Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-07-04
Lord John Russell on American Anairs.

Lord John Russell on American Affairs
The following extracts are from the pen ofsthis
British Statesman from his last published work
the Memorials and Correspondence of Charles
James Fox: M
..4he Declaration of Indepen dence.-Thls dec
laratIon was the cry of an infant State. It has
since grown TO manhood; it has now a giants
strength.
whether itwould have been possible to main
tam the colonies in subsection 10 the crown of En-
glaIu ior much longer period may well be
DOUBTED. Trade regulated of Westminster could
hardly be consistent with wealth and freedom at
New York. Sources of dispute might have arisen,
even If the plan of Lord Rockingham, or that of
Lord Ohatham,s had been fully adopted. But ii
was the peculiar infelicity of George and Lord
North that they turned to gall all those feelings of
hlial piety which had SO long filed the breasts of
the Americans.
singular defect in it, but which only proves the
lingering afectionwhich the Americans still retain
for the mother country,
Gas Mi. Jefferson originally drew the Declara-
ton oil Independence, he charged the acts of
which the Americans complained, in the first place
to the King, but secondly to the people of Great
Britain. Thus, he said fthen, that swhen occa-
SONS have been given them, by the regular course
OF their laws, oflemoving from their councils the
disturbers of our harmony they have, by their free
elecnon, re-eStabliShed them in power Then
again, he proposed to say: tThese facts have given
the last stab to agonizing affection, and manly
ssPAAAe oAuS 1GHUutlCc tlOEeVeE THESE uQteeIllg
brethren. We must endeayor to forget our former
love Tor them, and hold them, as we hold the rest
OF manklnd-enemies in war, in peace friends
we might have been a free and greatpeople to-
gether; but communication ofgrandeur and of
freedom, 1t seems, is below their dignity. Be it
so, since ttey tcil haze it, The road to happiness
and glory is open to us, too. We will tread it
apart from them, &c.
tfrhese expressions, though still in the tone of
wounded affection, rather than of willing enmity,
were too hostile TO the English people to please
the representatives of America. The pusillani-
nous idea that we had friends in England worth
keeping terms with, says Mr.. jefferson, 'sull
haunted the minds of many More probably the
sound regard long entertained for the mother coun-
try still yibrGtedin the hearts ofmost of those
who now threw OF. her authority.
"Be it as it may, the omission of these passages
warped the truth of this memorable declaration
George III. appears in it single and despotic
tyrant, as Philip IL. must have appeared to the
people of the Netherlands. The fact was, that
the sovereign and his people we've alike preiu-
diced, angry, and wllul." t.. .95
Here is a passing tribute 10 Washington: :-s+
e'"The success of America was owing, next to the
of her adverSarGS, TO the conduct and char
acter of General Washington. In him were united
the purity of the most diSnterested patriotism with
all the energy of the most stirring ambition, the
utmost reluctance to engage in the contest, with
the frmest Will never TO abandon it when begun;
the most intrepid devotion Of his life and his fame
in hazardous attacks, with the calmest judgment
in all matters political and military. The dssen-
Sions of Congress, the envy of rivals, the apathy
OF his troops, the calumnes of his enemies, neither
>excited him 10 rashneSS, nor stopped him in his
caIeer.2 -.
The IMPRIsoNaENr OF CoLoRED SEAMEN IN S.
CARoLINA.-The Charleston Courier, speaking Of
the diScontinuance by the British Government of
the case instituted by Mr.. Mathew, British Consul
in Charleston, 10 try the constitutonality of the
South Carolina police law in relation to free COL
ored seamen entering the ports of South Carolina,
remarks as follows:
':Ws hail this pacific, friendly, and considerate
course on the part of Great Britain as an augury
OF good; and, as an example, it ought not to be
lost on the people of our Northern and Western
sister States. II Great Britain, in all the majesty
of her power, and, in all her anti-savery feeling
yields to the necessity of our police law, surely
our sister States should not be behind her, either
in Justice comfy, On the other hand, this wise
and friendly step of the British Government should
react on ourselves, and induce us so to modify
the existing laws TO render it less offensive 10
foreigners, and to substitute kind of cu.feo, or
some other system, for the present unwiSe and
and impolitic one. Colored Cooks, stewards and
seamen are now locked up in Jail as soon as they
arrive in our city, they vessel in which they
came are ready for sea; and, in the meantime they
are allowed 10 hold intercourse with our slaves,
left in jail for sale, or committed there for crime.
The impolicy OF the law is patent on its face, and
needs no argument TO show it. Let us then Yield
in our turn, and as well for our own good, as in
courtesy TO other States and nations, substitute
curfew or some other system for the present plan
of personal incarceration, without crime. Let it
be made law, either that, after the ringing ofthe
curfew, Gle. our first night bell,) or at any other
time, no free coored cook. stewart seaman shall
be on shore without permit, specifying its OBJ
lect, from either the master the first mate OF his
vessel or from the mayor or any alderman"
This subject derives additional interest in con-
nectionwith the recent debate in the House of
Lords. and it is hoped that the recommendations
the Courier will be carried out.
AMERICANS IN ENGLAND.-A London correspon-
dent of the New York Tribune writes as follows
under the date of June g.
Mr.. Martin Van Buren, has now gone 10 witness
the Oxford Installation, when Mr.. Ingersoll is 10
be made d G L, an honor which even monarchs
have accepted, and suppose if Mr.. Van Buren's
presence had been knowniu time, il would have
been offered to him, and pressed on his accep-
lance. 49, g-ist
The second soree at your Ambassadors was a
most brilliant tete, and gathering OF all nations
in most agreeable harmony. Miss Wilcocks does
the honols with much race, and is greatly admi
red here. The5world gives out that she and Mr.
Peabody are to form alliance, but time will
show, and shall be very glad if any circumstance
snail retain SO agreeable an acquaintance in our
society as Miss Wilcocks.
The unparalleled enthusiasm with which Dis
Iaeli was received at Oxford has taken every one
here by surprise. He was quite the hero of
the day. Mrs. Dizzy, as the mob call her, show
I'd an admirable instanceo of fortilude lately. Her
: husband wished 10 be conveyed in the carriage to
the House Of Commons, where he was prepared 10
make one of his greatest speeches. After he alight-
ed he hadwalked some yards, when he heard a
i'lghttul scream. Mrs. Disraeli had inadvertently
left her hand touching the hinge of the door, and
the servant Stunning it together, had crushed OF
a Joint of Mrs DIS finger. She had the resolution
TO pretend nothing was the matter, so her husband
went away in peace, and made most eloquent
Grafton, which he could not have done had he
she was carried faintng to doctors, and
was most severely injured, though her enthusiasm
for her husbands fame enabled her to conceal her