The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-05-30
IMPORTANT FROM WASHINGTON.
Hecretary Mafcys Reply to Lord Clarendon on
the Enlistment Difficulty.
Passage Of the Land Bills in the Senate.
COL. BROOKS 70 Be EXPELLED FROM THE HOUSE.
Rrospeet Of Fusien Of the Hards and Softs
at Cincinnati,
de-, Gc., 10,
1HkRTY-FOURRss CONaRM8R.
FIRST SESSION.


1HERTY-EOURPs CONaRM3Rs
FIRST SESSION.
sssass
WASHINGTON, May 20, 1856.
PASSAGE OF rHR LAND
fhe House bills granting lands to Wise onsin Alabama
Louisiana and Michigan, to aid in the construction OF
tain railroads therein, were severally passed.
THE ENLISTMENT TROUBLE WITH GRRAr BRITAIN.
nasssage WAS received from the President OF the
Che United Sates Lformiug that he has ceased
od intercourse with the Mtser of the British govern
Cnent to Washington and stating that he deems 1t
lay before them the considerations of public duty which
have led to the adoption Of of so much impor
rance.
Among tie docu nents transmitted by the President
despatch from Secretary Marcy to dr. Dallas dated
May 27, 1856. It is as follsws:-
SECRETARY MARCY DALLAS
DEPARTMENT STATE !
WASHINGTON, May II, 1856
sRThe President has -uly ds-ei the note of
fhe SOth ut addressed to YOU b the ari OF rendon
her 4sJestys Principal Seer etsry of Sas for Foreign
Affairs relative to the questions whih have arisen
Tween this government and tat Great Britain, the
subject Of recruiting within the Urei States for the
British army, an has dr.c ed present you his
views thereon. for the purpsse o, having them made
known 70 her Majesty government He hks been much
Esahed BY ,he eoncatory split of trat note, and by
Inc desire manifested by The Earl Of Clarendon TO adjust
9ne existing dcuties aud preserve and strengthen the
Britain.
The vast interest which the government and
people Of both Countries bavs in upholcing
and cherishing such relations, cannot be solemn
~ impressed upon her Msjes.y's government than
Il is upon that Of The United States The unequivocsl
disclaimer by her Msjssys government of apy inten
tion ehsr TO infringe the Ia disregard the policy or
mot ,ssIsc the sovereign 9f The United
1entiona ard to their Grated directions there has
ben any Infringement Of toe ls~s Of the United ate"
~ isaotory to the President The ground Of Gem
Psin &C far as respects her Majestys government is
4hus removed But the Presdsn; extremely regrets that
or the conduct Of Of her Msjestys officers Who
Nere, as this government believed, and, after con-
sesrsa OF all which has been offered in their Defence
SUI believes, implicated in proceedings which
csa, an infringement OF the laws and sovereign rights
In respect to such OF these officers and agents a.
have no connection with this government it has othing
TO ask fiom that Of her Maj sy the different
In relate to Mr. Champion, her Msssty's Envoy Extra
Ordinary and Minister Psn poten sry this
and the Cons uls at New York, Phate phia and Cncn
natl The President is gratded 20 perceive that her Ma
jestys government woao not have hesitted to comply
with the request to withdraw hese officers from their
official position if it had entertainer che here taken
laws and sovereign rights of the United States.
need scarcely say that 10 msL'g his request no in-
vornment and that OF Great Br ain was but
on the contrary the President was aud ia sincerely de-
sep most ha f9sos sr
2on The grounds that '.hs conn xion with the affair."
