, he " had thrown a bombshcll into the Bril-
fish Cabinet"
The republican journals protest against the right OF
search now exercised by cruisers under the late
act of Parliament all vessels, without reference
70 their flag suspected of being engaged IN the slave
trade and refer to the opposition which the Duke OF
Wellington gave the passage OF the act OF 1852 and
the protest his grace entered against its third reading
The powers contained in that act are certainly oil SO
extraordinary character that is is scarcely to be
doubted that they not in accordance win the Ia"
of nations as expounded by the greatest Judge who
ever presided in the British Court OF Admiralty and
who held the right of search to be belgerent right
and to be illegal in time OF peace. me Duke OF
Wellington warned the legislature, while the bill
was under discussion that the exercise OF this new
right would be resented by the powers OF the world
The Wing Government induced the legislature, most
reluctantly to pass the act IN question: ana, before
Two wears have expired, the exercise OF ITS powers
bas raised IN new subject of irritation and discus
sion between Great Britain and the United states ]
thus fulfilling to the letter the objection urged by the
sagacious and far-seeing duke,
Convinced though we are that me United states
Government is morally indetensible IN refusing to
enter into those treaties with England which we have
contracted with every great power OIL the world ana
most of the lesser powers, save the Republic ana
Russia we still feel assured that the exercise OF the
great and probably conferred BY the act
Of 1899, ought not to be persisted in. Even in the
suppresson Of the accused slave trade we must be
certain that our proceedings in strict accordance
with international law any illegal steps taken by us
will recoil on our own efforts aaa uaa ~ tSs o
IT, then, the subject OF the exercise OF the power
Of search given to our cruisers by tins act be now
under the discussion OF the Governments OF the
United States and England such discussion VIII, 1t IS
to be hoped, lead to the reconsideration OF the law
of 1889 with view to its amendment, II not OF ITS
repeal The probability that the act VIII, II per-
sisted in ultimately create serious misunderstanding
with the United States and though the object OF the
British Parliament in its enactment was most pure
and benevolent yet purity and benevolence are not
the only requisites to justify the course complained
against unless that course be legal i is unjustiabe
Let us necessarily seek from the United States the
concession of the mutual right of search but do not
Of nations
The United States Government has hitherto with
held its consent from all conventional arrangements
yielding the right of search ON the coast O! Africa to
the armed vessels and cruisers of Great Britain, and
accepting the like light for its ships Of war, on two
grounds: firstly, that such stlputatons would be IN.
consistent with the character OF the United States
institutions and policy and secondly, that IL mas
neither colonies nor the means OF carrying Out those
measures Of maritime surveillance VIII ch form the ba-
sis rf these treaties and indispensaby necessa
ry TO their execution
These objections are purely formal and technical,
and that with reference to subject Of overwhelming
practical yancc That Republican institutions
not in their nature adverse to such mutual conccs-
sions we have many examples of; that right which
the United States refuses to concede las been Tree
" accorded by every other American republic, and Is
granted by the Democratic Goy rnmcnt OF The Hanse
Towns We cannot moreover see how the possession
of colonies is indispensable to carry out maritime scr-
veiiance Brazil has colonies, yet she has entered
into these stipuations the only are cruisers of
the African coast, and these the United States Go
sernment does occasionally despatch TO repress the
aiave-trade SO far il is carried ON under It's flag.
The continuance Of the Spanish slavctrade is very
greatly based the miserable lneficlency OF the
United States laws to suppress the share taken by It's
citizens ia This detcstabe traffic. The fact that New
Orleans and Mobile merchants In partnership
with Cuban slavers is notorious our parliamentary
papers contain proofs thereof The slave clippers are
bulk at Baltimore sent to Havana for sale, ae there
,nanDel chiefly by American sailors, and receive on
board American master, w hv abound in that port
they are there furnished with American papers by the
United States Consul, and on the coast Of Africa
hoist the United States flag. True it is that such
ships, if proved to be substantially Spanish, will be
condemned by the courts of ed Commission; bu
we have only to turn to the correspondence of the Bn
fish commissioners wit, the Forcign-otce to learn
tha, great humber of Spanish savers potec ct
from condemnation by United States papers and flag
In the las. batch Of that correspondence laid before
Parliament, such cases continually recurring
ops them that ofthe Perry Spenser detained by he
Majes,y's bIigantine Lynx, is somewhat remarkable
The British commissioners Of the Spanish court o
mir ed commission at Sierra Leone, though acknow
Iejging 10 Lor Palmerson that the ship in re-
atty Spanish SLAYER, refused to condemn her the
ground that nomnally she American vessel
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