The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1845-03-26
From the Baltimore .1~s,soa'
RIGHT OF SEARCH.

RIGHT OF SEARCH.
| Tbs QuEsrIos EsDEp.-- The followpg candid and
judioious obs rvations from Wilmer & Smiths Euro
pean Times relate TO a question which bias been
great deal before the public in way or smother ;
The right OF search-that irritating surveillance
of the high seas which has proved Of late years an
endless source Of annoyance 10 American shipping
| is virtually at an end. The Commission which has
been appointed the part of the English and French
Cabinets TO modify the evil may throw dust IN the
eyes of the Exeter Hall saints, but II viii assureoy
deceive one else. For all practical purposes Tue
power gone. Public opinion 10 France is so potent
against he principle, that no ministry can Withstand
H. and Of the clear headed English states
men think that not only does this obnoxious rsht Oh
s. arch constantly keep the confines OF COLI
zion with the United States, but that so far from mi
tigatng the horrors OF the slave trade, II has actually
increased IT, Lord Howick, whose talents as do
batter and keenness politician place him foremost
amongst the master spirits OF the British Senate mas
unequyocaly given vent to his belief that the rgh oil
search might be abolished with advantage 10 the
African and to England Public men ~ England,
oyerratiDg the power of the saints, whose ciamor
they have mistaken for popular feeling, have gone
beyond their mark IN carrying out measures Tor the
suppression Of the slave trade. Admitting the purity
of the motives which actuate those who oppose The
traffic in human knd-it is somew hat ungracious Tor
us TO be always acting the hoor than thou" as
pton and endeayorng TO force our nostrums down
the hroats OF nations potent and righteous as our
selves Unfortunately the necessities Of the present
Conservative Government obliged them to carry on
the delusion which In Opposition they resisted Inc
pro7retors though themselves or their connexions OF
West Indian property, the Tory party when The Ne
gro Emancipation Act passed and the blacks, II was
found would work when the productions OF the
Colonies fell of, and the estates became almost worth
less in the aket-called out Justify for protection
against the competition Of slave produce. The de-
bates In the House Of Commons during the last week
ON the Sugar question: show that the pocket Is the pr
mary Of the outcry 10 that quarter The slavery
question Is thus tainted with solhshness The one
hand, and morbid religious sympathy on the other
But all the world is not mad n we The French
nation have long seen through the deuson they see
the greatest consumers the earth OF slaye.grown
co ton and tobacco, while we make such pother
about suppressng the traffic in slaves.
"Henceforth nations, like individuals, will be per
mitted on this question To entertain their views
and act upC them. And one thing perfectly clear
from all that we see passing around us-irom the
growing return TO 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 failure, and Is IN fact al AN We are far
from being the admirers even the abetters OF slave
ry, but knowing that immense deal Of hunlbug has
long existed In connexion with this subject We are
reloiced to II brought 10 this speedy and ingor-
Gus termlnation--a feeling, we are sure, 10 which we
shall be joined by numbers of our transatlantic
frIends.n
Our readers will remember, in connection with this
subject, that the rumor prevailed some time ago of
an understanding between England and France TO the
effect that the former would give up her pretensions
to the right Of search, upon condition that both
should unite IN opposing the annexation Of Texas to
the United States. 1t appears that the right OF
search is abandoned by Great Briain--and tins
suit is arrived at through the medium Of joint Com
mission the part of the two Cabinets Of England
and France. Whether or not the condition above
mentioned is included Of the items Of the
COLLATION., there seems to be no means yet of ascer
laInlng
The greater probability is that such condition
thought OF proposed-to say nothing Of its be-
ing adopted The thing would be pTeposterous on the
face of It, If the right of search claimed by Great
Britain be in her belief right Justly hers, how could
she consent to make 1t a matter of barter 1t would
not do for high minded paton TO traffic away It's OBJ
legations Of duty But taking tie view, the other
hand, that the right claimed was found to be
unenabe claim-that " the Exeter Hall saints" had
imposed upon John Bull and that John, slowly open
| ing hi, eyes, length discovers The imposon-dis-
that he had been deluded into unseemy and
a.clatons, into pretensons of greater holiness than
other people, and into very lndecorous exhibitions OF
passion because other peope would not acknow ledge
the same could he upon coming TO his senses have
the efrontery to propose stpulatIons and terms TO
| friendly nelghbor the conditions upon which he
would cease TO act ioolishlyl
1t IS little remarkable however that in the whole
mass Of news by the late arrival there IS not word
about Texas. If there is have not seen it. True,
the intelligence OF the passage of the annexation
sure by both Houses of Congress had not reached
England when the steamer sailed Nevertheless it
| was known that the question formed prominent
in the United States, and il has been generally sup
posed that the British Government felt
in the decision which should be given to it in this
county.