Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1863-01-06

municating with our Foreign Ministers, or those
Of other nations, writes mader instructions o. Inc
President, that when bis communication has been
written, il is alUays submitted TO the President
lJr bis approval, who suggests such alterations as
he thinks proper, aud il the communication be
regarded as very important il is also submitted to
The consideration Of the cabinets that Nh Adj
ans, and all other Foreign Ministers in urging
claims upon other governments, act under specpe
Instructions will add that while living, Mr.. Ad-
ans was asslied BY shareholders and do0ghiace"
by the most bitter political and personal enemies
but think no one ever had the hardihood to
charge him with speaking hi, own opinions in his
! official communications as Secretary Of State, CT
as Foreign Minister. But the bunders Of your
assistant Editor are too numerous for me to cor
| rect lie ,ho.ld have known that While Minister
at Client, Mr.. Adams acted under the most mi
mute Instructions considered and approved by Mr..
/ Madison and hi. whole cabinet. lie should have
known that no allusion 10 slaves released by proc
amadon Or Otherwise, during The Revolution, was
made 10 that treaty. Ye, he says the fist ari-
clio provided for indemnity for slaves freed by
proclamation in the revolutionary war and in the
war Of 1912"
ltisrot often that We dod SO miny untr1ths
crowded into 30 smaiIa space. am gralfad
10 believe they are unintentional add would
not spend time to refuto them, di. thoy not ap
pear to carry with them an idea that emancplting
slaves by proclamation, in time Of var, was re.
garded by Mr Adams and our revolutionary
fitLers, as inconsistent with civilized garore.
The revolutionary var opened up in Virginia,
T by proclamation Of Lord Dlnmore, The Royal
Governor emanc,pating the slaves Of that Colony.
The first loyal regiment IN Virginn, was formed
Of emlncimted slaves, end the first blltle in that
colony was fought and the frs, victory was won
by emlncimted slaves, some Of VIII m crptWed
their o,cn masters, whom his lordship held as
/ prisoners Thousands Of others were emnn c'pa.
ted in the same way during the war.
3 BY the treaty Of peace Of 1888, The British
. Government stipulated to withdraw It's navy and
armies from the United States, wdtoui Carrying
2 qrdy any slares Of our cit,eHs, Bat no oiluson
was made 10 the slaves who had been emarcipated
By Tia proclamation. Thousands Of those bad
gone to the West Indies other thousands bad
/ entered the British army and navy, had taken the
oath Of allegiance to lis Majesty, and were re.
garded az loyal subjects. But the army and navy
carried away other thousands 10 direct rol,lion 0
the treaty.
Judge Jay was appointed minister 10 London
lotthe purpose Of nagolatin. the treaty Of 1894
which was intended to settle tho controversy re-
1 sptctu2 dsporicd mot emancipated1 slave. lie
, was one Of the most able and pure patriots OIL
, That day. and was instructed to demand compen
saton for srucs carried dicW IN violation Of H.
/ treaty Of 1854 Ileac.ordngIy made tie demand
+ but Lord Greenye, the British Minister replied
t that the slaves who had gone to the British lsand'
during the war, were Of course free, and not slaves
! d. the time Of the treaty. That those who had
entered the British army and navy, were not only
free, but sworn subject, Of His Majesty and al
though may Of these were carried away, they
could neither be deyere up nor paid for, Will,
the Government Of England maintained is exist
ence.
ID But there we're slaves elrriel away who had
not been emancimtedat the making oftde treaty
Tho deportation Of these people, he regarded as
m act Of humanity performed under tie dictates
Of natural justice and bis lor.ship s. exposed
the barblrsm Of that government which claimed
or admitted tia, one ca's Of men could hold
another class aspropeciH that Judge Jay in re-
porting this correspondence to the American Gov
eminent, declared the demand Of compensation
FOR slaves 10 be odiow" In this opinion, Gen.
Washington and his Cabinet oorcuued, and the
claim vas abandoned, and was never renewed by
the treaty Of Client, or by any other treaty or il
i any other manner and when the London Times
u or your assistant Editor, nlimutes that the eman-
oipation Of slaves by proclamation, snot sustained
by the lws of civilized warfare, ad i'e them
to study the history Of both British and American
Governments.
In a former communication, cited the fact
TIA, when the Agclnes held our people in
slavery, VIC no, only emancip,ed them, but We
bu,cherel the shareholders, whom we, AMI tn,
toho'e Christian world, pronounced "piraiss,
England did the same thing She too, bulchered
the Agerne', and sci, Ter slaves free, by the
sword and the biyone,,an Chriacndom approved
the act
7 In the war Of 1912, slave, we're emaneipa,ed
by British proclamation, as they bad been in the
revolution Again, some joined her army and
navy, and some fled to the West India Islands.
i BY the treaty Of Client, the same stipulation
j. in regard to carrying away slaves, was adopted
: under instruction, Of the Executive but slave,
i we're again carried away, The same demand wa
made by our Minister, followed by the same re
fusoI Of the British Minister, as that which follow
= cd the treaty Of 1888,
y But the Government Of the United States was
then welded by Tue Stare polrT and renew
al Of TIE war was threatened, unlets the British
y Ministry paid for the slaves carried array in rio
S lal,On Of The treaty. not for those who had beer
j, omancipn,ed. Then the British Government sur
d rendered its dignity to the ,hyeholdiug blus,er
j. and agreed 10 d'biirdte toe question, The En-
9 psror Of Russia, then the greatest stakeholder an,
l. most powerful de'pol on earth, was selected as III,
q nmnirn lie derihrd hat The nriish Gnrrrn