The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-11-23
ppIT,sV VIOLATION OF AMERICAN LAWS.

been soemny convicted by jury of American citizens OF
deliberate violation of the laws Of the United States is
in the same bad spirit which has been displayed through
out that proceeding by the parties engaged on the side OF
Great Britain The principals in the matter Of enstments
in this country for the British service started upon the
idea that they could safely and secretly disregard the laws
Of the United States and the obligations of their gov
ernment aud the reader will take up the report Of the
Hertz trial in Philadelphia he will be interested If not i'm
pressed by The consistent plan of operations which they
adopted Mr. Crampton the British minister, the master
mind in this questionable affair." who contrived the whole
machinery upon which his employees acted in the prem
Uses seems have read with oerabe care the laws OF the
United States bearing upon such subjects and, as he sup
posed have guarded himself aud his agents against dis
covery Through the vigilance of the officers OF the United
States however, and especially the indeatigable United
States attorney for the district of Penns Mr.
Vandyke acting under advice of Attorney General Cush
ing the actors in these ensments for foreign
arrested and brought to trial. and when their guilt was
fastened upon them, and the completely of distinguished
representatives Of the British government clearly ascer
tanned proven what the next scene in the drama
DO the British journals in this country and in Europe re-
pudiae an undertaking conceived in secrecy and in dou
Bile -deangan undertaking at war with every conceived
notion of international honoran undertaking that would
disgrace the petty prince Of the pettiest principally in
urope On the contrary they retort upon the officers of
the United States and especially upon the distinguished
and learned Attorney General who throughout the whole
transaction exhibited the most commendabe energy and
activity to that the laws of his country were respect
edwe say these British journals retor upon that officer
and those who acted under his counsel in language Of
the most abusive and insolent character Nor were
there wanting newspapers claiming to be American
which assisted English journals in this labor of love- aid
ing them to make out by which to rescue Great
Britain from the disgracefui dilemma In which she had
been placed by her military and diplomatic agents
What next 2 When the proper representations of this
transaction were made to the British itself
through our accredited representative the court of ST.
James and made in accordance with the rights belonging
to free government whose laws had been invaded and
whose soil dishonored the journals in the British interest
in this country sought afr upon the Secretary Of State
Mr. Marcy the responsibility of having encouraged the
stmens referred to- and of having extended his sanction
10 the violation of our statutes AS if to establish the
fact that this Of the New York Albion and other
journals was not an expedent originating with themselves
we find the London Times, which has lately become in
some sense the organ of Lord Palmerston making al
most similar charge against the Hon. James Buchanan the
midst of the correspondence to which this extraord-
nary and unwarrantable interference with the concerns
of friendly and free nation naturally gave rise,
see this same London Times boldly setting FORTH as
one among other for the sending out Of British
feet las if for the purpose of annoying and inter-
rupting the American its transit through
Central Amerca) that this demonstration had been de-
cded upon because forsooth the United States had de-
The paroda pfad
conduct of Mr.. Champion and his assistants.
For years past the London Times and all the monarch
cal journals Of Europe made the alleged fbusterng
tendencies of the people of the United States the burden Of
their song and every popular in this country
matter how innocent looking to Cuba, to Central
America to Mexico or to island of the sea- has been
seized and charged upon the Of the United
States as grave proof of the inermedding spirit of
counrymen of the graspng designs Of our statesmen and
OF the aggranding tendency of institutions The
grarest SIM the eyes of those journals and of the princes
whom they represent that of interfering in the
Germs and of setting defiance the laws Of other nations
1t mattered not if the of the United States
nterposed its authority and resisted all such movements
when they became serious mattered that many
proved to be incapable of attaining the end their leaders
aimed at no credit given by the ministerial journals
10 the Oi CoHScr-
yative influence of the American press but the gen.
eral cry was kept up precisely il whole political
system was constructed simply for the purpose Of inter
erng with our ncighbor and Of assisting to break down
laws for the government of other nations 1t will scarcely
be believed that this very moment Of time, while the
London Times and its adjuncts maintaining per-
peuai clanor against the United States Of Its
fibusterng propensities the British government ITSELF
through agents engaged in the United States in
carrying into effect ngeniously scheme by
which our laws were be evaded aid set at nough in
order that they might raise recruits for their against
their Russian adversary and friend To ALL the
London Times after its pous protests gravely comes for
ward to defend the Of the British agents in the Uni
ted States aud denounce and domincer at its
Portable and convenient distance agans, the authorities OF
the United Sates for daring TO bring these offenders
justice To the language Of the Hon. John X. Kane in
his charge to the jury the trial of the leaders in the for
eigu enlistment in Philadelphia the stood thus:
srbere are very few among probably none who
not felt agQrievcd the with which the press of foreign
countries and occasionally Of foreign statesmen of the day,
have upon what they have been pleased to call
Deer aacry Of American people engage in military
controversies in which they properly had rghfu part
our people and our have been accused Of forget
ting The obg of neutrality and pushing ourselves for
ward into the conflicts foreign nations instead of pdnR
our own business and leaving beReens to fight
out their own quarels For one, confess that felt
prised to learn that during the very
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