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IEI3ATE IN THE HOUSE Of
COMMONS.
February 8.
Lord Stanly, seeing the noble lord the
Secretary for Foreign Affairs in" his place,
rose for -the purpose of putting to him ron:e
questions of which he had given notice the
other evening; and the subject to whirli the
quesiions n-f-rred w;is of so important a na
lurf. and one so critical at this period, lhat
he felt hnns?if couip. lled to preface his i i
qutries by such a s alement of lacW, ami
iioihin more, as he believed ha was by tbe
rules of vve Iiousj entil ed tn i naive. It
woid I be in tlie recoilert on of tin? house
that, in ti e lut er part c f 1837. at a time
w! en, hy the vallaniry 'nT our Itnopt", both
file line r.nd the militin, rtbtllioii had
been put down in tlife province ef Upper
Canada, ami nt a sing e rebel reuainad in
arms tbri'tig 'out the provinee, a band of
men-, crfusmiing partly of Canadians and
p.iiily of American ubjectd, ort;aui2-d
w tnin tl'e uniiory of United Slates,
p s.-eKsed themselves of arms by seizing
upon arsenals, the property of the Unfed
S ate?, and in n day io.k posse 4sioti of
an i a I a 1 1 1 in Niag n riv-r. ie progeny of
her .Maj-siy, iu U ch iliey transporied
aNo in open day arms, the property of the
1'iviu-d Siate.; ammunition, the property of
the U. S ; and also brought reinforcements
of men to make their Rinses ion of it good.
From that position, a: id with those means,
they, for a consider blu time, fired on the
iRhabiiants of the Canadinn terntoiy, which
was not more than COO yards distant, and
upon the boats pausing up and down tbe
river. Tne band of men on tbe. island were
mpplied on more than one oecasim) by a
sthooncr from lliw American territories,
which was chartered for Hie purpose, with
arms, ammunition, and fe'inforcrements, and
on the night of the 20ih of lJeeeiii'ber, the
American s earner having been employed in
;he maun r staged during that day, a body
of men under Ihe authority of her Majesty,
ami cuuifHalHieu bv, or at least undet the or
tiers of Mr. McNabb, the Speaker of the
(louse oT Assembly, who at that tune com
m inded the militia oTthe province, acting
on behalf of her Majesty, attacked the
steamer, which was then moored on the
American shore, captured it, and findm" it
impossible to carry it away in consequence
of t!;2 rapidity of the current, set lire to it.
and sulk-red it to f.vial down the falls of the
Niagara.
A representation on the subject of ibis
proceeding was instantly made by the Sta-e
of New Yotk to the i'resiilenl of the Utii
t' d States, to whom, at the same tin e, a
counter statement was also made on the
pari of the British authorities in Canada,
ihrough tlie intervention of Mr. Fox, our
minister to the U S. In consequeucu of
the couflicii.ig nature o'fihe evidence on the
-object, ilse President, v. ho was iu commu
nication with Mr. Fox, furnished h:m with
the evidence fansmitied to tlie American
Government, accompanied by a demand of
reparation for that which was character zed
as an outrage on the neutrality of the U. S.
territory. A counter statement from the
Canadian authorities was made the subject
of a strong counter representation on the
part of the llritish M inister at Washington,
and in the course of January and Februa
ry, 1838, the whole of the "correspondence
was transmitted to her Majesty's Govern
ment, accompanied with a demand for re
paration. Since that period, he believed no
information relative to the transaction bad
been furnished from the Foreign office, but
the Colonial office had, in 1838, and suhse
quendy, laid various papers before the
House, amongst which were proceedings of
the House ot Assembly, and a despatch
Irom her Majesty s Lieutenant General in
Canada, which strongly supported the
view of the affair taken by the Canadian
authorities, and as strongly expressed ("is
approbation of the conduct of the parties
who had ti.ken possession of the U!aivl, and
chartered ihe American steamer. Tlie
country generally believed lhat the aff ur
was entirely settled; but on the 12lh of
November lat, as be was given to under
stand, a gentleman cf the name of M'Leod,
who bad been in the service of her Majes
ty, and bad filled me evtri lo i ol sheriff of
one of the counties i i Cri iJi, and ha 1
te?n acti'vtj on several occasions in repel
bug invasions of the pr ivince of UppiJr Ca
nada; but w'io, as fir as he had beeti able
to ascertain, had n it practically taken any
part in ihe affair of the capture of th Ca
roline, was sei2a J in the S:ate of N. Y.irk
on a charge of murder and arsonfounded
on his assumed participation in the seizure
and destruction of the vessel, under the
banction of the Canadian authorities1 in re
pelling the invasion f tlie Canadian terntn
rv, and uu ler l!v immediate command of
the gentleman to whom the command of
the military iorrei. of her Majesty in the
province as at the ti e entrusted. M
M'Leod w as about to be tried by a jury of
the State of New York.
