Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-06-26
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Message from tie President Of th
United States, ssi +, -
Communicating Cessation Of Inter
course soitA the ENJOY .Extraoraiaa
ry and Mmster ,Plsupotsntiary 0
Great Britain. es7dt ees.,
MR. MARCY TO MR.. DALLAS.
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! II does not suffice for Mr.. Gramp
ton now to say that he did not Intend
to commit, or participate in the com
mission of, any Infringement Of the
laws Of the United States He wa:
| the directing head Of long continued
Iinfripgements Of the law. it was un
der superior authority from him that
acts Of continuous violation Of lav
were perpetrated by the inferior a.
gents; some of those agents are prov:
ed by his own letters to have held
direct intercourse with him; and al
every stageofinquiry, in numerous
cases inyestigatedby the American
Government, there is reference, by
letter and or,l declaration, to the
general superintendent of Mr..
Champion. =, q -, So 80.
His moral and his legal RESPONSE.
bility are thus demonstrated. With
foil Information of the stringency ol
the laws of the United States against
foreign recruiting, with distinct per.
ception Of its being all but imposs;-
bic to raise recruits here without in
fringing the laws, and with knowl.
edge of the condemnatory judicial
proceedings Of April and May at
New York and Philadelphia, yet he
persisted in carrying on the scheme
until August, when its obstinate
prosecution had at length brought on
a most unpleasant controversy be-
tween the United States and Great
Britain And it is not'1the least oI
the causes: Of complaint against Mr.
Champion, that by his acts Of COM
mission in this business, or in failing
to advise his government of the I'M
practicability of the undertaking ir
which he was embarked, and the Sc.
ries ofillegal acts which it involved,
but In neglecting to observe the gen.
eral orders of his government, and
to stop the recruiting here the mo-
ment its illegalitys was pronounced
by the proper legal authorities Of the
United States, he was recklessly en-.
dangering the harmony and peace of
two great nations, which by the char.
acter of their commercial relations
and by other considerations. have the
strongest possible inducement to
cultivate reciprocal amity. ,sr
The foregoing considerations sub.
stantiaIly apply to the conduc! ol
the British consuls at New York
Philadelphia, and Cincinnati. Thougt
of subordinate official character, they
are not less responsible than Mr.
Champion. The continuous viola
ton of the law proceeded withil
their respective consulates month
after month, under their eyes, no
on Iy. without any apparent effort o,
their part to stop it, but with NOR
or less Of their active participation
therein. The consulate at New Y orl
appears to have been the point a
which the largest expenditures ver
made; and it is proved, by document
herewith transmitted, that payment
at that consular Office to some Q
the recruiting agents continued t
be made by the secretary Of th
consul, and in the consul's presence
from time to time, down to the be
ginning Of January Of the presen
| year. as
The President, as has alread,
been stated by me, cannot admit 9
the force Of the objection now urged
Of alleged want Of respectabilit.'
on t he part of some, Of the witness
es by whom these facts we're proved
Eand as to whom o prominent cause 9
such alleged want Of respectabl llt
seems to be the fact that their evl
dence has incuIpated their accompll
ces in the violation of. law. Th
Testimony which most directly in
culpates the British consul at Ne
York, as will be perceived by th
enclosures herewith, is in the afhd'
wits of the very persons relied on D
j her Majesty's government for proc
lin this case, and whose deposition