Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1856-05-24

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Loon c,nAREEpoE,s rsr.pIY 40 srR. 1EAReY ON
A-'e'D THE ENLISTMENT QUESTION
The steamer Fulton which arrived at View
York ON wednesday last, brought tire long
and anriously expected reply Of Lord Clare1r-
don, to Mr. Marry's able dispatch of the zsth
Of December, on the enlistment question:
The British Government still obstiRately per
sists in its original determination not to recall
Mr.. Champion. And still denies that any IL
legal proceedings, were SO far as they Knew
committed by her repr esentatives in this coun-
try, notwithstanding Mr. Crnmpton's compile
| ity in the affair, was established beyond all
doubt, by the evidence of Mr.. Strobel st the
trial of Hertz, and also, by The admission Of
| the latter.
Lord Clarendon now contends that both Of
these gentlemen are unworthy of credit, and
that since Mr.. Champion as well as her ccnsuIs
at Cincinnati, Philadel phia, and New York,
| positively deny that they ever did any act
| in violation of the laws of the United States,
cher Majesty's Government cannot but accept
! the denial of these gentlemen, as more worthy
| Of belief, than the evidence Of such men as
| Hertz and Strobcl' And yet, it will be re-
membcred, that the testimony Of these gen
temen was corroborated, by Letters to EACH Of
them, in the hand writing Of Mr.. Champion,
upon this very subject, and were produced in
evidence at the trial Of Hertz. And moreover,
that after Mr.. Strobel's interviews with Mr..
CHAMPION in Washington, be embarked in the
| 4 h.
rank Of 50 Captain of the first company Of thu
foreign legion" lie went afterwards, NTH a
detachment ofrceruits raised in Philadelphia 10
Halifax, where he was c.ultingly received by
British officers, both civil and military, Of tn
highest standing in her Majesty's service. He
was invited to partake Of tn c Inequalities of
.'his Excellcncy, Sir Gaspard LIE Marchant" the
governor of Nova Scotia, Of "COl. Clark, and the
officers of the 10th regiment" and Of "Cors.
Frazer and Stothcrd, and the officers Of the
royal artillery and royal engineers" and the
original cards of invitation, addressed to him,
were produced on uertzs trial. And after
such an endorsement of his character" says
Mr.. Marcy, I" it would seem that testimony Of
Capt Strobel even if it Were uncorroL"rated,
should command confdcDro. After review
ing the whole previous correspondents" and all
the matters in dispute, before proceeding to
reply to Mr.. Mnrry's note, If 2Slh Of iIece NJ
Der, he comments upon what he considers an
"erroncous construction" rut upon passage
of his dispatch to Champion, Of the 18th Of
April, 1855. The passage is AS follows:
" / entirely approve of Your proce' dngs as
reported in yoUr dispatch Of tle 9th uit., with
respect to the pror"s enlistment in Tie
| Queens service Of lurcigu""s and British sub
! iccfs in the United State
The obvious, 9nI nJ.t natural construction
and Tic onv put upon this passage by Mr..
! Marcy, was, that the word, "in," referred
to the pLace in which they we've to be enlisted.
Lord Clarendon, in order to avoid the ncccs
sary inference, that Mr.. Crampton's course was
approved by his government, says, that the
word ain" had reference to the place where
they reside" simply. But even grant that
| in did refer to their residence; still, this
Was a violation of our neutrality laws, and
Mr.. Marcy's charge that they were violated by
the other hand, the "proposed enlistment
was to take place somewhere, ii i took
| place at all, and since no other place than the
|. United States is mentioned, that it was 10 take
| place hero, is the legitimate inference, and in
| fact, the only construction which can be put
upon the above passage, Moreover, this posi-
ton of Lord Clarendon, in putting such a
forced construction upon this sentence, for the
obvious purpose of relieving the British Gov
ernraent Of the responsibility of approving
Cranpton's conduct, is abandoned by him in
the latter part of lis dispatch; for he there
contends, that Champion is not guilty. 1T all
because he, Mr.. Champion, says so. Such are
tho miserable subteriuges, 10 which the British
Government is obliged to resort in order to
justify its pertinacious refusal to comply with
our just and reasonable demands. There is
not position assumed III the whole reply,
which has not been anticipated and complete
ly demolished, in the able letter of Mr.. Marcy,
of 29th of December, above referred 10. 1t
only remains for our government to give Mr..
Champion his passports at once, vita the in
tin,ation TO his government that we can hold
no further intercourse with him. This We
hope the President will do, let the consequent
ccs be what they may. We have been too
forbearing already, and forbearance, We think,
has ceased to be virtue long since.
A CARD.
observed in the Free Press, which came
out on the day of the election, that an anon
ymous scribbler, signing himself Gene of the
People, in the excess OF his vanity, had i'm
ri .atsnnIEil,nt LII .ocoos,.ll.l "a IL,