Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1848-06-15

was prompt and energYtic, and me:
With the appreciation of The country
AT the por,ertouS period ofnulli6calleh
the military orders were firm, but dis
Greet, and it appeared by message
! from the President, in nswer 10 call
upon that subject, that no order hnd
been at any time giren TO ''resist The
Constituted authorities Of the State Of
South Carolina, within the chartered
limits Of sad State" The orders of
Cen, Scott informed him that, '.should,
unfortunately, crisis arise ,rhen the
ordinary poacer IN The Mnds Of the e.
ri officers shauld not be sufficient for
the execution ofthe lascs, the President
1could determine the course to Sc tuhen,
and the measures to BE adopted; till
then he was prohibited from acting"
The same caution marked the order
to the troops when there seemed to be
danger of a collision with the authori-
ties Of Alabama, arising from occurren-
ces upon lands of the United States in
that State. 1n.proof Of this, we quote
the following extract of letter from
the War Department, written by Gov
Cass to Major Mcintosh, and dated
Oct. 30, 1888:
"S1R: Your letter Of The 21st inst. to
Maj Gen. Macomb has been laid before
me; and, in answer, / have to inform
you that you will interpose no obstac lie
to the service of legal process upon any
officer or soldier under your command,
whether issuing from the courts Of the
State ofAlabama, or of the u: States.
On the contrary, you will give all ne,
ceSsary facilities to the execution of
such process. 1t is not the intention
of the President that any part of the
military force of the U. States should
be brought into collision with the civil
authority. n all questions of .jurisiic-
ton, il is the duty Of the former to sqb-
nit to the latter, and no consideration
must interfere with that duty If,
therefore, al officer Of the State, or of
the United States, come with legal
process against yourself, or an officer or
soldier of your garrison, you will free
ly Omit him within your post. and al
low, him to execute his writ undisturb-
ed.
In 1886, Gen. Cass was appointed
minister to France, and immediately
! resigned his post as Secretary of War.
On retiring from the department, he re-
ceiyed letter from Gen. Jackson ex-
pressing warm persona feeling towards
him, and commencing his whole off
cial conduct. He sailed from N. York
in the month of October. As diplom-
attic relations had not been fully re-es-
tablished with France, he was directed
to proceed 10 England and there as
certain the views Of the French govern
ment. He found that a French minis
ter had been appointed to this country,
and he Immediately repaired to Paris
and took up his residence there. AZ
ter his recognition, his first official du-
/ ty was to procure the interest due up
on the 5000, 900 of francs indemnify,
which had been retained when. the
principal was paid. After some hest
tation, this was effected; and this great
!, controversy, which at one time threat
ened great consequences, was happily
closed.
Tn 1880, Gen. Cass made tour 20
the east. He visited Italy, Sicily,
Malta, Greece, tie islands Of the Ar
chipelago, Constantinople, and the
Black Sea, Egypt. Palestine, and Sy.
ria. He was at Florence, Rome, Pa
iermo, Athens, Corinth, .Eleusis, SaIa.
mis-, and the battle fields of Plataa,
Leuctra, Cherenaa, and Marathon-at
the plains of Troy, at Alexandra. Cal
{ 70, and the Pyramids; at Jafa, Jerusa-
lem, Bethlehem. the Dead Sea, Naza-
reth,: the Sea- Of Tiberias, Tyre, Sidon,
Baalbec, and Damascus. Memorable
places these, and calculated 20 excite
strong emotions in the mind Of an. A.
meriean who had passed a. large por-
ton of his life amid the tolls and pri-
vations of a new country.
After his return to Paris, Gen. Cass
resumed the duties of his mission, and
continued In their regular execution
till its termination. He was proverbi-
al for his kindness and hospitality to
his countrymen, none of whom were
denied his attentions, and few Of whom
visited Paris without being invited to
his house. His observations upon the
government and people of France were
given to the pnblic in the pages of the
Democratic Review, in an article ent-
tiled, "Frsnce, its King, Court, and Go.
|vernment, (which most of our readers.
will probably recollect. Among other