Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1856-03-19
England and the Administrator.

Eugiduu anu the ADMINISTRATION.
While for almost half a century, Twill
the exception Of the war with Mexico,
the United States. at peace with all thu
world. has been advancing with gigantic
strides IN population. wealth and power
now that a small cloud, no larger
than a mans hand appears in the eastern
horizon, threatening. however slightly,
TO overshadow our land, it becomes the
duty Of every citizen to examine into the
causes which have rendered a war with
England possible. That Englan deems
a wal with the United States possible, is
evident from the tone Of the English
press, its threats and calculations, (absurd
though they be- of the military strength,
Of this country. That our government
also is looking at such an event as posi-
bic, is shown by the bills which have just
passed the Senate, ordering the immedi-
ate construction of ten new vessels of
war. and another making large appro
pristions for increasing the defences of
the Atlantic coast, &c. No sane man
viii deny that it is the duty of all good
citizens to do all in their power, consist
ent with national honor, to avert a war
with any nation, and above all, with
Great Britain, which, while il could
hardly fail to be the most destructive to
human life, and to property, of any that
the world ever saw, would be almost a
fraternal war. With no other nation is
the United States so intimately connected
by commercial transactions with the cit
iEens of no other, are her citizens so uni.
ted by ties of friendship, consanguinity
and hereditary descent. There are two
questions from which the present diff
Guilty arises. The Central American,
question, and the breach of the Neural
ity Laws, on the part of England. by en-
listing men in this o try, to serve in
the war with Russia.
In the Central American question,
England places a different Interpretation
upon the words of the Clayton and Bull
wer treaty, from that which is placed
upon them by Mr. Marcy. This ques-
ton. England has made an offer 10 SUBJ
mitt to The arbitration of a third power
This seems to be an honorable and fair
offer. II the demands of our govern
ment are Just ; if her construction Of the
meaning Of the treaty is correct /; why
need she fear to submit i. to the arbitra-
ton offs third power. of her own choos-
ing?
The other question, the violation of
our Neutrality Laws. The enlistments
took place under instructions from
Lord Clarendon, to Mr.. Champion, dated
April 5;h, which are as follows: we ex-
tract from the New York Courier d En-
quirer.
FoRkIeS OFFIcE; April 5. 1855.
ST. entirely approve of your pro-
eeedings, as reported in your despatch
No. 81, of the 18th ult., nth respect to
ths proposed enlistment in the Queens SIR
vee of foreigners and British subjects IN
ME United States.
The instructions which / addressed to
you upon this subject, and those which
were sen. to the Governor of Nova Scotia.
were founded upon The reports from va
rious quarters that reached Her Majesty's
Government, of the desire felt by many
British subjects, as well as Germans, in
the United States, to enter the Queens
service for the purpose of taking part in
the war in the East but the law of the
United States with respect to enlistment,
however conducted, is not only very Just
but very stringent, according to the re-
port which is enclosed in your despatch,
and Her Majesty's Government would on
no account run any risk of infringing
this law Of the United States.
CLARENDON.
j.. F. CHAMPION, Esq, de-, &c.
On the 9th of June, Mr.. Marcy com
planned of this as a violation of the mu
nicipal Laws of this country, and when
il was brought to the notice of Lord
Clarendon. he promptly expressed his
regret to Mr.. Buchanan, as follows:
The undersigned must, in tie first in
stance. express the regret Of her Aajesty's
Government If The lar of the Unikd States
has been in any uay infrin5ed Gy persons
acting wih or uitkOm arg authority from
them ; and it is hardly necessary for the
undersigned to assure Mr.. Buchanan tina;
ony such infringement of the lar of tie
United States Is entirely contrary 20 the
pishes and to the positive instructions Of
her Nyesty's Government.
As regards the proceedings of her
Majesty's Government, the undersigned
has the honor to inform Mr.. Buchanan
that Mr.. Champion r0s directed 10 issue
strict orders to British Consuls in the Uni
ted States to Be careful mt TO violate The
lag, and Mr.. Champion l0as enjeined, above
all, to hare no conoeaEment form the Coz
ernnaenr Of the United Sites. In the abb
sence of Mr.. Champion from Washington,
her Majesty's Charga d'Affaires placed
in Mr.. Marcy's hands a despatch from
the undersigned on this subject, express
ly stating that cher Majesty's Govern
ment would on no account run any risk
of infringing this (the neutrality law of
the United States"
The undersigned has, however, The
honor, in conclusion, to state 10 Mr.. Blu
chanan, that her Majesty's Government
-having recs7n TO think that no pre- 7au-
f;enary measures, nth Whetepe- honesty
Mey mag Be carried out, could GectuoRy
guard against some real or apparent IN