WASHINGTON CITY, WEDNESDAY NIGHT, APRIL ~,
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whether he prefers that writ OF error should be


sued out and prosecuted on the judgment Of the
court already pronounced Ii he shall elect the


latter course, you hereby directed to aid and


slst him IN bringing the cause before the Supreme
Court Of the United States. lfhe prefer theformer
course, and choose TO 90 10 trial before jury, you
will ofcourse be present that trial being already his
own retained COUNSEL and the President directs that
on such trial, you make known TO the court the
opinions OF this government those opinions have
been officially promulgated, on the question Of Nc
Leods liability TO Indictment for any alleged parci
patton In the destruction Of the Caroline, and that
you state the grounds Of national law upon which
those opinions rest and that in Of conviction,
you adopt the proper measures for bringing the
cause to the Supreme Court Of the United States


IL is with unfeigned regret that the President finds
himself obliged TO take notice of the proceedings Of
the State courts Of New York; but the highest con-
sderations Of duty influence his conduct in this re-
spect The care Of the foreign relations OF the
try is conhded to the government Of the United
States; with that government, and not with any
Stale government, Ia trusted the higher power OF
making peace and making war; and that government
Is responsible If anything occur which Il could pre-
vent furnishing just ground Of complaint to other
nations. This is responsibility which the govern
ment Of the United States cannot avoid. II the pa
cihc relations now subsistng between the United
States and England should be disturbed by the pro-
eeedipgs 10 the case Of Mcleod, the consequences
are TO fall, not on New York alone, but on the whole
Uuion, and the defence Of the honor and interest Of
the country and the safety OF its citizens devolves
not on the government Of New York alone, but ON
The government OF the United States The Presi-
dent, therefore, feels himself under obligations Of
the highest and most sacred character, TO do what
ever the constitution and the laws allow, to prevent
all just ground Of complaint on the part OF other
nations TO maintain the high character which the
United States now possess for the observance Of
those rules which govern the intercourse of nations
and to take care that il the calamity Of war come
upon us, il shall be for a cause in which reason,
public law, and the voice Of an enlightened age,
shall declare side Of the controversy to be the
lust side.