lie (Lord Stanly) hoped he was stating
ihe facts correctly; if not, he tru-ted the
noble Secretary for Foreign Affairs woi,!-.:
put him right. Upon th meeting of Con-.-
s that body called upon tlie President
to lay before it certain communications with
th lintish Government with reference to
this subject The President, in compli
ance with this application, laid before Con
gress certain papers, and amongst iheui a
strong remom-trance, which Mr. Fox, as
liriiish Minister and representative of her
Majesty, had felt it'hisduty to make against
the apprehension and intended trial by the
State cf New York, for an off.mcc, if it
were one, which had been committed un
der ihe sanction T ihe ilritish authorities,
which wa. at ihe time, under the conside
ration of the iwo Governments, and h id
been f.i'r three years the subject of negoti
ation. The answer of the President w?s
a ref isal to admit tlie validity of the. claim
of Mr. M'Leod to libera ion, partly on the
ground thai the Federal Govarumefu had, j
in such a case, no power to interfere with
the au hority of the independent States, &
even if they had, the present was not a
case in whrcli .it would be right for them
to exercise that power, inasmueh as ihe
President was not aware of any principle
of iuternation j law which entitled .Mr. M'
Leod to impunity because their acts had be
come the subject of diplomatic discussion
between fie two g ivtrnmeiits. Mr. Fox
ol sed the correspondence with a strong
expression of regret a the view the Presi
dent seemed inclined to take, lid said he
was not authorized to express the views of
her Majesty's Government; but for his own
part he entered the strongest protest in his
power agiint t ie coarse taken, and would
lake tlie earliest opportunity of communi
cating wii iher Majesty's minis eri.
Till, then, was the rase. A British
subject had been arrested in November. &z
t'te assizes, he (Ij nil Staaley) wa given to
H'ideratind, took place in t'lis preset
m nt i, February. At this hour, therefore,
and that was his vu'id cation for iuteifctrin
in any way wrren the relations between
two gre.it countries weie in so criticd a
state at this very moment the life of a
British subject might be in jeopardy for ha
ving a-ted nl "defence of his country, and
under the authority and commands of those
to whom he was compelled to give obedi
ence in repelling 'invasion. (Hear.) The
question he wished to put totheiioble lovd,
inasmuch as negoCiations had commenced
as early as January, 1833, was, in the first
place, whether he had any objection to lay
u;on the table of the house the correspon
dence tbat had taken place between her
Majesty's Government and lhat of the U.
S-ates, relative to the destruction of tbe
s earner Caroline; also, whether tlie noble
lord had received a copy of a despatch from
Mr. Fox to Mr. Forsyth, in which he sta
ted he had transmitted to his Government
the correspondence relative 'to the appre
hension of Mr. M'Leod, and which des
patch he p'esumed had been received. lie
wished also to inquire whether her Majes
ty's Government had taken any steps, and
if so, what steps, for the liberation ot M'
Leod. lie begged likewise to ask, wheth-
v the noble lord had any objections to lay
upon the table of the House tne correspon
dence between her Majesty's representa
tive at the United -States and the British
Government.
