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THE N O II T II ' C A0 L I N I i FA YE TTE VILL E, MESSAGE FU031 Till: lltKSIIK.Vr OF tiis: UXITKD STATES, Communicating Cessation of Intercourse with the. Envoy Extraordinary and .Minister Pleni potentiary of Great Britain. To the. Smite and House of Representatives: I have ceased to hold intercourse with the ........ . t :...-. . envov extraordinary una miniMer .ncmp.'"-.. tiarv of her Majesty the Queen of the United j Kingdom of Great 'Britain and Ireland, near . .. . . Itns government. - . . T '...L-;r,r, ,..,M;,tinn nf this fact, it has I been deemed - by me proper also to lay ueiore Congress the considerations of indispensible public duty which have ltd to the adoption of a measure of so much importance. They ap pear in the documents herewith transmitted to both houses. IT. AN KLIN PIERCE. "Washington-, May 29, 1850. .... .7iiMtiiM.it. - t i Mr Marry In Mr Dallas. J)i-:hartmkxt ok Statk, Washington, May 21, lSrfi. B'ir: The President has carefully considered tho nntP nf tin. :ntli nh. !!,!i-.--d to von bv : the Karl of Clarendon, her Majesty's Principal j Secretary of State for Foreign 'Affairs, relative i relative I to the questions which have arisen between this frnvprn rnwnt o.l i..t .p Mtt..;.. m. tl... i ,...1 4- .. c . ... . . . r . ...... r .... - v . .. ... W l m.. I Mil t .Ji V. Mi J I I V I i , ' . . . v. f " - . . . ..... , am, on the ji recruiting in tlie uniieo oiaies ior tho British nrmu- .....l i,., ,i;.-,...tpd mo tn nrp. i " lJ.2i government. - ! He has been much gratified by the concilia- J tory spirit of that note, arid by the desire mani-. icfted by tiio Karl of Clarendon to adjust tlie j existing diiricnlties, and to preserve and stremrth-! en the friendly relations bet ween t he United ! States and Great Britain. The vast interest ! w hich the government and people of both coiin-i tries have in upholding and cherishing such re lations cannot be more solemnly impressed i:pon her .Majesty's government than it is upon that of the United States. The unequivocal disclaimer of her Majesty's government of -'any intention either to infringe the law or to disregard the policy, or not to respect the sovereign rights of the United States," and their expressions of regret "if con trary to their intentions and to their reiterated directions, then; has been any infringement of the laws oT the United S fates" are satis factory to the President. The ground of com plaint, so far as respects her Majesty's govern ment, is thus removed. But the President extremely regrets that he cannot concur in Lord Clarendon's favorable opinion of the conduct of some of her Majesty's oilicers who were, as this government believed, and after due consideration of all which has been offered in their defence, still believes, im- plieateu in proceedings which were so clearly an infringement of the rights of this country. laws and sovereign In respect to such of Liie.-.c omecrs and agents as have no connexion with tiiis government, it has nothing to ak from that of her Majesty; but the case is differ ent in relation to Mr Cranipton, her Majesty's envoy extraordinary and minister plenipoten tiary to this government, and the consuls at New York, Philadelphia, and Cincinnati. The President is gratified to perceive that her .Majesty s government would not ha ve hesitated to comply with the request to withdraw these officers from their official positions if it had en tertained the views here taken of their conduct in regard to recruiting contrary to the laws and sovereign rights of the United States. I scarcely need soy that in making this re quest no interruption of the diplomatic relations between this government and that of Great j.iuain was anticipated: but, on the contrary, ! the President was and is sincerely desirous to! Keep tneni upon a most friendly footing. Mr Crainptou's withdrawal was asked for expressly upon tlie grou i l t!iit, -'his cormectiou with that affair raising recruits iu this country for the British service 1ms rendered him an unaccep table representative of her Britannic Majesty near this government." I.'or the same reason, the withdrawal of the three British consuls was also requested. These officers were, as this government confidently believes deeply impli-ldoes ("tied III oroceedlliys contra rv to thr liiu- mid sovereign rights of the United States, and con trary, as it now appears, to the intentions and reiterated instructions of their own government ami induced the ('resident, for that cause, to solicit their recall, believing that by this course he was contributing to the common interest and harmony of the two governments. He has not, after the most mature deliberation, been able to change his view of their conduct. .-.mi ...... . 1 11 cn-mi c, cnaiige ins iurpose in 1 cannoi, therefore, change Ids in relation to them. Though their conduct related to, and in fact originated, a difficulty which disturbed the cordial harmony and good understanding between the two countries, it constructed a decided objection to them of a personal character, which loses none of its force by the satisfactory adjustment of that difficulty. The onlv embarrassment which a ttends bet ween the the case is the difference f opinion two governments as to the complicity of these officers iu illegal proceedings with the United States. In reviewing this subject, the President was disposed to avail himself of anv reasonable doubts which could bo raised in his mind, iu order to bring his opinion iu this respect into conformity with that of her Majesty's govern ment ; but after careful reconsideration of the case, he has been unable to change the conclu sion to which lie had previously arrived. This difference of opinion may be, in some degree, ascribed to the difference in the views of the two governments in respect to the neu trality law and sovereign rights of this country. It is not proposed, however, to continue the discussion upon that subject. The conclusions ot the President stated in my despatch of the ier, to your predecessor, iu 5t!i if Tf.i..M.l...i. . .....r. 1... :.. I . -. -. . - . . . w v. i , iw Jl tri.i JM.