The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1842-12-15

visit AL in4liry eoall " made wihos'
deien.ioa On Tie voyage. and eOnsoqnrnl
interruption % he Trade. II was regarl
ei ~ the righ' az seaaeh, presented oa'y
N = new form, AMI rsprssssa in diEfeEeal
warlS: AMI | lherefere felt il 10 be my
dusy distinctly o declare. IN nv annual
message 10 Congress. that no such eol-
es~saa renli he male, aal that The JAR
bed sfaHes had both she viii AMI The a5lli-
iy n eafaEce their awn laws. assd ~ pro
teci their fay from heing used for Pe.puss
e wholly forhiiden ~ those laws. aad
ohaaxinus 10 the moral .censnre Of the
void. Taking the message - his letter
Of Instructions, orr then minister Al Parls
felt himself reqairel 20 assume the same
ground in re.nonslranee which he felt
il TO be his duty 70 present 10 VI. GuiEot,
ami through him 10 the Kingofthe French,
az inst what has been ealIei the quinti.
pie treaty: and his conduit. in this respect.
met with the approval OF this government.
In close conformity with these views. the
eighth article Of The treaty was farmel.
which provides that "cach nation shall
keep afaai in the African seas force not
less than eighty gins. N art separately
and apart, under instructions from their
fsspsriive governments, and Tor the en-
forcemeat nf their respective laws and
obligations" From this il viii be seen
that the grosnl assumed in the message
has been fully mahsaingl. at the sane
time thai the stipula inns Of the TRAY Of
Client arc to be carried nut m good faith
By the two countries. AMI that all prelen-
ce- b removed Cor interference with onr
Commerce for any purpose whatever BY
. q foreign government: While. therefore,
= ths United States have been standing up
for The freedom Of the seas, they have not
thsIght proper 10 lrake That n preiext for
avoiding fulilment Of the treaty stipl-
la;iars, OF a ground Cor giving coun,e-
nance 10 trade rsprobated by our laws.
A similar arrangement by the other groai
powers-could not fail TO sweep from the
OCEAN the slave traile. without the inter-
pola,ion Of any new principle into the
maritime cole. We may be permitted
10 hope that the example thus set viii be
followed BY same, IL not all Of them. We
thereby also afford suitable protection to
tie fair trader ia those seas, thus fulfilling
At the same time the dictates of sound
policy. and complying with the claims Of
justice and humanity.
Ii would have furnished additional
cause tor conyranlaiion. il the treaty
could have embraced all subjects calca!a-
ted in future to lead 70 misunderstood
ing between the two governments. The
territory of the United States, commonly
called the Oregon territory, lying on the
PaeifS oceau. north of the AL degrees OF
latitude, 70 portion Of which Grea. Bril-
tain lays claim. begins TO attract the al
teR.ion Of orr fellow citizens, and the tide
or population which has reclaimed what
was so lately an unbroken wilderness, III
more contiguous regions. is preparing to
flow over those vast districts which stretch
from the Rocky mountains 10 tIIe Pacific
ocean. In advance OF the acquiremen, Of
individual rights 10 these lands, sound po-
Icy dictates that every effort should be
resorted to by the two Governments, to
settle Their respective Claims. Il became
manifest at an early honr Of the laie ne
gotiations, thai any attempt for the time
being satisfactorily to determine those
rights, would lead 10 protracled discus
sion, which might embrace in IFS failure
other more pressing matters, and the Ex-
eeu,ive did not regard it as proper 10
waive all the advantages Of an honorable
adjustment Of other difficulties of great
magnitude AMI importance. because this,
not SO Immediately pressing, stood in the
way: Although The difficulty referred TO
may not for several years to come involve
the relce Of the two countries. yet shall
not delay to urge on Great Britain the
importance of its early settlement. Nor
will other matters Of commercial impor.
lance 10 the two countries be overlooked;
and have good reason to believe that it
will comport with the policy of England,
rs dnes with that of the United States,
- seize upon this moment, when mo st
of the causes of irritation have passed
away. 10 cement the peace and unity Of
the two countries by wisely removing all
grounds of profitable future collision.
With the other powers Of Europe our
relations continue on the most amicable
footing. Treaties now existing with
them should be rigidly observed, and eve
ry opportunity, compatible with the in
terests Of the United States; should be
seized upon to eilargs the basis OF COM
mercial intercourse. Peace with all the
world is the true foundation Of our poll
Gy, which can only be rendered perma.
nent By the practice Of equal and i'm.
Partial justice to all Our great desire
should be 10 enter only into tina. rivalry
which looks to the gener good; into the
cultivation Of, sciences, the enlargement
Of the field for exercise Of the mechaai
cal arts, and the spread of cdmmerce-
that great cigiI'zer-to every land and
SEA. Carefully abstaining from in
telfeIence in all questions exclusively re-