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THE CREOLE QUESTION.

The following which We copy from the
M,disonian, probably shows the view which
is taken by the administration, of the debate
in the House of Lords. on the subject Of the
mulinccrs Of the Creole. The writer Of the
article seems to suppose that the contents of
Mr.. Wehster's letter, of January 90, might
have been known TO Lord Aberdeen. II
that letter went out by the Britannia, us is
to be supposed from its date, il could not
have been received by Mr.. Everett at the
time of the debate. THIS took place on the
iith of February; the Britannia arrived in
Liverpool on the 18th, and news Of her ar
rival was received in London on the morn
3nc of the 10Th.
OuR RELATIONS WITH ESoiASn--Tnr CEEoLE
CASE Our readers will observe that, according to
the Intelligence Fought the Acadia steamer iion
England, Il hate had taken place in the British
House Of L,ris. IN which the anr Of the Creole
the ,lhec Of dis us'on. 1t is prohnIle thar the let
ter of Mr. Webster hal NJ the time reached Lon lon
AMI that lis cont known to l. ri Aberdeen;
but ih' members ut the House Of Lords, who patti
cDatri III the dtht'" w're not advised of the views
taken ny the Secrcr,ry of State in reference To the
altar, and acted II nj! probability, solely upon the
representations made by the authorities o. New Pro
piirnc". 1t VII b. observed that Lord A. expressed
hnsrlf very guarded on the occasion. and that 1t :
remarks were ronnird entirely upon the principle
universally nnlttrd to have been esnb lshcd by the
law of nalions. that in the absence If treaty spuIa
tons to that eff It u, power has rlIh to demand of
another he restitution ui criminals fugitive from s
tce. This s the doctrine which the Supreme Court
Of the United Sta constantly ho'ds but the truth
Of this doctrine does not touch the Of the
Creole. In that c1se the United States has made no
4 nI
md consequently, makes no complaint q; the refusal
Of such demands. The complaint is that nm Amer
lean vesse', in passing from one port OF the United
States tn another with slaves on board, was carried
by mul.ny into OF the British islands, and the
local authorities of that island instead of conlcning
themselves with the performance of Their PLAN duty
Of delivering the Cap am from the confinement to
whh the murincers had subjected him, and then
restoring the ship 10 his mnani and control direct
ly interfcre' directly encouraged hers 10 inter.
ferc in reilly freeing the ;lares from the authority
OF the master an assisting their dispersion. They
rct1nad The nineteen persons en- rage in the mulny
md murder, and now, was anticipated in Mr..
Wcbs'er's letter. they find they cannot punish the
crime themselves and decline 10 send them 10 the
United States for trial and punishment. What then
does the whole amount to but tn =, to witt thai in
clear Of piracy and murder committed on board
Of m American vessel anon the high sens the vess'i
being afterwards carried by the criminal parties into
the port Of British island, the Local SuhoricS OF thai
island effectively nerered, well to protect those
offenders from al punishment II ST free certain
slaves found on board the W Sc This Is the srl'
stance Of n, cas-; and neither Lord BrOugham
Lord LyndhurSt, nor Lord Denmnn can prove thu
such n processing nc or's with the principles .
f. endly national intercourse in modern tl'nes.
II may be fairly Inferred from the tone manifesto
the part of The Hnlsa OF Loris, thar there eXiS,
m very c,ncaio;y dso,,,n in that oiv toward
the United States and it hehooves ne to look 10
oefsrcas n the event of hoSiines he w"en the tw
countries. WhT protection haze we on the Al AMI
COAST None, or nert 10 noo>. What on the Eie'ern
-Sor'horn. Southern, and Western, frontiers! Nom
What number Of war 'i"amers have we ahaar! Som
tiro o, three if the old Fulton he included. Has IN
administration pm, these N tiers hcforr Congress
tes orcr anil orer agdin. What has Congress don
~ regard 10 hem? Nothing, il has been too busy /
reducing the number of lis pages. What VIII III
paopls whose lives and property nj stake, say
This Let he people epeak for Memssires.