-.1CI regard to the construction of that law and the! ..1 .... 1 . j , .... i ...mi I.-, 1 . .u.iii. unchanged, ami ho cannot forego the duty of using all proper means to sustain and vindicate The main cause of tin's di.T-re.ice of opinion is the different appreciation the proofs 1 y which the. charges against her Majesty's diplo- matic representatives and counsuis are sus- tained. Lord Clarendon asks this irovernment to regard the bare declarations of these officers as of sufficient weight to countervail th e evidence i against them. Their denials as presented in his despatch of the 30th of April and that is ' IV I 1 . I . I . . . . I . . . . . , . ... "us oeen communicated to this gov .mem, on tne subject .seem to be special to ne spec ami no not traverse all the all illegal ions against mem. fiiey ,1 y deny that they have infringed our 11 fMl t !! !', t r. 1 1 ... " e United UtV 'r 0 ,stl,,if Persons; within the United .Mates for tl, British service ' or yetaiui mg persons 1m !..,. t!, tt. .. '. for the pui ooe (if )(.i,i.r..i;..(.i :...!. .. , . ""w:n in 1 11:11, service" lhe charges e,MRt tW . mne, and embrace the office of violating ;tl-li-i and sovereign rights of tie United" States Lv Betting m operation, within our territory and conducting an extensive system of recruiting, which was not and could not be carried!' .into effect witliout infringing our laws and rights; bv employing numerous agents to engage per- sons fol" pecuniary or other considerations, the United States for the express ! purpose of entering into the British army, and ! lv keepi'i"" these "agents in this employment ! utter it was well known that they were con- i'st-uitly infringing our laws. - I 1 Ti.f. ilfni-iT of the implicated officers only i rH a part of the delinquem-ies imputed to . , ut, confining the exculpatory declara-1 11 c ' . , i , ,.e 1... i-in.r vinT:it.cd lllfti tion to the simple cnaigc ...... ..e.. . U. .. -. ., r ...... ..t r-dit v act. it does not 1 .... :.-., which Lord Ularendon tirnv s u 1 VI w... j . hut L lilt; i-uu.-ii . ,.. has ascribed to it. By adopting Lord Claren don's construction of our neutrality law con tained in his note of theloth of ovember.which 3 i a i.rtiit ru rv rend lers it almost nugatory, aim i to that of this government, ami I ot its uiuiciai tribunals, these officers have not prooa.uv .u.. , mucl.embarrasmcntii. mectiti- the charges with . . i .ii.. i ..l : 1 a general denial. i... .:..: . .1.,. .1 r,A .i t-.i 1 1 1 m of Mi- fVainn-iinnv 'ton and the consuls all the consideration which ; i r . . .... i r . .. !..,. tT... -irciiin- , ican oe laniv ciaaneu iui iu un.iv. , ,ta..ces of the case, it cannot counterbalance ; the uuimpeached an .. . ..i i 1 ..,.11 . ... t , 1 1,, I ..viilcnce ! the "nun pcaeneu uu ; which establishes the charges against oilicers of having infringed the laws and these I . oilicers oi having liuringeii iue i ereigu rights of the United Mates. t.i.ril ( ' la rcluloil's IIO te to VOU Oil the " . Jorii v.. la i euuwu a u..it- iu ju.. ..v. w . ., .. -1 f 1,,. i.., . . i-,.-.-i, in t h:i t t lif CV II lr Iifre 1 .pin invj.i ... ....j.. -.-. - , liv which these oilicers are implicated is uei ivea i not'' a correct view of the facts. By the examination of my despatch of the "28th of December, it will be perceived that these witnesses were strongly corroborated, and that there are proofs, wholly independent of their testimony, abundantly sufficient to establish the complicity of Mr "Craiiii.ton and the consuls in the infringement of the laws and j sovereign rights ot the L ulled States. I trust it will not he questioned that it belongs exclu sively to this government and its judicial tribu nals to give a construction to its municipal laws, and to determine what acts done within its jurisdiction are iniriiiiieinents of those laws. This is a matter which concerns its internal i ai ministration, anil it cafnot allow the agents j of any foreign power to controvert that construe- j i tion, and justify their conduct by a different! interpretation til our laws, winch virtually ren ders them inelfective for the purposes intended. The Karl of Clarendon informs von. in his note ot the iJUth of A prd, that Mr Urampton positively denies the charire of complicity in anv of the acts of illegal enlistment in the "United States .tad that the three consuls i ncul oa ted do the same. He assumes that the charge against them is sustained mainly by the evidence of two persons, Strobel and Hertz, whom he conceives to be unworthy of credit; and he appeals to the American government to accept as conclusive the declarations ot the minister j and consuls. I am instructed to sav that these considerations do not relieve the President's mind of the unfavorable impressions produced by the conduct of those gentlemen iu relation to foreign recruitment in the United States. It will be seen, by referring to my despatch of the 2Sth of December, iu which the grounds of charge against Mr Cranipton were fully stated, that the testimony of Strobel and Hertz J was quite a secondary, and an unimportant part ol the evidence