The true Democrat., 1856-09-30
From the Savannah Georgian "'' rhimore and the Massacre of Critteu. 8 den and his Men.

,. r,.,, From the Savannah Georgian
 IAiimore and the Massacre of Critteu | den and his Men.
 MT. Ward's Augusta denuuciation of MT ihmore's course towards the American follow CTS of Lopez, Is made the subject of a lonc ar .lcle Tn the Republic of yesterday. Its drift i ~ .., s"ow that for democrats to condemn MT r a,.lnore's action in regard to the invaders O o"o'' S Io commit themselves and MT. Buch ansn 'o Pt'oasterism, and to opposition to tn, eh,O,cemeht n,, of the neutrality laws.
 nc answer to all this is very simple. TT. tne issuing of NIT. Fillmore's Cuba proclama tloh democrats never objected. It was tb,
 "ohs'rous terms Tn which it was coucbed tba they denoupceo 'shl and now denounce.-- If MT. Fillmore had reason to believe that AniA rcans in the spring of 1851 were organizipg ar expedition to participate in the revolution o Cuba in opposition to our laws, he was right ir taking legal steps to prevent them. He wa right in notifying them (by proclamation o otherwise) that they exposed themselves to tn penalties of the act which fixed their punish ment at fine "not exceeding three thousan, dollars, and imprisonment rot more than thre ears" This much has been done by Gen y. he same under similar circumstances rie,os- !i Nbly be done by Mr. Buchanan as President. r.;.h .h ;,
 But was MT. Fillmore content ~ :. s',,- .al pie discharge of his duty? The answer To "' He went step further-yes, a long way furth CT. He denounced these men, by public pro- clamaton issued on the eve of their departure as pirates. He said their expedtionlwas an ad venture for "punder and robbery"
 Now, need we say this language was false as it was cruel and insulting? Were the gallan, Crittenden and his fellow martyrs to liberty a band of robberss Was his object and theirs p!aender? Who of all Filmore's followers dare say 1t? And what was the consequence? This when Crittenden and his followers were captur- ed and the American consul was requested to interpose in their behalf, and secure the trial guarantiea to all Americans by our treaty with Spain, he took the ground that they had beer, declared outlaaos by Mr. Fallnore' (we quote from the record before us;) aud he should not interfere in the matter. And indeed, what could the consul do? The Captain General had before him the proclamation of the President of the United States. According to that pro- clamation these brave young men were "rob- bers," to be shot down like dogs. By it they were put without the protection of their go- vernment; more-they were put beyond the pale of the law of nations. But for that pro- clamaiton regular trial might, and would, have been obtained for them. Delays would have intervened between them and their fate. The result, it is more than probable, would have been in their case as in that of others-tempo- rary imprisonment and final deliverance. But no! they were s--robberS-enemies of the human race-their lives were forfeited, and all men had a right to shoot them as wild beasts, or mad dogs. Such was the effect and mean ing of the proclamation.
 Now, we assert that the proclamation was both false in fact and false in law These men were not robbers and pirates in tact; they were not robbers and pirates n dw. And no man (but MT. Fillmore) will dare to affirm the first clause of the proposition, we will not argue it.. For the assertion that they were not legally pirates and robbers, and consequently did not put themselves without the protection of the law of nations, our authority Is DANIEL WEBSTER
 It Is not forgotten that in 1887, certain Ame- rican citizens went into Canada to the assistance of the inhabitants of that proyince then en- gagged in, or contemplating q revolution. In the course of the correspondence which grew out of those differences, MT. Fox, the British minister, was so unfortunate as to characterize these men as "pirateS." In reply Mir. Webster used this language:
 z" Her majesty's government are pleased also to speak of those American citizens who took part with persons in Canada, engaged in an in- surrection against the British government, as American pirItes.' The undersigned does not admit the propriety or justice of this desig nation. If citizens of the United States fitted nn prN i, expedition against the United States intended to act against the British government in Cana da, they were clearly violating the laws of their country, and exposing themselves to the just consequences which might be inflicted on them, if taken within the British domnions. But, notwithstanding this, there were certainly no pirates; nor does the undersigned think it can advance the purpose of their fair and friendly discussion, or hasten the accommodation of na- tlonal difficulties so to denominate them. Their offence, whatever 1t was has no analogy to cases ot piracy. Supposing all that is alleged against them to be true, they were taknig part in what they regard as d civil war, and they were talk Ing part on the side of the rebels. Surely England herself has not regarded persons thus engaged as deserving the appellaton which her majesty's government bestows on these citizens of the United States
 "1 It is quite notorious that, for the greatest part of the last two centuries, subjects of the British crowHbav been permitted to engage iii foreign wars, both national and civil, and in the latter in every stage of their progress and yet 1t has not been imagined that England has, at any time, allowed her subject, to turn pirates. Indeed, ID our times, not only have individual subjects of that crown gone abroad to engage in civil wars, but we have seen ,chole regiments openly recruited, embodied, armed aud disciplined in Ehgland, Ujth tue avo,oed purpose of aiding q redelt1on agaanst nation ,0i Vh,ch Eiegland ,oas at peace"
 As to the legal rights of the Canada expedi- tionistS and Crittcnden's men they were in a precisely analogous position, Mir. Webster said
 It is we'll known to Mr. Fox. that authori- ties of the highest eminence in England. living and dead, have mentioned that the general a,C cf nations does not forbid the citizens or subjects g one goue'nnlem troas tahing part in the ciutl connections of another"
 The conclusion in the light of this authority and the American neutrality act which declar. ed Crittenden's band guilty of no more than high misdemeanor," punishable with fine ard lmprlsonment-the conclusion. we say, is, that MT. Fillmore, in his effort to enforce law. be-
 'h0 ,.s U ia"sSI essor as reailv as the men whom he villlhed, It was high-handed stretch of power-outrageOus itself, terrific in it's conse- quences-that proclamation denouncing Ame. rlcans as banded together for robbery and plum der.
 WHITE FOLKS SHOWED BACK TO MAKE RooM FOR NIGGERs.-The last number of the Mar. tinsvllle Monitor gives the following incident, which occurred at the Fremont barbecue in Morgan county, Michigan:
 The most characteristic part of the whole affair occurred at the table: A mechanic who had hitherto been strong Fremont man, was on the ground with his wife and child. At a gwen word he attempted to cross the rope to the table; but was met by one of the marshals and told to stand back and oixe rom, for iho