Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-06-17

rriv.d bet yccn them they ut heart loved e"t o..
H.. had felt this abruah. NIi'i ''' -, :,
,ror h,1iu he had OPPORTUNITIES i'll Suhh i"" .t,n,
s.. and TO feel and he would never imr1et ''a
whilst Suauinrd, unL Portuguese" ana NJ;
were svmpar:zing with aud bartrn@ lo' lo -
can, and hoping and pr"phesylng his 'ic,"'J r.t,
John BnIl ranluird his fists in hIs breaches pnrp
mud ,,rutlly stood up Tor Brother Jonathan Tic s"u
and he offered 10 bet, with no little Duiy"T cJ.e
tone, thnt he could whip his kinsnnn' om no""' baJ
rDuM whip ms Broih'r Jo"dthr"! u 'hosG " !, !.
Hood between John Bull and Brother Joha'hh' :;
,U m tbp t1mIy-they will settle their quhrt,,,s' "
their own way, and nobody else must lnter'rre "
he, ilr Wise would rather whip an LnSsi''' 80. H.
any body else, only because there was more ' ,
i. vet he had rather Great Britain ficior'u
ainst auy other power than ourselves, anu he ues''e
nm VIKING else than with England, unless ne
WAS necessity for it, and honor requires H. Anu ~
| undertook to say this was the feeling Oh our p.Up
:, n.r.lIy and almost universally, and II there "''
,r With Great Britain il would be an act oil loy "''u
crime. or a bundrr worss than crime, LOT WIZ
thar. il no excuse, aud can be no pardon. Iie mean,
10 cast not the least reproGch upon l'o cuu,ao " %
! ssnt administration. Mr. Pierce had acted Pru
dntv cautiously and firmly. Ills policy H. nouu
less pence: and 10 preserve pence h' mas "t'e
md d.cj,iyely. But the question 81 pence VI W."
ro,nuIicaled md the issues are so'lc"h"t 'o' \,
H. ,n.opt M alarln not 10 The nerves VI Wv
| ,n,.,, wL.u h. said that nisinanagemcht or ph'
motives might bring on a war n'iu' l" pr CIV '
| pr.s.rve peace nothing cuui nave ma !" 'h",' pa
cic effect in Great Britain, nj his n"u'' ,'' .o "
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n;,;.,.r ui United States the Court ui NIct"ria-
Their. he was KNOWN there his personal conferences
had been felt, and h- correspondence w'lsl'a nc y
kupyu there to b. pacnc Hll rOnciilht"ry IL cihc"
,b.r, thu, he was uireniy committed 10 an nGHlnW
led.rnent of satisfaction -" the enlistment Is'n". Bn
| , uu.suu of peace or is tn be- settled. The INT
tad States say To E.ng land "fuu violated oar Ter
| rtory you forced our neutrality, yon invaded our
sovereign rights by enlistment. We complained
| of YOUR agents, ani requested their recall. -
lad DDt m
| their acts and yet refused Ia recall them. We
dismiss them and send them home 10 you G!sorc'li
| BY this We discuurtcsy 10 You, but 10 shy
that your servants not tulrrabr acceptable" 10
us. Again. the subject Of our treaty, W. say your
interpretation is WRONG and will not submit 10 IL;
and we recognize Us Il power de- tgciD Ia b. treated
| ~ q sovereign, force, the Walker Riras Govern
ment WHICH has, in the face OF the treaty Ia guarnIi-
tee uon-ntervcnlOu, interpOsed on Tie -thirts, anu
assumes its jurisdiction aud cUnrOl' This notice is
given whilst the servants ul the British nr6
sent m.-cotcmpOrancpusy. Great Britain replies:
1--WE regret it, aud recall the net, if your jurl5!Icon'
your neutrality, or your sovereignty has been InVa-
> ded by our servants. Nothing WAS further from our
intentions. end issued orders Immediately To rnr
servants desi., Thinking them guilty yourselves,
YOU dtd not, rs you might ks"c done, aIjudge them
50 tar to sentence them 10 d!shl.s%. from your
| limits aud 10 send them home. Had you I,l'C 80
| wHhOUi aHapJdiD MS We could have taken no q!