Viscount Palmerston said that the no
ble lord opposite hail adverted with great
skill and discretion to a euhj' ct of extreme
interest, and one which, from ihe great de
licacy of its nature, involving as it did con
siderations of the gravest character to the
two countries, the house would see that it
ought to bo touched upon with the greatest
reserve, either by tlie noble lord in inquir
ing, or himself in answering. (Hear,
hear.) The statement made by the noble
lord of the transactions which hail led 10
the particular circumstance that had been
adverted to was, he (Viscount Palmers on)
believed, as far as his memory served him,
sirictly correct, lie would in the first
place, answer the questions of the noble
lord before making any remark on the c ise
itself. He thought it would not be expe
dient, in the present state of the discussion
between the two Governments as to the
capture and destruction of the Caroline, t
lay before the house that rotrespondeiice.
Whenever it might be brought to a closj,
there could, of coarse, he no objection to
so doing. Her Majet-'s Government
having received within the lat few days
despa ches from Mr. Fox. enclosing copies
of his correspondence wiih the authorities
of the United States-, which correspondence
had been furnished to the public in tiie A
iner can paper, th-re could be no objec
tion to lay before Parliament those docu
ments that Were already before the public.
(Ilear, hear, and laughter.) But it would
hi a departure from what he considered an
important and most essential rule in regard
to international affairs, a-'.d one which
might operate very injuriously to national
interests to lay before Parliament docu
ments relating to pending discu-sion
(cheers;) hut, as he had before said, a some
of those had been already published, as re
spited them there could he no objection.
He thought it i oportani to oak. with
reference to the notice to Mr. For-yth, one
observation. Tlie i,-iS!e lord had said he
believed Mr M'Leod was not one of ihe
oarty by whom the Carolina wa attacked.
Now bi (Viscount Palmersion's) informa
tion went precisely to the same conclusion;
but with regard to the ground taken by Mr.
Forsyth, in replying to Mr. Fox. be
thought ii right to state that the American
Government undoubtedly might have con
sidered this transaction either as a transac
tion to be d.alt with between -tire two Go
vernments, by demands Tor redress on the
one baud, to be granted or ref ined on the
other, and dealt with accordingly, or it
might have been considered, as the British
authorities consider proceedings between
Amciicaii citizens on !ibfe British side of
the border, as matters purely to be dealt
With hy the local authorities. But the A
merienu Government bad chosen the for-ni'-r
course, by treating ibis matter as one
to be decided ixtwteu the two Government-?,
and as the ground on which tr.ey
were entitled to d -mand redress from ihe
British Govern tne ni for ihe acts id its sub
ject. He was sure tbe House wo dd feel
lhat on a matter of such extreme delicacy
it would be improper tor him lo enter into
farther remarks or observations-. He had,
therefore, conipn ed himsef in -answering
the noble lord's que-iions, hy sta iug the
matter offai-i he had just adverted to.
Lord Stanley sivid thai-, nldioitgn the no
ble lord had ansWvred some of his ques
tioiH, he bud omitted to notice one. He,
Lord Stanley, bad put a question which he
considered uV exrreme lmpoilanc; itwa-,
whether tlie Government had uken any.
a id if s what steps fir the protection and
liberation of Mr. M'Leod.
Viscount Palmerston replied, that
case somewhat si mlar iu principle to tbe
pr sanl had been expected a year or two
ago. Instructions wi-n- sent out to Mr
Fox. up m which ht had founded the com
munications he had made to ihe American
Government. Of course the House would
suppose at least h so trusted, 'that her
Majesty ' Government would send-, indeed
tiiey had already sent, certain instructions;
but, until the conclusion of the correspondence-,
i: was impossible those instructions
should be final. He trusted the House
would believe that the Governmerrt would
foithwnh send to Mr. Fox such further in
structions as they'inight deem it tbir du
ty to give, but he hoped the House would
see that it would not at present bu proper
for him (Viscount Palmerston) to state
what the nature of those instructions would
be.
