Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1865-12-15
1890 PER ANNUn.
/ Of them as to have ensured an = imnart;al

i - 90 ~ '>iitsin decined the arbitrainen.
: oaf' on the otller hand, invited. us to the
lorh'atlon q il OF g Joint commission to settle
! .fiul'ial 'l ciallns between the two countries.
tlolh IRON Wlllch those for the depredations be-
ioie mentioned should be excluded The
! lproposition, in that velv ,nsat;sfactorv
form, has been declined. ~ 80
4 The nited States did nof present tbe,
subject as an in,peachmcnt Of the GOOD
Fialth of a Power which was protesting the
most friendly disposition, but as involving
duestlons- -ot public law, of which the set,
tle'hent IS essential to the peace of nations:
:s':o' ,non9h pecnnlary reparation to their
l,'Jt'feu clt'zens would have followed Incl
/ uei'taEly on a decision against Great Brit
H s'ih' sucn compensation was not their pri-
/ mary object: They had higher motive.
= aug le. was III the interests of peace and
yus'lce % establish important principles of
International law. The corresnondenoa
Will be placed before you. The oronnd
| on which the British Minister rests IIis ins.
tl1catlon IS, substantially, that the nifunici-
pau law OF nation, and the domestic in
terpretatlons Of that law, are the measure
OF It's duty as neutral ana feel bound
70 70 declare my opinion, before you and be-
1ore the world, that that Justification can
not DE sustained before the tribunal of
hatlcns- At the samo time do not advise
10 any present attempt at redress by acts
OF legislation. For the future, friendship
petween the two countries must rest On
the basis OF mutual Justice
{ from the moment of the establishments
OF eur free Constitution, the civilized world,
mas been convulsed by revolutions in the
interests OF democracy or OF monarchy:
out through all those revolutions the Uni.
leo , lt states have wisely ane. firmly refused
70 pccoine pfopagandists OF republicanism.
IL is the only government suited to our
conoltlon !; but we have never sought to-
impose 1t on others; and we have consist
emily followed the advice of Washington
to recommend it only by the careful bras
eryation and prudent use OF the hless;r,r
During all the Intervening period the poii-
cy'of European Powers and of the ITn;ted 8
States has, on the whole, been harmoni- \,
ous., Twice, indeed, rumo;,s Of the invasior
OF some some parts Of America, in the, interest ),
OF monarchy have prevailed; twice NV
predecessols have had occasion to ans.
ncunce theview OF this nation in respect
to such interference. a4g 4s s4.a@ Es&soAt & HsA1
y. On both occasions the rernonstrarlce of 9
the United States was respected. from = ga
deep conviction, on the part of European
that the system of nbn-in.
reference and mutual abstinence from
propagandism was the, true rnle for the ],
two hen1ispheres- Since those times We i
have advanced. in wealth and power; but IA,
we retain the same purpose to leave the \
nations OF Europe, to choose their own dy- ~
nRastiesq anls form their own systems OF 'aa
severnlpent-a Ihis consistent moderation ]
may Justly demanda: corresponding mods
Grafton. We should regard it as q great :
calamity to ourselves, to the cause Of Z 81
good government, and to the peace of the
world, should any European Power. s.
challenge. the American people, as =.
= were, to the defence Of 'repub bliean-afr
sfn against foreign interference. We snS
:annot Ct foresoe ore and are unwilling to con-a
ider' what Opportunities might present +,
llenaselyes, what Combinations might
'1Ier fo protect ourselves against designs
nifIlical to our form of governments 4Thest s
ynlteG States desire foAact in the future saa
s they have ever acted heretofore: sthev;e :
lev lsbe sdrlvenf from that course but ~ {
Y thea ggressien of European Powers
nd WeIely onthe wisdom and instce of g.
hose Powers to respect the system of non sss
Interference which has long been sancx a,,s g
ioned' by time, and which, BY its GOOD II. -
ents. s. - 80 -. 4
Ihes scorresp dencee between the United -
fafes and France Elm reference to f1ffes, u {
ons which have become s,.bief.ts of fj;s,. 81 3