Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-10-08

rr aet. which constitute The ground of com
! l4iui against the Uniter States
l. alleged authority Of Austria under irea
III beng sci aside, no one would have qaes
toned Captain lngrabam's right. had he been
present 10 arrest The proceedings OF the kldnap
pcrs IN the streets, oiSm, rns aud rescue koszta
from their ,nds They we're acting without
and against. the civil authority olthe place;ihey
were committing an astrocious outrage upon
person invested Nth tie nationality of the Uni
ted States. Ii be could have properly interior.
rcd in The first stage uflhs lawless transaction,
H. mis h do SO in the last. The act was, in
all IL stsges.a continuous wrong ard the char
act Of he actors though there was a success
sion OF persons. wa- the same; they were all
wrong doors; and if they CHANGED to have The
p. ssession of national ship, and converted il
into prison for The purpose of concentrating
lbs wrong, that ship.thus desscrated was moi
entitled To The privileges Of sanctuary. Those
WHO had the rgh To claim, and the power to
release, the p,isoner illegally confined therein
migh,treat il as a prisou,ard while it as degra.
ded To such an ignoble purpose might forget
and he excused for forgetting. that il was
national .hip.
drought 10 The notice OF Austria aid not sufii
cieatly regarded by others, which places The
acts ol C=pi. lngtaham il true light, and re
pels The inference Of intended hostile demon.
STATIONS towards Austria. Il was The under
standing Of The parties that X oszra should be
retained al SMYRNA whlletbe question of his
nationality Was pending. Capt neraham re
ceived satisfactory evidence ( design, on
4 Il, A
Ia and ConstantnopIe, TO disregard this ar
Engagement, and r,r.ove him cIandestinely
from the Hnszar on board OF a steamer for he
purpose ,i liking him To Trieste The inior
nation was such as did not peruit Capt In
grahan To donhl that the Commander of the
Huszar corcurred III this design, and intended
10 aid in carrying il into fect. BY this evi>
dence OF the want of good faith on the part of
the Austrian tunctiouarIcs, n " hich The captain
oithe Huszar was implicated, the captain OF
the ST. Louis was placed in the perplcxing al
ternate OF snrrcnderlhg the captive without
further efforts, 10 the sad fate which await ed
him,o 10 demand his immediate reeascand in
case Of refusal. 10 enforce it,
The Government Of HE United States ex.
ceedlngly regrets that he was reduced 10 this
painful alternative; hut II cannot hnd after a
tall consideration Of all the circumstances, any
coed reasons for disappearing the course he
rrnsued. 1t Is NOT just TO Captain Ingraham
10 look at the affair 1t Was at the precise
polut OF time when The demand fer the release
Of koszta was made Tie anlecedeni events
qualify and egaize that act. The Austrian
iunclonaries had obtained the possession of
the person OF Koszta, not in fair or alows
he "av, but by violating the civil laws of
Turkey and The ilghrs Of humanity. Under
these clrcumstafces, their custody OF him as
entitled to no respect from the agent OF tie
gosctnn' nj " CHI, by virtue OF his nationality
had light TO protect him. lad all the cir.
cnmstances been they were, EXCEPT a
change Of place instead of being taken from
The territory of The Ottoman Porte, had he
been taken from that Of the United States,
could aquestion have been raised as to the pro
prlrty ofCaptain lngraham's conduct? If the
conclusions heretofore arrived at are correct
The Austrian agents had no more right to take
hoszta from The sod Of the Turkish dominions
han from the territory of the United STATES
aid CAPTAIN lngraham had the same RIGHT to
del and and enforce his Ielcase as he vonId
have had If Kosztn had been taken from A
rnerlcan so'l, and incarceratod in a national
vessel OF the Austrian Emperor In this cues
lion, confined as il is to the United States and
Australia place ofihe transaction is ,mma,e
nal unless the Austrian municipal laws exten.
ded over il.
The undersigned yields ready assent to
that part Of MI. Hulsemann's note relative to
;te "armakng power. The doctrine CON
tanned IN II Is sound and well sustained bv
I'M st approved authorities; but the undersign
ed has not been able TO discover its annie,
blltN Ia he case under consideration. Tn.
people OF the United States, in ORGANIZING their
gov eminent have been careful % impose more
restrictions upon that power, than any OF the
nations OF Europe, and il cannot be admitted
that these nalons have had any occasion TO
rtm ave tins government for its abuse. Ii has
as deep an interest and as anxious desire to
maintain international relations of friendship
aud peace as an Of The European powers sand
Viii do as much as any of them for public
tfanqnllty. Tie rules for its own guidance.
and Tor the condocr of its agents abroad. have
that eud especially in view.
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