Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1855-11-28
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Tho Journals received by this days arrival
nom Europe, give indications Of good deal Of
excitement, in Great britain, occasioned by the
manner In which the American government has
thought fit 70 deal with the question of recruit.
Ing soldiers for The war Ia tile East. The princ.
pal cause Of the cxcicn mt |. the instructions
given BY Nj. Gushing, our Attorncy General at
Washington, To the district attorneys and other
officers, to detect and prosecute offences commit
ted BY the British agents against our neutrality
laws, These instructions were doubtless meant
10 he offensive. They were intended TO irritate
the British government, and give our own people
something TO talk about, by way Of taking of
their attention from the misconduct of Mr..
Iierce'u administration in other respects.
Mr.. Cushing's instructions are certainly the
eaddcst departure from official discretion of which
we rceollcct an example in this country. The
directions 10 ferret out and bring before the tri.
binhls any transgression of our neutrality laws.
did not need 70 be enforced by the vulgar ap-
peals 70 national prejndices, with which they are
literally seasoned. There was no occasion for
intcrlarding them with inyidious comments on
the cautions which the British government gave
Us agents to respect our local laws yet Mr. Cush
ing tells the dstrct-attorneys that In enioinine
obctliencc TO the local law Of the United States
tile British authorities have offended against both
the dignity aud the rights Of our government in
q worse n,anncr than IL they had commanded
their agents directly 10 disobey our laws The
order 30 to proceed not to violate tie munich.
pal laws OF the United Statcshe AYERS is an order
10 violate the spirit Of those laws and is in itself
an infringement OF the sovereign rights Of the
. United States
This Is n shallow prctcnce When the govern.
ntcnt of the United States ordains u law, making
any particular act public offence, and annexing
70 ta penalty. II Is supposed to know what Il
means--t Is supposed to level its prohibitions
aud penalties only against the acts il declares un.
lawful When the British government says to its
agents: eve want soldiers for the war, do your
best to obtain them, but use only Lawful, means:
be careful to violate no statue: pny respect 10
the regulations which the United States have en-.
acted to preserve the obligations Of neutrality, )"
tttsays all that just government could be ex.
pected to say, and to cavi at such iniupctions.
shows only sinister purpose Of some sort or 9th.
or, The right Of Great Britain TO do anything
10 rrcrnit her armies which our laws clearly per-
init, Is NANTES, enough to ordinary minds; but
Mr., Gushing, II seems, is too profound to think
We know very well that the agents of the |
powers which arc now at war with each other do |
not scrul,,e 10 lay Inducements before persons in |
this country to enter the military service of their
employers. The Russian government engages, |
In this way, the services Of Americans, although,
II properly watched by iniormers cases of pretty I
! clear violation Of the neutrality laws might be
made out against those who engage them. The
proceedings of the British agents here have been
pricd into with vigilance of which we have |
scarce an example in the enforcement of our
neutrality laws, and If they cannot complain Of |
injustice, they have some right to complain of /
partiality. We have allowed Walker to proceed
from shores on hostile expeditions against
our ncighbors. When he made his descent up.
on Mexico, and General Wool tried to prevent
him, the General was rcprimnnied for informed.
ding, and ordered of to Benecia Walkers
next expedition was against Nicaragua, where
he is n, present, and the government seems to
have taken no particular pains to prevent it,
The other daya crowd of armed adventures
collected in Texas under the eyes Of our govern.
mcnt, and marched over the frontier TO take
PART in the late Mexican revolution. We did
not hear that Mr., Gushing or Mr.. Pierce, his pi.
'rl. showed any particular indignation at these
violations of the neutrality laws. Certainly thew
showed no vigilance in detecting or preventing
them,
We wish, for our part tina, Mr.. Cushing would
contne himself to the duties Of his otfice--for
which, &c would observe by the way, he has not !.
too much capacity. Lately he has been usurp.
ing the functions Of the legislature and the
'courts--he has been lcg;sla:ing and deciding ON
the subject Of the equality Of the states, on the
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lawyer, and no more. In the present case, he
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