Independent Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1842-1844, 1844-01-20

" OF one who claimed TO he the owner of
the slave; bit 10 take such clothes uas no
hetf' neither aoaS TIA theft on The part ofa
.f"gftoe STAGE to take acay ANYTHING Which
ro"id aid him in his flight, as for eram,
pie, a horse or a boat"
Now, this whole quotation, with the ex-
ception of the first sentence (Which, by it.
self, is meaningless .--this deliberate de-
rIaration OLA Minister Of a the Crown,
thatihe siipulationa the treaty of Wash.
Inglon were to bend to the peculiar views
OF England with regard to negro slavery
. Twas Om'red by TIE National In,eIfgen.
c'r, without word Of explanation, or any
thing which a casual reader would ob.
serve, to denote thai the whole speech was
I not there. The attention Of the InteM-
gencer was called to the omission, by more
than one journal; but, as far as we saw,
no explanation was given Nor is this
the on'y instance, in which the paper IN
qne. TIN mistaken pains to smooth down
or suppress, passages calculated 10 give
IT, readers true insight into the feelings
of the peop'e and intentions Of the Gov
eminent ofiIng'aod, with regard to slave
rs in the United States.
During the whole of the discussion
which his grown out OF the (n good part
avowedi designs OF England with regard
10 Texas, The MteHigencer has either shut
lis eyes, or been knowingly gully Of what
we are compelled to call prevarication;
though until quite rorently, it was rather
BY It's omi .sIons than its commissioners
silence Than lis positive odyocacy,--th
its bias was TO be discovered. lis foo
sters Icing in the nd are therefore no,
easlv traced, afer this lapse of time, m
we shall not, at present, attempt TO follow
il step by step
In the article Of The MtelIgenccr alIu.
dej to in the commencement Of these re.
marks. however. and in subsequent ones,
tho desire of the editor to conce, every.
thing calcu!atel.-. however iustly---to OK
cite II suspicion of designs on the part Of
En9lnd Incompatible with American pol
icy OF feelings, is 81 strong "a TO be'r,y
the paper into unusual indiscrctions. That
article proposes in lis opening paragraph
to give the who'e OF a publication i,arcd
by another press in Washington MS an
Extra, and circulated in the Halls of Con
gres. The main part of TINT Extra con
sisted Of an Article from this pa er, in
which we stated our belief, with the cir
Gums GnceS and reasons upon which The
belief was founded, that the recent RIP
tufe between II. B. NJ Charge d'Afairs
in Mexico and the Mexican Government
was a pretenre, intended to cover sinister
designs elsewhere. Yet when the IntrW |
gcHcer, in the course Of its quotation of'he
Extra, comes to this article. Che maferial
part Of the publicatinn,) it omits the whole
statement of cirrum. tanres, prnnnunclng
them "entirely surmise and conjecture"
anl gives its readers only the closing par
agraph, as follows:
"Under these circumstances rstahng the
cream qnre referred 10. falsely. we he
lieve il has been found exDedieDt that
misunderstanding should he affected be-
tween England and Mexico, partly for the
purpose of quieting the susnicions which
their previous intimacy had created, hut
mqinIy to afford plausible pretext for the
in unusual hunters. of Eng
lsh armed vessels to the coast Of Mexico
and Tpvas' should this sURMIsE prore
meN founded, we think it not improbable
that the iniimaton given in late Texas pa
pers, that considerable American feet
was expected in their waters, was based
upon correct information"
II will be observed that the IntellgPncer
puts especial emphasis on the word ''sur-
mise,n ms if it were important to be alb
What could the suggestion un- S
der The circumstances be, hut a Surm'SP! S
We are not in the secrets of The British :
Charge. nor ofthe Mexican Government, a
and can only Judge Of the motives by
which they are artnated and the objects 4
hev have in view. by their acts, and the '
circumstances and probabilities of the I
case The conclusion to which we come,
IN the matter in point, wGS, therefore, s
hut it wasa snrmise backed by 4
rood and probable reasons. which The In n
elligencer did moi sec fit n give to IFS rea- d
lers, hut which a puhlic1ti'n in itSown Il
columns. only three DAYS previnns, went il
o zorro crate in qui'e a rema katie man. /
Ter. w" Expressed the opinion that the Il
misunderstanding was intended a
mainly TO aft I'D a plausible pretexi for it
he Introduction in unusual numbers. OF al
English armed rfssels to the codstof Mer g
co and Teras;" this was in our paper OF a
he 31th Nov, qur'ed in the InteHigen p
err of the I2'h December. In the latter
aper Of the OH. the FLOWING paragraph "
coupled prominent place in the edito- o.
ial column: VI
"Tp,port M British Naral Increment - A
The Hltfax Post If the 26th November, T.
A., VIC dn,irol Sir Cha rios A d. n