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$ ' . . . SSI CAMDUJN JOURNAL. ........ . - ^ ' * t^AZ^A.) VOL. 3. CAMPEK, SOPTH-CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 1842. , | yo.|4. , THE CAMDEN JOURNAL, PUBLISHED EVERT WEDNESDAY MORNING, BY THOMAS W. PEGTTES. TERMS. Three Dollars ver annum in advance, Three Dollars and Fifty Cents within six months, or Four Dollars a', the exoiration of the near. * AJoeriisemen's inserted at 75 cents per souare, ffo irte? lines or 1es?,) for the first arid 37$ cents jor each subsequent insertion The number of insertions to he noted on all advertisements, or they will he nubl'shed un'U ordered to be discontinued, and chafed accordingly. On.". D illar ver sauare for a single insertion ? Q'i zr'erb/ and Mon'hlv advertisements icillbe char ped 'he tame as a sin?leinsertion, and Semi-month ly the same as new ones. 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F?t. without tin* biliirfof a Prnvidenrc, Il?at take} cognizance ??f. guards und guides. ami .i-ay favor paricu.1 lar persons, there i* n<? motive In worship n Deity, to-far its ilisp'casnres, or pray f >r its protiTtio-.. I will uot enter into any disrM*sina of yonf principles. though you ?eeni to desire it..- At-present-1 shall only give you my opinion, that though i y o r reaso n are snb ile, ami may pre*ail with soino reader*, you will not succeed so as t<> change tlo* general seoliioeiits of mankind on the snhj el, r.ml the coiisp(inein-e ?f printing this peire-will Ilea great chal of odium drawn ntmn yonrsi If.mischief to von, n-iid no benefit to others. He that spits agat.isl tiie wind, spits in his own fare. B it were ynti to succeed, do you imag ine any good will lip done hy it? Y-m yours- If rnny find it rn<y t-? I ? * e a t iri mi us life without the assistance sifl*< r?I?,?I l?y reJigi ??i; ymi have a ?|oar perception *?f tin* advantages of virtue and t'l? <1 isa<i vanla? $<ps ?.f vici', a-iil |i-?s?ps-?'s a strength of! resolution sufficient to enable y'mi i>> rt*> I sist romni'in temptaii ms. Hut tniuk how I gr-M a portion of mankind consists of ig-1 it-'rant men ami women, and of inexperi, enrrd vonlh'nf l> ?Ili sexes. uln-ha^e need j of tin* minivps if religi hi t<? restrain them from *i?-e. support their virtue, and re*m.in ilirin in iIip praeiice ??f il till it !>? Comes IihI iliial, tvliicl). i< the great point of ii? security. And perhaps you areiu-i dehte I jo her originally that is to your re-! ligi his education fir (hp habits of rirtwe I linoii whieliv hi ii"w j isily value yours- If.' y.m ini<rlit easily display y?mr excellent talent* of reasoning upon a less Iihz-ir<l<ni? suhjert, ami thereby obtain a ra ik with ?.iir most distinguished audi us. F ir j aiming us it i* m>t it pessary. as among the ] II .tt-ut"ts, tlmt rt yotiilt to h- raised into tin* r >1111111111* nf melt. should prove his manhood |>v whipping his mother. I wouhl ml vise vuti, therefore, net In attempt ir?rha'iiiog lite tiger, hut to hunt the piece | In-iore it is seen Ivy any oilier person, i wit rehy von will save yourself ? gieal! ileal of uiurtiltraiiou fron the enemies i 1 m iy raise against yon. ami perhaps a great ileal nf regret anil repentance. If men are wicked tvitli religion, what iroul I ?li v !? w ith .ul i ? I intend this letter itself a< a proof >>fn.y friendship, and thl'tef.ire add no prof, ssjon to it, lllll Kllh^ set ihe .-imp!v. Yonrs. j B. FRANKLIN.' j DUTiS-S ' F i'ARENT.S. it is >1 ' i t: ? - n reisai V to een.ure and' t;? puni-ti. but vi iy much may he d -tie by j eur.uifa ting rbildren ulnn they do well, lb* I'fi'i ill.tr" 'an f I It) ex,-nss your np* pr dttii 'ii of g ool r. mine lli.tn disip probation of hud. Nothing r;-n more dis ? .. ?l.:i.l !.,>,I a snirii of ,,t C'Mir IJ?