Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1853-10-13

neutral rights which led TO its declaration
Those orders we're at the time regarded by
the Lansdownes, the Earrings, the Brough.
ans and the other enlightened statesmen of
the school to which you belonged, as vio-
lalion of right and justice as well OF sound
policy; aud within few years past the
present distinguished head of the tribunals
of England, has declared that " the orders
in council we're grieyously unjust TO neu-
trails, and IL is nor generally ailowed that
they perc contrary 10 the tdp Of nations
and our osrn municipal lac :"
That | call, my Lord, TO borrow your
expression, " melancholy avowa' for the
chief OF the jurisprudence of a great en-
pire. Acts OF its sovereign authority, coun-
,enanced by It's parliament, rigidly execut-
ed by its fleets on every sea, enforced in the
courts OF admiralty by magistrate whose
learning and eloquence are among the mod
ern glories of England, persisted IN ill the
lawful commerce of a neutral and kindred
nation was annihilated, and pronounced by
the highest legal authority of the present
day contrary not merely TO The law of ma
tons bu, your own municipal law
Under these circumstances the Govern
ment and people Of the United States, who
have never committed or sanctioned VIC.
lation of the law of nations against any
other power, may well think II out Of place,
that they should be instructed by an Eng
lish Minister in the utility of these rules
which for centuries have been known ic
Europe by the name of The law of nations. y
There are several other points IN your
dispatch, some OF gtent public moment,
which, if | were still IN office, | should dis
cuss on this occasion. | have, however,
deemed II proper, at present, to coniine my
self TO such remarks as seemed necessary
to vindicale my letter of the FIRST of Deem
Der from your structures, leaving the new
aspects of the case which your dispatch
presents, especially in its opening aud clos.
ing paragraphs, to those whose official duty
II Is TO consider them.
You will not, hope, msapprehend The
spirit in which this letter is written. A.
an American citizen, do not covet the ac.
QUESTION of Cuba, either peaceably or by
force OF arms. When ! cast my thought.
back upon our brief history as nation
certainly am not led TO think, that The
United States have reached the final limit
Of their growth. or what comes 10 very
much the same thing, that representative
government, religious equality, the trial by
Jury, the freedom Of the press, aud the other
great attributes of our Anglo Northern civl-
llzllIon, are never to gain farther eXten-
sion on this continent. regard the en-
quiry under what political organization this
extension Is to take place, as vain attempt
TO penetrate the inscrutable mysteries Of the
future 1t all, If we are wise, be under
the guidance of our example; hope II will
be IN virtue Of the peaceful arts, by which
well-goveraed States extend themselves
over unsettled or partially settled continents.
My voice was heard at the first opportunity,
IN the Senate of the United States, IN favor
Of developing the almost boundess resour-
ces OF the territory already in our posses
sion, rather than seeking TO enlarge 1t by
aggressive wars. Still | cannot think II
easonable-hardly respecliul--on the part
Of England aud France, while they are dai-
ly extending themselves on every shore aud
in every sea, and pushing their domlnlons
10y new conquests, TO the uttermost parts of
the earth, to cali upon the Usited States to
bind themselves by a perpetual compact,
never, under any circumstances, to admit
into the Union All island which lies at their
doors, and commands the entrance into the
interior of their continent.
| remain, my Lord, with the highest re-
spect, faithfully yours,
EDWARD EVER EFT