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


There i no Logical connection between
the IDEAS, and there il something bor'
deTing oppn he oaensive b. their asso.
eiltI1a. Il
Consider. too, ne recent antecedents [
II the Powers that invite Is 10 disable
nsrstires % the end 81 fime irom ne &c !
quisiiisn in ans sxs a this nzfafsl sp-
pendzge TO our continent Pranee. sish-
IN the present century. 10 SAY nothing a
rhe acquisition af Louisiana. has nrest-
ed moiefy q Eurnpe frpm is native
snvereisns has possessed herself by
force 81 arms. aud AZ che fisae greatly
10 tae disceutenf ef England. 81 six
hundred .aiies ofihe nnrfbera sua,f IL
Africa, with an indefinite extension
into the interior; and has appropriated
10 herself one of the must important
insular groups Of the Pacific. Engtand.
not TO mention her other numerous re-
cent acquisitions in every part d the
globe, has, even since your dispatch Of /,
fhe 10th 0f February MAS written. an !
nexerf half &c the Burman empire 10
her orergroun Indian pnssessians. on
gr.,unds, IL the statements in Mr. Cob
deus pamphlet are 20 be relied UPON,
compared with Which the reasons as
signed BY Russia far invading Turkey
are respectable.
The United States do not require
to be advised of I" The utility Of those
rules for the observance of information
al relations which for centuries have
been known to Europe bs the name Of
the law of nation" They are known
and obeyed by US under the same sener-
able name. Certain circumstances IN oar
history have caused them to be studied
more generally and more anxinusly
here than in Europe. From the break
ing ogt of the wars Of the French re.
volution 10 the year 1879 the United
States knew the Law Of nations only as
the victims Of It's systematic yiolation
By the great naritime Powers Of Eu
rope. For these violations on the part
Of England prior TO 1894 indemnifie.
ton was made under the seventh srti
Gle of Jay'streaty.s For SIMILAR injuries
on the part Of France We were COM
PEELED to accept an iIlusory set-eif nm
der the Convention of 1900. A few
years only elapsed before new war
fare upon neutral rights was commenc-
| ed by The fwo Powers. One hundred
millions at least Of American property
were swept from the seas under the
British orders in council and the French.
Berlin and Milan DEGREES. These or
ders and DEGREES were at the time recip-
r0cally declared Ia be in cantrayenfion
of the law Of Nations by the twa Powers
themselves. each speaking Of the mea.
sures OF the other party. In 1851, at
ter the generation Of the original suf-
ferers had sunk under their ruined for.
tunes to the grave. France acknow-
ledge her DEGREES % have been OF that
character by late and partial mea>
SIRE of indem nlfcatian. Fur our en-
ermous losses under the British Orders
in Council, we not only never receiv-
ed naturalization, but the sacrifices
and suiferings Of war were added to
those sp'liati0ns on our commerce and
invasion uf our neutral rights which led
toits declaration. Those orders were at
the time regarded by the Lans.lowpes,
the Barings, Broughams aud the other
enlightened statesmen of the schoal TO
which yon belong. as violation alright
and justice a. we'll rs IL sound policy !;
and Within very few years The pre-
sent distinguished lord Chief Justice,
placed by Yourself at the head of the
tribunals Of England, has declared that
the orders in council were grievdusly
unjust To neutrals, and it is now gene
rally allowed that they were coafrary
10 The lar Of nations and oar o,ca mu-
pispai ia,o.'
That [ call. may Lord, to borrow
your expression, "a melancholy ayow.
! al tor the chief Of the jurisprudence
! Of great Empire. Acts afssoverrign
, authority, cnuntenanced BY its pariia>
ment, rigidly executed hy its fleets on
every sea. enforced in the courts of
admiralty BY a IEagistrat e whose learn.
lng and elaqGence are among the mo-
dern glnrics of England. persisted in
till the lawful commerce OF a neutral
and kindred nation was annihilated,
!. and pronounced BY the highest legal
authority of the present dav contrary
not merely to the law OF nations, but
your own municipal law.
Under these circumstances, the go-
sernment and people Of the United
states, who have never committed or
!, sanctioned violation of the law Of
nations against any either power, NAV
we'll think IT out OF place that they
should be Instructed by an English
minister in the utility &c thase rules
which Tor centuries have been known
;"isarope by the name OF the law Of ua-
! rions."
There are several other points in
your despatch, some of great public
moment. which, If Iwere still in office,
shpuld discuss on this accession. I