The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1859-03-17
The RIGHT OE SEARCH.

In the House al Lords On the l4;h FcbruarV
the Earl Of Malmcsbury, in la. ing before the
House the recrn, correspondence with the Uni.
ted States respecting the right Of search, made
speech Of some length, in the course of which
lie said:
am not fond of expressing opinions upon
the acts OF my predecessors in Office. but | must
say think they held on, too long considering
nil the circumstances, FOR the cStrcnc cAcrc<c of
the power Nc claimed, and which international
tnw, strictly Interpreted cotii,l not bear us out
in demanding. .ismy noble !ricnd has stated
this rrartcr"f visiting nll ships 9Th. slave trade
having m"ch Increased in consequence Of the
Eussa wary created great amount of i'll blood
in the United States. and ! felt the time was
come when, insica, OF carr, inr il with a iuh
han,l ns We hal done ihriy-"nr Years before il
Vas better, tiIa, grca, country having q power
fu navy, and able. il they rh"s", to prevent
acts which W" iutlr dcp:"c:t", that We should
show our conf ruc" III them. and RELY upon
their uniting with us I" put stop to the slave
Trade. The American Government went us far
into one extreme as We laG uru,,iv done IN the
other. They ii, that time declared that no riuht
"t search Whatever should be allowed But ON
the 10th of April. tlk il WIS General Cass
forwarded me Il not" IN respect 10 what | then
s,n,rdan opinion hv which ! am sill prepared
tu Hbidc-ti;a! i; was wIItrn in :: far and ca,,dI
spirit, and which hrh"vc.. contained Il iusl i'm.
i"ritciati"n oi International law. He did not IN
:ha' note 'ir""ch'c the cN-rc sc OF the iiIht of
search under all circumstances. What he did
state was thn;. "'ih"ngh n;.,ion might, upon
particular nc"a>ons. he justified in rrSor,ing to
u, Vel that such course should IN accordance
with the principles ii International law he Ia.
Ken III tn" risk "i the officer 10y whom it. was
pursued, adding that If there were suiiiccn,
gt"unds at suspicion to justify the proceeding,
lie WAS of "riri"n II" government, would b. dis
posed I" iin,. fault wtii lis adnp' ion Now he.
II, aft
government "as aa.nIai"i upon this subject
what an,cr,i /" i" WAS hi> That we should
establish. III con junction with that govern
incnt for tie SAX" Ut maintaining III. police oi
'he sea. 81 cod" {" Instructions i"; th. commands
crs "f both countries which should he identical,
nnl which >h"m.l ,uaiantr" AMY officer acting
within their >c"l" against hing "prn to blame
WAS, moreover. "i opinion. paying regard la tn"
iiaura! trrii'igS u! the people of America upon
this question, that i! w"ul,. nu, c uuwiSr to in
ri;c the French government tn Join us in pursu
ing the same cnulSr as that wiimil | have. ust
in"r!"nrd may add Ila, i; sr.nc.l u me
tia: any cole al instructions which should he
agreed "n Ivy that government und our own,
should be al such nature not rive rise To
the suspicion upon the par "f America that in
SseuinE To II st. was sti;icn.ivriuu I,a,ticie
nf he, na'i":lai h"I."r II WIS. howcvr. as YOUR
fo;dshp> must b.. perfectly we'll aware more
easy I" propose such scheme than to put it into
rNrcu'i"I. y coi>i '"rabc time, therefore,, has
elapsed. during whci the h"h-s; authorities of
Tie French navy. aS w,i as OWL have hcrn
ml'oyrd III considering this matter; but the
result, AIN happy I" saw ,.a> been that ti,- COY
eriinenis OF both c"n,.trlrs have agreed upon a
code OF insirnc,n..s " Ia rll are identical. and hat
that code has h""n snhlmiilr'! Ia the American
Cahnr, with an III, iiaiiun IL, them to joiu us in
its a,"l'i"n. such. my lords is the course
which we have taken, nor eau | r-grrt that we
have followed it. Although | ma, appear at
first to have surrendered :, ..>,r. ,n.,
aud exaggerated ryhi.-in favor Of which 50
inucii has hcrn >"k"n rs we'll wrILl.n-vct
l thought. as | said l.-i"r-. that th. tim. was
come wh";' II was better I" place entire conf
dcnc' IN The proper feeling: of the AMERICAN,
l'e"Ic than TO l'r""n. the agitation which, in
pont nI fact, rr."!-rr,i them ,niSrusrd to- all us
m our cn,i"avnrS to pmi down the slave trade
lhcar, near lhc best proof. my lurls that !
