The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-04-30

most Encouraging progress .ztxt 30 n better,
upon the whoIo, to acQuie6c4 ID XII 3Aff ttce, no
doubt unintenstenal. done 70 n n!nent. to
my predecessdes and myself, in I'M Malmes.
Dufys letter TO Mr. Champion Of the l0h OF August.
than to revive somewhat unpleasapt discussion
But there are some portions Of Lord Malmesbury's
remarks, in reply 10 Lord Wharncliffe on the 26h
which make it impossible for mo TO pursue this
course.
am aware of tbs irregularity of remarking on
what 10 said within the wals Of the legislature Of
a friendly State; but Lord Malmesbury has com.
mented on the debate in the Senate of the United
States in July last, and he will not, under the
present circumstances, deny me the right of fol.
lowing his example. e -
Iaiiude to the first portion of Lord Malmeabu.
ry's reply to Lord Wharncliffe, in which he en-
deavors to throw upon the American Government.
and individually upon my predecessor, the re.
sponsibility of the alarm OF last summer about the
fisheries, and oven ascribes it (if he is correctly
reported, which am willing to believe is not The
CASEY to very unworthy motive. Now, must
say more distinctly than have done in the pre-
ceding letter, that Mr.. Lawrence's dispatches of
the 10Th and 9th of August led US to suppose that
her majesty's government felt that they had acted
precipitately in directing naval movement to.
ward the fishing grounds, on notice to this Gov
eminent both too short and too general to be of
any use. We did not ask or expect that any ad.
mission to to this effect should be made dipoInati-
cally or otherwise; but we certainly did not ex.
pect to have the blame transferred to ourselves
with the imputation of unbecoming motives
After stating that there was no iust ca,,se for
the publication of Mr.. Webster's notice of tho
goth Of July, Lord Malmesbury is reported To have
said "The noble lord who has just sat down.
and who had been for some time a resident in the
United States, and who knew the influences which
periodical events exercised in these localities,
might perhaps be able to account for the appear.
ance Mt that time of correspondence which. at
another period, might never have seen the lirbt
And little further on, Lord Malmesbury ascribes
the preparation OF the notice to the excitement in.
duced BY the disease, whose fatal determination
he handsomely laments-a suggestion, by the
way, not In perfect harmony with the IMPUTED
motive of political calculation.
But Lord maimesbury may be assured that the
alarm felt by Mr.. Webster, and shared bv the
President and all the members of the Cabinet, was
deep and unaffected 1t was caused by informa.
ton received directly from the provinces AL.
tnougn Mr.. w ebster's notice was published on the
goth July, and for the sake of official form was
dated at Washington, Mr.. Champions note of the
9th OF July bad never been seen by Mr.. Webster,
who left Washington that day; nor, if it had been
seen by him, was 1t of a nature to relieve the
alarm justly caused by the information tranmsit-
ted from the colonies Not wishing to nrolonp
this postscript, forbear to enlarge on the charac
ter OF this information. and to show as could
easily do, that it could not but have produced a
state OF great alarm on the part of our fishing in
terest. II Lord Malmesbury will reconsider for a
moment the necessary differences from his imputa-
ton, hitherto confined to the party press. for
which; during canvass, nothing is too absurd, }
he VIII feel its extravagance MOTTO say its cruelty
to the living and the dead. It implies that Mr.
Webster-of whom in the latter part of his speech
Lord Malmesbury speaks in liberal terms, (thoueh
limiting bis eulogy to period subsequent to the
appearance of the notice of the 2nth of july
capable OF getting up. for electoneering purposes
false and short.lved alarm, which, for the time,
menaced the peace of the two countries, but was
sure to be exposed by the return of the English
mail; conduct, to say the least, which would have
no N q uJoo b lob IH L-kT NH-
is reported to have called correspondence" and
a "ietter," which might not have seen the light
but Tor the recurrence of certain "periodical
events, was no correspondence nor letter, but q
notice addressed to our fishermen. 1t was NOTHING
If not published; and it must be published then or
never.
With respect to the "influence of periodical
events for the existence of which in the United
servation Of Lord Wharncliffe, may be permitted
to say that have resided much longer in England
than Lord W. has done in America, and have care.
FULLY observed the country under the operation of
an event OF the kind referred to-that is general
election. respect and admire the popular institu.
tons OF England, the fountain, to some extent of
our own. did not, however, bring away from
that country the impression that her distinguished
public men are less subject to elcctioneerng in
fuences than our own of the same class believe
the majority Of such men in both countries to be
honest and sincere; and that, even when they err
In Judgment, they transact the public business in
good faith. feel confident that Lord Malmesbury
would deem it just subject of complaint if. in q
official statement to Congress, should, having
denied all foundation in fact and reason to a Ger.
tain portion of the sayings doings of her males.
tvs ministers last summer during the progress of
the election which was going on simultaneously
with our own canvass. have imputed them to the
motive BY which Lord Malmesbury, in effect, &C.
counts for the publication of.Mr. Webster's notice
of the Goth of July.
This much have been constrained to saw. t, ON
sense of duty to this Government and to Mr.
Webster; feeling that substantial injustice would
be done to both in leaving without any notice the
remarks made by Lord Malmesbury, both in his
letter to Mr. CHAMPION, communicated by his di
rechon to this Department, and in his reply to
Lord Wharncffe OF the 26th of November