The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1842-03-10


county, aud the ussges OF nations. Inc
pefsous on board the +" Creole" could only
have been regarded as Americans passing
from one part of the United States TO an
other, within the reach of British authority
ouly for the moment, aud this Only by force
and violence. 10 seek TO give either to
persons or property thus brought wIlhm
reach an English character, or TO impatt
to either English privileges, or to subject
either to English burdens or liabilities, can.
not, 10 the opinion of the Government OF
the United States, be justified. Suppose
shat by the law OF England all blacks we're
slaves, and incapable of any other condl-
ton; if persons OF that color, Tree tn tho
unlled States, should, 10 attempting TO pass
from one port to another in their own coun'
try, be thrown BY stress OF weather within
British jurisdiction, and there detained ior
an hour or day, would il be reasonable
that British authority should be made 10
&C, unon their condition, aud to make them
sIuyesl Or suppose that an article OF mer.
chandise, opium for instance, should be de
Cared b. the laws Of the United States to
he q nuisance, poison, thing III which
no property could lawfully exist or be as
serted; and suppose that an English ship
with such cargo on board, bound from one
English poi, 10 another, should be driven by
stress Of weather, or by mutlny of the
crew, INTO the poris Of the United States,
would it be held just and reasonable that
such cargo should receive lis character from
American law, and be thrown overheard
and destroyed by the American authorities
1t is IN vain that any attempt Is made 10
answer these Suggestions by appealing to
general principles Of humanity. This IS q
point in regard to which nations must be
permitted to aci upon dlaeren, views. II they
entertain different views, under their actu
ally existing condition, and yet bold coGl-
merclal intercourse with one another, or
not hold any such intercourse IT oil. 1t
may be added that all attempts by the Go
yernmeut OF one nation to force the lniia
ence Of It's laws on the, Of another, for auy
object whatever, generally defeat their own
purposes, by producing Dissatisfaction, re-
sentiment, and evaporation. Better is II,
far better in all respects, tina, each nation
should be left wilbou, interference or an
noyance, direct or indirect, 10 IFS undoubied
right of exercising its own Judgment n re
gard TO oil things belonging TO lis domestic
interests and domestic duties.
There are two general considerations,
Of the highest practical importance, 10
which you viii, IN the proper manner, in-
yite the attention of Her Majesty's Gov
yernment.
The first is, that, as civilization has
made progress IN the world, the inter
course of nations has become more and
more independent Of different forms Of 60
yernment and different systems of law and
religion. 1t is not now, as IT was in an
cleut times, that every foreigner is consid.
cred "a therefore an enemy and that, as
soon as he comes into the country, he may
be lawfully treated Us d slave nor Is the mo-
dera intercourse Of States carried on main
~, OF at all, for the purpose Of imposing,
by one nation on another, new forms of
civil government, new rules Of property, or
new modes Of domestic regulation. The
great communities of the world are rcgar-
dcd as wholly independent, each entitled
10 mainiain lis own system OF law and Go
yernmcnt, while all, in their mutual inter.
course, are understood to subm; to the
established rules and principles governing
such intercourse, Aud the pericctlng of
this system Of communication among ma
lions requires the strictest application af
the doctrine Of non.inicrventlon Of auy
with the domestic concerns Of others.
The other Is, tha, the United States and
England, nov BY far the Two greatest com.
nations IN tho world, touch each
other both by sea aud land at almost lnnu.
points, and with systems OF gcner.
al Jurisprudence essentially alike, yet diff
ierlng 10 the forms Of their Government
md 10 their laws respecting personal ser
yItude; and that so widely docs this last
difference extend its influence,
that without the exercise TO the fullest
extent Of the doctrine Of non-iniericrcnco
and mutual abstinence from any thing az |
Getting each others domestic regulations,
he peace Of the two countries, aud there. |
orc the peace oftbc world, always will be
n danger.
The Bahamas British possessions) push
themselves near TO the shores OF the Uni.
ed States, and thus lie almost directly in
he tract OF that great part of their coast.
wise traffic, which, doubling the Cape Of
florida, connects tho cities Of the Atlantic
With the ports and harbor3 on The Gulf of
'leXico, and the great commercial cmpo.
ium on the Mississippi. The Seas in
'hich these British possessions are situa.
ed, are seas of shallow watc,, full of reefs
nd bars, subject TO violent action Of the
'nds, aud 10 the agitations caused by the
'ulf Stream. They must always, there
ore, be OF dangerous navigation, and acct.
ents must be expected frequently 10 occur,
UGH as will cause American vessels 10 be
wrecked on British islands, or compel them
0 seek shelter IN British ports II Is :
ute essential that the manner in which
UGH vessels, their crows. and cnrrnes IN !