* <1 ?. ....... fni!i H 'ili iL' ? " >iu' pari of it* parent*. -And ha.dly any thing can exert a no-re j?. juiinis influence upon the dispo*iij>,n hoth of the parent ami of tlie eliiM. There are two great motives influencing Iimuihii actions?hope and fear. But who would lint prefer to have her child influenced in good conduct hy the desire of plea?iig, rather than by fear of offending? |f n nt >th<-r netter expresses her gratification when her rhiMtpn do well, and is always censuring *ih"ti she sees any thing amiss, * they are discouraged and unhappy. They f,?el there is no time to please. Their disposition becomes hardened and soured by this ceaseless fretting. At last, finding that whether they do wpII or ill, they are equally found fault with, they reliu* _ j ipiish all efforts t?? please, and bfecotu* ,iee less ??f reprorche*. But let h mother ^approve of a child's conduct whenever she can. Let her show hat his behaviour makes iier sincerely happy. Let her reward him f->r his efforts to please, by smiles and afP-elion ? In this way she will cl erisli in her child's heart some of the m-blesf and most desirable feelings-of our nature. She will cultivate i.i Mm an amiable disposition under a . cheerful spirit. Your child-has been during the day, very pleasant anil obedient. Just before putting him asleep for the night, you take his hand and say, 'My son,_yoii have been a vi-ry gopd b-.y today. Iiniak'sme Very happy to see you so kind and obedient. G id loves little children who are dutiful to theijr parent*,, and he promts*8 to make ilieni hapl?V. This ap|irohuti-*n front his mother i< to hi in a great reward. Ami wheii, will a more llittn ordinary* affectionate l.Oie, yoii nay, (food nighi, lity dear son/' h< leaven tht lo trri witli It's. heart'yfull of fee! ing. Atic M Ion lie rl ?C8 his eyes f?i sleep, he is-happy, and resolves thai lit will always- try to do his mother's di?Vy ? i GENERA L. S(OTT. The Washington correspondent of the N Y. Herald leJIs the. >tofy ? If tin re lie no inisstaJt ITlejU, Grit. Srnll is ii akrt?i? ilie most of his self.loiniuaiinii in ihe Presidency. The whig pariv came yito power on the most widely pr -cliioied profession s of.retrenrhiiieni and reform, and General Harris it, during his Inief presidential riirver, dinl President Tyler, tip to the present hour. Ins manifested every di.position-in carry out those professions, and to infuse into every branch of the government that spirit of economy and honesty which had f?r yt his hei-ti huiiisludTrom the puldic sen ire. Bill \\ hat ran he done by the Ex'-rntive. when iiiisiuuioried bv his sub orililia en? The best iutenti m, the most earnest endeavers, can Imj as effectually lliwar!e<I by the omission ?>f adii>i >isli u11 ve fljcers ti> ru-operate, as l>y n p'nsilitc refusal to assist iii f rrcling out abuses. The payment of a thricp r< j oli d rlaim by the Secretary-of War, shows that ihr spirit of economy has u > place in that tie. p.irluietit. at least, w lieu a fuvoiite.is to lit reward" d. Under the riTitmstanres we look it|-on the transactions as one so extraordiuury in iis character, as to call lor investigation. If the Seen tary lias law or jir cedent f ?r the allowance, he can tie doubt satisfy the Executive and CongreRt of the propriety *>f his conduct. If lie ha? neither, and the nioney was paid in runsequence <>f the peculiar ret-lions suhsistin? between the Secretaty arid Genera! Se tt, it is proper lite fart shoiibl he made public The eircuuis'auci-s mnnectet] with the lr;<noicti<yitAre as follows: In 183b. Piesidetit Van Burnt directed Gcni ral-Scott to proceed to the Cherokee country, and by force, if liecissarv, t'i cause a removal of the Indians agreeably to lite stipulations of the treaty. ? But Mr V.ni I3umn, in orj|i r to. pi event viol.