adduced; the charge being snni.oi ted indeoendentlv of their teslimonv bv other witnesses, bv original letters of - f I - 7 - - - , - - " " : ) ' ,' Mr Cranipton and others, and bv uudeuied and undeniable acts of Mr Cranipton. As to Strobel and Hertz, however, it may be observed that the documents transmitted by Lord Clarendon, as proving those persons unwort hy ot credit, are weight, consisting, as thev entitled to but little do, chiefly of es parte iaiiniavits, detailing matters mostly ot mere j hearsay. And whatever may have been the character of those persons, it by no means i follows that they did not testify to the truth. .They were agents selected and trusted by Mr ; Cranipton himself, and to them, he committed most luiportantconcerns. Such an endorsement should countervail the impeachment of their veracity founded on loose hearsay reports. Nor it seem to be a thing of much moment, in relation to the present question, that Strobel, in cousttqueuce of imputed misconduct, was dismissed from employment by the lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia, and afterwards endeavored to obtain money from Mr Cranipton The fact remains that he held a commission in the British Foreign Legion, and that, as it is clearly proved, and not denied, he maintained, as a recruiting officer, and, for a considerable period of time, association, personally or by correspondence, with Mr Cranipton 1 he employment ot Strobel by Mr Cranipton, their long association in the joint work of recruiting in the United States for the Foreign Legion, the distinction of her Majesty's com mission of captain in that corps, conferred, on Strobel, would seem, at least, to deprive Mr .. I'.l . .. ...... Cranipton of the rigi.t to denv his credibility a witness. J But there is a larger and more comprehensive class of considerations applicable to this par ticular question. For a period of nearly live mouths that is, from about the middle of M in i. I V ". t. (1... r.tl. r 1 o - r .i j peace and order of this country were disturbed, ........ 11, ii..., nil; ,.tu UI ;vugnt lO.Jil till' especially in the cities ot J.oston, .ew York, Philadelphia, and Cincinnati, by the unlawful acts of numerous persons engaged in raising recruits, or in being recruited, for the British Foreign Legion. They were supplied with ample funds by British agents. I hev obstina tely resisted and set -at naught all t be -etVortt. ot the local authorities ot the United Mates to put a stop to their proceedings, nor did thev desist until they received orders to that effect from the British government m the month of August. The recruits thus unlawfully raised iu xne i; mted .Mates ouring all that tune were conveyed by British agents to Halifax, and there enrolled in the Foreign Legion. All these acts, as well as their illegally, were , notorious. i.ong neiore i lie i na 1 01 Hertz in Long before the trial of j September, and of Wagner in October thev j must have been brought to the particular notice j of Mr Cranipton, the British consuls, and other agents, by preliminary judicial inquiries, which i took place both at New York and Philadelphia, In consequence of the steps to that effect j taken by me 011 the 22d of March, the proper j instructions were issued on the L'3d, and prose- : 'llio!ls commenced in Philadelphia on the 30th i -":"en, ana in Aew :. I . - lork on the 5th of i Anril As example of the character of these pro- j ceedings, their notoriety, and their conclusive legal effect, what occurred in May deserves particular notice. At New York, on the If.th of May. a num ber of persons namely, (iodfried, "Waehter, Wiihelm Schninacker, Julius Paikus, Oscar Cromey, and Andrew- Lutz were examined before Commissioner Betts, .on the charjre of recruitment for the servir-p of Great .Britain.' Imminent counsel were employed by" the parties accused, who argued that o offctrre !inl been committed, because it did not appear that aiiv valid contract of enlistment had been consum- mated. But this ground of defence was OverroU by the commissioner, who, though he discharge i Wnehter for defective evideuce, coromittt tXutz,1 Schumacher, Cromey, and Parkus. p At'PJiiladelphia, on tire 35th of May, "tlm ! persons Hertz, Perkins, niid Buckuall, fiavii been arrested on the charge T or illegal reerui iug in. the service of Great Britain,-. applied! the circuit court of the TJ. States by habct corpus, to be discharged I from custody Tl presiding judge, the lion. John K. Kane, c examination of the evidence taken m. the ens before commissioner, found that the proo( wpm (siifflfipnt to Li-mo- t.lift acts OI Hertz Jill Hertz 7. ... . .. . ... . . J rcrkins within the conditions oi meiaw, m law. Hot so as. to ISueKnall . . 3 as to 1 liscnurg Accordingly, the latti was disciiarired, out me two iormer were cuii -i - T , . ... ' ' . .1 mitted for trial. 1 Thus, so early as May, it was judiciall shown that what was done in this respect wJ unlawful. Mr Oamnton was acouainted wif. i. e- .,-v-,u,z, ...... ....... m admomshed that the acts of recruitmeut cairji !.,. . ,.iwl lvis thno ciitni'iiiii : on under ins authority uiu, m iaui, wu.n-y.j mve Iippii his intention. CQiistitnte a moi tion of the mni.iupal law of the United State rrii had tioon lpclded !)V tlie COUTIS of it . United States, and was publicly andextensur V mni p U-iinwn II IS UOb umiiu.v.w.. V . . - . " , i . t. deed, it is admitted that ne uau u .v..-.,, . . . ... i .. .. 1 ,,.,If.r his COIIr i" m..m:u;.- . ,.-, i . . imr lmitip in his cliarire. am trol: yet he permitted it to be i..,i, :.i;nllr determined to ...... t.... mwl lii...i.;ii limn mi.. yj u did j i I 1" -!... ...... t hrniurh t lw 111 Oil 111 Ol .11 J , " ""v into Ausrnst. 