Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-02-29


power, one session of the Legislature might
be in favor of slavery, and slaves would be
brought to the Territory. The next session is
against slavery, and it is abolished; and so
on, alternating, interminable confusion would
exist.
1t is only in their sovereign capacity when
they form a State that the people can deter
mine the question of slavery, and even then,
existing slave property must be respected.
Slavery is Standardization national, say
the party to which we have referred. How
then becomes a sectional interest subject of
national legislation
Lord Clarendon's statements "A PAM
phlet lately made its appearance in London,
("published by j. Wilson, George Court, Pic
adilly, London,') on the subject of British
recruiting in the United States, wherein Lord
Clarendon's apparently unaccountable misap-
prehension Of our neutrality laws, and of tho
facts involved in the conduct of British Off
cials here in the matter, are ably set forth by
British pen evidently. We quote tho pam
pHlet III question rs IollOWS.
"Lord Clarendon's honesty may be fairly
judged Of by his quotation Of Judge Kane
opinion. (See his speech, ante lie gives
that opinion as approving the conduct of the
English agents.
"What are the facts
Two men under prosecution by the United
States government for an offence against the
law, by illegally recruiting, are brought be-
fore Judge Kane on a writ Of habeas corpus.
"Now it is held, under the law of the United
States, that to constitute an offence within the
meaning of the act of Congress of 1918, under
which all the PROSECUTIONS have been institut
ed, it is not sufficient for one or either Of the
partieS-t. e., the recruiter, and the recruit,
to know that he, the recruit, is leaving the
United States for the purpose of entering the
military service of foreign prince or poten-
tata, but both must know it. This was in
view of the pretence of the English government
referred to in Lord ClarendOn's speech, that
men were collected for the Canadian rail-
ways)
"Judge Kane having so stated the law, pro-
ceeds, in the next sentence Of his judgment, to
say, that such mutual knowledge was proved
in the case of the men before him, and accord
ingly he remands them to the custody they
came from.
"Lord Clarendon has the audacity to quote
land how unfairly is shown above) one sem
tence from decision on q writ of habeas cor
pus as the opinion ofJudge Kane on the ''mer.
it's" which were not before him and Lord
Clarendon so quotes him, with the full knowl-
before whom Hertz, on whose trial the evidence
duplicating Mr.. Champion was produced, was
prosecuted and convicted"
The above extract forces on our mind the i'm
preston that his Lordship has been systemat-
ically deceived by Interpretations of the
case in many important particulars. Who
could have thus taken the liberty of deceiving
him in a case of so much delicacy and inter-
national Importance?
The Documents.-The transmission to Con-
gress Of the Enlistment Correspondence"
yesterday afternoon, afforded ample topics for
conversation; and it seemed to be universally
conceded that the logical reasoning Of Messrs
Marcy and Buchanan completely overthrow
the shallow reasoning and the supercilic US
evasions of " Her Majesty's servants" 1t is
evident that Mr.. Marcy, having been on the
most intimate terms with Mr. Champion, "re-
sisted the evidence tending to implicste him
powerful to be any longer withstood," and
that the Government was reluctantly forced
to demand the recall of Mr.. Champion, and
also the withdrawal Of Consuls Matthews,
Rowcroft, and Barclay, as the measure of sat-
isfactiOn which the United States requires for
a serious breach Of international law and dip.
lomatic courtesy.
The special pleading of Lord Clarendon,
that Mr. Buchanan had expressed himself
satisfied at his excuses, is completely over
thrown, as it is shown that our minister at the
Court of St. James did not know that, at that
very day, Mr.. Marcy wa. writing of enlist.
ments, under British agents and completely of
the British minister and other officials. Upon
learning this completely of the British minis
ter and other officials, Mr.. Buchanan in note
addressed to Mr.. Marcy, dated October 3,
1855, remarks:
" I need scarcely say that, had been in
formed that her Britannia Majesty's repre-
sentative at Washington had placed himself
in the position attributed to him by Captain
Strobel, should not have expressed to Lord
Clarendon my satisfaction in transmitting to
you his note OF the 10th July"
Capt. Richie The verdict of the Court
Martial in the case of Capt. Richie has trans
pired. The Court Martial found him guilty
and sentenced him to be reprimanded by the
Secretary of the Navy. The Secretary, how.
ever, upon an examination of the testimony
decided that the action and verdict of the
Court Martial were disapproved, for the good
of the service. In this decision the President
concurred; and Capt. Richie has been conse
quently discharged from arrest, and reinstated
in his rank and position in the Navy.
General Cushman.-This gentleman, who
is Commissioner on the part of the United
States, to fix the limits of the fisheries on the
Atlantic coast, has made brief visit to this
city, and left yesterday afternoon. The &C.
tive duties of the commission will be resumed
early in the spring
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