-nci and biiodsln d, Authorised Getter* L Scott, to cuter into arnttgeiiients or contract*f??i tlu* icmuv.il lit' tin-1iiclixus without a res'ori to force. if it iJlould lie jiraciicnlile. Gem nil Scott went to the (Jlieroket ruiiiitry, and the In lians were i ventiih:I\ imlticed to rentovi, without the employ meiit of force, litii thu importance o Scott's services in the matter hare heei greatly exaggerated bo ill by himself uin; his friends. It ivas perfectly mid rstood at Washington, between John K-tii sod the D<pamiient, that upon the itanslcr of tin euiigraiioii to the charge of li.-ss and the nilii r chiefs ol the uati it, they were to remove peaceably. Gen ral Scott and the army had htcii sent into the ('liemk>t country prior to the return of Iloss, win: was reteircd to Scott* piopablv us a poinl of etiquette, the meie f rn. ol tin* ne/utialion na* all that reminded for Sco>t; tin co ditiotis w ere uoderst- od indepeiidently Sc. tt uas nut. therefore, (lie irreat Pari "" " " "" " - w; a i ficatur?l e t.biluntjiropir interposer ini rn tlir ted man mill tin* white, < <iI ing the o :t* and >hi Ming the olhe;r. lie was tiic in it agent t?n giving a technical form to nrran. enn nls air. a y r<>iirlii(l< <1: a .tl uliicli, though brought about wiili evlreim i.ifriruliy ami l?y vrsy adroit mauageiiict, ui n* brought aimm by-' means which, sooner or later, we may oiir:.elvcs show tn tin* world?for they have never yet been |>roi'laiiiieil a* they ought to I ave been. When the bi??iness was over. General Seott returned to Washington, ami lint c ?nie|jt with bia bonus, ma le a demand f'?r extraroiiipensatioii, at the rate oi $:J |>er iliem, an.tinting in the aggregate to the sum <<l $2,000. This demand was promptly ami properly refused During the whole period he had been in the receipt of his lull pay and emoluments as Major G neral of the army, and the statute of 31 of March, 1835. say s?"Na officer of the army shall receive any per rent, or addit n I pay, e\tru allowance, or compensation, for any service or duty whatsoever, unless authorized by law." But General Scott would not yield to the decision of the Secretary i'f War? Mr. Puinsett, ami the matter was laid before the Attorney Get), oral. Mr* Gruudy. The Aitujney Gcucr* "h;%" > nljpfre an official.opinion againstthe claim. After reVi*'\viii<2 ..the whole ground on w hich the claim rested,he concludes in the following words:? * "Hasheeven no equitable right to the 89 per diem ?laimed hy him while engag> ed in this sfrvirrl I think not. When i perf rming this service, he was receiving full pay.and em-duoientsn* Major G-'oer. til, and hy virtne of the autho ity confer. red tip hi hi in n.s commissioner, lie was en. i ritlen to change hi* character from that of a destroying warrior to i heft of a kind paci' ficiitor. Upon the wjn-le rase,, f am of ,! opinion that General Scott has ho right to the money claimed hy him, either in law t or eqiliiy.'V It is iieliered that tlirre was still annth 1 f?r decision against Urn hrrtli, r>iif ti.e i >,fart is not at tf.is moment denuntstrsblfi i (Suffice it ti? say, however, that he had i, ahuridmied all expectation and hope of 1 , obtaining his per (lirpt, and for nearly itvo i years pti.tr to the accession of the whig*. . had made no movement in the premises. * '.But when his friend ami adherent, the man t>ho was one rrf the most arti^e and in. i .i.fluej tial ill tlir Sr. tt intrigue in New York in 1839, w as plared at the head jifihe War I Deparnnriit. he r *new edj his rlai ; and , sneh was he rsinnatii.iiHii which his ser. vice was held by his fom'jut..r and fnetid, ! thai the cldiin wHS passed without hesifa, lion or invesiii?Hiinn, and G n. Srrtll le.reived upwards ??f $2.