The daily union., 1856-03-26
THE INTELLIGENCER AND MR.. BUCHANAN.

iound IN another part OF the paper.
THE INTELLIGENCER AND MIR. BUCHANAN.
An article from the Philadelphia Enquirer published ap
proVingly in the National Ingncer of Saturday last
international Comfy" counenancing the suiciency of
the alleged amende of Great Britain for the violation by
her officers and agents of the municipal law of the United
States and the law of nations in procuring men in this
country TO reinforce her armies in the Crmea reminds us
of neglected intention to notice elaborate article of
some fpe columns the subject in the Lteigsncer
Of the l4th instant
The readers of that article will recoect that its object
was to show first that in his correspondence with Lord
Clarendon Mr. Buchanan had not given that prominence
to the infringement of sovereign territorial rights
tabiished by the law Of nations and distinct from the
violation Of our municipal code, which was demanded by
the instructions of Mr. Marcy and secondly that so far
the editors of the Ltgsnesr had been charged with
want of national sentiment and of leaning towards
Great Britain in the controversy going on they
supported in their views and corroborated by Mr.
Buchanan himself in bis correspondence with Mr. Marcy
and Lord Clarendon upon the subject in other words
that in the opinion of the eHgenee Great Britain for
the violation Of our and the law of nations "poach
ing on our manor" had rendered sufficient apology and
that Ni, Mr.. Buehdnan's opinien.
This position 1t endeavored to establish by carefully
and dexerousy clipped extracts from Mr. Buchanan's
letters and elaborate argument of some rs eolaans
winding up with the assertion that Mr. Buchanan was
"sai.fed' with Lord Clarendons 80 called apology
and that this established the "complcity" of Mr.
Buchanan with the Ieltigene far that paper was
obnoxious to the charge of of proper national
sentiment to perceive proper national spirit TO repel
an aron put upon us as an independent and sovereign
power that Ito quote its Ianguage "a due regard tor Mr.
Buchsnans completely with our error should have
saved from denunciaon which lights upon has head as
we'll as ours"
As sole object to show that in the attempt 10 use
Mr. Buchanan shield itself from the denunciatonn to
which Aludes the beigene has been guilty Of gross
injustice towards minister and has carefully
those portions Of his correspondence which would relieve
hm from this position and Of course deprive of his sup
port upon which it would confidently and ri.
umphanuy TO rely in vindCon Of its course we do
not propose 10 remark upon the question whether the
offence Of simple duplex characer--requiring an
apology comprehensive enough 10 the doub, offence
but whether Mr.. Buchanan dHyvhert admits what the In
tgeaoer in the whole drf not in the direct assertion
Of its article contends for-to wit that an apology
sufficient to the whole offence be ii single or double
has been made by Great Britain
We deny that Mr.. Buchanan has made any such adms-
sion, that the bigee by the perversest ingenuity
by any other than the it has resorted o,o
wit the 'FPrs,OH Of has taRguagecan manufacture for
itself any such defence.
As the hatsligner somewhere in eouuexion with the
subject very truly observes matter Of this nature and
where the whole question upon the truth Of history
ddtss become Of the first Importance Let us subject the
positions and the assertions Of the Igacr to the lin
this matter nsblc test of chronology and so far as re-
laes to the sOcaled apology of Lord Clarendon and
Mr. Buchsnan's admission of satisfaction we will place
the dates in their regular order.
June 9-Mr. Marcy communicated, through Mr.. Blu.
chsuan his FIRST complaint to the English government
concluding with the remark that the President would be
pleased learn that that government chad not author
lied the proceedings complained off, that IL had acon-
demned the conduct Of her officials engaged therein that
1t had called them to account and that 1t had taken
most decisive TO put stop the illegal and die
respectful procedure"
July l5Mr. Marcy in letter TO Mr. Buchanan, reer-
ateS his complaints to the British government.
July l6-LOrd Clarendon, In letter TO Mr. Buchanan,
replies the complaints of this government contained
Mr. Marcys letter of June In he expresses egret
the law of the United States had been any way nnged
by persons acting with without the authority ofhe British
government and that IL "hsrdy necessary for him
assure Mr. Buchanan that any such infringement Of the
law Of the United States entirely contrary to the wishes
and to the positive instructions of her Maiosys govern
ment and further that that government had Determined
that oil proceedings for enlistment should be put end
and instructions to that effect sent out"
July 49, two days after the foregoing Mr. Buchanan in
note Lord Clarendon expressed the satisfaction he
will bave ip transmitting copy oft to the Secretary Of
State by the next steamer