3. " . . otherwise nreindicial to the srood nameium traiupiilitv of this country, were performed u 1 ,-, .... ... :.i I,.. Kritlf persons who were nueraiiy jaiu. -j ofTieers, and many of whom actually cr.teref. niiiii.il i mi uii .'i ni.v.. iiicoute'stnblv proved on the trial of lit Wagner, bv evidence which has iiotneen, p.i n not 'ho" imneached: and although evidence adduced on those trials does not need corroboration, still, it may not oe amit.s to auu that much otherevidei.ee to the same effect is in the possession of this government, some ol which is annexed to this despatch in the. form of documents responsive to those accompanying the letter of the Uarl of Clarendon. Who is to be .held accountable for these un lawful acts? Were they all performed by T 1 volunteer and irresponsible persons, as argued in tho V ,A of Clarendon's despatch of the 19th of July' That cannot be admitted, for the con - elusive reason that thev received pay ; from T.r;t;,t, nffir.OK: ml of course, were employed ; 1V some responsible agents ot the iinusn go - ! ernment ' i The Pari of Clarendon, in behalf of her l.v cnn.o rPBMr.nsiblft aQTClltS of the British gOV t M ;.t ,-'. ... ,n t disclaims all in tention to . .. . ..11 1- 'i . . v. . j the unlawful acts in question were not antnor- T - .1 ized bv the British government; but l lie mix is j nevertheless, well established that they were ; done, and done in the name, and at the expense, j of the British eovernment. Who, then, is I responsible for those acts? Were there no ! direct proof though there is much of that Character the inference would be irresistible, j that not being authorized by theBritish govern- : .....f Itcolf tlw.v irorn thf. unauthorized acts of !i..:.:,i. ' ... ii. tho TT R Snr.!i areiits.i.yj.ii!r - ! o.-ted in wilful disregard of the orders of their I III IIIMI w.. : In ll.nc 5 n f ri n rr n tr our laws. WftT " M I I I, I L III Vl" ..... ...-. -n ; - w ! ve failed to inform their jrovernmetit r trovern merit -that what thev had undertaken done without ihfrinffiiiff thosfe law ma nn npniciit. indiscretion, "or oyerefftc may have participated in such 'infringeA.H though well kiovingit was contrary to tj,e wishes and the express orders of their govern ment. However this may be, it is certain that figents existed, because their acts appear. Who were those agents? . Of this we are not, left in donht. In . the documents on tho subject recently laid hefore parliament, it is distinct Iy stated that the en listments in the United States did not stop uut.il Mr Prampton gave orders for their cessa tion on the 5th of August. lie had power to stop the acts of enlistment ; he knew the prot ceedings were, from the coiumeiicemrnt. exceed ingly offensive to the government, and that it wnsdevoting its active energies to arrest them; he was -bound to know he could not but know, what was notorious to all the world that through the months of April, May, June, and Julv. the recruiting agents in various parts of the Unitcrl States, and conspicuously in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and- Cincin nati, were keeping up a most unseemly contest with the law officers of the United States, and that at least as early as May, the illegality of tho proceedings has been pronounced by the federal courts in New York and 'Philadelphia: and vft. notwithstanding this he permitted tlie unlawful acts in question to go on. without chffdc, until the month of August. For thus -. - ........ ...... , . fl. .. .11. ml n..nr.rlinrrc: ' ,rH I ir 'H I'' i 1 u: iw .in..-u IlLUI iiv-.i-mi"-.. as., . .. . . . . , 1 : he s distinctly resposimc. But his accountability extends yet further; for the same documents show that the official suggestion to the British governments of the untoward scheme of obi aining recruits in the United States came from the correspondence of Mr Crampton and of the consuls at New -f.. t-.i -i . i t .. i - ....."I o : : .. thfit I oik I niiaoeiMiiiii, am! v. 1 1 ici n na i i : .inu .....v , -. . ' i . . .'.. j to .ir .rainnion were ine superiuieuu-nce nn.. .. .. . i a i,c execn r.ion ni ine tseiieiiiu . m in i i ten. au ........ it is thr.t he who directed had the power to ton the proceeding; and thus, from early in March until August, he is found busily occn- I nied in snnerintending enlistments, partly, in J partly in Canada aiiTT? i v 1 1 ne united states ami par Nova Scotia, and in issuing instructions to the agents ongaged in that enterjirise. Tt does not suffice for Mr Crampton now to say that he did not intend to commit, or narti- I cipate in the commission of, any iufringmeut of the laws of the United States. He was the di rected head of long-continued infringements of the law; it was under superior authority from him that acts of continuous violation of law were perpetrated by the inferior agents; some of those agents are proved by his own letters to have held direct intercourse with him; and at every stage of inquiry, in numerous cases in vestigated by the American government, there ! is relerence. i y letter and oral declaration, to the general superintendence of Mr Crampton. His-moral and his legal responsibility are thus demonstrated. With full information of the stringency of the laws of the United States against, foreign recruiting, with distinct percep tion of its being all but impossible lo raise e- emits here without infringing the lawsond with knowledge of the. condemnatory ; judicial proceedings of April and May at .New York and Philadelphia, yet he persisted in carrying on the scheme until