No. G.
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WAsHIs0rOE, March Is, l64l.
JOHN J. CRITrEspEs,


Attorney General Of the United States:


Sir; IL is the object OF this etler TO state TO you
certain important facts, 10 be used by you, or by
others, as OCCASION in your judgment, may requires
which facts are that the l2th day Of this month
Henry s. Fox, her Britannia Majesty's minister
accredited TO this government, made formal and
official communication TO the Department OF State,
by instruction Of her Msesty's government. In
this communication il is expressly declared and
avowed that the transaction, on account OF which
Alexander Mcleod has been arrested and Is TO be
put on his trial, was transaction Of public char
acter, planned and executed by persons duly en-
powered by her Majesty's colonial authorities TO
take any steps and To do any acts necessary for the
dtnes Of her Maestys territories, and for the pro
lection ofhr Mcjesiy, subjects; and that consequent
ly, those subjects OF her Majesty who engaged IN
that transaction were performing an act OF public
duty for which they cannot be made personally and
individually answerable 10 the laws and trlbanals
Of any foreign csuntryj thar that transaction may
have been ustihabe not justihabe, but that they
regard that question as political question TO be dis.
cussed between the two governments and that any
responsibility for participating in the transaction
cannot be thrown upon individuals, who, under the
sanction, by the order Of the constituted auhori-
lies Of their own government, engaged in 1t as a


w. H. HARRISON.


BY the President:


DANIEL WEBSTER,


Secretary Of State.