Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1842-03-21
MONTPELIER, MARCH ri, 1912.

times that every foreigner is considered as there
fore an enemy; and that, as soon as he comes in
TO the country, he may be lawfully treated as
slave nor is tho modern intercourse of States
carried on mainly, or ut all, for the purpose of i'm
posing, by one nation on another, new forms OF
civil government, new rules of property, or new
modes of domestic regulation. The gieat COM
mupilies of the world are regarded as wholly in.
dependent, each entitled tc maintain its own sys-
TEN of law and government, while oil, in their
pautual intercourse, are understood to submit to
the established rules and principles governing such
intercourse. And the perfecting OF this system Of
communication nmong nations requires the strict
est application Of the doctrine of non-intervention
Of any with the domestic concerns of others.
The other is, that the United States and Eng
lard, now by far the two greatest commercial ma
lions in the world, touch each other both by sea
and laud at almost innumerable points, and with
systems of general jurisprudence essentially alike,
yet differing in the forms of their government and
in their laws respecting personal servitude and
that SO widely does the ldet mentioned difference
extend its influence, that without the exercise TO
the fullest extent of the doctrine of nOn-intcrer-
ence and mutual abstinence from any thing affect
ing each others domestic regulations, the peace
OF the two countries, and therefore tie pence OF
the world, always will be in danger.
The Bahamas british ;,ossesslons) push them.
selves near TO the shores of The United States, and
thus lie almost directly in the track OF the great
part of their conslwise traffic, which, doubling the
Cape of Florida, connects the cities of the Allan
tic with the ports md harbors on the Gulf OF Mex
leo, and the great commercial emporium on the
Mississippi The seas in which these British pos
sessions are situated, are Of shallow water, full
OF reels and bars, subject to vo ,nt action ct the
winds, and TO the ngtations caused by the Gull
Stream. They must always, therefore, he oil dan
gerous nav gaton, and accidents must be expected
frequently TO occur, such rs will cause American
ypssplq In be rLp1 nm Rritisb islands rot
pei them 10 seek shelter in British ports. 1t is quite
essential that the manner in which such vessels
their crews, and curgors in whatever such cargoc,
consist, TO be treated, in these cases of misfor
tune and distress, should he clearly and fully
known.
You nre acquainted with the correspondence
which took place few years ago, between the
merican and English Governments, respecting the
cases of the Enterprise, the Comet and the En-
conum. | call your attention to the Journal o
the Senate of the United States containing resou
tons unanimously adopted Ivy that body respect
ing those cases. These resolutions believe, have
already been brought 10 the notice of Her Males
TVS Government, but it may be well that both the
resolutions themselves and the debates upon then
| should be again adYerted TO. You will find III,
| resolutions, of course, among the documents reg
| uIary transmitted 10 the Legation, and the debates
| in the newspapers with which it has been suppet
from this Department.
You will avail! Yourself Of an early opportunity
of communicating to Lord Aberdeen, in the man
ner in which you may deem most expedient, TIT
substance OF this despatch, and you will receive
further instructions respecting the case Of the Gre
| ole, unless il shall become the subject of discus
sion at Washington.
In all your communications with Her Majesty
Government, You vii! seek to impress it with
full conviction fthe dangerous importance to tit
pence of the two countries of occurrences of thi
kind, and the delicate nature Of the questions Il
| which they gave rise.