The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-07-08
RsRhts ard Duties OF N~usrsi..


The feept ciASe gentleman woo fills tn lice Of
UDitsd States Attorney nj Nes York " dsh
jtcrtd by come OF the papers cftnat oiJ - ala 40
us''y in making arrests Tor the siIegsa 'nracsse.
actual or inienctd, Of cur nsu.aity .'-s. OU
racers have been informed o. tumstcps sttests
heretofore made q perscns setting ou, 'of Canada
and Nova Scotia aroes engagements there 20 cnist
IA British army and also Of tho recent errtss ~
Mr.. StRpley, British Vice Consul al Nee York, on
the charge oil being concerned Ia thee enlstnentA
OF the arreat OF this gentleman thu Ecsning Pcss
says:-
The extent Of Mr.. stsnley's offsnc- n Il i. al a.
fence H. pt.same the giving Of inforps on ~
sons calling o. his once TO the best means ~ vssuaS
10 Halifax Even n he has IN some Instance, fuFaiab-
ed 'hem AID 30 get there which greatly do - i,
tsay constitutes no good ground tor his arrsst Hha
OF neutral ration that are Obliged 70 lalgs sal
pronounce upon the motives With which resId~u snoag
acts u themselves p.rf.csy lawful. I'M Megsoa
could once convict some person w. tank he road 10
more CO nteItei and ie. m~ddis,oms.
An onacer in Mr.. McKeons posItion may with
out coubt. by pre- ong fr VoI0us ggouods,
his Office IL to instfn meat Vi ggrs. vcx slios
to the community and yet without eSceediug the
st'ict letter Of his duty Watcher the attorney 81
New York has thus notsd we have no evidences Save
thu complaints OF the pre's referred ~ above, q.
Though we confess TO an impression our miadS
~ tnr exercise Of uo6nr ri2or in Of tas
brought nndsr COR to'ics by our New York cor
rspoIds nee. Then impressions, however, We
sdmh 10 ke Ia no Email aser.s tebn,tsd by The
isr Character witch Is generally AVA, led 70 the
AttoiDey.
But II was net OR the purpose Of ns.ita,i-g an IN
quy into The official merits ot the District Attorney
that W have advtitet IN tue recent arrests, bat
simply 90 introc uce 10 readers al early aatha
,ity on neutral cuties which met With yestcf.
day, ~ Resitma IN Junius said. /" 1, the couree
OF our mornings reading" Tlis authority u .
letter troy Mr.. Jefferson u Couvornsar MorYis,
written In AuRnst 1893 We give m extract from
IT, Tor ns bearing on questions which hays sat<Ssl
20 largely into recent political discnssons aa3
fer The wight which tho opinions Of Mr.. Jcnsrsas
La re NJ
hoveyer, ths' we tdink the sfgumsn, pushed =
little into extremes
THE EXTRACT.
The United States trg In state o. peace 9TH nsst
Of the b.'bgsrsnt powers, by treaty ssi With eli Il
item b. the laws OF nature murders and robseriss o,s
united ty our eitpa. w,thiu our territory sss
high Wss on those 9th ~hom at pssc~ are
punishable equally ~ n esmalt'sd inbsot,.
ants. II ! might venture ~ reason little formally.
without bsug charged with runnlng iato "sabi.suss
ard sphorsn would say that II one eussa has .
right 10 20 10 war of bis authority svefy etsss
nation (Which IL composed of all lts citlT.nsg k1 .
rsbt 10 20 70 war by the authority ~ II, Individual
eit~ns hut this 10 not true, s,ssf the xsasrsi pris
eipssof society or by our constitution, vheh sivss
that power 10 Congress alone and not 10 thu e
eisduaiy. Thsh the prst position not true asa
ciuysn has right 10 40 30 % his satbor!ty
ard wha, without right he oash, 20 i. ,as
isbsd Indeed, soth ing can he obviously absurd
than to say that All the cifsns may be 81 AMI ret
II has been pretsnasa indeed that tho snssssmsat 81
citizen in IN estsrptiss 81 tbis nslars divss
detlon him 10 another sov.rs,rn Oar sircns
certainly free TO divss themselves Of that character y
supis rstop and other acts ncsng fhsir inisnos
and then b the subject Of smother poser sas
free 20 do whatever the pnssefs Of that poser
But the laws do not ADMIT That n. bare con,soa
crime amounts 81 fttsif 10 divsstnsut Of lbs cha
rsc,sT OF citizen and withdraw TIE criminal thsr
costeiop, They would never prescsls. Illegal Get
anorg the sssi rBosss ~ when citizen M xLi
dDffsBchise himself render treason for nsissos.
Innocent, ~ giving II the force ~ tlssoiatiea Of
the Obligation Of tte criminal 20 hls coaatry. n
corebgy, Ia th- case Of Hsntsj, citissn ~ thss~
state, ebsrg.t sfth having engaged in the port
Of chssson ~ ss enerprss sgslnst nations 81 p,scs
with u, go sih having Joined la the setasf Coo
nissoI Of bosilltss. The Attofnsy css~rsi IL the
nhed states, in ohcis opinion declared that tss
act Win which be -. charged punlshsbs by 1sv
lie ,snc thl,g has tsss unanimously declared by 10.
~ the await coprS Il tue nitsi stAiss ysa vin
zee Ia the eharEcs a Ch.f Jases Jay delivered RIB
1ond, and JudKs wilson, delivered PhIsaslpsls,
both ~ Which srs Lsrosith sent
Af.oF0H Having o. aston n al'udc 70 the late
arrests In New York for the violation OF our nru-
usliiy laws, Il occurs 10 ~ ~ ASK " anybody cen
tell % whereabouts the Bfitish brig vas On saodsy
asi wbtn our revenue cutter waited aud csgtarri
bar fer having Geimsn recruits on board ~.
c'csred a. New iork The 18Th, for New Beans
sick; but the may have Ten, snd 80 pyes,un sbs
va, viihin our waters ~nen seized. W. Ak fof
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