Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1842-09-01

and none at all for the surrender Of our slaves VI
may lie cast away upon the shores. or driven by
stress OF weather into the ports, f the Br,
/ lsh possessions, or, as the case with a I,rc
humber Of those hoard the Creole, carried ao,;n,
their will, into port. and encouraged or forced TO re
j 10y the Government authorities. Even lift was decm.,
advisable to renqnsh all indemnify for The past for tho
purpose Of preserving the blessings ofpeace We eann
believe that was the part u true wisdom 10 omi, al
guards for cur future security
Article provides that the 9Th article Of the treaty
shall be in force for five years om the date Of the a,G
cation. and afterwards mill the other party shall
signify wisl, To terminate it; and that the 10Th Ar,lcl
shall continue in force until one the other party shat,
signify its wish to terminate it, and no longer
Article IL declares that the treaty shall be duly rat,
fed. and the mutual exchange Of ratcaiions shall ,l
place in London within six mouths from its lae. if NC
sible.
Such is the Treaty, which, the reader will perce;y.
by comments, does no, in all respects conform n ~
opinion Ct what i, should have been We are ,v.,o
however of the great difficulties in the way of ,,oG
termination OF several of the questions in controversy
well from their Intrinsic character, from the e,,r,n
Gus influences which always work in reference :,
them,-msleadipg public sentiment, bo,l, in Gro,,
britain and IN the United States, through The medi
Ola spurious and sickly sympathy. and which canno
'aii to letter the action Of both governments in all
negotiations with which they have any connec,;o,
however remote. We abide, of course To those oues
tons IN which Slavery Is directly or indirectly in
volved. And it may be, therefore. that in agrcc
ing to the provisions Of the treaty to which we ola
| jet, as well as in the omission of others the ins,r
ton of which we think ought to have been made s;u
qa non in the negotiation, the nega,ors acted under
the pressure OF circumstances, which cntiile ,lem AZ
well as their IaborS 10 COMMUNICATION rather than r.,
preach. War is game in which nations sbeuh NJ,
nehy engage ana great concessions and sacrifices so far
alone as oplnio" Is concerned ought always be made
10 AVOID H. may 50 occur, too, that collision may
hereafter ehSue between the two countries the points
in questions and lift should be otherwise il will
men be III cur pr" ser To maintain rights probably even
more efecuay than 1t is perhaps wiser. too. if
We must 60 to 10 fight under the influence Of feel
lngs producedby immediate unaioncdinury rather
than IN defence of principle which, how ever Just
and proper IN itself, may never lie violated.
The Ny Conrler. (Which to have authentic
sources Of iniornaton) AFTER Publishing the treaty, in
iornlS us that tho Correspondence Sc is the follow
ing subjects:
list Ofihe interference of the Colonial authorities of
the BRITISH West India Islands with American merchant
vessels driven by stress Of weather or carried by yiocp
INTO the port OF the colonies,
ID On the subject of the Caroiinc--and
3D. On the subject OF mpressnpni-bu except that a
sort OF apology and plea oi ssy is made for the bur
Mug Of The Caroline. with an expression Of REGARD for The
sacedncss of our neutral rights made nothing is sci
tied upon these points, and the President is understood
| 10 declare IN his message accompanying tie Treaty
thai he does not deem necessary To urne the consider
ton OF those matters further
The correspondence is interesting and most ably con.
ducied AT another time abstract oft will be furnish
ed.
~ Since the foregoing article was in tyre we have
received letter from Washington which leads MS to in
ter that there is than foaty4-and it is possible
thai OF the omissions to which we lavc referred IN
our Running commentary accompanying tie abstract If
That document may he elsewhere supplied. That letter
"Mr. Webster has gone as learn TO Narshief
his Residence IN Massachusetts. Ills services in cnnt
lion with the late trcaty, have econcird many To Lis
continuance IN the Cabinet up This time. BY the bye,
you zee one OF the treaties is publshed certainly very
Improperly. N"onc seems 10 know whence the COPY
was obtained Tor the ne" slapers. Some say ii vas
through the mprudc"ee Of he ioys''-Qho Presidents
suns
MIR. CM.HCt MANY Of tic Loco Foco rapsr,
are inking ground III reference the next Prcsjdeucy
The Salisbury Carollnan is ont for Mr.. Calhoun,nd
declares that Mr. Van Buren, has ha! his share of b,c
honors, and witha defeated candidate will lal41
under serious disadvantages if he be nominated by tina,
party. The Mobile Register and Huntsville Iltrah
on the other hand raise Van Burens ar and say shaio
abandon him will not only be unjust TO that gentleman.
but VIII be iananouni to admission that the ground,
taken against his re election in 1910 were lust. The
iast-lamed paper too Tarodts hlr. Calhuns "puli,al
SINS beoIe the country and says they have never vet
been atoned for and III defiance oi Nh Calhuuns beast
iul tone to Mr. Crlttcnden few days ago. it eraaer
at's these sins. in 1916, (says the Herald he voted
TO charter Bank of the L. States and ut the same
time supported resolution in favor Of receiving the
paper OF non specie paying banks for vernmet dues
IN lelo, he was an internal improvement man DIV tho
general government and in favor of a HIGH tariff fDr
protection In 1924 lie in favor of John Quincy
Adams Tor President, in preference to Gen. jackson
Mr.. Crawt'rd In 1884. we find him again in the ser
vice OF The l. s. Bank, laboring to have it rooh7 49,
ana occupying an antagonist position the democratic
party on ere'y question of public policy 1t was by his
casting vote. as President of the Senate that the nomi
nation OF Mr. Van Bnren as Minister to England,
eJected-an act which designed an nsul, to Cen
jackson and Mr.. Van Buren,"
This Is the attitude in which one of the Loco Fco
organs presents Of the Loco Foco leaders, And the
statement might have bcenma much stronger We, t'