Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1842-01-01
Iont'S Message,
,,l House of Representa-
r ,Ls United States.

/. and House of f. Represent" >
4, fhs United States
'',.her. fellow citizens, to ;.
.n mT The discharge Of III d" E
ny. the people have charged "
W. we ind great occas,@" TO re-
''.",mIpr sperIy If the r"l'.
!. n The euj 'ymen' OF at 'hf
.;,d aud religious liberty,
lsd means Of ndoca''"n,
'' .,I improvement. Through
i,n,w drawing to a close,
,.o IN our borders and plenty
NJ ms; aud although dIseasr
,.o few portions OF the land
and moraIilv, yet in general
Il The people has been preserved
N called u non, by The highest
II ,rd,,y. to renew our thanks
',;,o oour Heavenly parent
il .,.,nnoed to vouchsaie 10 US HE
n Nl.,.ns. vh.aH surround U.S. and
4. n s,sndly ,0oboed the year
In..s II weihnd ourselves
IT, beyond example, ~ numbers,
IT, IN wealth, in knowledg", IN
|BIos wbi,h promotes human and
,Ioe..;Irrmever remember or
,.s i,r MI tneso on The protertInn
krciflI JIsprasnliOns OF Divine Ff'-
n your last adjournment, AIrxan
kl.od, Blush subject. VIII" was
n for The murder OF an American
i and whose case has been the sub
Il correspondence heretofore com
hred to you, has been acquitted by
fdlcr Of an impartial and Intelligent
Ind has, under the judgment OF IN
brpn regularly discharged.
N Britain having made known Il
lveranenl hat the expedition who
lied ant rom Canada for the de
boo of the steamboat Caroline, /
Inlpr Of 1887, and which resulted |
isnlcrion If said boat, and IN ID
Ior an American citizen, mas ~
Ken BY orders emannting from IN
ktles O. H.. British Government, |
h, and demanding The discharge
loi upon the ground tnat, il engage
II xpedi,on, he did but fulfil The or
NJ his Government, has lhus been NJ
n 10 the only way in which she cuul
s~ red by gopatntnpnt, the poweI
llch are distributed among It. sever,
9maors by the fundamental law
piIv io' The people of Great Britain
il as rhoss Of the United STATES, tn
.mnie by which an individual, n
I'D for a criminal otfhnre, before It
Nj either, can oht'in his dischlra
s'odrpendpnt acton If the n iIciar,
" pr"reefIogs equally familiar
puts both Cuuntries.
IN Great Britain a power exis's
kfo"n 10 ca0se to be entered mol
'A@, which Is moi the case with Il
gISe power of the United States u
Pn'eculon pending iG The STA
ytl here, no more than here, q
u Executive power rescue a p
IRON custody without an or Ter
tribunal directing his dischar
R'cc'e stage OF the proceedings
'uc' order may he made, is Il ms
municipal regulation excIusiveI
10 He complained of by any 9th
'0"rRh In cases of this kind
N "orO' becomes politically resp,
P''!w h"n lis tribunals of last res,
n. HI" 10 have rendered unjust and
Il "-mrNtS IN matters not Doubt
NJ establishment aud elucidalIon
"''I'e' no nation has leut lis 1
"'''e elilrIenlly than Great Bri,a
"'eF Mcleod having his opt
" prosecute a writ of error fr,
"A N'o0 OF the Supreme Court of N
""'cN had been rendered upon
'r'I 't a discharge, 10 the Supre
Wv Uh0cd States, ar 10 SUBJ
IA. law, ;" ''r decision Of n jury, pref
' oe"mlng THE readIest M
"''g h'S liberation, and The res
NY ~ sustained the wisdom of
I'M ne manner in which The Is.
~ Was tried, will satisfy the Z,
l. n.', that The principles
La.% %I' never Iail to govern The
|I'u Decision Of an American tri
.1"hot hIl, however, to sugs
L. as ,L me proprirIy, aud, 10 SO
A. W. WV necessity, OF making such {
hail., ''"' 50 lar as they may con
' p'",'y d" 50, for the removal at Il
~ement aud at the onion Of
,at ''' SUCH cases as may herea
"n'ch may involve the fail
''ur ,' and execution of our inter
Ri TS''g',lons, from the Safe TO
, ~, Judiciary. This Governmen,
mo- uC'ons,'s charged with the m,
tahl," W peace and the preserva,,or
o re'A'lons win the nations of
|, !" "Od oughtto possess wi,hon, I = =,