( 0J extra pay f r , services as rnmiiiis>ioiiri, in less than . I three weeks after the' present Secretary j w as install".din office. And this too, in i | th?5lace of i|?e law of 1835, and the deci. i sion of the A iforney General.- This ioay he all right?perhaps it is?perhaps loo, the i Seen tary may be sincere when he disavows all agency, irvui knowledge of. the Sc-.it movement, but soine people will he incredulous. ' . v , CASE OF I HE BRIG CREOLE.; O i M on day Inst, a mfefege was rereired the . President of-the United ! {"Malts, transmittinga revort from ilie Se. cri'lary of State, in reply to the resolo. jtion of the Senate ml..pied on lh?* i8tlt i iiist., at lliftinstance. of Mr. Walker. c?l* lion f"r information in relation to the *r? . ti'-ii inken by litis Government in the ("re> o|i- raaef wliirli report comprised a copy. i of the pillou iiig lettrr frmii the Secretu* ry of S ate to our Minister at London: Mr. Webster to Mr. Everett. Depar-imknt of state, Jan. 29, 1842. i Edward Everf.tt. Esq.. &>. &c. i! {Sir: Iregril t?r be obliged to-acquaint t you withti very serious orni, rcnce, i.hieh recently I o>k place in a port of one ol' the . Bahama Islands. | It appears that the I rifc ''Creole/' of Ruhr ol, Virginia. Insor, master, hound 1 to New Orlpaos, sailed from Hampton Roads oil tile 27>h of Oct. bet last, with I a cargo of it erehanilise, principally to. ; burro ami'slaves, ( ?H- til 135 in ninuliei;) i that on the evening,of the7th of iNove.n her, some of" the slaves rose upon the . crew of the vrs-el, mnrdeied a passenger named Newell, who owned some of the , negroes', wounded the Captain danger* niioly, mid the first mate and two ?"f the t crew severely; thai the slaves soon obtained "ornpletp possession -f the hrijf, i which muter ihi-ir direction was taken in to the port of Naiiss.tu, in the island of . N"W Providence, where site arrived oft r the morning of the 9 h of the same inott It; i that at the request of American Consul in I that place the 6 rertttir ordered a gwnrd |on hoapd, to prevent the escape of the . mutineers, an I with a vj.-w to an ioVesli. nation of the circumstances of the fcase; that such investigation was accordingly ? made hy two British tnagi-oiat?s, and that i an examination als?> to tk place hy the : Consul; thilnu the report of the magis? trates, ninetee of the slaves were impri. > soiled hy th.* local authoiities as having t been concerned i > the ti.it-itiy and uittrtltw; and their surrender to the Cnusiil, to be sent t?? the United Stat s |(>r titai tor . ?lies** crimps. ?va< refn*ed, ?>u the jrr<>u?ici that ill*- Govei imr wished t<> communicate with tin- G vernmcut in Rutland oil the ; snl j' rt; tl.Hi iliroiiifli the interference of ? the Colonial ntilhoi ilics, and even b?-f re I th?* ii ili'nrv tiiMrd was removed, the great* i it minther of the rem lii'iiig slaves were liberated, and enroll raged to j/,? he) end , the power of the master o| the vess? I, or , tlie American Consul, by pr ceedings i which neither of them eouhl control.? i This is the substance'?f 'be ease, as staled in two protests, one made at NaiissHii and I one at New Orleans, and the Consul's . letters together with sundry depositions takt n by him, copies* ??f all which papers i are herewith tiai.smitied. i The British Government cannot but see that this case, as presented in these pa. I pprs, is one calling for redress. The "Cm* I o|r" was passingfioiti'one p??ri of the IJ. ' Statps |o another. in a voyage perfectly i lawful, willi mprcliauil.se on hoard, unrl < 'ilso Willi slave. or pers lis bound to rer I tiee, natives of America, and In-longing* I to Aineric n ri izens. and which are rp- I cognized us property by the Constitution i "f the UtiiiP'l States in those Stales in.t w hicli slavery exist*. In the course of j (lie