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No . 8 . New Seeies . ] LONDON , SATURDAY , OCTOBEE , 2 , 1852 . Price Foubpence Halfpenny
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The intelligence from the "United States is "both various and important . While w ^ are in a state of political stagnation , they are in the crisis of excitement preparatory to the Presidential election . There are six candidates in the field . General Pierce , Democrat—General Scott , Whig—Daniel Webster , Union Whig—J . P . Hale , Freesoiler—William Goodell ,
Liberty Man . and Governor Troupe , Secessionist . The conclusions to he gathered from the accounts is , that the democratic candidate will he successful . The numerous parties struggling against each other will most likely prevent either from having the required majority , and then the election will devolve upon the House of Representatives . Most of the members of that body are Democrats , and will support General Pierce . 1
The Fisheries question is not settled bm , has relapsed into the stagnation of unsettlement . It will remain in same position as it has done since the treaty of 1818 , the British reserving the claims as to the bays , and the Yankees disregarding them ; but the fisheries within three miles from the shore will he more rigorously preserved for the colonists . A new case of " private war " has made its appearance in the States , shewing that an individual can in a small way emulate the society of the Lone Star . It will be recollected ,
that some time ago , a letter was published in the American and Engish papers , from Daniel Webster to a Mr . Jewett , in winch the United States secretary , in reply to a former conmunication from his correspondent , entered upon the subject of the Lobos guano islands . Mr . Webster then informed Mr . Jewett , that there was no reason to believe those islands
were the property of Peru—that in fact , they had been discoveredsome years agoby an American citizen—that American vessels had a right to load guano there without interference from the Peruvian government , and that the commander of the United States ships of war , upon that station , had orders to protect them in the exercise of their rights .
This answer of Mr . Webster ' s was marked " private , ' but somehow in the States , the same line of distinction between public and private , does not exist as is recognised in England . The letter found its way into the papers , and probably Mr . Webster was not displeased at his promptness to " protect " American citizens being trumpeted forth . Directly following the appearance of the document , the most signal refutation of the statements it contained was given . It was shown that
the Islands were discovered by the old Spanish invadersfhat they were dependencies of the ancient Spanish-American possessions-that they were recognized as being so by navigators , and laid down in the charts and maps of that period , under Spanish names . The presumption was clearly put , that when the Spanish yoke was shaken off , they became the
property of Peru , and it was shown that Peru had exercised sovereignty , and that its right to do so , had been tacitly admitted by the diplomatic representative of America . This seemed and still seems to be a very clear case , and probably Mr . Webster wishes he had not been quite so forward . Not so Mr . Jewett . He had the Secretary ' s opinion
and the promise of protection , and went to work at once m a husiness-like way . His preparations completed , he addressed another letter to the astonishedMr . Webster , which is one of the most remarkable epistles ever penned in a merchant ' s counting house . It is a shrewd mixture of commerce and piracy , and contains a declaration " of war against Peru if it keeps the guano , and against every body else who desires to take it . If Mr . Jewett ' s instructions could be carried out , he would
become the proprietor of Lobos—a guano King . He coolly furnishes the information that he has despatched several vessels for the purpose of loading , and among the rest a certain bark strongly manned , well armed , and abundantly supplied with ammunition . He relates the instructions given to her captain , which are to take all the landing places on the Island —to hold them against all comers—to oppose force to force , and to do the fighting with the flag of his country flying . He adds that all the ships have been furnished with copies of Mr . Webster ' s unfortunate letter , for the purpose of calling nponthe captains of men-of-war for assistance . Mr . Webster now draws in Ms horns—he sees'the blunder
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he has made , and the advantage lie has given to so quickwitted and enterprising a Yankee as Mr . Jewett , and he tries to get out of the scrape—though we must confess rather awkwardl y . In his reply he accuses Mr . Jewett of having deceived him in his first letter—as though a Secretary of state ought to allow an individual to deceive him on a territorial
question . He calls Mr . Jewett ' s proceeding , an act of " private war , " and says that the American naval officers have instructions not to give their aid . Mr . Jewett with his fleet is left to his own resources , and will perhaps get jp an " indignation meeting ; "but in the meantime thefleefjhas gone , and the bark with the earronades and fighting , cantain may commence an assault before it is known that the authorities of the
country , whose flag is to be kept flying , are not prepared to go to war with Peru in such a quarrel . {" . We are anxious to know what will happen next . Perhaps the armed bark will be caught and brought back . If not—as the Peruvians have stationed a guard over then property and intend to defend it , and the Americans are ready enough to fight , the next news maybe that there has been a battle between the forces of a private merchant , an the soldiers of a republic . If that should be so , and the Peruvians are
victorious , Mr . Jewett will have to put up with the loss ; but if his men do carry the . day , the situation will become more embarrassing than ever . We hope this faux pas and that of the Fisheries affair may help to warn Mr . Webster of the danger of " going too fast . " The order of the Lone Star increases in strength and continues its preparations for the invasion of Ciijba , We wonder whether Mr . Webster will snub its thousands of members as
he has done Mr . Jewett . While our military authorities are busy experimenting upon the Minie and other rifles , the Lone Star folks are preparing to introduce a new weapon into warfare . They talk slightingly of Colt ' s revolvers which only carry six charges , and intend their expedition te be armed with a newly invented rifle capable of firing some sixty shots a minute . If this can be effected , it will upset the recognised art of war , and make brave , steady men , with a little training ,
equal to the best disciplined troops . The Spanish authorities at Havannah seem resolved to create an insurrection in Cuba , as though for the express purpose of improving the chances of the American sympathizers . The Island is in a state of terrorism , and political arrests are being made daily . The purser of the American steamer " Crescent City " who had published his notions of Cuba in a New York paper , was prohibited from landing , and the
Governor returned the journals brought by the steamer with-a message that" His Excellency had no idea that her majesty ' s loyal subjects committed to his charge , should have their minds contaminated by studying the pernicious doctrines of liberty inculcated in those unbridled journals . " We guess thatbeforelonghisExcellency , what with the " loyal subjects " inside , and the abettors of " unbridled journals " outside , will find the " pernicious doctrines " spreading , and Cuba too hot to hold him .
