Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-09-22
WHAT a CHANGE.

No nanpr has aSSailed zen. lass Win nicie
warmth than the Richmond Wing. Our iIienus
of the Examiner have been turning over 'he n'es
If The Wing, and have made a rich haul ihey
show tha, in 1912 the Wing spoke in The highest
terms of Gen. Cas- The extracts VIII make
their own best commentary. The Wing oil lie
cember Is. 1912, quotes and endorses The follow
ine from The New York Courier and Enquirer:
"ien Cass, than whom no Purer man oreathes,
fwe hone This praise from Us may not be very u
Sn,ious 10 him) is universally beloved for the pu-
r;tv of his private and pubic character. his
conduct as representative oil our government a
Paris. has been almost universally approVeci aug
"a he is well known 10 be very litIle lmoued win
The party spirit OF the day, moderate men Of all
no,,t,c. have looked forward 10 the possibility OF
his becoming the successful cahdiua'e u ns"
organization OF parties
IFYom the Richmond Wig Of March Is 1872
We have received pamphe, printed in Paris,
and written by Gov. Cass reviewing with great
ability The assumption by Great Britain OF right
10 search American vessels-for the purpose ot
snnnIess,pe The slave TRADE. The pamphlet was
DESIGNED 10 operate on the French Chambers and
10 ooen The eyes OF the French people TO he grasp
inc designs OF Great Britain. Most OPPORTUNITY
did il make It's appearance, and most beneficial
coeeul reasoning and powerful defence Of the
fre,dom Of Inc seas, Inc French Government h,ye
refused TO ral,iy the treaty with England author.
izins mutual search OF vessels TO suppress The
slave trade. Even vi. GuiZJt although 10 idvu;
of the treaty, was forced 10 confess maj we were
right IN resisting The search. NWi be fecoilected
that Lord Aberdeen, 10 his correspondence with
MIR. Stevenson, dwell, with emphasis upon The
tact that Fran e mad yielded TO the search, and
that whatever that pfcu! anu chiVarous nasion
would consent TO- could not be degrading 10 the
Uniled Stares. Blu, the wind slhken out OF his
sail-Frauce refuses 10 Ially. .,.....s.,,..-
with the five powers was plot On the pafI OF
England 10 operate upon Us and b. means OF the
search 10 convert her admitted superiority upon
the ocean into &C ual aud absolute supremacy
That she has been baked in this design we are
emimenly indebted 10 Gov. Cas-.
Thx u. 5. Gazette continues he Wing, pub
fishes the following letler on the subject
PARIS, Jan. ID 1912
You we're doubtless az unprepared as myself
for the loin, treaty o. The five great European
powers Tor he support OF The slave Trade by the
concession Of the mutual right OF Search. Eng
lish ambition, concealed under the disguise OF
philanthropy is al the bottom OF this business
The obi -cl oil GIea Britain has been 10 inlerpo
lale Inc RICH. OF Search into the law OF nations
those European powers who lake upon them
selves 10 make and interpret European law. Hel
real obiects, as we'll as the means which she has
intended To put in practice for their attainment
have been can called from the associate parties t.
This treaty. Hec primary ann mas been 10 legal
IL her sovereignty OF the Seas, and then 10 force
me minor lowers, The United ) atcs among the
rest 10 respect thiS new au horny iof her lnso
leuce and bonn iicss ambition Tor maritime pow
er. Happily we have here an able and lnfuen'
lial M,n,s,tr. As soon as we were informed OF
the existence al The treaty, be hasIened 10 unfold
lis objects 10 the French Ministry, and through
that an rlher channels OF influence, ne has
awakened France 10 an excited and proper ieel-
ing Of danger 10 me principles and interests which
she has IN herto defended, contained in this IN.
strumenl 10 watch she was about TO give her II.
nal sanction. | have my doubts whether ihc
treaty will be raliti"d bul liter the Interpretation
Owen 10 il BY the Mlniser OF Foreign Affairs, ev-
denly The result OF his interview with General
Cass Il will he powe,less in the hands oil Great
Britain in the way she intended 10 apply II
against us and o her secondary maritime pow
ers VI. GuZ1t said in The chamber 81 Depp-
ties, that an auempt 10 apply the treaty 10 us, or
10 other 20 that were not parties a. II, would
be a unsuitable Cause oi var. Now hal tie uea
~ been ratified without TINS commentary fom
This high source, Great Britain wnn"i have IN
sisled rba, 10 make the treaty effecua', j; must
apply to all days and that The only "bJec' IN get
,ine the united signature OF the hse powers, was
10 establish the law OF Search As The rsh oi nd
tions, in me paramount interest OF humanity.
But the declaration OF the French Minister and
the universal hostility OF the chamber oil Depu-
ties and OF the press 10 The treaty, have changed
the whole aspect OF the matter. The instrument
is now nullily in the hands Of its negotiations
The feeling oil France must be The feeling all over
The continent. And England, instead OF having
made anoner, and The strongest step nj all, 10
universal power and domination, holds in her
hand an unmeaniDg document, abandoned on
The instant, by the allies, On whose morai force
she had counted 10 enable her 10 carly out her
monstrous purposes. Gen. Cass has hastily pre-
pared a pamphlet setting forth The true import
and dangers OF this treaty.. II will be read by ev.
cry statesman in Europe, and, added 10 the &c
neral's personal influence here, will effectuay
balk England. The coun,ry owe. much Tor his
seasonable and efectual influence with this go.
vernmen