Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1843-05-26

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THr R,cur OF VIsIr.-Lord Brougham, ~
the recent debate in the Births Parliament up
on the Ashburion treaty. admitted that mere
was no distinction between the fright OF
search'' and the :. right Of visit" His views
on this important international qnes''o" were
inns expressed, language being as clear
and as forcibIe as tina. adopted BY American
writer's: slt 3tf gua.
"As 10 the distinction between right OF
search and right Of visit he discarded u as
unworthy Of notice, the only differences being
that one was English aud the other French
We did not CLAN, the right 10 search Amer''
can vessels, in the proper and technical sense
Of the word, because we had no treaty with
America, as we had with France, by which
search was permitted with TOO narrow .estr'c'
lions. America had never conceded this point,
and we never claimed il, SO that there could
be no question between rs on that head. Even
though the vessel should he bIimful Of slaves.
cyerv oue of whnm. had been pat aboard by an
'act of piracy, accompanied, in all probability.
by murder as well as pillage, aud attended by
grevous infections of cruel,y--even though
each Of these men on board the ship was pi.
rate, aud liable TO the penalty Of piracy under
his own government, still we had no right I"
stop her II shs were truly American.
.sThe question was not as TO the rigst OF
visit, but as to The right Of ascer,aining under
circumstances Of grave suspicion. at the risk
of aifording indemnity in case Of error. the
identity of vessel. President Tyler said
Not only was the right Of search properly so
called, but even that of mere visit and inqui-
ry'-What : disclaimed-given up-abandoo.
ed I! No; but asserted, with qualifications
Inconsistent with the idea Of perfect right
Why. who ever said that we had peIiec.
right? Who ever pretended TO say that We
had right to stop any vessels save our own
and those Of France; who have conceded to Us
the right by treaty! Nobody ever whispered
AIRY thing Of the kind"
if the posi.ions taken by Lord Brongham in
the above extracts from his speech, are those
Of The British Government, then there need be
no apprehensions Of future difficulty on this
question. Ii Great Britain admits that che
has right TO search, visit, detan or interfere
with American ships, whilst on the high seas.
then there is an end of this vexed point. II
by any accident an English officer should tres
pass upon an American vessel, and the tres
pass should be promptly and fully ack"owl-
edged, and adequate remuneration for all dam
ayes, toscther win proper apology Tor the
offence be given to the American Government,
then we should be justified in asserting. what
ever may be said to the contrary, that our an
cient foe has abandoned her hangh,y position,
and admitted the correctness Of the American
doctrine. tits impossible for nations as well
as individuals to guard against all accidents,
or provide for unforeseen emergencies. II Eng
land disclaims the right TO search. visit OF stop
American vessels, she cannot justify any acl
Other officers by which our flag shall be viola
ted. She has abandoned her former position
and given up the principle for which she con-
tended SO strenuously not many years ago
All encroachments on our rights or violations
Of our flag viii! be promptly atoned for. by the
offer Of full indemnity. No matter to VIVA,
subtle reasoning British Diploma.ist may
hereafter resort. the right Of search or righ,
of visit has now become obsolete and been ex.
ploded 90 both sides Of the Atiantic.-Mo. Re.
porter. a