Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1849-05-18

ooil regions, ana an attempt to under
mine its strongest pillars about to be
made by the Wing party. Yes, it aoould
be master-stroke of political diplomacy
to accomplish these things. But howev
er favorably such suggestion might be
received by Northern politicians or dis
contented eGques, we opinc that the
Court of st. James, and all the other
courts of Europe tackled on to it, would,
at this time, be but poor temptation to
seduce Mr.. Calhoun from the nobler paths
of duty and patriotism.
IMPORTANT BRITISH CIRCULAR
FoREIeN OFFICE, january, l849.
Her Majesty's government have fire.
quently had occasion to instruct her Ma
jesty's representatives in various foreign
States, to make earnest and friendly, but
not authoritative representations in sun
port of the unsatisfed claims of British
subjects who are holders of public bonds
and money securities of those States.
AS some misconception appears to ex-
ist in some of those states with regard to
the just right of her Maiesty's govern
ment to interfere authoritatively, if it
should think fit to do so, in support of
those claims, have to inform YOU. AS
the representative Of her Majesty in one
OF those states against which Britisl,, sub
Jects have such claims, that it Is for the
British government entirely question of
discretion, and by no means aquestion Of
international right, whether they should
or should not make this matter the sub
ject of diplomatic negotiation. If the
question is to be considered simply in its
bearing upon international right, there
can be no doubt whatever, of the perfect
right which the government of every
country possesses to take up, as matter
of diplomatic negotiation, any well foun.
ded complaint which any of its subjects
may prefer against the government of
another country, or any wrong which
from such foreign government those sub
jects may have sustained T; and if the gov
ernmem of one country is entitled to de-
mand redress for any one individual
among its subjects who may have a lust
but unsatisfed pecuniary claim upon the
government of another corntry, the right
so to require redress cannot be diminish
ed merely because the extent ofthe wrong
is increased, and because, instead of there
being one individual claiming a compare
lively small sum, there are great num-
ber of individuals to whom a very large
amount is due
is, therefore, simply question of
discretion with the British government
whether this matter should or should not
be.taken up by diplomatic negotiation,
and the decision of that question Of dis.
cretoni turns entirely upon British and
domestic considerations.
1t has hitherto been thought by the
successive governments of Great Britain
undesirable that British subjects should
invest their capital in loans to foreign gov
ernments, instead of employing it in pro
fitable undertakings at home and with a
view to discourage hazardous loans to
foreign governments who may be either
unable or unwilling to pay the stipulated
interest thereupon, the British govern
ment has hitherto thought it the best po-
Icy, to abstain from taking up, as inter
national questions, the complaints made
by British subjects against foreign gov
ernments in regard to such pecuniary
transactions.
For the British government has con-
sidered that the losses Of ofimprudent men,
who haye placed mistaken confidence in
the good faith of foreign governments,
would prove asalutary warning to Others,
and would prevent any other foreign loans
from being raised in Great Britain except
by governments ofknown good faith and
Of ascertained solvency. But neyerthe
less, It might happen that the loss occa-
sioned TO British subjects by the nonpay-
naent of interest upon loans made by
flaem TO foreign governments might be-
come SO great that it would be too high
a price for the nation to pay for such
warning as ! the future, and in such a
steee Of thugs it might become the duty
OF the British government to make these
matterS the subject Of diplomatic negotia-
ton.
nany conversation which Won NAV
hereafter hold with the 49,. - minister
upon this subject, you VIII not fail to
communicate to them the yieMs which
her Maiesty's government entertain there
upon, as set forth in this Gespatch. II
am, &c., PALmEssrox,
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