National Republican., 1876-06-24

predecessors thus suspect US And then
he continues: " You must guarantee that
"you will not try him for anything else
"but the crime for which he is extradited
until you have given him chance to
"get back to England again, or l will not
release him." This was the effect of his
menace though not literally his language.
What could be more insultingf Mr..
Fish showed Lord Derby that his own
Government had done the very thing of
which he suspected US of intending to do,
and we had made no objection. We con-
tended they had a right to do it, provided
they had first tried the criminal for the Of
fense for which he had been extradited.
Perhaps Lord Derby feared we might fol-
low the example thus set us by Great Brit
ain when he thus impugned our motives.
But to return to the argument OF the TsLs-
graph, let US examine the text of the tre9ty
little further and see what those pigmies,
Compared with Derby,) Webster and Ash
burton, say on the manner OF ascertaining
the guilt OF persons charged under the
treaty. Proceeding from the point at which
our last quotation ended above, it reads:
"And the respective judges and other mag
''istrates of the two Governments shall
"haye power, Jurisdiction and auth Ority,
"upon complaint made upon oath, to issue
ga warrant for the apprehension of the
Fugitive or person so charged, that he
"may be brought before such judges or
"other magistrates respectively, to the end
{" that tho eridenc6 Of erin1indlity may be
heard and considered ;" land now, after
upwards of thirty years of smooth and
friendly practice under this clause, the
Telegraph wants to know, you kuow;J
land il, on such hearing, the evidence be
deemed sufficient to sustain the Charge"
mot sufficient to demand guarantees, ] 'it
"shall be the duty of the examining judge
cor magistrate TO certify the same to the
"proper executive authority that what2
guarantees may be demanded II "a war
rant may issue for the surrender of such
Fugitive"
Now, We have simply to say that Mr..
WiDslow having been released by the
magistrate, not upon the ground OF INSULT
cient evidence to sustain the charge, but
svowedly because the Government of the
Parliament of 1870 TO the treaty of 1912;
or, in other words, because we would not
consent to give guarantees (Which the
treaty did not require) that we would not
try Winslow upon any other charge than
the single one upon which he was extra
lifai that it friendly Iicnnur
teous and unstatesmanlike act. 1t deserves
the most severe reprehension that can be
awarded to it short OF a declaration of war.
Even wars of the most bloody character
have been waged by Britain for the
infraction of less important treaties than
immediate declaration of war, we do be-
ie7e that Congress should at once author
ize a suspension of diplomatic relations
with Great Britain until she places her
self Alright upon this question. She should
be made to surrender Winslow, Brent and
Gray as a condition precedent to any
further negotiation upon any other sub
ject. When she has done this, and apollo
gized for the insults she has put upon us,
then let her notify us in proper manner
of her desire to terminate the extradition
treaty of 1s42. Having done these things,
she will be in condition to seek to make
new treaties with US; until she has done
these, her compacts with us are valueless
if she conceives it to be for her interests
to fly from their provisions.
The Telegraph kindly tells US that Earl
Derby is backed by the entire English peo-
pie IN his conduct of this matter. All we
care to say about this is that if the English
people have no better information of the
facts in the case than the Telegraph ap-
pears to have had, there is little wonder
that they should unanimously back him.
But we happen to know from other and
more widely read journals than the Tsls-
graph that the people and press of Great
Britain, with quite Insignificant excep-
tion condemn Lord Derby's course and
sustain Mr. Fish in his position. But if
this be true or false makes little difference
10 the people of the United States. They
unanimously sustain the course of Presi-
dent Grant, and demand of Congress that
this insult of the arrogant and tricky Derby
be properly resented.