Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1865-12-23

Z dispositions, but as involving questions of pub
lie law, ofwhich the settlement is essential to
:, the peace'of nations ); and, though pccuniary
reparation to their injured citizens would have
followed incidentally on decision against
Great Britain, such compensation was not
their primary object. They had higher mo-
lye and it was the interests of peace and JUS
tice to establish Important principles Of inter-
national law, The *,oTres spondence will be
placed before you. The ground On which the
British Minister rests his justification is, sub.
stantially, that the municipal law of a nation,
and the domestic interpretations of that law,
are the measure of it's duty as aneutral; anI
feel bound to declare my opinion, before you
and before the world, thGt that justification
cannot be sustained before the tribunal of ma
tions. At the same time did not advise to
any present attempt at redress by ,sts of leg
islatidn. For the future, friendship between
theatwo countries must rest on the basis Of
mutual justice.
From the moment of The establishment of
our free Constitution, the civilized world has
been oonvulsed by revolutions in the interests
of democracy or of monarchy; but Through
all these revolutions the United States haves
wisely and frmlyrcfused to become propagan-
dists of rsphblicanism. 1t is the only govern
ment suited to our condition but we have
never sought to impose it on others; and we
have consistently followed the advice of Wash.
ington to recommend it ouly by tho careful
preservation and prudent use of the blessing,
During all the intervening period the policy
of European Powers and of the United States
has, on the whole, been harmonious. Twice,
indeed, rtmors of the invasion of some parts
of AmeIlca, in the interest of monarchy, have
prevailed twice my predecessors have had oc.
casion to annouEce the views>of this nation in
respect to,such interference On both occa.
sious the remonstrance of the United States
was respected, from deep conviction, on the
part Of European Governments, that the sys.
ten of non sinterfercnce&nd mutual abstinence
from propagandis,n Was the true rule for the
two hemispheres- Since those times we have
advanced in wealth aud power, but we retain
the same purpose to leave the nations of Eu.
rope to choose their own dynasties and form
their own systelhs of government. This con,
sistent moderation may justly demand a corr
responding moderation. We should regard it
as . great calamity to ourselves, to the cause.
of good government aud to the peace Of the
world, should amy European Power challenge
the American people, as it were to the defence
OF rcpubllcanism againstsfogeign interference.
We cannot foresee and arc unwilling to con
slider what opportunities might preseUt them
selves, whas contributions might offer, to pro-
tcct ourselves against designs inimcal to our
form of government. The United States de-
size to act in the future as they have ever
iled heretofore; they never will be driven
from thats course but by the aggression 6f Eu-
aopean Powers; and we rely on the wisdom
and justice. of those powers to respect the sys-
tenn of non,intw.crence which has SO long been
sanctioned by time. and which, by it's good
results, has approved Itself to both Continents.
The correspondence between the United
States and Fr,uce, i'll reference to questions
which have become; subjects of discussion be-
tween the two Governments, will, st proper
time, be laid before Congress-.
When, on the organization of our, govern
ment, under the Constitution, the President
of tho United States delivered. his inaugural,
address to the two Houses of Congress, he said
to them. and through them to the country and
mankind that = the preservation. of the sacred
fire Of liberty and the destiny Of the rcpubli-
can model of. government are Justly considered
as deeply perhaps as finally staked on the ex-
pertinent intrusted to the American people"
And the House 81 Representatives. answered
Washington by the VOICE of Madison "Wc
adore the invisible hand which has led Amer.
ican people, through so many difficulties, to
cherish.a conscious responsibility for the dcs-