Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (City of Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1853-1857, 1856-01-29

az atake xifhQQk iss cQnscnt, aud CHI Eheth
q forbidden BY the municipal law tot, the
very attem pt to do 1t, without suuk AonaeLty
il an attack on the national soverdfpty.
Such being tho public ri, hts and Shs NUM-
ciDal law Of The United States. n, li4tuds
on the subject was entertained bytki Eos-
ernment, when, n ear since, the British Par
Lament passed al act to provide fosthe en-
listanent OF foreigners in the miital 6ervloe
OF Great Britain Nothing on the i6gotthe
act, or in its public history, indiloosd that
the British government proposed e. stsempt
recruitment in the United States ~ did it
ever give intimation of such int5ueion To
this government. " was matter olSarprise,
therefore, to find, subsequently, thai the en-
gagement of persons within the United States
to proceed to Halifax, in the Britiah prov
ince of Nova Scotia, and there enliss IN the
service of Great Britain, wxs going @ exten.
sivelv, with little or 40 disguise. Ordinary
LEGAL steps were imm sdiately takenste arrest
aud punish parties concerned, and = put an
end TO acts infringing The muncpatlaw and
derogatory to our Sovereignty. anwhile
suitable representation on the subject wsre
addressed to the British G,vernns
Thereupon it became known, by admit
s :ss s :. - |als IL s.ssa ~.
try originated with H. or at least had ita APP
prevail aud sanction; but it also appeared
that the public agents engaged in it had
stringent Instructions" mi to violate the
municipal law of the UuitedSta;es.
Ii is diHoult 10 understand how 1t should
have been supposed that srtops eout' be rails
ed here Inv Great Britain, without violation
af thu mnnicipai law. che unmlstakable
object of the law was to trevent every such
act, which, if pevformot must he either IN
violation OF The Law, or h studied aversion
Of il: ard, in either altepative, the act done
would be alike iniuriousto the sovereignty oil
tho United States.
In the meantime, thu matter acquired ad-
iitional Importance, b! the recruitmcn's OF
the United States not beng discontinued,
md tba disclosure of the fact that they were
prosecuted upon systematic ptan devised
iv ofiaial authoriL ;: that recrn;ting reniez-
yous had been openei IN our principal cities,
md denots for ;hs reee 7ion OF recruits estab-
lished OH our frontier: a1d the "ho4c nus'-
ness conducted undsr the supervision ana D!
the regular eo-ops,ation II British olhcc'''
CT; Ill and military, some in me SoF'h -A'he'
lean provinces, aud some In IN o'htea o"'oS
The completely Of those o1lcs = IN the ua-
dertaking, which could only be "comp'sheu
by defyins our laws, throwing sus o'cioh o' u
our attitude neutrality, and disreg. rdinS our
territorial rights, is Conclnsiysly r. 'o'eu "
the evidence elected on the trial OF <uch oi
their agents as have been appTehende,' aud
convicted Some of the officers thus IN PHI
Gated are of high Official position, and ma ny
OF them beyond our jurisdiction, so that lt
gal proceedings could 10: reach the SOURCE Of
the mischief!
Thess cons iderations, anu the fact, that
ths cause Of complaint Was MT i :Bere casu-
al occurrence, bat a deliberate desi-'n enter
cd upon with full knowledge OF our laws and
national policy, and conducted by re- ronsi-
BILE public functionaries, impelled na to 1rc-
sent the case to the British government, In
order to secure. not only cessation of the
wrong, but It's repaEatlOn. The subject is
still uud,r discussion, the result Of which
will be communicable to you III due time.
repeat the recommend tion submitted to
last Congress, that provision be made for the
Of n commissioner, in connec-
ton with Great Britain. 10 survey and estab-
lish . boundary line which divides The Terri
tory of Washin ston from the contiguous Brit
tsh possessions. By reason of the extent
land Importance OF the country in dispute,
there has been imminent danger OF collision
between the subjects Of Great Brittiu AMI
The citizens Of the United States, including
their respective authorities in that quarter.
The prospect of a speedy arransem nj has
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forbearance to assert by force what a,h
claims Is right. Continuance of delay on
the part of the two governments to act in the
matter will increase the dangers and ditfca-
ties Of the controversy.
Misunderstanding exists rs to the extent,
CD IRA ter, and value OF the possessory rights
Of the IluIson's Bay Company and tho prop
erty Of the Pnget's Sound Agricultural
Company, reserved in our treaty with TREAT
Britain relative to the Territory OF Oregon.
| have reason to believe that eession OF the
rights OF both companies 10 he United States,
which would be the rsadiess means OF termI-
mating oil questions, can be obtained on Fea-
sonabla terms; and, with a view to ;nis end,
present the subject to the attsEtion OF Con
gress.
The colony os Newfoundland, having en-.
acted the laws required by the treaty on the
h of June, 1854, is now placed on the same
footing, in respect to commercial intercourse
with the United States, as the other British
North American provinces.
The commission which that treaty cnnteaa-
plated, for determining the rights of fishery
in rivers an mouths IF rivers, on the coasts
Of the United States and the British North
provin ses, has been organized and
has commenced its ahors; to complete which
there is needed further appropriations for
the service of another season.
SOUND DUES.
In pursu lnce OF the authority. conferred
by resolution Of fhe D cnate of the United
States passed on the third Of March last, no
ti;e WIS given to DENIM .rk, on tho 18th day
of April, of the intention of this government
to avail itself OF the stipulation Of the sub
sisting convention of friendship, commerce,
and navigation between that Kingdom and
the United States, whereby either party
might. after ton years. terminate tire same at