The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-11-14

In evidence Of the correctness Of this view
Of the subject, we translate the following para
graphs from the Paris correspondence of the
Courier des Etats Unis, dated Paris, October
lst 1872
"The conclusion Of the treaty Of anity between
the United States and England has ,sJsed lively
sensation IN Europe The impressions vary as to the
Details but taken in the mass the treaty IS oonssdered
as concession on The part Of England The question
OF boundary is Of little interest in Europe, as you
may well conceive. The clause Of the reciprocal
extradtion of criminals TO be founded on SOUND
ideas Of interna onal morals and politics But mat
which especially interests France, IS The solution
given To the question of the right OF search. Ihis
solution is considered the only wise one, the only
reasonable one, the only fit one among great mari
time powers,--the only one which accords what Is
due to moral principle, the abolition OF the slave
trade, and to the political principle OF the personal
indie pendence of each nation, principle which Is
the condition. sine qua of the existence OF the
nation They go still further in France, and they
consider the regulation of this point of information
al law between England and the Union, as the prs-
ceden oheh this question must be regulated bei'ceen
all civilized states The right Of search, such as It was
established in 1881 and 1888, between France and
England, and IN lS4l, between the principal Eu-
ropean powers, is, IN the unirtrsd oonrieaon, con-
sidered abrogaied by The eject Of the 4nglodmertean
treaty. In France al least, it is deemed impossible
that any ministry whatever can now accede to the
! right of search.
80 For the rest can announce il to you thing
certain that since the discussions which have taken
place the bune, and in the press this ques-
ton, the Importance of which had not been previous
| Nv understood, Admiral Duperre, Minister OF
the Marine has not been willing to deliver single
of the authorizations which, in the terms OF the
treaties, indispensable, in order that each may
be executed that this right is about to fall OF IT.
self, for want of renewal Of the formalities which
must precede its exercise"
We happen to know, from other sources, that
| the same view of the subject is taken all over
| Europe, which regards the treaty as in the
| highest degree honorable to the United States.
| Thus it will be seen that the testimony OF
| Continental Europe does justice 10 that
| ielicitous idea, by means of which the tr atty
| reconciles the claims Of humanity and oil
nationality namely, the establishment OF con-
certed cruising on the coast OF Africa by the
armed vessels of the two nations, each having
| jurisdiction only of its own merchantmen; a
provision, the introduction of which by us has,
it seems, produced ra lical and complete
change in the whole of the conventional mari
time law of Europe on this subject. For il is
| not TO be mag med that the European Govern
menrs will be content to have England search
their vessels on the coast of Africa, now that
France is irresistibly impelled, by success in
this thing, not only to persevere in refusing to
raefy the Quintu.de Treaty, but even to suffer
her previous treaties, on the same point, to fall
into desuelude, and practically TO become abro-
gated. M. Guzot will perceive that if humani-
ty calls on the French Government to act for
the abolition of the African slave trade, it must
now be through independent cruisers Of their
own; so will the Duke of Vittoria feel in re-
gard TO the interests of Spain and so will the
other Powers of Europe SO far as they are int
rested In this way, their several cruisers will
soon clear the coast Of Africa Of slave traders
And thus will the United States enjoy the Gre
dit of having arrested England in the great
strides she was making to the supreme domini-
| on Of the seas, under pretext of a specious bu
false philanthropy, and of having awakened
| Europe to the folly of conceding to her preten
sions on the subject and Of having thus done an
exalted service 10 the whole of Chrsiendom.
| We submit, therefore, to the Globe, that, in
thus tempting to detract from the merits o
the Administration in this matter, ii delracs, il
reality, from the high honor justly due TO TIT
United States as a Government.