The advocates of Woman s rights have been holding a convention , the account of which is at least sufficiently funny . Among the members was one female M . D ., who had studied at a college , and been " sacrificed" by the male students , as we imagine a young lady would bo " sacrificed" by the students of Guv ' s or St . Bartholomew ' s , if she attended lectures and obtruded herself into the oMssecting-room . There were several Kev . ladies—one of them a tall and " strong-minded"
womana fair sprinkling of bloomers , and a large proportion of very young ladies . The talk was of the most exuberant description and the resolutions ditto . They determined to assert the independence of the sex , to claim the vote to share . the pursuits of men , to aspire to office , and to revolt against the slavery of " household duties . " One young lady practically remarked that it was all very well to claim their ; rights , but she
did not see how they were to get thorn ; she gave as an illustration of the difficulty , the " sacrificing" of the female doctor . The M . D . thought " sacrificing" too strong a term as perhaps it was ; and a " strong-minded" woman came to the rescue by saying that she did not stay to talk about her rights , she took them . One of the rev . ladies put the argument into its theological shape , but a juvenile free-thinker
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¦ — ' — . —«« . « - — . . . ....... ,.. . trrTr . il ll [ lltJ | t | tt n-fr-iaga . did not want to stand upon any written authority , but to go " to nature and reason" direct . Some gentlemen spoke on the other side without effect . One touched on feminine delicacy , but that was treated with contempt . Another hinted that women might whip their husbands "if they could , " a practical suggestion which did not seem to gain much favor . Another deprecated the confusion of sexes , in terms which might do for an anatomical lecture , but which rather astonished the
ladies . This caused a perfect uproar , and the rest was Babel . We cannot count all the revolutions Mexico has undergone since we can remember . That country has a revolutionary atmosphere . Its normal state seems to be revolution . It has gone round till it has grown giddy : there is always a revolution on , or just over , or being prepared for . The last mail apprises us of revolution in its active phase , the authorities in terror , the insurgent army headed by an ex-hatter , and the recall of General Santa Anna , a result far from unlikely !
' The French President still continues his "triumphant" progress throughthe South , so say the gov eminent papers , at least . All is coleur de rose , and the cry is still " VmVEmpermr . " Less interested recorders , however , tell of the silence ot the people , the obsequiousness of Prefects and Councillors , and the clamor of gensdarmes and hired daquers , who aseompany the train from town to town for the
express purpose ot shouting . Some sensation . has been created by the discovery of a plot . An infernal machine , " larger than Fieschi's " has been found by the police in a house at Marseilles , facing the President ' s line of march . Of course , it was for the destruction of his "Imperial Highness , " ( that is the last new title ) . It was a fearful affair , composed of 250 gun-barrels , and loaded with 1 , 500 balls . One man was taken in the house . Well" those
who hide know where to find , " and there is more than a suspicion that the machine was found just where the agents of the police pat it . It is said to have been previously at other places ; but at last Marseilles was selected . We think that very probable . It has no doubt accompanied his " Imnni'iol T-Tiri'lii-xicic " -Cunm "Pni . tn . < n ^«™ «/* il . . _ 1 " Imperial Hihness" from Paris of the dramatic
g as one properties necessary to produce a desired effect . When Napoleon the Little gets back to the capital , the fisherwomen , who seem very fond of him everywhere , will dote on the darling who might have been killed with 1 , 500 bullets . One is enough for an ordinary man—does a usurper take a thousand and a half ?
The fact put forth by the agents of government , that tills machine was at two other places , at once demonstrates the character of the plot , and marks it out as a police stratagem Fancy any one in France , the land of passports and mrveilkmce , following the usurper about with 250 srun barrels and the frame , not to mention the ammunition , without bein <»
detected . That is far too much even for the mildestimagination The police would have smelt the gunpowder , counted the bullets , and taken stock of the barrels on the platform of the first railway station they reached . To transport them through the streets , put them up , repack them again and send them to other places would be impossible . No the tame
eagle of Boulogne , which would not keep his perch , and the infernal machine of Marseilles which was never meant to eo off , are " Idees Napolienne . " This infernal machine is the pretext for a machine still more infernal- —the empire . Louis Napoleon wanted an argument for establishing and consolidating his government , and he made it—that is all
We mentioned last week the fact of a British subject Mr . Page , having suffered from a police outrage at Wsdonj and that it was ! attributed to Austrian agenev . That surmise was correct . Mr . Page was suspected of " sympathy with Kossuth , and therefore , in the capital of Saxony , he was sub
jected to insult and injury at the hands of the Austrian police . We understand , that not only no compensation or apology has beenoffcredto him , but that his books and papers are still detained . We really ought to know once for all , whether our Cabinet intends to allow Englishmen to be ill-treated , not only in Austria , but in the minor states where Austria has
power , with impunity . If so Englishmen had better stop at home till we have a Foreign Secretary who has more regard for the dignity of his nation , and the rights and safety of those whom it is his duty to protect .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 2, 1852, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_02101852/page/1/
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