Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1858-06-03

FIRST SESSION.
sENATE-MAY ~.


President covering the correspondence re-
speeding the arrest of VIM. Walker, and
ordered to be printed.
Mr.. Seward presented a resolution to ex-
tend the session till the DIST of June. Lail
over.
Mr.. Mason from the Committee on For
eign Relations, to whom was referred the res
olution inquiring whether additional legisla-
ton is necessary to place certain power in the
hands of the Executive, submitted a report,
of which the substance is: That the Off
cial statements show succession of acts
of aggression by the British cruisers in the
Gulf of Mexico, so marked and extraordi-
nary as to have awakened the indignation
of the country; vessels under our flag pur-
suing lawful commerce have been fired into
and stopped, and inquiries made as to car
go, destination, crew, DE. No less than
Is American ships in the harbor of Sagua
La Grande and six OH the high seas are
officially reported as having had to submit
to aggressions from British cruisers, and
each additional arrival brings fresh ac-
counts of aggressions by the same power on
our flag. 1t has hitherto happened in iso-
lated cases where similar aggressions have
occurred through misconstruction, that the
United States have been contented to ac-
ccpt disclaimer of the attempt, but the
continued persevcring character of these
outrages is such as to arouse the indigna-
ton of the country and require to be arrest
ed OF once, and to end at once and forever
the continuance of such indignity. The
slave trade is alleged as the excuse. The
committee will not discuss that. 1t is suf-
ficient that the United States, though Oft
the right of police. They rest on the prin-
ciple that the marine under their flag can
not be visited or questioned without their
consent, and the committee deems this a
fit occasion to declare it as a principle of
the United States admitting of no reserve
or qualification, and to be maintained at
any cost. They admit of no right Of visi-
tation in law 1t cannot be tolerated by
any sovereign power, without derogation
from their sovereignty. The infraction Of
the sovereignty consists in the visitation.
The best American and English authority,
Stowell, for instance, SO decides; founding
the decision on true principles. First
The equality of all Independent States and
the community of the sea as a highway
Indignant as the American people are. and
ought to be at these aggressions, yet their
occurrence will afford an opportunity to end
them at once and forever. The committee
refrain recommending farther legislation
only for the reason that the President has
ordered all our available navy to the infest-
Ell waters, with orders to protect our flag
1t is believed that this measure will be SER
vicable for the present in stopping the out
RACES. The subject has also been brought
to the notice of the offending power, both
through the minister at London and the
minister at Washington. We cannot
therefore, until we receive reply from
Great Britain, decide on measures that will
be guarantee for the future, for nothing
short of that will satisfy the American peo-
pie; therefore while retaining from recon-
mending present legislation. the committee
unanimously
Resolred, That American ships at sea,
under the American flag, remain under the
jurisdiction of the country to which they
belong, and therefore that any visitation or
molestation is an infraction of the sover-
eighty of the United States.
RESOLVED, That these aggressions demand
such an unequivocal xplanation from Great
Britain as shall prevent their recurrence for
ever in the future.
Resolved, That the Committee approve
of the action of the Executive, and are pre-
pared to recommend such future legislation
as circumstances may require.
The resolutions will be considered to-
morrow.
sESATE-NAy %.
Mr.. Hayne introduced a resolution tc ap-