The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1842-03-09
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cnttpy dbo odsslstancPsny tnPSe HulIiUEiu'rs.
ltlte4naster nfthe vessel conld not retain
II persons, nor prevent their escape, then
il wonid he p fsrcnt question altnge her
whrth, re4,rt could be- hal iu British ifis
bunsls, Or The power nfthe Government in
|aufnl lis branches. tocdmpeltheir appre.
bensioit aud fpsioratinu. M one c,fa-
plains that English laws sllalt decide the t,
rendition nf all persons actually, incor.
puraitd with British ,pnpulatioa, unless
there be treaty stipnla i'm making other :,
prnvisi"H for special cases. But in the
case nf The '',:rrnle," The colnrt d persons
aere sill On i ard an American vessel,
ih,t vessel having been fnrribly put sont
Of the conrse of h. rv"yage by mutinyilhe
master desiring still to resume il. and eali-
Ing upon The Consul :of his Government,
resident al the place. and upon the local :
authorities to enahlehim 80 to do. by Eiee-
ing him frnip the imprisonment t." whicff
mniimS and murdersbas subjected him and
furnish him with surltnccessary aid and
lassistancesas are usual in ordinary cases Of,
disaster al sea.SfThese persons. then. can.
not l,e regaf,lpdsas being mixed with the,
British peaple. or as having changed their
cliarartrrsat all, ritl er In nrcgard to cpun.
try; ,,r personal conditions. 1t was no more
than jasttn consider the vessel sill on her.
voyage, and ept:lled to the silccor due to.
other cases of. distress, whether arising
| from accident or outrage. And that no'S
atherview of the subject can be true. is
evident from tile very awkard position in
whirl, the local authorities have: placed
Their Gutprnmantinerespect to :se mutt
neprss,iillleld in Imprisonment Wtasis
IA. he done wi,hihem! How arcadhey sto
:; be pnnishedl The English Government
] 1wilf probably uot undertake their. tfinls
] ar punishment. and of what use would it,
! be To seud illen 10 the United States, sep.
!. esated frnmihrir.si'P, and at a Peri,,d so
Jlate us thai, ,sift6ry should be sent, before
proceedings. could he Instituted sagainst.
them, ile witnesses might be Shattered
over half The giobei One of the highest
! offences known To human law Is thus likely
to gu altogether unplnishpd.
In the uu,e Of Lord PalnerstonSto sMr.
! sievrnsen, above referred In, his LortishiP
}. salt. d.sa.sthai slavery bring now ahaltshed>
s,Irnughout the British empire, there can
: he no well funded claims rnldrs nsa-ss
j. linn in rrspect 65f slaycs wbQs Suusir my
7 circumstances, mayscnne intnsil.s British;
/ cnlonies, any more than there would bs.
with respect Ia slaves who might be-
brought into The Kingdom" Ilave only
tnrctnark uprm this that the Government;
of,he Unitrd States spe;no ground for any
Distinction founded upon All alteration of
: British. iaw@in the colonies. We dasnot
consider that the qnrslipn depends afea,f
: 6bthp state ofI,ritish law. dtis nsltthnt
!: in such eases The aciivr agency British
law. is invoked and refusetIs it is 4iiat Ifr,.
friendly in,rrfe, ence is :,phrtestsifs and
!. those gonl Offices and friendly assistances
) expected, (which, Gavrrnment usually al.
fariIs lo ciiiz,ns ,fa friendly pnwer when
instances iccur of disaster and'distrpss.-:
= sAIlfIa, The United States require, in these
cases, they wuuld exF eel in the ports Of
England. as welt rs i,f thnse sof her cola.
riea. = Surely, the: influence of local law
q cauuot stIcct1he relations of nations in
5 anv such matter as this. Suppose an Ame.'
I iicar vessel, with slaves lawfully on board
!, were To- he capturptihy a British cruiser. as
h.langing tn some belligerrnl, while The
! United Satrs were al peace: suppose such
prize carried INTO Eng land, aud the neu.
ifaIi,y Of the vessel fully made oui-ia the
proceedings in Admiralty, and res'ora.
iiun Guns. quently decrred-in such case.
must not The slaves he restored exactly in
the same coSdi,iun in which they
when the capture was smade' Would any
). une CONTEND that The fact Of their having
bcen Carried into England BY force settllem
free
! No alteration Other own local laws can
either increase or diminish, or any way.
affect, III" duty of The English Goyerl,.
men. and its colonial authorities in such
eases. as sucl, duty exists according ta'l,e
law, the comfy, aud The usages afna lions:
! The persons on board the "CreoIe" could
) only have been regarded as Americans
passing from o,ie par, Of the United States
In another, within the reach of British
authority nnly for The moment. and this
only hy force and violence. 10 seek to
give5cit:,rr to persons or property flus
b,ough, within +, ach an English character,
or TO inpart to either English privileges,
J. Cannot il, the opinion Of the Government
of the United States. he justified. Sup.
pose that by The law Of ENGLAND all blacks
were slaves andiacapable Of any other con.
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