The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1852-05-04

once the most efcctual and the least
offensive mode of initiating the Joint
disapprobation of Great Britain and
the United States Of any, project
which might be cherished by Euro.
pean power, Of forcible enterprise
for reducing the colonies to 'subjuga-
ton on the behalf, or in the name, Of
Spain, or the acquisition of any part
Of them to itself BY ccssioh or by
conquest -%
s'This was the substance Of the
confidential communication made by
Mr.. Canning 10 Mr.. Rush.
"As that gentleman's answer is
written in the same spirit of conf
dence, it will not be right (and for
tunately it is not materially to State
the nature of that answer, further
than to say that in every respect it
was highly crcditdbfe to its distin-
guishcd author, who, unfortunately,
was not furnished by his government
with instructions which would justify
him in committing it to an expression
of its sentiment, which was to be
formerly recorded in writing.
",IIad Mr.. Rush felt himself
authorized to have entertaincd any
formal proposition. and to have decided
upon it without reference to his gov
crnmcnt, and eminently beneficial
practical result might have been pro
1uccd by the correspondence; but Us
he had no specific powers, Nj.
Canning found that, ;irl. the delay
Which must intervene before he could
procnre thcm,' the progress of events
might have rendered any such, pro-
cecdjng nugatory; and the being en-
gagged in communication with the
United States, in which considerable
time must have been consumed before
it would have been possible TO have
arrived at conclusive understanding
with them, would have embarrassed
any other inGdc OF procainng our
views, WiiIea 6 15nMstances might have
rendered il cxpedicnt to adopt.
mir. Canning, therefore, allowed
the matter to drop; but what was
done in it was far from proving wholly
useless, as will be seen hereafter"
think, then, if this we're to prove
anything whatever, it would prove, III
the first place, that the proposition
came from the British government to
this government to unite with her i'll
this Important act in reference to the
South American republics; and, in
the next place, that this government
declined to do it. None doubt at
this day, that the allied powers Of
Europe had it in serious contemplation
to lend their aid to Spain 10 enable
her to reduce to submission her
rcvoltcd colonies IN America. Great
Britain knew it. Our government
knew it. 1t was communicated to
our government, MS well by Mr..
Rush as by our charge ut Paris.
Great Britain, as ! have said, felt that
whenever that was done, she must fake
step which would iInplicatc her
in war, and break off her Continental
alliance. Mr.. Canning, the secretary
ei foreign affairs, and one Of The ablcst
statesmen OF his day, looked at once
to the avenue which he thought had
been opened by Mr.. Hush, to obtain
IL new alley on this continent; but his
proposition was not mot. The "A
mcrican government took. the lead,
without any communication with
England, or with any foreign power
Whatsoever. The President Of the
United States, in recommending to
Congress such measures as he thought
the condition Of the country required,
made the declaration to which have
referred, and based it altogether upon
his opinion that the peace and Scfety Of
or people, required it. 1t WAS not
because we sympatLizcd with those
colonies III their revolt; not because
any speculative philanthropy required
of us to go to their aid; but it was
because this foreign intervention would
cndangcr Tie SAFETY Of or people, that
he put forth that celebrated declaration.
To prove that such apprehension was
not without foundation, have taken
All extract from the diplomatic records
of that day, showing that after King
Ferdinand WAS restored to his throne,
by the armed Intervention of France,
he solicited his allies TO como to-
the aid Of Spain, i'll supprcssing the
revolt Of the South American colonies.
1t is taken from a despatch ad-
dressed by the Coade dc O'Falia,
as prime minister OF the King, to
his Majesty's minister at Paris, St.
Pctersburgh, and Vienna, dated the
26lh December, 1928, and com
municatcd by the Condo, to Sir Will
liam Court, the British ambassador
ut Madrid:
"fhe King, our sovereign, being re-
stored to the throne OF his ancestors. in
the enjoyment of his hereditary rights,
has seriously turned his thoughts to
the fate of his American dominions,
distracted by civil war, and brought to
hn Of hnn Il