voyage some of the slaves rose upon M the master anil crew, sulxltieti them, in nr. I tiered cue man, and caused the vessel to' i zjiz - - JJi J* r + ^ l>? carried into Naussati. The vessel tvat tit us tnken into a B ilisll port, not Voltm lary, by th?s?e w ho liail ilia lawful authority over her hut forcibly and vi'h*rit!y. igniiiHt the miutter'* will, and wrth the Consent of it,>boi|y hut the mutineer* niul murderers: f.?r there 1* tfofevidencf thai these outrages were Coimitited- lvillf the Mimiirreure of any of these slaves except those actually engaged in them. Umler these circumstances, it would seem lo 'mve been the plain and obvious duly oI ihe auihoriii *s at Natissatr, the poit i?f * friendly power, to assist the An-eriraii in pin tine an end 10 the captivity ol ihe. master and crew, r? storing to thein the control if tire ressel ami enabling ih 1*111 to resume their voyage, ami to lake the mutineer* rih! murderers to their own rnuntry to answer for their crimes before 'lie proper tribunal. 0 ie cttliftot cottfeire li"?w any other c?-urse miihl he justly " ilopted, or how the duties imposed by that part of the code regulat tig the Inter. Course of friendly Slates, which is generally called the comity of nations, could otherwise be fulfilled. Here w?? no vio Intiun of British law attempted or intended oil the part of the master of the ''Creole/ nor any infringement*?f the principles ol the law of nations. The vessel wasfatv. stilly engaged in passing from port to port in the (Juiied States. By violence atii crime, she was.eariied against the mns> lei's will, out of her course, into a fiend ? - ... _v * n ii._ -....i, r..,.u IV nil Willi Ilir iroiui n?iv . Certainly. ordinary comity ami hospitalitj entitled him t<r such assistance from ilit authorities <rf the place as slt??nl<l enablt liim to rostthte ami prosecute his.voyagt and bring the offenders Injustice. \ But ill stead of ibis if ill* facta be a* represent ed iil these pajfpra, nut aijily did the an tlioriiii'8 give mi aid f*>r any such purpose but they.did actually interfere to aei.frei the slaves, and hi enable lb? m to disperst iltemsf (t#s beyond the t-ench ot the mas ter of the vessel or their owners. A pro reading like this -cannot but cause dee| ft pling-in ifie Uniud Slates. It has beei my purpose to write you at length up<*i litis subject, in order that you might laj before ibe Government of her Majesty fully ami without reserve, the views enter tained up- n it l?y t Jin I of the U.dted StHte* and ihc ground* *m Wluelt those view* ar .akp'i. "jDiit tlie early reinm of the packt precludes the operUinity of going thus in to tlie rase in l!is despatch, and as Lor Asbbnrton may shortly be expected ben it may be iietter to enter fully into it w it hint, if his powers should be broad emuig! to ?-inbrace it. Some knowledge of th case will have reached EwgUnd before hi departure, and very probably his Govern ment may have given hurt instruction*.B it I request; ner r<ltele??, thai-Jolt Ins no i rue in calling L**rd Aberdeen's.alien *-*- i jr. n:., |ii |i 111 a gpn*T?i uimui, r,?< #?? i><g a narrative of the transaction, tundi as ma; be framed from the papers communicated wiili h distinct declaration fliBt il the farti turn < ut assisted, ihi< Government think it n clear case for indemnification. . You will ?ee that iiis h ttcr of the 7;I January, 1837, t.? Mr. Stevenson, rr speciiug the claim fur compensation l? tin ras-s'i'f the "Conn t," ''Encomium," am Enterprise/* fjord Palmerstotl si\st tha "H. M's Government is of opinion tha the rule hy which these claims should bi decided, is, that those claimants must h p uisiilereii entitled to compensation uh< were lawfully in possessintrof iheir slave wit - in the Biitislrterritory, ami who wen ilisttn hod in their legal possession of llios a uvea hy f< ur'i?iiarie* of tli?