The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1853-10-05

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eept the compulsory eessinn Of TFini.
dad, which Is by position and strength
the Cpha of the south eastern Antilles.
fraRce vas. a. Fuu say. az thF b
ginning = this century. N pessessioa %
I.eaisianA by The voluntary eession II
Spain. This possession. however. mo
minal AT brsf. did not take place It'll
seven months after France had sold
louisiana to the Tn Ted States for eigh.
" millions of francs. and itlastei only
from the s0sh VI November 70 the Goth
Of December. 1908. The object Of
france in acquiring Louisiana was 10
re-estabI,sh herself in the interior Of
this country an 6Lject need not say
as menaeing TO your North American
possessions a. to the unitrd States. Is
il possible you csa. think such pos
session of Louisiana for such a purpose
sufficient ground on the psrt Of France
fsr interfering with our relations with
Cuba: Nav she. European Power.
without cansulnng as. obtain from
Spain in 500 cession Of half the ha-
bItable portion of North Americas
cessian which threw her for fifteen hun.
dred miles on our western frontier. and
NOT only shut Us frpni the Pacific bat
enabled her TO close the Mississippi
and is II So very unreasonable in Us TO
accept the eessien of an island which
lies within thirty Eve leagues of our
coast: Does she even derive her right
thus tn control our relations with Cuba
in 1855 from her twenty days passes
sion of Louisiana in 1857 What can
be clearer than that, whatever right nc.
crued to her from that three weeks
possession. (which was mere cereGno-
hal affair 10 give form 70 the transfer
nf the province TO the United States.
must have passed 70 Us by that transfer,
followed BY our actual possession and
occupation for half century!
You observe that " Lord Malmesbu.
~ and u. 'rurget put forward as rea-
sos for entering into the proposed com-
pact the attacks which had been made
on the island Of Cuba BY lawless band.
Of adsentarers frnm the United States
and with the avowed design Of taking
possession Of that island" and 20 thi,
reason yoa add, "Mr. Everett reptile,
In these terms: J" The President is con.
WINGED that the conclusion Of such i
treaty, instead of putting stop to these
Aaless proceedings, would give new
and powerful impulse To them = and
this argument YOU call "nut only IN.
founded. bat disqaieting."
After acknowledging. rather coldly
| think. The conduct Of the late Presi-
dent in disavowinga and discuuraging the
,lawle,s enterprises referred to, Won re.
proachfallv pronounce my remark just
cited "a melancholy avowal for the
chief If free State !" and yna seem IL
intimate, without expressly saying %,
that it implies. on the part II the PEG,
PIE af the United States. an insens'bility
ito the value oi theeterDal laNsof right
Iapd wrong, OF peace@nd Friendship, and
/ Of iaty To oar ileighbor, which ought
Ia guide every Christian nation" You
aiso take occasion, in reference TO The
same remark. to impress upon the peo
lpie of the United States " the utility d
| these rules for the observance al inter
national relations which for centuries
have been knosn 10 Europe BY th,
name of the law OF nations. AmuDs
the commentators on ihat!aw (YoG con
iinuel some nl lie most d:stnguishe,
American citizens have earned an en-.
siabie reputation, aud il is difficult u
suppose the United States would Sc
the example Of abrugating It's most sa
cred provisions
suppose no one in Europe or Anne
RIGA will think the intended force q
this rebake mi,igated by the diploma
tic reserve lian contanedin the last tw,
lines Lei US. then. inquire for mo
ment If it is we'll deserved.
Tie expeditions to which YOU alludl
is calcu atpd to excite the "reprnbatioi
of every civilized STATE" were diScnnn
tenaneei by the President IN ever,
constitutional and legal way. The ut
most vigilance was at all tunes employ
ed, but. unaappily for the adventures
themselves, without effect In this
there is matter neither for wonder nul
repruach. The territory Of the Unitet
States is bu, Iit;le less than the whole
Of Europe. while their population is mo-
equal To that of the United Kingdom
and their standing military force small
and scattered over an immensely ex,
tensive frontier. Our Government
like that Of England, is one Of law; and
there i great similarity between The
laws Of the two countries which pro
hibit military expeditions against the
possessions Of Friendly powers. II
fact. yoar foreign enlistment act q
1919 was admitted by Mr.. Canning t.
have been founded in part on our neu
traiity law of the preceding year. @
the two believe our laws are the more
stringent; but it is somewhat difficult
to enforce them in both countries.
These expeditions, got up in the