August, when its obstinate prosecution had at length .brought on a'tnost unpleasant controversy oeiween me u... estates and Great Britain. And it is liot the least of the causes of complaint against. Mr Crampton, that bv his acts of commission in this -4upiuess,i or in. failing to advise his government of ?tlre impracticability of the undertaking. in whW he was embarked, a 1111 he vsericss of illegal ? ttcts which it involved, and in neglecting to obselrve violate the laws compromise the neutrality, oy uie rumigs 01 juuges, wnicn must oe held as or disrespect the' sovereisrntv, of the United i final in the estimation of the President. States bv enli-din"- troops within their territory. I The Earl of Clarendon suggests, as a consid The President unreservedly accepts, and is j eration pertinent to this question, that the fnllr sitir.ed with this disclaimer. Of course, 1 minister and consuls had no means or opportu- je genera! orders of his government, ant" t4s':n manifested a coincidence in the tn op the recruiting here the moment its illegality as pronounced by the proper legal authorities lithe United states, he whs reeklCsafy eiraan- ering the harmony and peace: of two grcHtLthat dv to the consul at New York "disaiV- rations, which by the character of their cm-; proving the proceedings ot a M.r Angus JJMc jiercial relations, and by Other "TLonsTdcratiohsi ?T)onald 'been use I he thought those procecd- 'jve the stroiige&t possible. iuJucements to cul- iiHgswou!d or might be taken to constitute a. livate reciprocal amity. violation of the act of ISIS"' the neutrality -lite forfgoiijg" 'COi.Hiderarions subsiantially.l lawjof the United States. What wer the apply to the conduct of thVBritish consuls at ; proceedings of Mr McDonald which Mr Cramp- 2iew. York, tPhilndelphia, awl Cincinnati. ton thought might constitute a violation of our 'nMi.rli ,.f l i t,... .1..... '..., it. .? 'I'l.u c ;. ii.. ..( .. i , . ,. MVi.j.. v. .-.uwt u.ll.l LC .UIWIU. UIJM 1 1 U ICi , tll ; are not ie.s lesponsiuie than .ir Urampton. .The contiunons violation of the law uroceeded withiu their respective consulates month after mouth, under their eyes, not only without any apparent effort on their part to stop it, but with more or less of their active -participation rithereiii. The consulate at New York appears to have been the point at which the largest expenditures were made; and it is proved, by documents herewith' transmitted, that payments at that consular office to some of the recruiting i agents continued to be made by the secretary of the consul, and in the consul's presence, from ! time to time, down to the beirmuinir ofJanuarv of the present year lhe President, as has already been stated bv cannot admit the force of the objection urged, of alleged want of respectability on iiart ot some of the witnesses by whom these were proved,-and"'. as to whom a promi- cause of such alleged want of respectability IVVA LIIWII Ittl. V j! I K- i III I ;f LJ. U i n 1 lhe testimony which most directly hicnl- JhteVtlie British consul at Acw lork, as will fie perceived by the enclosures herewith; is in the affidavits of the very persons relied on bv her Majesty's government for proofs in this case, and whose depositions accompany Lord Clarendon's note to you of the 30 of April. The Ea rl of Clarendon perfectly weil under stands that in Great Britain, as well as in the United States, it would be impossible to admin ister penal justice without occasionally receiving the evideuce of accomplices. In Great Britain not only is evidence of this class received con tinually, in State trials as well as in inferior matters, but rewards and other special induce ments are held out to such witnesses by not a ...... . ..." ..." I....1- . n.i n: -iuwiuii. i .icis ui jl ariiaiiieni. me ! competency ot such persons as witne j given case, and their credibility, are es 111 a in both 1 counties, questions upon which the court and ijnry, in their respective spheres of jurisdiction, ultimately pass. J 11 the present case conclu- j "trcn csuiiniMieu on tiocnuieniary , proofs and other unimpeachable evidence, by proceedings before the proper tribunals of the ; U luted btat.es, by the verdicts of juries, and I ... I 1 r 1 1 - , . . ... Ii. , ! ..- .1 1 .1 miv 01 reouiung ine marges thus indirectly brought against them iu the trial of the inferior recruiting agents. . In regard to the consuls, the Earl of Claren- don errs in supposing that they had not full means and opportunity, if they saw fit, to appear and to confront and contradict any accusing witnesses. They -were not' allowed to interfere in the . ; . 1 1 ... . . f . . iriais uy mere leiters written lor the occasion, t " hich, indeed, therwuld not have done law ft . ' . I -miy nan mere Ueen.no such prohibition; but if COIISllCnce Of their OW11 IllllOcencc, and that of I thc parties on trial, and that their own acts . , J to 4o could no tjetVKU hr ftammation, it was alike their duty <t ws; or h?ri,r T ' - 2 appear anday so on oath, . "nvprSfil; 'i .-1 7' " Itimony whatever British oncers or agents if . Vf UI l t llllll lit'. . 2. or is it .any jnst cause of complaint that n irl fea.ir n MAnf.1 wl n a... . -) . -, 4-..T..1A I iTOMsc. .. iwnw ii wu'uivm; inais iiupugii- mg tie acts oiAir crampton. jt was in the due course of proceedings, required to be sho wn, as against t lie panics on mai, mat ine recruit - i r .1. ll.n.T .