Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1843-03-09

: ington for having applied for assistance
where it had been so often and so liberasty
rendered before, but continued that the Vii,
uation Of the army was critical in the III.
IRENE, the conntry adjacent TO the camp
being completely exhausted, as we'll BY ilie
enemy's as BY hissowN foraging parties
and concluded BIZ iamenting that, tifslsgs
supplfescOuld bespeedily obtained he's should
II be obliged to abandon his position, aud fall
back into the Interior to obtain the hvcessa-
ry subsistence for The troops.
The Governor rendered tor d moment up
on the contents Of the letter, then rising, and
cordially grasping the Colonel by the hand,
observed, in firm vet cheerful tone. !. w hen
you return to camp. bear withyo,l, my dear,
my love and duty TO his Excellency. and
say to him that brave old-gonneclicus, IA.
triotic Connecticut. is not quite exhausted,
but for every barrel of provisions she hts
| furnished 10 the cause of Liberty. she will
| furnish another, and yet another to the same
| glorious cause say further, that on such a
day our teams may be- looked for on the
bank of the North River" The Aid-du-
crmp departed rejoicing
| And now the patriot became "every inch"
| the executive officer. From his intima te
| acquaintance with the resources of his ma
/
| sources wore 10 be obtained, and their faci-
lilies for transportation, for with him every
! thingwas done by method and regularity.
| His orders flew in all directions. His or
ders were obcyed.
Meantime, the return of the Aid-de-camp
Ito Headquarters with intelligence of the
promised supplies diffused general glad
ness throughout the army. When the ex-
pected day arrived, manyaan anxious eye
! was turned to the road leading from the
Eastward to the landing on the North River;
| Il dust is seen in the distance, and presently
are heard the cries of teamsters, urging their
line oxen, while heavy laden wains g roam
| under their generous burdens. A shout rings
through the American camp, and the Com
mander-in chief, attended by his officers,
rode TO an eTninence to witness the arrival
Of the welcome supplies.
Governor Trumbull had two sons attach
ed to Headquarters: John, the distinguish
ed artist and the last Of the Aid-de- camps, and
Jonathan. Military Secretary to the Com
mander-in-chief at the siege of Yorktown.
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
To the House Of Representatives.:
In compliance with the resolution Of the
House of Representatives of the 23d instant,
requesting me to communicate to the House
"whatever correspondence or conmunica-
ton may have been received from the Bri-
fish Government respecting the Presidents
construction of the late British Treaty con-
cluded at Washington, as it concerns an
alleged right to visit American vessels"
herewith transmit report made to me by
the Secretary OF STATE. have also thought
proper 10 communicate cupiesof Lord Aber-
deems letter Of the 10Th December, 1911, to
Dir. Everett; Mr.. ESerctts letter of the 23d
Dccemhes~in renlH ih4Aa-Aia ,--s~ssd srrst'ss1t9z
from several ietterSo of Nf. Everett 10 the Sc
cretary OF State.
cannot forego the expression Of my re-
greet at the apparent pnrport Of part of
Lord AberJec.'s di-ssaieh 10 Al..@Eey. i
had cherished the hope that all possibility
Of misunderstanding as TO the true construc-
ton of the eighth article Of the Treaty
lately concluded between Great Britain and
the United States, was precluded by the
plain and well-weighed language in which
it is expressed. The desire Of both Govern
ments is to put an end as soon as possible
to the slave trade and that desire, | need
scarcely add, is as strongly and as sincere
ly felt by the United States as it can be by
Great Britain. Yet it must not be forgotten
that the trade, though now universally 70.
probated, was. up to IL late period, prosecu-
led by all who chose to engage in it; and
LtlGTC WCTC Jul NC'y bC"
christian powers whose subjects were moi
permitted, and even encouraged, to share in
the profits of wha: was regarded as per-
fectly legitimate commerce.
1T originated at period long before the
United States became Independent, and was
carried on within our borders in opposition
to the most earnest "Reminiscences and eX-
postulations OF some of the colonies in which
it was most actively prosecuted. Its char
| acter, thus fixed by the positive assent OF
each and every nation, expressed either in
| the form of municipal law, or conventional
arrangement The United States led the
way in efforts to suppress it, They claimed
no rigb; 10 dictate to others, but they resell
we'd, without waiting for the cooperation OF
| the other powers, to prohibit it to their own
citizens, and 10 visit its preparation by them
with condlgu pu aishment. may safely az
| firm that il never occurred to this Govern
ment that any new maritime right accrued
| to it from the position it had thus assumed
| in regard TO the slave trade. II, before our
| laws for its suppression. the flag OF every
nation might traverse the ocean unqucstlon-
ed by our cruisers, this freedom was not. in
our opinion, abridged by our municipal le-
gisation. Any other doctrine, it 10 plain,
would subject to an arbitrary and ever va
rying sy stem OF police. adopted at viii by
the great Naval Power for the time being,
tho trade of the world in any places. or in
any articles, which such power might seq
| fit TO prohibit to it's own subjects or citizens