was not ul>;kc:i to the wisdom of that ,,;..y
Is t" he found III The >r,it which has siuse been
c'ihrc" 10y the American Government, bv:h in
It's languay" and in i!x ac,s-Ihcnr, hear
FROM that Government | have received ilt.
strongest i;ssccs that it Will use It's best elf rts
l"l'i' dow" The save Trade with American ships
IL has even gone 50 far to make o.iiciouslv."
out n"t officially, Su-gcSii"n, in the cXI,r,i.
ci''y {" hG;in2 upon Which cnirriv concur II
Is That the treaty lit" which We have entered
with the II ni,cd States and which binds MS with
view To The suppression Of the slave trade to
nave eighty guns on the West Coast Of Africa
should br iindiiird that, instead of our h. inG
oo'ig"d 10 have eighty guns in that quarter. and
America being enabled To fulfill her part of tile
stipulation 10y maintaining there two old sailing
iriInlrs OF iorty guns, which are perfectly use.
Icss'i The suppression "f the slave trade ehe
should Keep mp Il certain number nf steam vcs-
ses-ten steam gunbuats mounting two guns
np'ccc-whch would constitute n much more
cifecna t"rcc than two sailing fri.ntcs which
have hitherto been rrnpluvcd Tie government
q ted SIn,
that inas,nuch the slave trade ON the const oG
tuhn continues |" increase ii is It's intention to
6"hh large number of vessels to that coast El
the purpose OF s"rpr"ssing the trniiic-[hrar
hear.J such has been The Spontaneous result
"i'oa tfe part Of The American Government, oi
the action Of her maicS,vs ministers towards it
npon ihlS suh"ci. What have cou,cntrd nv
Bell wlt!' c'in. has been to forward to III. rov.
crnnicnt of America the accounts given by onr
commanders upon l!ic African coast Of The utro.
cio''S d"-"cratI" Of the American tlay in the
prosecution Of the slave trade, and no LANGUAGE.
am happy to say. c, ull br stronger than that
winch Lord Napier informs me WAS uscd iv
General CasS wi"n he heard those rcpnrls alto.
gether independent, Of amy com,urn, which was
made upon them by her M"j"sIy's government
Tic administration n,.I the Icmocyacy-
The efforts "t The New York Herald to dis
crinmnte between the President and tn. Demo-
cratic party, and 10 eNi;h tie enc while ncc,,s
ing the "hrr Of every delinquency, hnv. al.
ready been remarked ula'n in the columns Of
this paper. Oar readers will not be surprised
therefore. n: the recent declaration Of the Her
aid that the President should convene an extra
session OF Congress for the express purI,ose of
hvelvIng the Democracy in imextrlcuLlc e,n-
DarraSsncnts
For ourselves we have nothing to say against
the dst'Ec:i"n which the a,hrrcn,s of The Prcsi-
dent draw between the AdmInls ration aud the
democracy. We could wish, indeed, that the
chosen representative Of the party were an cx.
net exponent of lis principles and pnicy-lnr
ut'der any circumstances il.+ peinocrncy will
encounter more or less difficulty in escaping all
responsibility i"r lis agents ccccniriciiirs. But
E'hce there Is no denying Tie fact of essential
differences between the Administration y aud The
Den'"crncy. we ar" pleased t" observe that it's
hpoiogists have SIT The example of ii separation
which will icl:cvc our party Of very painful rn,-
barr,>S,ncuts
Nsl any Democrat. for Instance venture To
justify tn" cr"rn"ns expenditures of the Federal
governments Can any D"nocra, approve the
PRESIDENTS prneclv" tariff policy? Does any
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