The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1841-01-28

my 4udll1Cus bitOuSu dill ulllUTtuudle Ills
apprehension, as believe, of the facts,
with the appellation Of outrage or of muir
der.
l avail myself Of this occasion to renew
to you the assurance Of my distinguished
consideration.
H. S. FOX.
MR. FORSYTH TO Mr. FOX. !.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
Washington December 81. 1910.
Sir: have the honor to acknowledge
the receipt of your note of the 29,h inst,
in reply to mine Of the 10Th, on the sub
ject of the arrest and detention of Alex
ander Mcleod, as one of the perpetrators
of the outrage committed in New York
when the steam boat Caroline was seized
and burnt. Full evidence of that outrage
has been presented to her maiesty's Co
vernment with demand for redress and
of course no discussion of the circnmstan-
ces here can be either useful or proper,
nor can | suppose it to be your desire to
invite it. take leave of the subject with
this single remark, that the opinion so
strongly expressed by you on the facts
and principles involved in the demand for
reparation on her Majesty's Government
by the United States would hardly have
been hazarded, had you been. possessed
Of the carefully collected testimony which
has been presented to your Government
in support Of that demand.
l avail myself of the occasion to renew
to you the assurance Of my distinguished
consideration.
JOHN FORSYTH.
The reading having been concluded
Mr. Fillmore moved that the message
and accompanying documents be referred
to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and
that they be printed and also, that 5000
extra copies thereof be printed.
Mr. F. before taking his seat, said he
had one, remark to make: and that was in
relation to the facts stated by the British
Minister about the steamboat Caroline.
That boat, as he (Mr F.. was informed
from the best authority, belonged to
man in the city of Buffalo by the name
of William Wells, who was then, and is
now, very respectable. peaceable citizen
The boat neither belonged to the patri-
OTIS, as they were called, or the insurgents
from Canada, nor was it in any manner un-
der their control or authority; and what
reason there was for the appellation that
was given to it by the Minister of Great
Britain he Mr. F. could not conceive.
The Minister had called it piratical YES
sci in the employ Of those who had been
denominated Canadian patriots. This,
he (MrF. believed was an entire mistake.
The simple facts of the case he understood
to be these:
William Wells, during the time that
these insurgents were occupying Navy
Island, in the Niagara river, which was
on the Canadian side, and within her Bri-
fannie Majesty's dominions, was owner
of this steamboat; which was then at the
city of Buffalo; nearly twenty miles above.
He applied to the custom house for a IL
cense to run the boat from Schlosser, or
the American shore, to Navy Island,
where these patriots had their fortification,
to which she was 10 ply simply as ferry
boat, unarmed. The boat was licensed
and went down the river upon the day
previous to its destruction stopping at
Schlosser. the last stopping place above
the Falls. The boat passed over that af-
ternoon once or twice, CARRYING passen-
gers; but, as he, (Mr F. was informed;
without any arms or munitions of war on
board.--she returned again to our own
shore, and was moored at our own shore.
not within the nominal territory of the
United States, as expressed in the COM
,nunication Of the British Minister, bu,
within the undoubted territory Of the Uni