The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-03-12
TIL E UNION.

pleXlon falls below reeos standard Of olive sse inn.
prison ali he vessel Gle ar. outward. some exuaornary
examples q this peculiar practice appear TO have come 70
has been instructed by The Foreign Once 10 lay ong
onstance before the of the STATE The American
pers would believe th. this proceeding
hr Of the local agent Of government has raised
gs-al aneson OF International law boeen England aud the
United States. and st greater question OF constitutions
jurisprudence between the STATE Of South Carolina aud the
Aineric federation.
IL may be remembered that representations on he same
head time since addressed President Tayior
adm nisiIaon by the English plenipoenuary nj Wash
bgton. very lucid satisfactory legal Argument
sgned by Mr. Clayton, received In rrply bu Il con
tanned clear admission that the privilege Of incaIcerang
British subjects account OF discoloTaton OF the scarf
skin of the rights ceded to tho federal govern
application OF Mr. Consul Mathew Governor Means is
the direct logical consequence OF Secretary Clayons letter
pe,auon Two and two do not always make four nor s the
conclusion at all times necessary result OF the premises
the Independent, single would entail, and
not little rrliaed perhaps by the evident compacency
men, ..your sovsmmen and The two govern9ents,"
haze abandonsd, under Prssde~t Fillmore, The posio"
Buosr engaged ia ..ioag and active eorrsspond.
sre explanatory OF Consul Mahew's diplomatic rregu.
ay reortns the subordinate instead OF the superior
Ii can never be con,ended that wrong has been snf.
iered The gatuitous Imprisonment Of whole class Of
British subjects tesed ny criterion OF International
law and still more by that large and liberal version oil 1t
which sanctioned by the House of Commons in the
Greek de bate diplomatic grievance Of the
first magnitude The most considerable and long ue ing
to trade with Roman Catholic eoun-
try Protestant su os should be locked up they
King Of Naples is as an1oa. to keep free Engsnen out
of his dom South Carolina can be to exclude free
his bects associate the presence OF Englishmen with
revolutionary principles that the characteristic marks OF
is therefore under the painful necessity OF nprsonng all
red headed foreigners who may visit his realms
The ..boaed Bourbon confines HIMSELF to the expedient
al all events impartial one-oi an ntermnabie quar-
anne cac ulaed stay the iervent of prop
agandisls with WEAKNESS and ennui In tho OF Amer
ndigniry offered us by the South Caronlan
the nexcusable, because the relations OF the
two countries are not governed by the common aw OF ma
tons, by single treaty, but by succession Of treaties,
and by habtudes Of which possess
a sanction almost beyond that OF International engage
Nor be urged against us that we have not
appealed TO the proper tribunal we had recourse 10 the
and we were informed THAI no urlsdlc-
ton the resided in Washington. We now be-
State in every incident Of sovereignty which has not been
transferred Wahngon-and me central auihorrtss I'm
Sv il NAV BE- bat most os,euaye yspisr.tis, ,ueA
10 treat 10Th Violated member 81
We called give our assent to the doctrine
by picsted Internal arrangements country
coutrive annul its external responsibility.
The truth is quite Idle 10 argue difficulty OF
public domestic law matter which every soul in the
Union admits be embarrassed soloy by circumstances
and accident Nobody has shadow of doubt that in
elnquishng the management OF her external relations
Carolina disqualified herself tor the enactment of laws
which by their operations, not by their Language, affect
very simple mode Of supersedng local Jurisprudence
where encoaches The privileges reserved 10 the col
next stage The fiery citizens OF South Carolina would be
disregard the dsalowance OF their acts by the
Washington authorities, and attempt them
would be made the OF civil war, and at immnen
| risk 10 the cones OF the federal system.
Ia addition may be observed that there probably
man In dtslnetinsd TO push queHton
trsnas Sscrslayyof STATE, hdnpeed he
BY ons0haf srrapagant otsstons Of depSfion 10 The
Uaton In the Of such pepieNites the most homes
perhaps and certainly the most policy
would ha We Brush atoms with South
Carolina take their course The Governor Means
in the spondence with Consul Mathew markedly
courteous and al all unlikely that the State egs
ature would relaxed the obnoxious practice in
favor-a little. doubt by OF brilliantly vindcating
the theory rights butparly, also, from enigh
ened Of the folly OF feeding quarrel between the
population which produces The the world and the
population which manufactures II
We sincerely DESTROYS that the 'ong and active
should produce inelglbe result
il ii do bring redess-not that in tho least
clined Initiate lew OF transatlantic coempoi
who their hands The dispute declare il nsouble
But five cannot obtain reparaton, let at all
events question placed in the proper light Mr.
Websters soph.ry viii doubtless be exerted in mysy.
ing IL with greater han MI Ciaytons but
trust thar SIR Henry Buiutr mil drive h eorrtpondr
a poiaf beyond the andacons guibb thar The subject OF
our complaint nofhng ihan rule Of Local poics
Ii will be Of the insult put upon
coor.d fello counttymen have publicly and explicit
y avowed, by the organ OF sefcomp democracy
b. subject ofthc Bfitsh Oil by his
portion the territory Of the republic without immne
danger of popular instruction