Ntiraltrin ?titertisEr. "win 'atlientanc SIZMPLEB CMS TO LLD. t czass TO FOLLOW." M. BRESLIN, Editor and Proprietor. LEBANON, PA. WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 1668. 'Democratic State Nominations. CBE JUDGE OF SUPIin:WP OOURT: LL LIAM A.kPORTE r Ik or PHILADELPHIA. CANAL COAfAirk,TONETt WEST , ,LSYP-FLOST I 'O PAYETTE. TIIVRIGHT OF SEARCH. The recent outrages by'Br i fish cruis era- on American merchantmen in the Vulg . of Mexico threaten to cause a re newal of the diplomatic discussions which took place between the Govern- menu of Greet Britian and the United States, in consequence of the African =seizures before and during 1841, and f''Which_ was quieted and suspended, but -'ir•by no means- iettled, by the treaty of Washington, "of 1842. -- • It will he remembered that, with the object of carrying out the or. -ders•Oflheit-GovernmetW for the sup. inession of the slave trade; lritish yes. -.4els-nf war onnhe'Afriettn•toest seized mereltant - 'ships,..examined t :their—papers, overhauled 'and - injured their cargoes,- maltreated their officers - -saticherewr i and, in some cases,teppropri. ..-tated them as lawful prizes. Against -- these aggressions on our commerce the ~.11nited `States strongly- protested, and dentaiided ' reparation =far the -inj ri es 71trisitained, and a disavovvil by Great ;:Britain of the acts of her agents. A lintg.correspondence followed between the- diplomatic agents of the two Gov. erem elite. Great Britian, arfirst, thro' Pultnerstun, claimed the, right and - avowed the intention to search American -"vessels in time of peace, with a view to ascertain their national character ; hut z - afterwards ohrough Lord Aberdeen, dis. ``claimed all right to search, detain, or any manner interfere with American infsele, whether engaged in the slave ;,'trade or not, limiting her pretensiOns vessels strongly suspected of .. - ibeing_ those of other nations unwarraet. •,lAtl;lyassumittg the American •flag, and `?promising, when this assumed right had 4 41cri abused to the injury of American - treat - n:li, that full• and ample reparation 4.4cgrd' be made. She Made distinc vtion between the -right-of-search, .whichi 74Zifie;d1sIlinted, except in time of war. or In pureinince of treaty stipulations - , Atiiil),lnt'right to Visit, which she claim. I;::o4 4; everi : in time of peace, as the only r,.:*earte,of ascertaining the true-rrational fy.Of inspected vessels. • _ '.he United States, on the other hand, - Iretiled' the existence of any difference 7lielween — siiiitation and search, maintain ing that the former, to be.effectual nee, 7. - itniarily * included the latter, and thus extended to the exPreisp, in _time of t'.peecei, of an authority conceder by the 'taw of nations only-in time of war.. To ;lPoi:itritsOlttlinn by Orpat'Britain, ihat utlobjectlorito.visitation cif Armlet - jean - yes. ab s . magic! for ascer ai ni og het her the - A mtr lit; nhar - liad been abused for the put.. ...-..zpose of ~ c overing the vessels •of - other extend even to the - salve :iitiri , ol-;pfrany, when the pPrarmit engag. "'.'ettin r it ARAN think fit to shelter them. ; ‘ ,i f ilie; under the glag of the Q. States, ;''the 'United .States replied by emphati. -Atalli declaring their will and ability to enforce. their own laws, arid to . protect kna. their -flag from being used for purposes irtb ferbidden by those laws, and oh. ...spurious : to- the moral censure of the Jhey wholly denied, and de. •c/aredttimit determination to resist, the Maim Of ally . !tttles? of the-world, by any trfAiefl : 11vhfitever,:,10 limit their equal r i gh4'.to thS seas, g.uaratitied to tathiint by:the law of nations, which no I , lcotriliinaticin of foreign• Governments could alter, or control. Such is th'e substance of the great ; .tro‘viriy -for the freedom of the seas, in ligioh Lerida Paltheriton, Aberdeen, arid a drsiitiuiters;lii behalf of Great Britain, 1110;;Mrdbster; Cass, Everett, and Steven• tti:rt)4l.behalf of the United States, ex. SS the 'resources of ingottienis diplomacy. In, to obtain for her sasetned tight of search the sanction of the lead. intl!owers Of Europe, Great Britain _ ERP9scd- to France, Russia. Austria, Pruisia to unite with her in a quin tuplelreaty for its perpetual afltrtnance _ ... . end.guarantyi=but the firmness and- en: ,glistitened reasoning of the representit -ospv sinytit-of the United States induced -Se rtace to withhold•her:ratification o f -it 7.....;c: Ntisnproposed treaty; and it fell to the grouhd. - .. tl iiiiit'idly; by the treaty:of Washington, .fie 7,lleited. Stites - ,atul Great' litritain aitry'ailreed .to it/SOend% , Ontritirers . , , biliiirering . late se' arrangement under which the ,noint al. issue was neither ..3,4lded,,,ner:ifirilid hir either patty.-- -Th lattre sty, pro posdtLno _c hedge in_the jcw'cifiistiviis; hut 'Pimply prpilded`that Ai - rim i" ,t e-7-. --- o - treiiiteuts., should sir ... st im-the-41-fric a n-etii erti"-rtlifi I - =,,quisiow,s, ',orcement,— p .. Si zat,c 3:".P ,. - a - T. .: , for ars enfentteV' Up,„ and respectively, of the laws, rights, and obligations of the two countries fur the suppression of the slave trade. We cannot venture to hope t hat the recent aguressinns, similar to those which originated .this great difficulty, will result in any concessions of princi. pie by England. in accordance with •her previonSly delared doctrines, on - being satisfied that the vessels thus out. 'raged were American, she will n►ritB►l'lit. edly offer apology and full . reparalioti; but she will go no further, fur she nev• ler yields a - national principle. But the United States, equally firm in their de. termination to maintain their rights and -dignity will continue to assert them; and will maintain the►ti, if need he, by all their exhaustless energies.— Washing ton Globe. • filar The Republican branch of the opposition party - in this State, under the lead of Leititiel Todd, have issuetda cull for a "Union State ConventiMi"to nom inate State vetoers, to meet at illarris burig,.on the fith of July. .The . .'Avnork cans," under theleadt;rship s of the 'Dti- I} News, cotne:doWn Upon this move tnent like a thousand of brick. It is a piece of assumption for the chaps who : nominated David Wilmot to, presume to leadership of the-opposition forces, and we are glad to see that their pretensions are net received with favor. MASSACIIUSMS . AISTICE.S.--, By a law recentty passed in the State".for thi appotntment ' of - special - justices, seven thousand eight hundred and thirty-three 'justices of Peace in th , it State are to be .stripped of criminal judicial functions - and sleposed from the bench. The-commission of 'Justice of the Peaceitrmust CIiSPE3, under the old law, was consideriA -merely 'et -compli -rnent"frure the euvenor triliiedsobitious 'friends who coveted the ornamental at. tachment of Esquire toTtheir names. C