New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-11-18

referred 10 the Home Oace and hope before long 70
receive communication announcing % me your hoer
atom Meantime you may De assured tna' no ~ L
ton Of mine will Dc wanting 70 secure . you al the
protection which your country can s-ord you IN
foreign land am, very respectfully,
your ooedient servsnt
GEORGE BANCROFT
To JANIS BEKeEs. Esq, Dublin
Two months have passed and yet nothing has
been done since, toward bis release as the follow
ing letter Just received from the Department Of
state viii show Naturalized Citizens begin %
take ~ interest ia the thing when nited states
passport IS .purned on the doctrine OF perpetual a.
leriance, and when even being born here faiis n
afford protection from 4 power which still seems
20 'ook upon the United States as dependent
Colonies
DFFARTsZST OF STAT, WAsHISeToN, Nov Is. isi-
" r ROBINSON Esc New York City n
SIR ! nave received your note OF the 10Th inst r.
laing u the case Of jams Bergen, an American ct
zen ia confinement ~ Dublin
You are already acquainted With the contents Of Mr
Bsncros letter Of the 23d september lsst 20 Ar Der
gen informing him of the proceedings OF toe Legation
W 70 that date with reference 70 his srresi and deien
ton ia Newgste have only % add, 10 answer 20 your
Inquiries that the day Mr Bancroft earnestly
pressed hs upon the attention OF the British sec
reiary Of state for Foreign Afsrs and Lord Palmer
sion said In reply sept ~ that he had not yet re-
ceiyed the answer from the Home Department 70 the
reference previously made o. il upon tne subject &c
10 letter % subsequent date ooh sept His Lordship
states tina, authentic information had reached Her
Mzjstys Government and the Lord Lieutenant Of Ire
and showing that Mr. bergen Wss concerned in tree
sonabe practices 10 connection with the ate attempted
outbreak in Ireland and there being reason TO believe
TIA, De came that country tins agent Of certain
associations which have been formed IN New York for
the purpose Of supporting that outbreak. the Lord
Lieutenant therefore felt % Dc hs duty 70 cause NJ
Bergen be arrested and Imprisoned snd mat under
H.. Cow sres c4 y
reason for releasing him In dispatch - this depart
ment from Mr. Bancroft, dated &Jih Oct the at -
ceyed) he says be sill thinks that Nh Bergen vii not
brought 20 trial but expresses TINS opinion DOUBT
ingy ,
other American citizens on suspicion, y the bfltsh
government, mas been made the subject Of correspon
depce between the governments, and whether any ex
plspstoa has been asked made upon the pursuit and
search Of Amepcsn vessels for the apprehension o.
| ltca refugees on their way 10 this country, would
seem 70 call for information connected with our foreign
relation. which the Department does not a. the presen'
| fnOmen, End itscli al liberty 10 communicate
JAMES BUCHANAN.
The questions which most concerned the person
20 whom this letter IL written, 70 wit whether
the seizure Of Nsturs1sd Citizens Of the I nited
states a. owing allegiance to the Government
they had 'or.woru. and whether the pursuit Oh
American vessels on the high seas Tor the iorci
bic search after political Refugees under the far
- the United States, had been made the subec;
OF correspondence between the Governments are
not answered but Mr., Buchanan letter seems 70
imply that something has been sand upon tie
subject II there has not, It IS time there should
be- There are frequent cases in which 1t IS not
expedient 10 say what the condition Of our Foreign
Affairs really 49, but the People OF the Unitsd
| states should know whether the flag that IS over
| them and the citizenship that demands their al
egance to that flag are sufficient TO protect them
from the insults Of tyrants who en.iave, starve,
impr.on hsse behesd aud quarter the uniortu
nate victims Of their own misrule and violate the
Rights Of other Nations by crowding their prisons
with those who feel for the bleeding and dying
victims OF that misrule and cruelty, yet refrain
from committing any overt act against them
We look upon the proceedings of England iu
these cases as specimens Of uumitIgated nsolenco
toward th. country Would England bear 70
have us seize one OF her subjects and mprson him,
on mere suspicion that no was plotting the over
throw u Rspublicanism. while we were unable to
produce the shadow Of proof against him ?
| ALEXANDER MCLEOD was taken prisoner, not on
Suspicion merely, but posture testimony, that
| he had been concerned in the murder OF an Amer.
can citizen. that he had, it'll arms and violence.
| invaded our soil. cut an American vessel from
| American moorngs and sent her dancing IN flames
over Niagara Vet England protested against
| our holding him in PRISON or trying him for the
crime charged upon him. and threatened US with
| war Is not an Americans rights as dear TO him
| as an Engllshman, and must quail before
the insolence of power which we chastised
twice before, and are twice as able to chsstise
again We consider Mr. Bancroft derellct IN his
duty for suffering the chains Of despotism to have
corroded for month. the limbs of free Americans
WHY did he not Immediately demand their re
ease. or some proof Of crime better than mere
suspicion for their detention
One of the CHARGES against Mr. Ryan IS, that he
made a speech and published paper IN Cmcin
natl, which speaks disrespectiullyo OF English mis-
government IN Ireland What IS 1t her business
what our citizens may choose to do in this country
more than il was hers 10 interfere with what We
chose 10 put in our Declaration Of Independence al
| Philadelphia
| War Is at all times e. be deplored. and we are
ofthose " no find very few wars worthyo approys'
But the citizen who renders allegiance is worthy o.
protection, and that has that does not protect
every citizen. who sees in It's fold the guaranty Of
his safety from foreign insult is not worth the rope
that hauls il to the mast head. Ii England, while
she riots in the refinement Of Despotism and
| Cruelty over her own unfortunate people can i'm
PRISON American citizens without color Of proof OF
crime farther than the low suspicious OF her rui
| fan detectives,-can use the flag OF the United
states as the mere signsl 10 mark the spot wher,
the British vuture may stoop 10 seize deienceles'
prey. then did MONTGOMERY die and WASHING
rON live in vain. W. F. x
WsCoNTS.-We have Milwaukee papers o.
the 10th They confirm the election OF CHARLIE:
DrRxrg, " y. Free Soil TO Congress from ths
District. He has probably coo 70 500 majority
Lynde .Cass) runs next Finch Wing, IS but a
few votes behind.