Mr. Hume wished to ask orte question
of tht noble lord, but before doing so be
must request tbe House to suspend iheir
judgment on the case brought before them
hy the noble lord, till they had before them
the whole of the papers on the sulked, -The
question be wished to ask was this:
It appeared by the pa;ers which he had in
his possession, that January, IS 19, a mo
ton was made in the House of Kepresen
tatives, calling upon ihe President to place
on the table of the House all the correspon
dence respecting the Carnltne. that bad ta
ken place between the Government ol the
Untied Stales and that of Britain. In con
sequence of lhat motion, certain papers
which had been received from Mr. Steven
son had been laid on the table of the house
on tbe 15th of May, together With a long
letter Froth that gentleman, dated in May,
and stating that agreeably to tbe order he
had received from the President, through
Mr. Forsyth, he had la'ui before the noble
viscount (Viscount Palmerton) a copy of
ttiat letter. i hat letter called upon the
British Government to slate whether the
affair was ail enterprise of robbers, or
whether it bad the sanction of the Govern
ment. From May tip to the present hour,
he ('Ir. Hume) was not aware thai a ly an
swer had been given to that letter. In
deed, Mr. Stevenson, in a le ler to Mr
Forsyth, dated, July 2. 1839, said: "I re
gret to say that no answer has yet been
given to my note in Iho case of tbe Caro
line. I have not deemed it proper, under
these circumstances, to press t'ie t.uhject
without instructions from your depiriment.
If it is die wish of the Government that I
should do so, I pray to be informed id" it.
and the degree of urgency hal I am to a-
dopt." By whai bad taken place in ihe
Congress it appeared t'tat tne American
Government wi-rj ignorant of any proceed
ing bv ibe British Government winch
should warrant them ieith'-r in considering
tlie enterprise as one of robber or as sanc
tioned rv the Government. That he be
lieved was the ground upon which M
Forsyth had proceeded. He considered this
matier as one of tne utmost importance,
and trusted the house would not enter into
:!iseusi n up'n it until the whole of the
documents had been laid upon the table.
II ear-, hear.)
Viscount Palmerston believed that th
honorable gentleman would find that tlie
correspondence contained a recommenda
tion to Mr. Stevenson to ahftniii fmni
bringing forward the question again.
Viih respec. to the le ter n-f.-rred to. tlie
principle Stood thus: In the case of e,e
American citizens engaged in passing into
Canada, th American Gtivtrnmcnt d s
vowed their acts, and stated ttiat tSc Brii
lli authorities might ileal wrlh them us
they pleased, (t ear. bear.) and tbat tl,p
werp not parties entitled in any wjv t the
j protection of the United S;atos. In ii!t
other case, the American Government bad
ass imed the case of the Caroline tt l,e one
lhat was lobe dedt with as a Government
transaction; and until those persons were
disowned by tho British Government jn
the same manner as the American Govern
ment in tiie other case had disavowed the
acta of their citizens, he ronceivtd tbe
American Government could not change
their ground upon the pramf. (Hear-)
Sir l. Peel wished to j;sk the noW-e lord
the Secretary for the Colonies, one ques
tion on a simple matter of fact: it was
whether there were not i.fficets holding
commissions in l.er Maje-ty's army nnd
navy engaged in te affairs of ihe Caroline,
atid w!to had received pensions correspon
ding in amount wi h itiose iliey would have
received tf they tiad suirerrd sUt'ti wounds
'iu regular sei vi v?
Lord J. Ivussel said that Iip h:sd under
stood lhat ollrcers of -her Mijesiya army
and navy were em;.oyed on iliat occasion,
under ihe orders i.f the Colonial audiorr.b s,
and that some of tbein wre wounded In
that service; but be bad not beard llul they
had received any pensions.
AMOUNT OF APPROPRIATIONS '
Made at tht 2i Sestijn cf the O.'A
Congress.
Pari. 1 s-'pport of G .v rn-
mr-nt (Congress) SiiC.OOO
For Civil and Diplomatic
expenses 8,033.005
F t the Navy 5 'J-Iti 338
For the Army 5,411.919
For Fortifications 485. 5 JO
Forth Military Academy 1 00,522
For Pen -i .ns - 1. 141.155
For the Indian Department B5,U3'J
For delegation ol Wrstt-ru
Setiimdes - " l5,Cu0
For ilesntuie Ki kapoos,
removal of Sian Creek
and Black R ver Imlians "23,000
For survey of Northeastern v
Boundary - - 75,000
For Lunatics in Dis'.rict of
Columbia . . 3,000
For refunding duties on
French ship Alexandre 1,050
For Avery, S.dimash and
Company - 9,773
For private claims (not pen
sions) amounts specified "4.915
Amount of definite and spe
cified appropriation
In addition to the above
claims are to be examined,
and tlx amount found dwt
to be paid, viz :
t laim of the corporation
of the city of Mobile.
