The North-Carolina standard., 1846-02-18

letter and sent i by express, marked a an,;
IN wh,en 81 tne governor was told that he r,"a'e
emporium laid in ashes. The brII;.n'. COMMERCIAL
given by the gentleman from Viro;n;n' description
spectiVe destruction OF that city in tho VI The Pro-
was, in measure, anticipated on ~; ease Of war
Mcleod must be released, said the SIS SIS occasion
otate, or New 0rk must be laid in ssSosary Of
governor asked when this would he Sasnes The
reply was, forthwith. Do you M, .e? uone? The
the waves OF The sea the Paxhan one. one coming on
Mcleod be not released,s New YossL YsLoDs !-and if
stroyed. But, said Ihe~governor. tLn Will be de.
donais vested in me, and even if Ho power Of par
may be pardoned. Ohuno said ,Ia oe Convicted,
you even Try LIN you will bring des,ruo,;elary if
yourselves. The governor was nor en';C'i.on upon
from his course by this represenra,iou u'eIy driven
step taken by the administration was ;, lhe next
1is!rlct atorney who was to be charosd ~pPOInl
defence of Alexander McLeodM,bs wIh The
VINO. was lately removed from Office sgsnteman
nVe thousand dollars was put into bis l%u aee Of
!nls purpose. Application was afterw,urSSnos uSnos for
10 'b ane cnlet justice of the Stale of New Yde made
VINO was now sitting as Justice in a ns;.Lk- OK
nall Justice Nelson for the release nF M boring
Inc Judge did not think proper to gram ,SO ,mSeLeOd
'oL o"' Inc marshal was about 10 Iet lip ~ppl-
"hen ne was told that he must do !, ~ L; Hlm 60
an? lhat II Mcleod went out Of prison he 't psII
~. some here would recoIlect that T,orJ i"VuIu T
oLaro onI!Eeu In ms country soon after. and ~a
cnarged with the ad justmenl of all the ji",s Giu WAS
Penu'ns 3etWeen the two countries. He v,"nfs
~ Iii nT" u"ell upon what he would unbesita,;U"u
~ '"I me enormIties Of the Washington frog
sg1h; lie nad often expressed his mind Upon tba
SuEJecl mere. But that treaty was now "a Iaa
me supreme law of the land-aud The mater wn'
se'ieo. lie would remark however ,ha, bv Log
,L we gave up the right Of search, we gave nv
'"e Po"eI oi extradItlon, in consequence Of wbCP
a. PHoi woman was not long ago dragged across
n udntic ltom this country 10 answer for somo
charge made against her there. We o,vo nli SOn'e
m Ior'ntaStern boundary after Mr.. Buchanan had nn
oef resolution Of the Senate drawn an unanss,a1
aole argument, which concluded by the ,s%r,o.
OF the validity of our title in the disputed rrro',
ana after the Senate had unanimousv adon,.d ,[!!,
eonclush,n. BY this treaty, the good old R.n Ena'
state, which he loved with ilial reverence w..
dlsintegrated: torn asunder. And even this was
moi all; for the British minister who negotiated
mat treaty, stated on The floor Of the Hopsp or
commons that England had no right whatever Io
the territory thus taken from US. Lord Brouph,m
also stated that the British CLAIM had not sinoJs
leg to stand upon, and that certain man markeJ
which was in possession of George III, and which
was marked by his majesty's own hand. showed
concluslvey that The disputed territory did NOT he.
long 10 Great Britain and he further slated lba,
this map had disappeared from the public archvesn
We have been deceived once by Mr.. Webster
and the British Government That uas htir
fault; 6ut should they deeeire US again, the fault
loiU be ours.