Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1842-03-24

shment. What then docs the whole amount to |
but this, to wit: that in clear case of piracy
and murder committed on board of an American
VesSei upon me high seas, the vessel being after
wards carried by the criminal parties into the port
oil British island, the local authorities of that is
land effectively mtericred well to protect those
Offenders from all punishment, as to set free GER
tain slaves found on board the vessel. This is
the substance OF the case; and neither Lord
Brongham' Lord Lyndhurst, nor Lord Denman,
can prove that such proceeding accords with the
principles of friendly national intercourse in mod
ern times.
1t may be fairly Inferred, from the tone mani
Tested on the part of the House of Lords. that
there exists no very conciliatory disposition in
that body towards the United States, and il be-
hooves us TO look to our deiences i'm the event Of
hostiiites between the two countries What pro-
lection have we on the Atlantic coast? None, or
neat to none. What on the Eastern, Northern.
) outhern, aud Western, frontiers None. What
number otwar Steamers have we aioat Some
too or three, the old Fulton be included. Has
the Administration put these matters before Com
gress Yes, ooer and orer again. What has
Congress done In regard to them! NMking, it
has been too busy In reducing the number Of its
pages. What will the People, whose lives and
property are ut stake, say 10 this Let THE PEo-
PIE SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES"
The ('lo5e denounces with vehemcnce and in
d'gnation the ground assumed by the British Gov
eminent that the slave mutineorS and murdereIs
who carried The Creole into Nassau, are 'ugiiiues
{ from justice" and therefore ordered to be dis
charged and all Tcparation denied us. Inc Globe
dehnes the policy Of England 10 be, to lord 1t
other nations and treat them dependences-,o
be always ready to commit wrong, never TO re-
dress i,-and to hold the sword up as the critic
rlon OF right. 1t asks if we have gained one sim
gle concession or reparaiion of any kind from her
6oy negotiation and complaint since the last war
1t adds :--''Ihere is but one way to treat with
snch people, or to obtain from them redress.
Lay down the sword 10y the side of the pen. Nee,
her in the spirit and determination which GENER-
AL JACKSON knew so well how TO bear and prac-
ice. Ii we approach her in any other, she will
sui mold on to the territory Of Maine search
our vessels In the African seas, and then our
own coast, with an occasional intcrlude i'm our
am,cable relations, of burnings and murders, i'm
pursuance Of! the prccedent in the case Of the Car
olina."
! With regard to the assumption that the slaves
were iugitlvcs from justice, the Globe says
.our POSITION briefly is, that illegal force, muir
dering violence, can give jurisdiction to Eng
land over property or persons belonging TO the u.
States. That the Creole, under the crcumstan-
ces. was as much within the jurisdiction of the
United States, as il within waters. Mel
ther the slaves on board Of her. the murdrrers,
I Were a'nenable 10 British law or seizure. When,
therefore, the officers at Nassau entered this ves-
sci, and took from thence the forty mutineers and
murdercrs, they committed as gross an outrage on
The sovereignty of the United States, as if they
had sent an expedition to the shores Of Virginia.
and taken them from Jail i'm Norfolk. The
whole question is one of mere power; and the ma
ZION, which cannot enforce its rights. it may be
assured, will never have them respected by other
! nations