New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-06-06
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WASHINGTON, May 2eth 1856.
Air, Champion Is at last dismissed! For days and I
weeks the public have been continually notified that
such would be the case and were daily dsapp pointed
INF ii seems the imminent pressure of the Cincinnati
Convention admitted of no further delay. The Con-
vention meets Monday next and the friends Of the
President now in the city, who are en- route for
canati told him distinctly that unless he dismissed
CHAMPION promptly, and without further parley or
hesitation, he would not have ghost Of q chance for
the nomination 1T appears that these representa-
lions have at last had the desired effect. The Pres
dent after screwing it for about six months at last
got his courage to- the sticking point on yesterday
and Mr.. Champion, as well as the British Consus at
New Y ork, Cincinnati and Philadelphia, were Off
cially notified Of their dismissal.
II These gentlemen are dismissed by reason of VIOLA
ton of neutrality laws in enlisting soldiers in this
country for the Crnean service The offence occurred
more than year ago, and when the attention of the
British Government was called to it, d disclaimer was
made Of any knowledge or intention of violating our
laws. Without expressing any opinion as to whether
this disclaimer was sufficient apology or not this
at least very Mr. Marcy should either
have accepted the apology at once, or dismissed the
British Minister at once. What was the necessity for
delay? The offence was clearly proved long ago. If
it were sufficient provocaton for the dismissal Of
the British Minister, why was he not dismissed at
once. #53s 3Hs ss4 s65. a
AS long as a law exists on the statute book, it
ought to be enforced. But the issue of this enlist
ment affair." well our relations in other respects
towards others of the great powers of the earth, it
seems to me- ought to convince the people Of this
country Of the absolute necessity for the Immediate
repeal of the neutrality laws Viewed as matter of
abstract right difficult to see how the enlistment
Of soldiers in this country for fighting in the Crimea
or anywhere else is such grave and serious offence.
| If men want to fight, let them fight. It is well
/ enough for Governments to be neutral as between
beligerents in other parts Of the world unless some
special interests Of their own are involved but that
Individual citizens should be debarred from taking
sides, just as they may prefer and doing little fight
ing on their own hook, is q proposition founded
neither on reason nor common sense. n
There are grayer causes Of complaint against Great
Britain than the ensting Of soldiers for the Crimea
The history of Central American affairs for the last
two months will develope greater violations Of our
neutrality laws and far greater disregard Of the rights
Of American citizens than any involved in the enlist
4 ment case. And yet, SO far as we have seen the
administration has ignored these altogether. III +.
What will be the effect of this dismissal of Mr.
Champion and the British Consus 2? In all probability
the British Government will retaliate by disissng
Mr.. Dallas, and then will follow suspension Of the
diplomatic relations of the two Governments. Sup.
pose that Great Britain should demand since we are
i SO punctilious about neutrality laws that those
same laws should be rigidy enforced in respect of
i Nicaragua? What then? 1t will FOLLOW that unless
| they are enforced, the British Government will con-
centrate a fleet in Central American waters and
compel an enforcement Of them. Nor would there be
! anything very unreasonable in such course. The
upshOt Of it would be an immediate declaration of
war; and two nations, which ought to be at peace be
engaged in deadly conflict The true solution Of the
difficulty consists in an immediate and unconditional
repeal Of the neutrality laws. There is no such thing
as ine,tae in the diplomacy of the present day.
We must have firm and decisive action. 1
The debatein the Senate on the Presidents veto !
of the bill for improving the mouths of the Missis-
sippi commenced on Tuesday, and has not yet termi
mated. Mr.. Toombs, of Georgia, undertook to defend
the veto, and from the doctrines he advanced, it is
plain that some new lights have shone upon him
since he cast his lot among the Democracy In
Senate containing Democrats to the amount of at
least three ourths of the whole body the bill passed
cratic party with the exception Of few abstraction
lists in Virginia and South Carolina, has long since
surrendered its opposition to internal improvements
Of national Importance and yet Mr.. Toombs, in the
excess of his zeal in behalf of that which he has all
his life opposed, finds Unnecessary now to embrace the
extreme dognas Of the South Carolina school, Thus
it is always With new converts. At all campmeet-
ings you will find that new converts pray louder and
bear themselves with far more holy JUNCTION than
any of the old luminaries of the church.
! On yesterday Mr. Mason of Virginia, followed on
the same side The rising of bfr. Mason to speak is
generally the signal for an entire clearance Of the
galleries and obbes Of the Senate. Of all the dull
dry numbering and uninterestng speakers Of the
Senate, commend us to Mr.. Mason do not say this
out of partisan prejudice, for freely accord to Mfr.
HUNTER of the same school of politics. all the quail
| ties OF an enlightened statesman, combined with
brilliant genius and high order Of intellect. But
when you come to MI. Mason, q1ant,ln, diyerStts
His two hours speech amounted to simply this-that
no power Of the Constitution ought to be exercised
unless specially granted or necessarily implied-a
1 proposition which everybody admits, and has adj
United from the adoption of the Constitution to the
| present time This he repeated some two or three
i hundred times until the declaration acted as an
opiate and put some fifty of the Senate into pro-
found sleep. The consideration Of the subject was
postponed until to-day other matters interviewed
to-day, and it was postponed still further. Gen. Cass
has the floor in opposition to the veto
1 In the course of the debate, Mr., Wilson, of Massa-
chusetts stated that, his own personal knowledge
Gen. Pierce was represented in 1852 in the States Of
Ohio and Michigan as friendly to these improvement
bills He further stated that Gen. Pierce's friends in
that canvass, made concessions to the Barnburners
and Free-soilers Of New York, which induced both
of those factions to vote for him. i do not know that
much credit is to be attached to any declaration that
i Wilson may make--but he could scarcely hazard an
assertion of that sort unless there were some truth
/ in it. @.,533i =3
/ The House on yesterday, and the Senate to-day,
passed the bill granting certain public lands in the
State of Louisiana for the purpose of aiding in the
construction Of railroad in that State Inasnluch
the President has already approved several bills of
the same character, it cannot be supposed that he
will veto this. 1t passed the Senate without divis
ion, and the House by avote of 60 to S.
1t is rumored to-day that Mr.. Brooks has chal.
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