The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-04-12

justly charged with violating such sovereign territorial
rights"
This Is certainly startling position. IL we'll taken Il
nuilihes our neutrality laws, and makes them deuson
According TO this construction, British recruiting officers
may swarm upon shores aud off their recruits in
regiments 10 Canada provided there is formal enlist
menI such consequence shows the untenabeness OF
the position BY this train of argument the British gov
ernment would have the observance of criminal Laws 10
consist merely in ormsa principle repudiaed by their
own udicaiures, OF which the usury laws instance,
which cannot In the English courts be avoided by
possible device This is indeed universal principle of
rspudence absolutely necessary to preserve the vitality
| of penal statutes. AieI
Again the British government say they had no intention
OF violating our neutrality laws This is very unsas-
factory excuse for the question is what their intentions
WERE but what did they do But this excuse not
10 point OF act the circumstances show concusvely that
the Intention was TO cyade laws Between the break
ing of and the evasion Of the law there point
o offence, but little difference We had right to expect
from Great Britain merely respect for the letter of
our laws but for the spirit In this just expectation how
ever, we have been entirely disappointed. a4
There is feature in this enlistment question which
exhibits peculiar repasyeness--I refer to Mr. Cramp-
toms connexion with it. If there any in the
United States who was under obligation than
other 10 respect the laws OF the country il Mr.
Champion. He was an ambassador accepted, cherished
by our government the representative OF the Queen
the sublime morality Of the law Of nations. Exempt from
the municipal law under the beautiful fiction his
tive land still bore him upon her imperial bosom, though
he had crossed the and longer gazed upon the
same stars In the heavens that he had bebed from
cliffs Of Dover he subject only the higher law of abb
stract right The obligations of this law were upon him
with stronger force than upon ordinary He could
not violate the obligations OF this higher law in his great
office without the reprobaton of all good am sorry,
therefore to that the correspondence and the evidence
in the Of Hertz exhibits Mr. Champion one Of the
prime movers in the whole proceeding We have the orig
inal OF Mr. Champions two letters to Hertz. This
meets him beyond dispute with Hertz who found guilty
by the verdict OF the jury and who afterwards confessed
his guilt Hertz states under oath ts sEi aHtIs@ NJ
A Al that did IN procuring and sending men to Halifax
% H. ses aad m anS .ss%
was employed BY Mr. Howe. and acted as his agent, with
the knowledge and appreciation of Mr. Champion and Mr..
Mr.. Marcy says this point in his despatch TO Mr.
Buchanan of December %, 1855: 9 .e ta #4a #s #j
Original Documents, in possession of this govern
Mr. camptons visit to Halifax and sha. i had spse.
service" r4 .ae saf 4. III a#3 f.atsf 81 aa 3 &t
We have also Mr. Champions instructions to Strobel as
to the mode of proceeding in raising in the United
States and also have the cipher furnished him by Mr.
Champion to in telegraphing Hertz that upon
his asking Mr. Champion how the matter to be
Quoted he said ..al#
GAS far know, there law in the United States for
bidding the ensng Of soldiers within the territory Of the
because who you from sending sborer Cam
ada but we mus take care to DO this in such way that
shall not appear in defiance OF the governmsnt."
But there is one aspect of this part Of the case that repre-
sents Mr. Champions conduct in deplorahle
light While he was setting foot wide spread system
Of he wac trying % iu our ,n.a
lied by the British Mr. Marcy in his despatch
to Mr. Buchanan OF December 2s, 1885, says; ~ .sas
"He MR. Crampton had satisfied that his government
for the British army. The fret intnaon that
absent in the British provinces shortly before
despatch of the 9th of June sent to YOU" s .a ~
Not merely, therefore, did Mr. Crampton in violation of
every possible obligation resting upon him ambassa
dor engage in the plot to violate neutrality lave but
violation Of that fair dealing which should characterize
even the intercourse of diplomas he mised the Secre
tary of State, .5f a# lE1 #E.Hl .N87
To sum up upon this point consider il clearly
ablished that the action Of Engsnd and the conduct Of
Mr. Champion has been in high degree offensive TO this
government s
The question now is, what is the remedy put war
of the question The present ministry Of England mAy
not have long tenure OF office; may obtain proper
reparaon from their which Of itself should in
duce TO wait the Of events Besides We are not
without at least partial remedy In our own hands. We
should stringent laws the subject OF our
neutrality rendering evasion impossible in the future and
Mr. Champion should be promptly dismissed. ..a
So much upon this branch of the | now proceed
| TO the Central American question. . .. .. ta...a "a
The causes Of complaint raised by our government
| against England on this point are four: aas
l. That Eugland gives TO the ClaytonBulwer treaty
prospective interpretation. u.. ..
a. That she has continued her protectoate over the
Mosquito Indians In violation of the Clsyton-Bulwer
| treaty. r= .Er. +.
3 That she has extended ber possessions the Belize
! beyond their true limits,
/ 4 That she has occupied Ruatan and the adjacent
| islands. .... ...s. #..
As regards the first point the words Of the treaty
plain that there would to be for double
TO whether its operation was to be present
or prospective The material part of that treaty Is
\ tained Ia the first article, which ia as follows;
Tbe governments Of the United States and Great Britain
hereby declare that neither the the other will ever
obtain for self exclusive control over the
said ship canal agreeing that neither will erect
maintain any ortihcaons commanding the same, or IN the
vicinity thereof occupy, foty, or coonze, or az
auy dominion Nicsragus, Costa Rca
Mosquito coast any part Of Central America win
either make Of protection which either Affords
afford any alliance which either has, have, to
with people, for the purpose OF erecting or
maintaining any such Notifications, OF occupying for
fyng colouring Nicaragua, Costa Rica the Nosquito
coast any part Central America OF assuming
ercisng the viii the United States
Britain take advantage OF intimacy or use any
alliance connexop influence that either possess with
State government through whose territory the satd
directly or indirectly the citizens subjects Of the
right advantages in regard to commerce or nnvga
the said which sha not bs obeed on the
to the citizens subjects OF the othcr.'
This rendered into plain English IT, that the parties shall
not exercise dominion Central America themselves or
through Others directly indirectly Yet in the face OF
ths the British government insists that The treaty does
not embrace any possessions which they had in Central
America the date of the treaty, but only prohibited
them from acquiring new possessions there ms con-
sueon so obviously In the face of the treaty that 1t is
curious 10 see how ii sustained Lord Clarendon urges
that IL the construction conended for by the United States
were correct the treaty would have contained an express
reuun citation by England OF ber existing possessions IN
Central America that the absence of this express renn
ciaiion shows that the treaty merely prospective
Again he urges that the invitation In one Of the clauses