Southern pioneer, and Carroll, Choctaw and Tallahatchie Counties advertiser. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1840-1842, 1842-04-15
From the Madisonian of March Is.
OUR RELATIONS WITH ENGLAND
THE CREOLE CASE.

Our readers will observe that, according to
the intelligence. brought by the Acadia steam
err from England, debate had taken place in
The British House of Lords; in which the af-
fair of the Creole was the subject of discuss
ion. 1t is probable that the letter of Mr..
Webster had at the time reached London,
and that its contents were known to Lord Abb
erdeen, but the members of the House OF
Lords, who participated in the debate, were
not advised of the views taken by the Secre-
tary of State in reference to the affair, and
acted, in all probability, solely upon the rep
reservations made by the authorities of New
Providence. 1t will be observed that Lord
a. expressed himself very guardedly on the
occasion; and that his remarks were founded
entirely upon the principle, universally adj
mitted to have been established by the law of
nations, that in the absence of treaty stipula-
tons to that effect, no power has right to
demand of another the restitution OF Grimm
ais fugitives from justice.
This is the doctrine which the Supreme
Court of the United States constantly holds;
but the truth of this doctrine does not dispose
of, and, indeed, does not touch. the case OF the
Creole. In that case the United States has
made no demand for the restoration of fugi-
tives from Justice, and, consequently, makes
no complaint of the refusal of such demands
The complaint is, that an American vessel, III
passing from one port of the United States to
another with slaves on board, was carried by
e 4bo
the local authorities of that island, instead o
contenting themselves with the performance
of their plain duty and delivering the Captain
from the confinement TO which the mutineer
had subjected him, and then restoring the shil
to his command and control, directly interior
ed, or directly encouraged others to interfere
in forcibIy freeing the slaves from the authori
ty of the master and assisting their dispersion
They retained the nineteen persons engage
in the mutiny and murder, and now, as wa
anticipated in Mr.. Webster's letter, they fin
they cannot punish the crime themselves an
decline to send them to the United States fc
trial and punishment. What then does tn
whole amount to but this, to-wit: that in
clear case of piracy and murder committed o
board of an American vessel upon the hig
seas, the vessel being afterwards carried b
the criminal parties into port of BIRTHS
island, the local authorities of that island e
fectively interfered, as well to protect thos
offenders from all punishment. as to set FIRE
certain slaves found on board the vesseR-
This is the substance of the case; and neithe
Lord Brougham, Lord Lyndhurst nor Lor
Denman, can prove that such proceedin
accords with the principles of friendly nation
al intercourse in modern times. 81
1t may be fairly inferred from the ton
manifested on the part of the House of Lord
that there exists no very conciatory dispos
ton in that body towards the United State
and 1t behooves us to look to our defences
the event of hostilties between the two conr
tries What protection have we on the Al
lantic coast! None, or nezt to none. Wha
on the Eastern, Northern, Southern and Yves
tern frontiers? None. What number of wa