, 1866-01-15

the solicitations Of Her MA}esfy'a Government, as
It has done, 70 snake new laWs for new occaions," "
under any Other plea
In this doctrine, there hiss been during the Lite
sM;Gsss e1Dgn1 .,a9a S,,6 + he Raese of asF
ah1p' pe1mteSi0n to point out.
at 4 rerJ early date the exposed natlre Of The
frontier bordering npon canad1 became so much
subject Of anxiety % my Government that was In
Lordahtp, with riew 10 The estab.hnaeri Of more
effective preventive meAsaree On the Canadian eide
than were thought to be then within their: reach.
= eon1e.rsiion which I had lie honor nor &c 10
hold with his Lordship, after e1plsinine tho
reasons Of my Government for The danger appre-
11aa ao5aa II FL m astf + IL e. 3D. = ne
scmbltnR tbat which bad been enacted on our part
In 1888 TO meet similar emergency then happentu9
there. 1t IL trne that ioF considerable PERIOD I
had no 1eaton 10 presume that this proposal had
been more ayorably recttyed than any other Of the
same Kind had been called 10 make. Bat when
one year Later information was reeeived Of The ex.
tremt peril into Hhlch Canada had been thrown BY
the violent enterprise executed By some Of the IN.
surrents established IN that province upon the
peaceful toxn Of St Adams, then had lhe satisto-
ton had been adopted 30 far as that Her Maje,lya
Government had recommended 10 the authorities
Of canada to procure the enactment Of the auggest
cd law.
In this case, then It ia clear that the imminent
danger Of 4 rupture between The two countries
hnd brought on an acknowledgement OF the neces-
stty or Eoin1 On 10 :" make new law to meet new
oocssion." But surely Her Majesty's Government
would not be willing to Eire even ra!or 10 IN In
ference that nothing but necessity to avoid war
would be sufficient motive to indnce Il to rrtoE-
nIxe an obligation 10 mike new law. II The reas-
oua for the suggeetfon we're equally valid IN ali
cases, tall 10 perceive upon what principle the
u1ture OF the atewRr should be made to depend
upon The merely accidental pressure OF the cizcum
stsneea attsndins 'he moment It was made.
Suck being the facts, submit whcthez, with such
Email support as can be given By this wholly ~
porte and vague ayelment his Lordshlp has not a
little crossed the verge Of international courtesy.
by vrniusinE, without any personal experience
whatever Of American fegisla,1on, and tn The face
Of The Statement Of II. Correa de ScEEa, which he
must have read, 10 hazard an INSERTION and sliii
mcT, ,ei.e rse to nrfupreseion like that necessarily
produced By thc language already quoted. sana-
Ing as DO, the defender Of the LAW Of my county,
i ta with regret am compelled to protest aGainst
II as wholly u0Fubstznuated BY any faeta nddneeo,
and IN every essential particular incorrect.
NeathcH we're those the only cases IN Wnlen NO
efficiency o! theEc provisions OF u" hafe pee9
fuly tested. Il is not very long h4e since nad M
the honor OF calling The attention o. hex Ahlestya
Government to IN tuet1rcs or inc ftmafEaole
prcmptne4s with which action was bad under mem
upon request made bJ ths rsptesenta'ays o nss Ma
Matesty'6 Government at Washington: Wneo ~:
Champion, On the 1lth Of October, lSS, directed
the attention OF my government 10 the e11faese ot
4 reasel in New Yorf, then bellered h{ him 70 20
6ulnk out n a.pri,s4eof, It xns By virtue cf tho
sgfhanay resssd N 1t b1 90 ot ~ soeaead u tsas