--.,. r... 1... ments in wnun i "tit m; iui um service of n foreign govcrnnieiit. Air Crampton was himself privileged from trial for violation of the municipal law, but the persons whom he employed were not for that cause to go unpun ished, nor was the administration of penal justice to be indefinitely suspended on account of his position, and the diplomatic immunities which that conferred. On the contrary, it was peculiarly proper that the facts by which he was im plicated, but for which he could not be tried, should be verified in due form of law for the information of his own government, as well as that of the United States. The Pari of Clarendon remarks in his letter of the 30th of April that "The intentions of the British government, and the arrangements .made to carry those in tentions into execution, were not concealed from the government of the United States. "Those" intentions and arrangements were frankly stated by Mr Prampton to Mr Marcy in a conversation on the 22d of March, -ISof). and the only observations which Mr Marcy mnde in repiv were, that the neutrality laws of the U. States would be rigidly enforced, but that any number of persons who desired it might leave the United States and get enlisted in any foreign service." Tt is incumbent on me to say that in this respect, the Earl of Clarendon labors under serious misapprehension, which, while t serves , . ' , . ... .1 in nart to exDlain how it . hannened , tliaC tlie - - , enlistments went on for so many months in - a , , manner contrary to the intentions and express orders of the British government, also serJes to increase the weight of Mr Crampton's resP"- sibility in this respect. T repeat now, with entire consciousness f ,ts acenracy. what T stated in my letter of the 28th of December last; that at that interview Con th 22d of March, the only one I eve1' had with Mr C, as he admits, in which the rcrruit mcnt lnsiness was alluded to) "he Mr Crai,1P" ton had satisfied me that his government had no connection with it, andjwas iu no way re sponsible for-what was doing in the U. StatCR to raise recruits for the British arm'." "But I am quite certain that on no occasion has he in timated to me that the British government, or any of its officers, was, or had been, in anyway concerned in sending agents into the U. States io recrnit therein, or to use any inducements for that purpose; nor did he ever notify me that he was taking, or intended to take, any part in furthering'suth proceedings. .Such a communi jcntion, timely mnde, would probably have ar rested the'mischief at its commencement." ' If he had then apprised me of the system of recruiting which had. at that time been already arranged an4 pnt in operation within the JJ. States by Britisli agents, and under his super intending direction, he -would have been promptly notified, in the most positive terms. that snch acts were contrary to the monieipaJ law, incompatible with the neutral policy of the 4 eon try, a violation of its national sovereignty, and especially exceptionable in the person of j th rctoresentative of any foreign government. Mr Crampton admits that I especially warned him a'srainsthe violation of our neutrality laws, but blames me now for not then stating to him that rny construction of that law differed ' froth his own; but no such difference 'of opiniotiwa's then developed. Mr Crampton on that occa- irnon as lo!th provisions of that law which I then held i Ii 1. 1 .. r..i l .. .1 i i r ' - . . . f - ' 8I1H naMicu nmy umcioseii. lie called Upon me? toihow a letter which he had-' vvritttm oil UVUUlllll. ; J. I', v. .! n I1UU(I-.112 Specifying the terms on which recruits would be received at Halifax into the Queen's service This opinion of Mr Cranipton ascribes as tuucltlThis examination has not prouuteu uini ciiect; I icl . 1 stringency to our neutrality acts as has ever but 011 the contrary, mt su e igi . tutu ins cou been' claimed for them bv "the government or viction that the interests of both governments courts of the United StaVes i" had ihen no require that those persons should cease to hold suspicion, nor did Mr Cranipton give me anV their present official positions tn the U States, cause to suspect that he wasactim? or intended He sincerely regrets that her Majesty s govern to act, upon an interpretation of that law which ment has not been able to take the same view would justify the act of McDonald, which he! of the case, ami to comply with his request for then condemned, and make that law but little I their m-all but it has not consented to do so. better than a dead letter. I could -not but S If, in the carnest desire to act w.th all possi- snppose that, he viewed it in the same Ikrht ns S Lord Clarendon did wheit he wrote bis disnatch to Mr Cranipton of the 12th of ' April' thereaf- j ter. iu wlneh his Iordshm declared it to be "uot only very just, but very stringent'. To show that I was not mistaken in this respect, I quote a passage from a letter of Mr Crrmipton, dated the 1 lth of March, to Sir G. le Merchant: . - iVtt-udyance of money by her Majesty's 9Z constitute an v St a t ..o would iniraciion 01 u ne neutrnn v nm The depositions which accompany this dis - patch, nmde.by some of the same persons who 1.. v. :..t 1 i. -. . navt; iuiiiimicu 111c i nri j ov ci umeill Willi affidavits to impeach Strobe and Hertz, prove conclusively that Mr Crampfon did disburse various sums of money to agents employed in recruiting within the United States. It was, indeed, apprehended by me at that time that violations of that law would ensue. Jt could not tail to uc seen that any organized scheme of a foreign government to draw re- emits from the U mted States, though by mere invitation, would necessarily tend to, and result, in, violations-of the municipal law. So decided was my neJifcl in this respect, that measures had already