Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1865-02-01
The Case Of Buricy---Can.dlan Action.

sAsour readers are aware, Bennett u.
Burnley, the comm ander Of the pirates who
stole and destroyed couple of small pro
pellers on Lake Erie, near Detroit, Is IN
the hands of the Canadian authorities
buriey hlmse ha. not sought partIcu ar
Iy.to evede the Canadian authorities, pc
cause in common with his southern iriends'
ne has expected an easy escape through
their hands. He is likely, however, to be
grlevously disappointed. Our" Canadian
friends having been seriously touched IN
Ter interests, are waking up to iiVely
sense Of their duties, and are discovering
that Canadian laws do not smeld pirates
and robbers under any cloak, to an extent
that has been supposed. A recent de-
cision of the Recorder in Toronto re-com-
mits Mr. Burley TO prison. 1t does not
turn him over to the L. 5. authorities, be-
cause the Recorder has no authority to 40
1t. He can only commit him ana then IN
form the Go ernor General of his decision,
who alone can order his extradltlon.
In the meantime the counsel OF bur ey
has sued out a writ of habeas clapus.-
This brings I'D the rightfuiness OF the de-
cision of the Recorder and OF hurley I'M
prisonment Should it be determined, as
it probably Will, that he /, rlghtiuiiy ia
prisoned he viii soon be handed over to
the L. s. authorities, where he Will get his
deserts.
The Toronto Globe says there is talk Of
carving the case still higher, in case the
opinion Of the Recorder is affirmed bnt
the talk amounts to nothing, for the de-
cision of the Court now sitting on the hG-
beas corpus cases will be final Should
however, Burley be released by the Court
although it ends the question Of his ex-
tradition, it does not end his liability to
punishment He can at once be re-ar-
rested, prosecuted, tried and condemned,
and punished by their own courts for
violation Of their own laws, which will be
done g.
This statement of the case will enable
our readers to understand the brief and
obscure Geographic illusions TO the mat
ter-as also the proceedings which may
transpire in the future in the case Of
Burnley.
We have n better opinion of the sturdy
courage and independence Of our British
neighbors, than t. suppose they viii be
intimidated or driven by interest into any
warping of their laws in our favor but we
do suppose that they may lead to more
vigilance than they have exercised, and
viii pre- ent the warpings of their laws in
the few bad hands that may be in power
among them against US.
The Montreal Gazette, Canada paper
with southern feelings, thinks the Conted
crates are preparing for more rigorous
and more desperate prosecution of the
war than they have yet exhibited. 1t says
The peace rumors and the statement that
President Davis is prepared to negotiate
with northern cOmmi ssioners confirm in
stead Of unsettling this Jew. When his
preparations are complete 1t will pro- ably
be found that Mr. Davis was merely de
luding the north into y fanced state Of
security and was as steadfast to his cause
and ioresaw the future as clearly as Wash
ington ever did amid the glory and des-
pondency Of Valley Forge The spccula
tons Of this southern sympathizer as to
Davis purposes, may be worth consider
ing Our Government however does not
appear disposed to fall into any state Of
fancied security as it neither pauses in
its movements nor its preparations. If the
purposes of Davis are as stated, and we
think 1t highly probable, he IS bound to
make nothing by his devices.