* Btitish Go verno ent." This admission is broad e iioogh to cnVer the i ase of ihe Creole, I i s circumstuiri* are correctly stated.liitt it do? s not extend to tvhal we colisitl er the tine doctrine, according to the law and usages of nations; and, titerefroe, can not be acquiesced in as the exactly cor reel general rule: It appears to this Go v< riuiient that not only is no unfriendl; in crferince hy the local authorilws to bi allowed, hut that aid and succor should lij extended in ihese, as iu other cases whirl rnnv arise, affcriing the interest of citizen! of friendly Stales. . . ~ ^ We know no ground or. which It is jus to say that these colored people had conn within, and were within. British territory in such sense as that the laws of Englatu afTecting and regulating the condition <> ImKlf ?ri 11ii.in them. Ai Jlt-l fMIII* IIMIMI | ..MW , v.. - Ids beer. already said? they were not then vulniita: ilv; no liiiman being belonging ti the vessel was within British terit'iry o his own aecord, except the muiineers There being no importation; nor intern i.f importation, what ti^bt bad the Britisl authorities to inquire into lite cargo of the vessel, or the condition of persona' on board? These persons might be slaves for lile; they might be slaves for a term nI t ears, under a system of apprenticeship; they might be bound to service by their hwii voluntary art; they tnight he in confinement f ?r crimes conuniited; they might b?- prisoners of war; lliey might he free.? Ilmv could (he n. iliali uullioiiu-s Jong inm tod decide hliy of these question^ Oi in lend, wlitti duty or power, according jo tl f principles of nation ?l intercourse, had tlx y to inquire nt all? IT, indeed, without uu friendly Interference, and not withstanding th? fuJfiiwtpti of ill their duties oi h < * V * ?c" 1 - ? - ? ' ~\. % . ^4 " eornity and assistance* hy these authorities,, tire master of the vessrl could not retain t'.e persons,nor prevent their escape, it would he h d'iff rent question allege h**r trhetl)? r re>?trt could be had to British tffc? btibalfVor the power of the G?vei flu ent in any'of tl* branches, toenmpel their apprehension and restoration. No one cim? jilaiii.s t!t?t EntrlisJt laws shall decide the ? , condition of all persons actually ineor- * pur* led ivtth British population, utiie6S there he trenly stipnta ion' making other ^ provision 'for special cases. But in the case of the -Mreole," the colon <i persons v?rre still on b Hrd an American vessel, lh*?t vessel having been forcibly put .out ; of the course of h< r voyage by mutinv;tHie i master desiring still to resume it. and ratling upon the Consul of his Government, 1 resident at the plare. and upon the local authorities to enablehitn sop) do, by free* ' i"ji him lr??iri the imprisonment t*? which mmiuy ?nil murder Jibs subjected lii/n and fiirni/li lii/n with such nrcetsary aid and assistance as are usual in ordinary cases of I disasteral sea. 'Those persona, then, cann<?i ho regarded hs being mixed with the. t British peupfe, or as having changed their ' charartersBt sll, either in.regard to CounI" !*}* "r personal condition. It was no more than just to consider the vessel still on 1ier voyage,'and entitled to the succor dire to * I 1 other cases of distress, whether arising . - from accident or outrage. " And that r other view of the suliject can be truer ia evident from the very a^wkard position in r which the local authorities have jilarejT their Government in respect to :Ue mutii neers siill held in imprbmument.- Wltari* t ? lie bone with theuri -How areMbey .10 -be'punished? The English Government. 