fence. Bu. you appealed 10 us to a1judge your com
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not punish without Tying them, and, at your re-
quest We examined your complaint md their del nee
aud upon trial. according 10 the best OF "a ;ct[-
ment and conscience, compelled Ia find them
mot guilty" and could not punish without con-
victiug then.. co. have Indignantly sent them home
reversed our Judgment Gni punished them ny II us
.ulssu from your court. You say this ~ u: r'"ant
to bc dscourteous to Her Msj-stys Governments u:a
yet, after calling Her Mnje-ty's Government 10
Judge her servants how could you dismiss them with
J an ppue
| against tho Judgment OF Her Majesty Government
which yourselves called for The disclaimer e no.
recUncIlgble with the fact OF the case nor YIN lhe
| respect which 10 elurGed for H solemn decision de-
| ,naui-d Oh Your part Ia be made upon our part
Sanding these servants home, Diminishing tha;n con-
trary judgment which you called i"r' aiia ~hch
conscicnUu-ly gave, you at tn. same time Monty
Us Of contention ABOUT our treaty III respect |" >I
caragua. We cannot and will not yield our nterpfe-
tatlUn Of thH treaty but whether that Int :rpretaon
he right 80 wrong, yvu were bound whether we can
aim or IetaI PGssGsi!CL :: 10! "t n.y. part III e
lsthnus or is iians, yourselves n niIsee "'ti Us
| 10 guarantee against Imtdreentnn Or oEoupLu"h ny
any other power and Yet. you have TernS'Iihca h
',uwer de f1ciO, which is uO,urIousy i!iu!ateriG
power lGo.lns 10 ultimate Annexation 10 you ~
view OF tiese plain ."Gic. we end d'pioia'c REV.
TONS We send Mr.. alas !o!i, 10 ,c. anh We h"l.
y you that We will carry out VGg iitc'n'ctai!GL u
he ;rca:~ by taking open possessl"n immediately 81
the par,s We CLAIM, GgJ that we Will drive from ite
country the invading aud bltGs!erlng forces oil "ha'
yea hqyc rec"gnizri as dc tlc0 80, ete'sh power
called Il ~ ak,,,{iv Govcrnlnrnt. Now' /! mes
.ag-s like these Should ~ an Enl recei'ei' i'rre
would be some danger Of Collision. r..- r." SsacS
come tuggthef in con unctun and most ln"pportuhr-
~ DO they cunpIcate the adjustment AMI duu",e the
Danger I'D tor Us. Mr.. w. repeated, war win TREAT
Britain VII te at cGr"rrouS, destructive "ui us"7
truus. W. nays trari:, .syus n the slavery question
Nv and there ~ullj ~ i,eIi 3;crn years
asO, when he Mr.. Wise, uHs!r'i Te'O!u'th Ill iHe
lIuu.e I'll Representatives,, declaring nat Ln4rfss
lI M power whnuvrr over slavery III me 3thos W
The n!u that '.ni man eluqucur, ~ he wnz ci!lr'!