been taken by rue in behalf of this gov- erninent as it happened .upon, the very day of the interview with Mr Crampton- to institute prosecutions against persons engaged in this business in New York and Philadelphia. I then notified 3Ir Crampton of that fact, as he expressly admits in the report of that interview made to his govern men t. , ... . An attempt is made to deduce an excuse; for Mr Crampton's course in the business of re cruiting in this country from the alleged fact that he communicated to me on that occasion the arrangements which had been made for that purpose, and that I did. "not disapprove them otherwise than by insisting upon the observance of the neutrality law of the United States. This allegation is .hardly consistent with Mr Crampton's own statement of what then passed. In the defence of his conduct recently sent, bv m- j him to his government, he makes admissions inconsistent with the allegation that there was no concealment on his part, and that the re cruiting arrangements were communicated to me. He says that "it is perfectly true that I did not enter into any details of the means which were to be adopted by her Majesty's government to render available the services of those who tendered them to u. in such numbers. There seemed to be obvious reasons for ab staining from this, even if it had occurred to me. 1 should have been unwilling to do any thing which might have borne the appearance! of engaging Mr Marcy iu any expression of favor or approbation of a plan favoring the ' interests of one of the parties in the nresent ! 411 1 1.1 1 I i war., aii i couiu uesirc on ins part was ?neu- i trality and impartiality." ' j His iviisons for withhnlfliji from mc the ot , details ot the cniistinent system the most i . ... .. .. . . c i ' " i luniiiii iiaii oi it ior mis govcrnnieiit- are satisfactory. If Mr Crampton believed- what he was doing, or intended to do, in the way of recruiting was right, he could have had no reluctance to communicate it to me, for his instructions required him to make that dis closure. - . Acting in due frankness, and with a proper regard for the dictates of international comity, Mr Cranipton should, it would seem, have dis closed to me all the measures intended to be pursued within the United States by the agents of his government, including himself, iu execu tion of the act of Parliament for raising the Foreign Legion. Nay, he. was expressly com manded by his government to practice no con cealment with the American government on the subject. If he had obeyed these orders, all misunderstanding- between the-two governments would have been prevented. Air Crampton was the more imperatively called upon to make " . full 'explanations' on., the subject, not only because he was commanded Uy his government to do. so, but for the further reason that, immediately after the breaking out oi tue war, between u feat Jiritam ana rrai cej on the one hand, and Russia on the . other, he ; had, by an official note addressed to me, in-! voked the efforts of this government to enforce! upon the inhabitants of the country, citizens or j others, the necessity of. observing the , strictest j neutrality towards the belligerent parties, , and especially to enjoin iipon them to abstain from takingJart in armaments "for : the service of Russia, or in "any other measure opposed to the duties of a strict neutrality? To, this ap plication the undersigned, by express direction of the. President, replied, declaring that the U. States,"while clhimihg the full enjoyment of their rights as a neutral power, will observe the strictest neutrality towards each and - all the belligerents." Reference was made, to the severe restrictions iipposea' by law, 'iriot only upon citizens of theV United States," but upon all persons resident within its-territory, pro hibiting the "enlisting men therein' for the pur pose of taking a part in any. foreign war." It was added "that thc President did not appre hend any attempt to violate the laws; but should his just expectation in this respect be.tlisap poiutcd; ne will not fail iir his duty to use all the power -with ,yhicfi he is, invested to enforce obedience to themi;., .. .-'.-.-" .-; ,;; ; In view of this formal and soleinnappeal by M r Crampton to the' - American govern ment, and of the assurance he received of. its determi nation to maintain strict neutrality, it was jiot for a ;mmeiitj-fiusfecte(i that Mr Crampton conld niisiTuderstarid the purposesop s fjelieve that ho voiifdMT;pprmitted f O'set oil Toot and exec ute;, for; the: : period. bf:6v vo'isccutive iiiiHui., sieiniuic R'iK'ie ni ootain mUtarv recruits for the Rritish service in the U . , 0-t.ll.C. .; That Mr Crampton; did Cllterirtot ; lleenl V j into this vscjicuui test kn ony- jnra i mm -M r Crain p t n n&v ivsu 1 1 irom.Tiip iieniu to MiscrertitStrobel n'rid iltrrtz former conclusion as to the roti. i .,is proveuuv. um - evidence " "ice. . - already submitted to her laictviW)veiiiuit!ut ' b :ing Fluid, Campliine,' Potash, Soapo, Congress odditmnaT mmm Traiii a4 Od Wlide Paint; of every' 1 W fmieye.r (letraction. from,- the. value1 -of fHrt I .l..M.ir.t.:o... Vm-shei. r.ruslies. Pure AVines, Brandy ii. .n.Miuiy i .nan inane rrp oy tti (HtiOun jiroofs hv'idtiirrfi mlnTV-i?l....Wv ..... : it -- ' i.3r! v. uiu uiui i c j. i- ihtcj i finuriUS .' 