Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1853-09-28
AIR EyERETT's LETTER.

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P .. uorIv To the letter of the Hon. Edward
- e,oo,oto,v of State, in December, 1891 on
- t:o~t.;to treaty proposed by England ana
~ e +be nurpose of guaranteeing to Span the
4:S,od nossession of Cuba. Mr. Everett, le"iH
r,bered refused on the part of our govern
Int tn enter into any such treaty ana Aord 1oiil
Rnssell's reply was not published until Mr. T. hau
I:~1 eo,, Office Mr. Everett has, however, con-
.der.d It his duty to answer Lord John, and ms re-
NV anpears in the Boston papers of ednesday las1
After dsposing of the preliminary things as to the
100 &c Lord Johns despatch and the length OF ms
oun letter Mr. Everett adverts to the GROUNDS upon
,,hcb tho limited States rest the claim OF having
noromonnt interest in Cuba. He then goes lheo d
close and interesting examination OF the reilatA
made bv Lord John relative to the aVo"al '''e 'uo
President could not repress the Lopez eApcuilion.
This is pressed in such manner as u leaSe hoh"
John Russell in melancholy plight Inc same 'iliie
80 done MS to Lord Johns lecture on AMERICAN Jaw
Tho manner in which this law was violated IN the
british orders of council and French, Berlin ana
Milan decrees is dwelt upon, and forced nome IN
way that must be peculiarly refreshing to Lord John
in particular, and to John Bull generally. We give
this portion of his letter.
"Consider too, the recent antecedents OF the pow
ers that invite to disable ourselves to the emu OF
time from the acquisition in any way OF this natural
annendage to our continent France, within the pres
emf century to say nothing of the acquisition OF Lou
isana, has wrested molety OF EUROPE nom us ma
five soyeregns; has possessed herself by force OF
orms and at the time greatly to the discomfort of
England of six hundred miles of the Northern coast
of Africa with an indefinite extension into the in
terror; and has appropriated to herself one OF the
most important insular groups of the Pacific. Eng
land not to mention her other numerous recent ac-
ositons in every part of the globe, has, since
1our despatch of the 18th of February written,
annexed half of the Burman empire to her over
crown Indian possessons,on grounds, if the state
ments in Mr. Cobden's pamphlet are to be relied up
on-compared with which the reasons assigned by
Russia for invading Turkey are respectable
The United States do not require to be advised OF
the utility of those rules for the observance OF inter
national relations, which for centuries have been
known to Europe by the name of the law OF nations
They are known and by us under the same Venera-
Bile name Certain circumstances in our history have
caused them to be studied more generally and more
anxiously here than in Europe. From the breaking
out of the wars of the French revolution to the year
1872 the United States knew the law OF nations on
" as the victims of its systematic violation by the
GREAT maritime powers of Europe For these viola
tons on the part of England prior to 1894 indemni-
cation was made under the seventh article of Jays
treaty For similar injuries on the part of France,
we were compelled to accept an ilusory set off
der the convention of 1900. few years only
elapsed beforea warfare upon our neutral rights
was commenced by the two powers. One hundred
millions at least of American property were swept
from the seas under the British orders in council and
o~AH1 N--~O
the French Berlin and Milan DEGREES. These orders
and DEGREES at the time reciprocaly declared to
be in contraventon of the law of nations by the two
powers themselves, each speaking OF the measures
of the other party In 1884, after the generation of
the original sufferers had sunk under their ruined
fortunes to the grave France acknowledged her de-
crees to have been of that character, by late and
partial measure of decentralization. For our enOr-
nous losses under the British orders in council
not only never received Naturalization, but the
rifces and suerings of war added to these spo
ations our commerce and invasion of our neutral
rights which led to its declaration. These orders
were at the time regarded by tho Lansdownes the
Barings the Broughams and the other enlightened
statesmen Of the school to which you belong, vi
olation of right and justice as well of sound policy
and within few years the present distinguished
lord chief justice placed by yourself at the head of
the tribunals of England has declared that the
ders in council grieveousy unjust to neutrals
and it is generally ul0sced that they ,cere c9atrG-
Ty to the lac Of nations and municipal LaU
That call, my Lord, to borrow your expression,
"a melancholy avOwaf for the chief of the jurspru
dence of great empire. Acts ofits sovereign
thority countenanced by its parliament, rgidly
cutcd by its feet every sea- enforced in the courts
admiralty by magistrate whose learning and eo-
quence among the modern glories of England,
persisted in till the lawful commerce of neutral and
kindred nation annihilated and pronounced by
the highest legal authority ofthe present day contra
ry not merely to the law of nations but your
municipal law
under these circumstances the government and
people of the United States who have commit
ted sanctioned violation of the law of nations
against any other power, may we'll think it out of
place. that they should be instructed by an English
minister in the utility of those rules which for cen
turtles have been known to Europe by the ofthe
law of nations. ?"
In conclusion, Mr.. Everett says:
las an American citizen do not covet the acqui-
sltion of Cuba, either peaceably by force of
When l cast my thoughts back upon our brief his
tory as nation, certainly not led to think that
the United States have reached the final limits of
their growth, or what comes to very much the same
thing, that representative government religious
equality the trial by jury the freedom of the press,
and the other great attributes of Anglo Norman
CIVILIZATION are never to gain farther extension on
this continent regard the inquiry under what po-
hcal organization this extension is to take place. as
RES OF the future 1t WILL if are wise be under
the guidance of our example, hope it will be in vr-
tue OF the peaceful arts by which well governed
States extend themselves unsettled or partially
settled continents. My voice was heard at the first
opportunity, in the Senate of the United States in ia
Vof Oh developing the almost boundess resources of
the territory already in possession rather than
seeAihg 10 enlarge 1T by aggressive wars Still can
not THINK 1t reasonable-hardly respectfill-on the
part of England and France while thew are dailv e
tendng themselves on every shore and in every sea-
ana pushing their dominions, by new conuuests to
me uttermost ends OF the earth to call upon the Uni
euota1es 10 bind themselves by perpetual compact
Tmeter' unoer any circumstances, to admit into the
Union an island which lies at their doors and com
mands the entrance into the interior of their CONT
nent" " o1 00ii'i-