The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1856-07-24
Despatch OF Earl Clarendon upon Mr..
Cram pson's Dismissal aud the frcPos-
ued Arbitration.

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ued Arbitration.
On the 10th ult. further paperS relative to
recruiting IN the United States were presented
10 the British Parliament. They include Mr.
Narcys despatch communicating the fact OF
the dismissal Of the British Minister aud Brit
i.h Consuls. and the affidavit. which accom-
4 panied the sane; letter from Mr.. Champion 10
the Earl Of Clarendon, dated London, June 10
memorandum by Consul Barclay, containing
detail ol Marcys charges ,ps,sunS rerbi;
correspondence Of Consul Mathew with Mr.
Marcy and the Earl of Clarendon; add finally
Earl CIarendons reply To Mr.. Marcy. The
latter important dispatch is as follows:
THE Earl or CLARENDON TO Mr.. DALLAS.
Foreign-o1ice, June &c, 1856.
7 sir-I'he dispatch OF Mr. Marcy, which you
Rad TO me on the | lth instant, and Of which
you placed copy in my hands, has received
the attentive consideration Of her MafStys
government.
I Her Majestys government are gratlhed at
| learning that the assurances contained 10 my
note 10 you Of the Both OF April that no inteu-
| ton existed on the part OF her Majestys gov
erDmcnt to violate the laws, compromise the
neutrality, or disregard the sovereignty Of the
/ United States have been unreseryedly accept
ci by the President, and that all cause of diff
ference with respect to the question OF enlist
ments has ceased TO exist between the Govern.
ments Of Great Britain and the United States.
/ II is with much regret, however, that her
/ Majestys government have learned that the
/ President has been unable 10 alter the view
I which he had taken Of the conduct of her Ma.
jesty Minister AT Washington, and OF her Ma
jesty's consuls at New York Philadelphia and
! Cincinnati, in regard to the transactions which
have bern under discussion between the two
\ governments.
Mr. Marcy had in his despatch Of December
| 90, 1883. stated that the President was OF opin-
| ion that those officers OF Der Majesty had viz
/ lated the laws Of the United States, by being
parties TO enlistments within the Union that
/ he, on that ground. considered that they had
become unacceptable organs of her Majesty
| government in the United States and that he
consequently requested that they might be re-
| moved from their respective posts.
/ Her Majesty's government did not share
/ this opinion of the President in regard to the
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/ having communicated to those officers the char
yes against them, and the evidence on which
those charges rested, and having received from
/ them full denials oithe truth OF the charges and
/ such corroborating evidence IA they were able
| to procure tending TO invalidate the testimony
/ brought against them, her Majesty's govern
/ mcnt laid all these matters fully and frankly
/ before the government Of the United States.
with the persuasion that they ~au,,l3 r,pnyc
the uniavorablc impression which had been
created in the mind OF the President with rc.
gard TO the conduct and proceedings OF her
! Majesty's Minister at Washington and Of the
! three above mentioned Consuls.
| II appears however, that this commnpca.
| ton has not produced the effect which her Ma
! iesty's government had expected; and Mr., Mar.
cy, in stating that the Presidents views Of
these matters remained unaltercd. accompanied
that statement by a number Of additional docu.
mcnts. tending 10 confirm the view which the
| President had originally taken Of these matters.
/ Her ma jcstys government have carefully cy-
amined these additional documents but do not
! find in them any evidence worthy OF belief
/ which should shake the confidence which they
! have rcposcd in the assurances Of Mr. tnmp-
/ ton and the Consuls
/ Her Maicstva government retain the high
I opinion which they have ever held Of the zeal.
I ability and integrity of Mr.. Champion; and al
/ the carncs, desire by which h. has been animal.
al to avoid all Just cause of otlenSc to the gov
crnmcnt to which he was accredited Her Ma.
/ icstv's government cannot but believe that on
many material points in respect TO his conduct
! the President has been misled by erroneous in
formation. and by the testimony Of witnesses
undeseryng of belief.
Her majestys government entertain similar
convictions as to the conduct Of her Majesty 8
ConsuIs at New York, Philadelphia and Gin
clnnat.
Such conflict Of opinions on such matter
between the governments of the two great pow.
ers must necessarily bc the subject of serious
dehbera'ion by both and her Majesiy's gov.
eminent have not failed to give to this matter
all the consideration which il Justly deserves
Ifhcr Majesty government had been consn.
ced like the government Of the United States
that her Malcsty's officers had. in defiance of
their instructions, violated the laws OF the | hi
ted States, her Maiestys government would.
both ont Of difference TO the United States and
from a due regard to the authority of the Brit
ish crown. have removed those officers from the
post which they held.
II the government ot foreign country were
cspriciously. and without any apparent belief
that it had good ground for doing so. To break
| of It's diplomatic relations with the minister
accredited To it by her majesty, her Majesty
confidential servants, answerable Tor maintain
ing the honor and dignity OF the crown. could
not hesitate a. to advising Der Majesty equally
TO break of all diplomatic intercourse with the
minister OF such governments accredited to her
courts.
But in the present case her Majesty gov
ernment are bound 10 accept the formal aud re-
peated declarations OF the President OF ms i.e-