Claim of Clements, Bry
an and Co.
Cirrks on Chickasaw
treaty busim ss.
Odicers of the customs,
arrears of compensation for
1830.
Arrears due to cleiks of
Boston custom bouse from
1832 to 1837.
These may take, in the ag
gregate, about
te,G0G,l03
150.CC0
S2-i.7iO.lC3
For which deduct the sum
appropriated frihe Post
Oifice Department, which
is to be paid from the
revenue of the Depart
ment exclusively.
Leaving to be provided
from the common Trea
sury, exclusive of the r
dempli n of Treasury
notes and sundry stand
ing appropriations, sucli
as $"200,000 annually for
arming the militia, and
i.ther an-u.d charg's
4.S12.C20
S17.0;3,573
Tioin the Globe.
COllttESPONDEXCE.
WAshixgtv.. Citv,
Februzry 22, 18 il.
To Mr. V.x Btf.F.,
President of the U.dted States.
Sir: Tne underVig jj Democratic mem
bers of ihe 2-jih Congress, iu common with
other of (heir iVdlow-cmxcns, your political
frit nds, are anions to have an opp'-rtuniiy
10 testify 1'ieic respect f.r you beiora your
departure from Washington City; and', for
that p-.irpose, invite you to accept a public
dinner on such day as may suit your enn
veutsnce about the lime of the adjournment
of the present session of Congress.
Occupying a position to have been close
observers of our conduct, bo;h public and
private wstiwM-s of ihe a'nl ty, patrio
tism, fi runes, an 1 d.Mn enrjoeihies uih
vtiich you have pursued ibe s-ig tl path
of tile public good approving die preat
iiea-nres and principles of y-.nr Adm ni:ra-t'o".-ad
n ring tbe f ankness and deoru n f
v.uir personal !-j -r ment in all ibe trying
scent s through which yui have pa-sed- sn !
-ntcrt lining for Von the hL'tieM ilpjreH '
lesp-ct ami er-leem : e uu.!ersgn ii mull
:iot r Cmiciled tt in their feelings losepar;'te
Irom you uiiboui soliciting an opporioni
ty ofgivmga public and formal expression
1 1 the sentiments of respect, coufidt nee, and
approbation with which your conduct has
inspired ihern.
Tbe undersigned know full well that ft
ha not been your custom to accept puhliij.
dinners, or public marks vi respect of any
kind that your aim has been to discharge
the (bides, and to avoid tiie honors of your
ex.dnd sta ion and (bat nothing could bo
more agr cable to your own fctliugn than
to lecve the high oiiite which you have fil
led, with the same modest, noisehss, and
unambitious steps with winch you entered
upon and passed through it. Tlx undtr
sig.veil know th!: but they hope that you
may fold, in tire i-itcuiu'mttirt'S of 'the p -sent
occasion, an inducement for depardng
fro ai a gener.d rule, and that your fneu Is
n ay have t' c gratification which tiiey Itavo
risked, of meeting you at a public du.
uer. We have the honor to le, s'r, most re
sp"c;f liy, you fri-i:ds ;ind f !l ow-citize-is,
Sig H-d bv all the Democratic MVuibcTS
of Congress.
WA-mva-roN, March 1st, 1 611.
Gentlemen: Your letter, invi ing ire to ii
public dinner jir-viouj lo my (1 panure froni
this e;iy, as a tcstiui'-ny of rVsptci fiom t!.t
De ill-era ie m'ide'i of !uih llou-es of
Congress, aid others of their f Ho v citizens,
my poll teal friend. a deii ve'reddo me by
tm cummitue &p;.oiuttd for that pur
pose. It can scarcely l e r.prrssary f r me to
pxptess to i (iu tho feeing of profound
gra i tide with which I receive t i mailt of
your continued respect and coiili ! ii. e.
