The Arkansas banner., 1845-04-23
From Inc Democratic Union
RIGHT OF SEARCH.

The QUESTION ENDED.-The following candid and iudicious observations from Winner SS Smiths Europenan Times, relate to question which has been great deal be- fore the public in one way or another:
 The right of search-that irritating surveil- lance of the high seas, which has proved oi late years an endless source of annoyance to American shpping-is virtually at an end The commission which has been appointed on the part of the English and French Cabi- nets to modify the evil, may throw dust in the eyes of the Exeter Hall saints, but twill assuredly deceive no one else. For all prac- tical purposes the power is gone. Public opinion in France is so potent against the principle, that no ministry can withstand 1t; and some of the most clear-headed of Eng fish statesmen think that not only does this obnoxious right of search constantly keep us on the confines of a collision with the Uni ted States, but that so far from mitigating the horrors of the slave trade, 1t has actually increased 1t. Lord IIoWick, whose talents as a.debater and keenness as a politician place him foremost amongst the master spirits of the British Senate, has unequivocally given vent to his belief that the right of search might be abolished with advantage to the African and to England. Public men in Eng land, oyerratng the powers of the saints, whose cIamor they have mistaken for popu- lar feeling, have gone beyond their mark in carrying out measures for the suppression of the slave trade. Admitting the purity of the motives which actuate those who oppose the trofl n l.
 cloes for us to be always acting on the holier than thou" assumption, and endeav- orlng to force ournostrums down the throats ol nations as potent and righteous as our selves. Unfortunately, the necessities of the present Conservative Government obliged them to carry on the delusion which in op- position they resisted. The propretors. through themselves or their connexions, of
 West Indian property, the Tory party, when the negro emancipation act passed, and the blanks, 1t was found, would not work,- when the productions ofthe colonies fell of. and the estates became almost worthless in
 the market, called out Justify for protection agalnst the competition of slave produce. The debates in the House of Commons during the last week on the sugar question, show that the pocket is the primary cause of the outcry Tn that quarter. The slavery question is thus tainted with selfshness on the one hand and morbid religious sympathy on the other. But all the world is not mad if we are. The French nation have long seen through the delusion; they see us the great est consumers on the earth of slave-grown cotton and tobacco, while we make such q bother about suPpressing the traffic in slaves. Hencetorth, nations, like individuals, will be on this question to entertain their own views and act upon them. And one thing is per tectly clear, from all that we see passing around us-lrom the growing return to req son on the part of this country, and from the strong opinion which prevails in France that the right of search, after long trial. has been found d failure, and is in fact at AN END, We are far from being the admirers or even the abettors of slavery, but knowing that an immense deal of humbug has long existed ln connexion with this subject. we are rejoiced to sec It brought to this speedy and mglorlous terminaton-a feeling, we are sure, in which We shall be joined by num- bers ot our transatlantic friends.