The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-01-28

least not TO be suffered to tax the vessels of all ma
tions that pass through the Sound. II is a disgrace,
for the United States TO pay one groat to that Barb
~ State of the north, which is now not even the
shadow of its former greatness. The Kings of Eli-
rope may grant their impoverished colleague aims out
of their own pockets but Is burning shame to let
their subjects pay it and Austria, above ALL is not
bound TO encourage such rapacity The toll whi,h
King Ernest, of Hanover, the Barbary King of the
North Sea, exacts at Stab, the Weser, is SINH
lar injustice. The lying King tells the maritime
States of England, America, France, &c who, on
several occasions resisted this extoron that the toll
of Stab was not sea-toll but a river-toll, Will,
to the States of the German Confederation, which
demonstrated against the rirer-toH he openly decar
ed that sea-tol similar to that of the Sound
with which, therefore, they had nothing to do Such
acts of piracy ought to be resisted and punished by all
maritime powers, and especially by the.United States
who will ask for nothing that is not just and take
nothing less than they ask.p
The British papers make great noise about the
final quintrcple alliance Of England, France, Austria
Prussia and Russia, for the eectual suppression
of the slave trade while the fact is generally known
that thousands of Africans are bought or kidnapped
annually to recruit the negro regiments in the East
Indies. The King of Holland has, but few days
ago. ordered levy of one hundred thousand of those
poor creatures for the service of Java and other Colo
MES, which has created sensation in England but
when the Americans resist British encroachments
upon their peculiar, though by far more humane in
situations of the South the tender conscience of john
Bull cries out :" for shame - The difference is the
Americans employ their negroes for domestic pur
poses; the English make them fight. The latter is
certainly much more charitable The inhabitants of
the Isle of Bourbon have petitioned against the abo
lition of slavery.
All France and Germany active in extending
their railroads, and the cities through which these
roads to pass have come forward and subscribed
literally towards the enterprise. Some cities sub
scribed from TO 900 francs Norris engines, of
Philadelphia, are more generally used in Germany
than any other, and when they are properly
tried, they WILL feel assured, also be used in France
and on the Continent in general
Postscript -Ministers have given up the idea of
supporting La MARITIME for the Presidency Of the
| Chambers. Sauset will be their candidate This is
passing strange, as the latter belongs to the centre
gauche; DE La MARITIME has been waited on by the re-
publican opposition to become their candidate; but
prefers to remain neutral. Without pretending to be
a prophet, predict De La Marines election and
speedy defeat Of Ministers. The process Guenisset's
is still attracting public attentions and it is evident
that Nj. Gtizo wishes to make the most of the de-
positions. The old hue and yof the monarchy in
danger will be raised to aim the last death blow at
the liberty of the press, NJ Dpot, the editor of LIE
Journal do Pe,pe, being one of the accused, and
Ministers doing every thing in their power to bring
him in guilty. They want to make example of
him which shall strike terror into the corps of edi-
] tors.
The reduction of the French army another piece
of escanlotage on the part of the French King The
whole reduction is from 470, 900 to 100000 men or
thereabout; the officers remaining and receiving iull
pay, to be made of at the elections In the
meanwhile the Chamber of Peers has condemned
three consprators, and dozen or so to mprson-
ment from five to ten years number Of arrestatons
have taken place since and some more will perha ps
be guotned; but all these things do not change
the fashions of the week. Dupoty is condemned to :
years imprisonment