Aiwa s regarding 'the off!--!? from which I
am about to retire, as a trust to be adifl .us
eed f r (he g-ii-ra! ltv rti: i f titers; I
have endeavored, ad far as possible, l asso
ciate my own p rs mal interest m us pos'i
e-sioti cl iscly an I irreparably with what
I have ever belie ed, and fti'l belli v , tii
be the bet interests of ihe gre it body i f
the people, and todisciiarge ibe highly re--ponsihle
duties commuted to the Cuit''
M igistrate of this greal Cen'ed -ration in
conformity with the opinions and principle-
of those who honored me with their con&
'deuce. No ons-, remlmnen, however sagacious,
can penetrate the future, or clearly predict
ihe prospective results of greal public mea
sures; more especially is this true of nun
who has hal an active pe.soijal agency in
iheir in:itu''iiy and adoption. Making.
inwever, every reasonable allowance fur
itii- consid ratiotiriinorTiPsurae-trr-avTrw-
mv entire rv ifi lence in ihe complete &uc-
crss a id salutary co-rsequhcs of the im
portant measures I have fell it my duty to
rec irnmend. ami which fiavj received tin
sanction of Congress.
The testimony of so lrgr; a portion nflhw
representatives of the 'undivided Demivcracy
of die United States Conveyed -n voir a !-'
dress, adJed lo the warm support of a im.Cit
greater number of independent sulfrrfgei
than that by which I was elect d, leave m
without apprehension as to the opinion
which has her'r. formed in respect to my offi
cial conduct by those who made me the dt
pository of their con.fi Jence.
These objects accomplished, I retire froui
the high and honorable stafoti bestowed
upon me by my countrymen, without asin
jjle personal wish unsatisfied.- 1 find my-'
self, gtmtlemcu incapable of doing justice
to the feelings awakened by the eloquent
'express otis of regard and confidence with
winch you have honored me. Letit there
fore Milhce to say lhat they are received
wnh beanie It pleasure, and will le long
anil gratef-illy remembered.
You have, done justice to tbe motives by
whi.-h I 'nave been guided in heretofore al
ways fifclming testimonials similar to that
ow odVred, from a source which calls for
'very effort of s ell-denial, and 1 roinridt
fully with you in the opinion that the pre
sent occa-ion is oii in which a departure
from a uniform course in this rcspecr, would
be proper and consistent. If I were to con
suit my own gratification alone, I would
gla lly accept your invitation; but when I
ca'l to mind lhat the period to which, fro ii
considerations of od'tciai propriety. I should
be obliged to defr a compliance with your
request, must interfere with the natural de- .
sire of tbe members of tbe House ol Repre
sentatives, who will beat liberty to relurtl
to iheir h i l l's, 1 am unwilling to subject
them to a delav which ibey have generously
overlooked iu their nidi o do me Honor.
You will, therefore, I .hope, indulge mo
in resp ctfutly declining the public diuuer.
yon have tendered.
Yet. although we may not meet at tho
festlve'lvtard, 1 cannot out hope that tho
gentlrmen who have oJWed mo this new
a-urance ofe mfi len-e and attachment f. .:
mo-cent '.'fiico ren !ers it j'-m-di irly grate
tnl to my f li-it. w.ll. Ii. fire 1 leave il,
city. r.lfrd me an opponunity to take t'lerrt ,
by t'u- band, assure t .em i f my hearty gooj
isbes f -r iheir future ntlfare, and bid nfcu
frew, !!.
I am. e"n:!mm. Very respectfid'y, your.'
f itiid, and obedient servant
M. VAN" BURE.V.
To t! e Hon. Mesrs. U ;i Kino TI4.
1. B-:xr J M. 3ix iv. Hev-
KT'Il I E3ARD. W jf . H U"AE. A. ANDERSON,
and others, Washington.
C7 Be iadependect -fear no man, bt)t
j respect !!.