'j Will' probably "not- undertake their trial 'or punishment, and of what use would ft^ -* , be t" send liietn Jo the United Slates, seperuted froth their slrpi tend at a period so J faie a> that, ifth'ey should be sent, before Iproceedings, could be instituted?against Ithem, the witnesses might. be.acattered p over half the g'ohe? One of the highest i - offences known to human law is thus likely ii to go altogether unpunished. 7 j lu the note of Lord Palmerstnn to Mr. , gieveuson, above referred to, his Lordship snid,,"thai slavery th ing now abolished tliriuiolimit the British cmjiir'e, lliehe: can E be no well founded claim for cumpensa-; it linn in mspect of slaves who^ juoff^ nhy J* - cirf mnstnnces, may con e into'the Briiisli rf colonies, any more than 'there^woufd by Sfe with rcsfM'Ct to slaves wlio might lje *5|H li brought into the kingdom." I have only li to remark tipun fhi-? that the Government e of the United States see no gr-und for any s .distrnciion founded noon an alteration of ' British Jaw in thecoi'onies. We da: not - consider that the question depends al^Kl e till the state of Hrilisli law. Ilia nittthat * - in such eases'he tteiiVe agencyY???tff?ah $ i : law rs invoked and refused; it is" th&tMtn. y Jricndlv interfeiehre is ilejtf^eiiteiJifaiid' , those g-dnd oifices ami fii<ndly assistances s eScp' tteii, which a Government usually af? s fords to riti2? its t f a frtmdly power when * iiisiHiire* occur of disaster and distress.? i All that.the United Siates require, in these' pases, they would expect in the ports of s England, as well as in those of her coin*: I rties. ' Surely, the influence of lne*l !a\r t cannot afTectihe relations of nations in t Si.V snrh matter as this* Suppose ell Ante* e' tiran vessel, with slaves lawfully oh board i*' were In he captured by a British rMiser, as i belonging to-some belligerent, while the S UliltWI ?i ales IV1TP Qi pence; i*u)'|'i/bc ou> u p prize rarripd inio England, and the ncu? e irality of the ressel fully made out itf the proceedings In Admirniit}*, and a rcsrora* tiuti fciius' queiitly decreed?in such case, 1' must nof ilit' slaves he restored exactly ia v the snme condition in which thfjr-verB (j when the Capture was made? WiroM any s one contend thai the fact'of their having i* been carried into England by force set them - free :' | No alteration of her own local laws can y either increase or diminish, or any w*y e affect, th" duty of the English Govern. 5 mrnt and its colonial authorities in such i cases, as such duly exists according to the % law, the comity, and the usages of nations. (The persons on board the "Creole" could t ?.nit? imtrp hren rewarded as Americans s passing from one part of thr United rStates f to mother, within the reach of British i authoritv ojilv for the moment, snd this f only hy force and violence. To seek to s give either to persons or properly thus btoiight within n achan English character, ? ' or to impart to either English privileges, Pj cannot in the opinion of the Government . of the United Hlates, he justified, Supt pose that hy the la w of England all blacks i j were slaves and incapable of any other cont ditinn; if persol.s of that color, free in the i United States, should, in attempting to i pass from one port to sooti er in their r own country, he thrown hy stress of wcath. i er within the British jurisdiction, and there detained for an hour or a day, would it he reasonable that British authority should he made to net upon their condition, and * - .t , ' to make lliem *lu.vi*a: or sw|))Mi*e mm no, article of merchandize, oj.ium f??r in* *titncp, i*li?>ti!?l I>p dprlHreil by tbe laws of > llip United Htnt^s to be a nuisance, a po:. son, a thing in uhfrh no property could lawfully exist or be asserted: and suppose that an Eug'ishahip with such a cargo on board! bound from one ^cglith port to *r - -w? % .