The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1853-09-14

There u one aFEumeni 81 ne tnif /
ted safes secrftaFT a STATE nhitH ap-
peafs - her Majesfy's goEerpment noi
oulx uufounded bet disquieting.
Lord Malmesbnry and " Dc Iusgos
put forward. a. : reason Cor entering
into the proposed compact " the attacks I
Which have lately been made on me
island Of csla by iawless bands d ad.
yenfurers from the. United States. aud
with fiIe ayowed design Of taking pos
session Of that island" To this reason,
Mr.. Everett replies 10 these terms I;
The President i convinced that The
conclusion Of such treaty. instead OF
putting a stop to these lawless proceed.
ings. would give new and powerful
impulse TO them"
The government o. Great Britain.
acknowledges with respect the conduct
Of the President IN disayowing and DIS
ceurayiag the lawless attempts here re-
ferred To. The character Of those at
tempts, indeed, Was such as to excite
the Repatriation Of every civilized state
The spectacle Of bands o. men collect
ed together in reckless disregard Of
treaties. for the purpose Of making from
the ports of the United States pirate
cal attack on the territory Of a power
in amity with their own State; and
when there, endeasoring by armed IN
yasioh 10 excite the sbedicRt 10 revolt
and the tranquil to disturbance, was a
sight shocking. no doubt, u the just
and honest principles of the President
But the statement made BY the Presl.
dent. that convention duly signed and
legally ratified. engaging 10 respect the
present state OF possession in all fl>
ture time, would but excite these bands
of pirates to more violent breaches of
all the laws Of honesty and good neigh
borhood, is a melancholy a,owal for
the chief Of a great State. without
dispnting its truth. her Maiesty's 20
sernment may express a hope that this
state of things will not endure, and
that the citizens of the United States,
while they justly boast Of their instr
tutions, will not be inseris.bIe 10 the
value OF those eternal laws Of right aud
wrong. Of peace aud friendship. and u
duty to our neighbours. which ought TO
guide every Christian nat;en.
Nor can people 50 enlightened fail
to perceive the utility 0l those rules
for the observance If international re.
lations which for centuries have been
known to Europe BY the name Of the
Law of nations Among the commen.
tators ON that law, some Of the mosi
distinguished American citizens have
earned an enviable reputation and /
is difficult to suppose that the Unites
States would set the example Of abro
eating its most sacred provisions.
Nor let il be said that such con
yention would have prevented the in
hab,tants Of Cuba from asserting thei
independence. With regard to inter
nal troubles, the proposed convention
was altogether silent. Bnt pretend
ed declaration of independence. wit
a view OF Immediately seeking reiug,
from revoIts on the part Of the blacks
under the shelter OF the United States
would justly be looked upon as TIL
same IN effect as formal annexation
Finally. while fully admitting III
right of the United States toreject tn
proposal that was made By Lord dalme:
bury aud NJ. de Turgot, Great Britain
must at once resume her entire liberty
and upon any occasion that may cal
for ii, be free to act either singly or il
conjunction with other powers, as {,
her NAV seem fit.
! am, &c., j. RUSSELL,