J u u iiIn; alns, sud: 'Slr. the proposition o' thr
. :ntiuntn from Ac""u.Ii: l. not true. Ii Ihi-reS-
cannot kgSiat-, less than Cvi4s'-- IA III" :d"ft'
Jvrrnncut may Interfere with slavery III tho ai1ics
en- nT! vas compelled {" trcni WIN Ih"l' III Tue
c.ckptls III JaInau,. Gi il h. could compel England
IN N h4cbiiiOn cOHaa,OG q pence much more
could Yrrstd,m and ), rate, unirr your .re'fy ma
kiag pD"er pnI!Ti tied NJ II H. make contemplation
coud ton n pcic " c2.e Of war 10 br settled WIN
any foreign power. This warTg1. hofribG, revolving
rs every sense Of safety aud constitutional aud
national oblsutlyn he took To his remembrance ioTcv-
er. The thought of a",rnr nrHh nm En2|HHd nj mas
rrisIs al fh1rk R,DubiIc1HiSm MIR EHGi1nd made
him remember il Win vengeance. 1t We go 10 war
we will mol kacr III" PAGER G! kT'rfsc>r"g we
had in the last war. WE nrs without he npcIea,
pt a navy save in merchant marine, whose bottom
nv and tunnSgD eGccurs that nj Great Britain. W in
more COMMERCE gnd shipping than England |" be de-
strO yrd, We have not hlndrgIih rtrt at Her navy
md especially of her steam nnVy II Is NOT 40 III 'he
last when c'IHCaSs, Thn SdH' ~''f ne "'O'S -"
the high seas Now steam is the substitute, ana III
thirty DAYS our shipping and sailors would be shut III
and shut out ut every port aud suits c1H'h h0 cruise
c:,0.a,t Sc0ha. One Steamer could protect hcet o'
argu.i.- witch Ito priraeer could touch lie war
would have 10 la.r than "ne two or thr'e years
for Us To co IL. out OF it with hGn'' lie Knew 'hH
in the long run, if war would only cuniGo lSHs
enough, we could Eght Rndsr until the ilhtiG, n'u
time rise Up aud shake oil us want "t preparation
and exhaust IFS adversary cnl make h"h"raoe 'e ms
t.F
No. he feared. New England commerce and SOu'h-
err, cotton md tobacco would suffer 40 n'tch 'ney
would cry out for peace Like frogs ipr ram an' tns
Agony for pence would ell lilnck RcpuhcaG-m !"
propose terms alike dl.hunUrabie ana u"-traa!'t I"
our property and our independence Aye II snc'i
m N ~ that pOu5 politician John Mclean OF ONO
who is the first of the bench OF the Supreme E"ur'
To slain the ermine of the judiciary ny Appears ~
taiGtigal prriudce TO make him President -hni' sue
coed in his mad al..btcn; and, il Senate shall nave
a minority II such men q Seward anu WILSON ana
Wad, and Sumner with House co'npar"h o'
III ok Republicans and Mu!ato or MuIiunSr': hn""-
N"hngs, headed by Il Banks-can We sHpsv' any
thing else, if there should be war with England
| than Black Repubiicanisa, combining win i"rc'Sh
Eng ish influence, to make emancPt't"H c0""",'H"
D ace? Vouid not such arch t,eHds Of HH'"EM as as
inr6ancr dishonor and disgrace, make war WIN wa
| Euyaud in order that the 8bolltionst5 oi New Eng
and n.,gkt aqre tie chance Of proposing such co"d'
! lions of neare7 For james Buchanan he was not
! authorized 10 speak, but he spuEe his own We'll as
sured convictions when he expressed tho conn
,leuce that ppacG would be his pOEcy, ana II
war SHOULD come he would repel sGrh terms
and conditions Of peace he would repsl the worst
invaders of peace. He trusted no such opportunity
of mischief would he afforded to interha eHh eA'et,
nal foes He trusted that james Buchanan would
speedily restore diplomatic intercourse with Greh'
Britain, and guard the nation from war by eorogang
the CIay:cr.Euwer treaty He trusted that he would
guard our neutrality Laws: bur would never yield our
interpretation OF the treaty aud .he Monroe docr!ne
~. long as there is "a shot in the lcc:er The rGyn.
try viii gladly accept any settlement made within these
limits OF peace and sci! protection. Mr. buchanan ls
now called Oh, ct the right time, for his conservatsn
mud because especially lac ia safe upon our foreign reia
tons, his nomination for the Presidency Is most OPP
,r,une and will be most heartily ratified and sls
tained by the American people. The danger OF TO