ra!srg rsus in this try for to British serviss-
has rendered him an unacceptable representative of her
Britannia Majesty this nmsDt." For the same
reason the withdrawal of the three British Consuls
Ase requested. These Off ~ers this govern
Msnt confidently believes, deeply implicated proceed
d contrary to The law snd sovereign rights of the
GIFTED State and contrary IL n,w appears to the
Intention and reitsra ed Of their own gov
ernment 1t their personal acts not the less OBJ
ectcDsbe for having been aoae contrary to the dtrs,
aors Of her Msjesty's Minister, which rendered them
their official Characters aud portions unacceptable
to This gove,nmant and induced the President for that
to cit their recall believing n&t py this course he
COZ tributing to tie common interest and hsr-
mony of the two governments He has not, after
ccnSuc aud cannot therefore change his purn ss IN re
1on 10 them though their conduct related TO- aud In fact
originated difficulty which disturbed the cordial hsr
and good standing bttwesn the countries
II nsti uted decided objection to them Of pc
character which loses none of its orce by the sfAc
foy adjustment of difficulty The only
which attends the the cifereucs OF opinion be-
tween the two governments as to the completely Of
these officers illegal proceedings within the Unite Sta
In reviewing this subject the Pres vent was disposed
TO avail himself OF able doubts whfsh could be
raised in his mind in orde. to bring his opiuon this
respect into conformity with that Of her Maestys 60
vernment but after careful consideration of the CASE
has been unable to change the conclusion to which
had previously arrived The difference Of opinion may
In degree be ascribed to the difference in the vie
OF the two governments in respect TO the neutrality Law
0nd sovereign rights OF TINS country 1t not proposed
however to continue the csc ,ssn upon that sube,t
The conclusions Of the despatch OF
She 28th OF December 10 your ecesso In regard to
ahe construction Of that law and the extent and charac
Ser OF these rights unchanged and hs cannot oreg,
ale duty Of using ali proper ana to sustain and vind
The main oause Of this difference OF opnion Is the d
Eeren appreciation OF the proofs by which the charges
agsiIs her Asesys diplomat, representative and Con-
suls sustained Lord Carenco asks this
{, regard the bare declarations of these officers Of
vuffcent weight to counteryail evidence against them.
Their denias preseD I'd in his uespa Of the 30th
Of April and that is all wGch has been communicated to
ths goserpment ths ~ sjcct % speeiAI and
den, that they have inipsed ueutrsty law by en-
listing persons within the United STATES British
vice hiring or retaining persons to leave the United
States for the purpose OF being enlisted in that service
The charges against them much broader aud EN-
brace the offence Of violating the Laws and sovs.
reign rights Of the United States by setting in opera
ton within territory and conducting, an ex,en-
6ive system Of recruiting, which was not, and could
mot be- carried Into effect without Infringing upon our
laws and rights, by employing agents en-
gage persons for pecunary and other consideratons
ipg into the British army and by keeping these agents
In this employment after it well known taat they
instantly infringing laws Tue denial of the
es imputed to them; but conhnicg the exculpatory
declaration to the the simple charge Of having violated
confederation which Lord Clarendon has ascrbed TO IT,
By a6oP ing Lord Csrendous constru ,ton of
ray law contained in his note of the 10th of Novem.
Der, which renders IT almost nusa. ry and is con.
S<rary to that Of this government and Of its judicial
tribunals, these officers have not probably found
much embaraasH ent in meeting the cha, ges with gem
eral depslbut giving to the declaration OF Mr. Cramp-
aon and The Consus all the consideration winch can be
fairly aimed II under the tances of tae csss
1t cannot counterbalance ,he ,ched and well sus
esned evidence which establishes tle charges against
ehese officers OF having ged the laws and sovereign
Lord Careudons note to you OF the 30h Of April con
veys the impression that the evidence by which the off,
GERS implicated is derived from two witnesses
whte oedbity has been assaiied. This however is not
correct view OF the facts. BY examination Of my des-
pitch OF the ~ OF December It will be perceived that
these witnesses strongly conrmed that there
are proofs wholly Independent Of their testimony abun
dainty sufficient to establish the py of Mr. Cram
ton aud the Consuf In infringement OF the laws and
sovereign rights of the United States. trust that
will not re questone that 1t belongs exclusively this
government and s judicial tribuna to aiye 4 construc
eie to 1t. municipal laws and 10 determine what acts
dore within its Jurisdiction infringement of those
laws This is matter whlch its intsrnAl adj
mnistraton, and 1t cannot allow the agents OF any
ioregn Power to c,ntrover that construction and ius
rtiy their c1nduct by different of onr
Ea1s, which virtually renders them ineffective fos the
e,urposes intended.
The Earl Of Clarendon Informs you In his vote OF the
Goth OF April, that Mr. Champion posi- ivaly denies the
charge OF compcity In OF the acts of illegal enlist
ent IN the United States, and that tho three C3nsus In
ouipated do the same. He that the charge
sgsnst them is sustained mainly by the evidence of two
pesons-Stroebei and Hertz-whom he conceives to bf
Inv af tO Aoaar