The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1843-03-23

i.Tsnoe briaFFn the lEo Governments i
mi EasleE one a jrfnitioa lhaa q pria
eiPle. kui 0aly Is The night 81 ssaFsl
prlpshy 80 called. diselaimea bv G
Bltain. buI rEeh that q mere =, :.
inqairy i asserted with a. .,,s.s...... s. 5.
consistent with the ID. az pe,l.e, -. =
IL he assPAie:a ef Lord Ab-r.iers .
Nc ESrEsi Of The 20la Of nerembe.
ISL, = alsa IN that JUST received by II
BRUSH Minister IN this country, msle 1
nc. Fox, his lOnlship declares thar Il. i
spite &C All The precaaliGn which shall /,
used 10 prevent such Occurrences, N A
merlcan ship, hy : ason of any wish d
detention by British cruiser. !. Shout.
snhrr loss and injury. il wou.d be I'll
LEVIED by prompt and ample remunera
hnn;" and in order 10 make more mani
lest her intentions in this respect. I.oss
Aberdeen, in the despatch Of The 20.h o
December, makes known 10 Mr.. Ereres
ihe nature Of the instructions given 10 ths
British cruisers. These are such a. I
faithfully observed. woald enable The Bri,
ilsh Government 10 approximate ihe stan.
dard Of = iair Indemnity. That Govern.
ment has in several cases fulfilled her
promises in this particular BY making
adequate reParation Tor damage 70 ON
commerce.. lrseems obvious 70 remark.
that right which is only n be exercised
under such restrictions and precautions.
and risk. in case OF any assignabIe da.
mage, 70 be followed by the consequen.
css Of ! traspass. can scarcely be consider
ed any thing more than privilege asked
for and either conceded or withheld on
the usnsl principles Ofinlenalional conf.
~.
The principles laid down in Lord
Aberdeen's dispatches, and The assuran-
ces olindemnlty therein held out. although
the utmsst reliance was placed on The
good faith Of the British Government,
were no, regarded by the Executive as a
sufficient security against the abuses
which Lord Aberdeen admitted might A.
rise in even the most cautious and mode
rate exercise Of their new maritime police;
and, therefore, in my message al The OPEN
ing Of the last session, set forth the
views entertained by the executive on this
subject and substantially affirmed both
our inclination and ability 10 enforce our
own laws, protect our flag from abuse,
and acluit ourselves OF all our duties and
obligauons on the high seas. In view OF
these assertions, the treaty Of Washington
was negotiated, and upon consultation
with the British negoliaior as to the guam
ium Of force necessary to be employed in
order To attain these objects, the result TO
which the most deliberate estimate led
was embodied in The eighth article of the
treaty.
Such were my views at the time Of ne
goiiaiing that treaty, and such, in my OPT
nioa. IS IFS plain and fair interpretation /
regarded the 9Th article as removing all
possible p-etext, on the ground Of mere
necessity, to yisi, and detain our ships up
on the African coast because Of any alleg-
ed abuse Of our flag by slave traders OF
other nations. We had taken upon our
selves the burden Of preventing any such
abuse by stipnlaiing to furnish an armed
force regarded by both the high contract
ing parties as sufficient 10 accomplish that
object.
Denying. as we did, and do, all color
of right to exercise any such general po-
lice over the flags of independent nations,
we did not demand Of Great Britain any
formal remuneration Of her pretensions,
still less had we the idea of yielding any |
thing ourselves in that respect. We
ehoseto make practical settlement of the
qses:ien. This we owed to what we had |
already dose upon this subject. The ho-
nor Of the canniry called for il; the honor /
ofiss flag demanded that ii should not be
used by others to cover an iniqnitous ,raf-
lie. This Government, am very sure.
mas both The inclination and the ability
10 do this: and, il need he, il will not con-
ent itself with feet Of eighty guns, but
sooner Than any foreign Government shall
exercise the province ofexecuting its laws
IN j fulfilling its obligations. the highest
II which is 10 protect its flag alike from
lbuse or insult, il would, doubt not, put
n requisition for that purpose its whole
laval power. The purpose Of this Go
'ernment is faithfully to fulfil the treaty
"a its part. and it will no. permit itselft to
loub, tina! Great Britain will comply with
on hers. In this way, peace will best
'e preserved, and most amicable relations
maintained between the two countries. |.
JOHN TYLER. |.