The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1849-10-03

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peeIiul towards lhe frnrh Minister. L
II Mas ia reply 10 ihis mole that n.
Ponssin aTole lie mole of The 3oih 81 May
last. whirh lorns > pail Of The eoHesPon-
ience.
This t;oEeEnmens. lhe reader Nill Obj
serve. bad snsanccd no . doctrine what.
ese1 IN Trgard 10 he Ease Of Commander
Carpenter. and there Is not uord N lhe
correspondence On ll,e part Of The Amen,
IAN ENernlisr insliraiing ar opinion On
The suhleri II salvage. or Ihe right Of
Commander Carpenter 10 compensation;
but Mr.. Poussin. as IL zral0us 20 make
point lar rs against Which he might enler
4 pfaissl and nnrr a lennnfialion. assum.
Ell that some . strange doctrines" had
been adopted by lie Exerulise. Shlrh
were unworthy Of the disnhy Of our ma
lional marinel
M. note describes his pTevicus lriier Of
the I2lh al May merely as me calling
.npen the G0yeTnmen, ef The United
u. Safes "a ,llsaraw The rondurt IL Com
.mander Carpenter" But his note 81
The I2,h af HAT mouth. instead 0f simply
Ealing FOR such disa,oMal. represented
how imponsanl IL was . that severe blame.
nj least, should be lald on those who thus
considered themselves empowered 10
substitute arbitrary measures inIJusllee."
A severe rensnre upon Commander Car
pendrr might have been accompanied by
= di,a,0E Il Of hrs ronducl but disasow-
al Of The principle Of salvage. or OF his
ronsinri 10 claiming Il. would not necessa-
rily have carried with il any severe cen
sure. This Government did not under
stand. and does MOI now understand, Mr..
Poussin's note Of The l2lh of May as de.
man,ling Of il merely 10 disasow The law
whirh allowed salsage TO Commander
. Carpenter and his crew. II was snppos.
, ed thai the charge in that letter against
! the Commander was. that be had abused
|, his authority 10 Illegally OBTAINING The
) French ship. Had The President suppos-
. ed thai tie object Of The French Govern
] mrni. Is expressed IN that teller. was ID
: obtain from him blsayOwal Of law Of
, The land. rs il actually existed. his answer
would have been promptly given. ibsl no
such dissvOwal conld be made by him, As
( he can neither make nor unmake The law,
{ and il is his duty 10 see il faithfully exc
5 cnIed.
i The next thing worthy Of particular OBJ.
. seryanon u thai the Minister declined ol
omitted 10 send home The defence Of ON.
D mantler Carpenter for the consideration
II Of his own Government, so as FIRST 10 oh
j tain liz views. under the new aspect thu,
y presented, before wriling bis noie, not
i wilhsinjine The Pr sideni bad expressed
;. the hope thai il would remote the misnn
II Outstanding which existed on The part Of
!. the French Government. Mr.. Poussir
/ instantly denounced the Commander
i without considering the defence, which he
i. regarded as matter Of little interest IL
!. lis eyes, when he had occasion TO con
% demn The conduct Of an officer Of the Uni
n ted States. This imperions refusal 10 sui
d Ter an American officer 10 be heard in hi
2. own defence By the Government whicl
o. accused him, accompanied by the con
i. ,empiuous sneer that il had little interest I
lie their ewes. when they had determined 4
:. condemn him. slihongh his own Goserp
.. meni had asked that act Of common Jus
If. lice 10 a merilorinus and faithful Officer
lt and had attached so much interest an
e. importance 10 il as 10 express the hop
10 that when seen il would be satisfactory
I'd was deeply felt by the President as rud
s. aud unjust. II was naturally suppose
Ii. lha, the conduct Of that officer, who ha
IS, saved French ship and abandoned hi
:" claim TO salvage, would exempt him lrol
1v censure a, least. even though il might "a
IS, 10 receive, wha, he would have highl
he priced, the appreciation Of tie French G.
m vernment; aud il was felt 10 be due
Id Commander carpenter that the Frenr
us Government should not, under any Ct
as cumsiances, condemn him without hea
RI. ing. ur. Mason, the late Secretary
he The Navy, in a letter TO Commander Ca
as pender, dated November %, 1913, had b
re-. ically approved Of his course in this Y
,o " mat,cr,l Mr. p"ussin thought olhe
re wise. After speaking ofthe officers +" e
lly iravagan pretensions," by which We u
N. dersland tia; he only claimed reasonab
is, salvage, Mr.. Poussin decides the who
ew question Of law against him, and a
ire nounces that he has committed an err
he On a point involving the dignity Of Il
The American national marine; which slran
no. doctrine, he says, he is unfortunately
81. duced To believe this Government su
er, scrlhes 10, and he therefore protests again
yer these doctrines" lie nlso declares III
On, this is done " in The name OF the From
ter Government" thus presenting that G
der vetnment TO Us as having commission
me him 10 lecture the Executive Of the vi
I'VE ted States on point involving the digni
ex Of the American national marine, and
~. condemn the conduct nf the President
ca subscribing TO doctrine in accordan
his with the settled law of the land. We
on. an American Minister to protest agains
law Of France, and demand Of the Fien
i"g President tn disavnw il, as unworthy |
M dignity Of the Government, il is mol to
ton doubted iha, the high sense OF national |
the nor felt by the President of France, a
ese by Mr.. de Tocqueville himself, wol