1 n7 I rfidtilf ci n plicity of Mr Cfanjpton Jtnd the British consuls at New Y'ork, Philadelphia, and Cincinnati in the illegal en terprise of recruiting soldiers for the British army within the United States, and the Presi dent does not doubt that when this new evi dence shall be brought under the consideration of her Majesty's government, it will no longer dissent from this conclusion The gratification which the 1 resident feels nt&tf tisfactory settlement of the. recruiting question, m so iai .i -" ' mc British government itself, has induced him to examiuethe case again with a view to remove, if possible, from iiishhhu uiejirisuiuu uji.-.i.hiiis against' her Majesty's minister and consuls. " . ii.it a nn ble courtesy towarus ner .viaje,i , g.ncrnmcm. the President could nave suspenaeu his dtter- mination in the case, in order to submit the which he. is confident would mw testimony have been found suflicient to induce compliance with his request for the recall of theBritish mill' ister, he is precluded from any such thought of delay by the exceptionable character of dis patches of that gentleman, copies of which, ! having been recently laid before Parliament; ihave. thus come to the knowledge of this gov ; ii hiiiiiii, u-uu ..I. ;,i e m -i-fa-xat- to rendef ! fumier iiiM-reonrsc bet ween the two govcrii- ; ments. through that minister, alike unpleasant i i .-.. . i ..i - . . 1 , . ,. uid detrimental to their good understanding. The President has, therefore, been constrained by considerations of the best interests of both countries, reluctantly to have recourse to the only remaining .'means of removing, without delay, these very unaceptable officers from the connection they now have with this govern - nient. ThU pnnrsp !,a d,.... w.,ue.,rv i on account of their unfitness for the positions they hold, arising from the very active part j they have taken in getting up and carrying out j the" . system of recruiting, which has "been attended with numerous infractions of our laws which has disturbed our internal tranquillity, and endangered our peaceful relations to "a, nation with which this government is most anxious to maintain cordial friendship and Ulti mate commercial and social intercourse. He has, therefore, determined to send to Mr Crampton, her Majesty's diplomatic represen tative, his passport, and to revoke the exequa turs of Mr Malhew, Mr Barclay, iitrd Mr Koweroft, the British consuls at Philadelphia, New York, and Cincinnati. I am, sirr respectfully, your obedient servant, " W. L. MA 11C Y. Gkorgk M. Dallas, Usq., .tc, London. We are authorized and request ed to announce 1.. A. NUliDA.N as a candidate IVir .Sheriff of Harnett i coimtv. i Mav :;t. We are authorized to announce WM. ii. LOY.-. us a candidate for ShcntTof (JuniU'rliiud County, at the euriuiag election. April Hi, lSoti. te &3T WILLIAM A. ItOCLBS announces himself a candidate for the oflicc- of JSlieritt" of Kobetsou county. I-umbei'ton, April 20, 18o(i. 9G-te ?r- We are r.Tjn..-.-ted (,'hri.-1 ian. of M'liit 'oai to aunoiincir Samuel II. rv county, as a candid-tie for re-election to thj State S .Moore and Moiitnomi i v. .May I I, lS".(i iv.Ue from the District of Watches Jewelry Ac Silt cr ware, NEW SUPPLY. CK.lSf.EY & HOl'STOY l:g leave lo sav to the I.t- ! dies and (ientlenieu wishiug to purcl-.. g.txts iu our linf, tliAt they can find a laro and Iinadsonn.' stock of G O . I) A X ! Sib V K Ii W A T U II li S , 1 .fewelry. Silver ware, and Fancy floods in our Houhc, j which we will dispose of very reasonably. We have j in Store an im.-Mrtiii''nt of all the newest styles of Jew j elry out. coasiting of Coral, Cameo, (loldstoae, .Mosaic J ami Stone .Setting;.. &c. Dnr Silver ware ifi of tin j newest patterns of Thretn led urnl Plain work. conistinn j of Soup and llravy Ladhf.-. Table. Desert and Tea j Spoons. Sugar Sprxms and Tonjrs, Tai.de and Desert j Forks. Fickle Knives and Forks, I'ieand butter Knives, I Mags, &c,.. cVc. We have al.o. a -food ntoe.k f A ceo r denv s Walking Canes, Single and Double Jiarrel (Suns, fine I'ockel' Kwircs, A lba f a Spoon a nd lrks, Su r re y ors1 Compasses, and Chains, fine Scissors, lYeedlcs, Razors, Clocks, -c. -c. oi .D sn.vi-'!. v -WTKh iv.i- wi.i.-li wtt ;n the hiic-i cash price, or take it in exchange foi Koo.if.. JT.rT Our personal attention given to tbe repairing of Watches and Jewelry. JJEASbEY &. HOUSTON". ."May 21. WJ-M FOR SALE. I Two STEAM ENGINES one 30 horse power, j one 10 horse power, if applied for soon will be i low. Terms accomniodatin'. and Sold JOHN II. Mav 22. 18.-.II. 'jO-tf. HALL, Assignee. . Jjist ILcceiced a nd for Sale. Three Barrels Superior LINSEED OIL. JOHN II. HALL. Mar 22. NOTICE TO 1J RIDGE BUILDERS'. THE undersigned, Commissioners for that purpose, will let the building of a Sew I.ridge over liocklish, on tlie Wilmington Koad. to the lowest bidder, at the CoartiIoue door,ou Tuesday of JuoeCourt 12 o'ek. ui. Plans vni fpecilicatioas may be f-cen with Mr Kdwuid W.Uarge or at J. &. T. WaddiIF. JONA. EVANS. JAS. A. BYRNE, KDVVAHD SPEARMAN, EDWARD W. UAUGE, -.- , JOHN WADDILL, Jr. Mav 23'. . , , 09-2 1 . 1S50. N U- S U S P R I V P Ii Y : , j. n. smith, HKUGSIST AKD CH KM1ST, IS now reeeivng his Spring and Summer supply of fresh'- MEDICINES, DRUGS, CHEMICALS, PAINTS, OILS, DYE . STUFFS, GLASS, PERFUMERY, FAN ' CY and TOILET article, to which he . nt ittii 1 1 ji i iijniviiiiin null (niiri!, oiuilft -I. f.. mn .... v IV.l. nlrv fitnrl.i itrAmnllv tinrAeA in qml :.,.-;ffli-it.,.i:.,- ,.rui. ..:..: . a .i r i i a.tXM.ttn muiMirfm-il l.t. ! n.mnl - in OITAI.ITY f itrt' i'fr ?n 5Tr'ft?eYir''tiPCT LoadoiT I'orier, surgical liwtn.mMi T,-r.a. IJraci'f. .upporierfi. ac. con- tan.bIy.- band, together with all other articles in my line-J'or -sile the lowest pricey - . J -L i ; t JAS. N. SMITH. Jcrifl 1 1' est Cjornar ,uurn oyu-n'c. Mav 12. 9S-tf If - ;;
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