Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1854-03-03
- .,..... :. from United states Ports.

H. tn what it suppoSes 10 oe lhe redi ooJeCe OF
rei';t Of certain Russian ofhcers 70 TINS country
is Oro'uS to superintend the construction OF
here o nronelIers for the service of the Emperor,
some S0I;,v engaged in making preparations for the
are .mt Of Russian prlyateers in the ports OF the
amaIecy,So tes We select some paragraphs from the
Ln'gg" If the Courier which will snow what are It's
sppren nossble in fact, to discuss this idea, verg
How %tr,vooance which represents the autocrat !
ing on e;ons of men, of whom he can dispose at
dsI&, o. coming here to pick up few doubtful
bis WI" 1T distance Of two thousand leagues from
oa sT and afterwards 10 transport them there,
On immense expense anu ''''0Osn '"o"'""" VII
mites and DANGERS .. 1900, .,.-,..,
lnsSo themselves suspected. If, instead of halt
han surface of the secret of which they possessed
IN Al E.oad thev had penetrated TO the bottom of it,
The o'id have perhaps arrived at the discovery
"SS?.b now transpres, namely. that an enlistment
Eh0uf oI1Ars but Of sailors, is carried on in
mol Wv and some other ports of the Union, and that
New .;an agents are silently but actively occupying
The hu oiros not with the formation of regiments but
Ds l tho armng Of corsaIrs
VIII sertion may seem little bold it is, at all
i less strange than that to which we previously
eIeu5ts1 But we have to believe it we'll foun-
aeI have been conducted up to the present
".rtb discretion which smacks of European
.,ocv and to which the open COnspraces which
IF ;nass from time to time have not accustomed us
W.T. p neri is Tor that very reason only greater and
more real =,
IN and care were first enrolled, and then launched
'A"st the crowd of maratime adventures and others
' L b,va swarmed for years past on the soil Of
WIZ american Union. Through their medium assu-
,o has been obtained of the manner in which (the
t;ncency arsing) categorical propositions will be
;so AGAINST English and French ships. Negotia-
o" more or less explicit, according TO the character
Vtba paCie5 have been already opened, lists have
.n drawn out and the Cadre of the equi pment almost
I;dpl upon even the ships have been indicated
,5at will be best adapted to the purpose. In fact,
ror are in such a state of forwardneSs that at the
orr of the first canon fired in the Black Sea, all
b1 remains to be done is to fill letters of marque in
Nor 10 launch into the Atlantca 1Otilla Of America
.airs carrying the Russian flag at their mast head.
There Is no doubt that few years ago the prOpO-
cion to make of the ports of the Union harbOrs of
ose for the MuScovie ships, and to asSail the
rscp of friendly Powers, would only have met with
,msal and contempt from all classes of American
neople-but, other times, other doctrine. At that
roch the elastic interpretations were not known
rch have since subjected International law and the
leas OF Justice and Justice to the pleasure OF the
fr,t audaCous conner. At that epoch the United
States did not comprise within It's population that
crowd OF adventures without other faith or law than
their Coyelousness, that the Mexican war and the
circumstances that followed have attracted and
multiplied to the misfortune we'll as the shame of
he Union. At that time Russian agents would vain
perhaps have sought man disposed to raise his
land against an allied flag; at present-melancholy
bundanCe-there is no enterprise, no matter how
lily or unworthy, that can BE- conceived, to which
he American soil does not offer contingent. And
Ow could it be otherwise From the piracy which
5lIages the public treasury Of Cardenas and seizes
lIOn Lower California, to that which gives cash in
he open to vessels of friendly flags, there is but
step.
Far be it from us to reflect upon the entire nation
I'm responsibility of individual acts, but pen can
EV spare it the reproaCh II is for her and her
bone to guard against the consequences that must
Inevitably ensue from the facts that signali8e. If
deplorable relaxation OF principles has made inter-
aional law word almost void of meaning for GER
bin men of the Union, Europe has not as YET arrived
this degree OF progress. A vessel armed as prl-
Atepr in an American port might show all the COL
of the world and exhibit the most authentic let
s of marque that the Russian admiralty could sign,
she would not be the less considered as pure and
nple pirate and treated as such. We know what
bat means-he yard arm for the men, and confsca-
M a fair prize for the vessel No nationality
Gould hold good in such case. The martial law of
BE- sea does not recognise two modes of qualifying a
Bel any more than it recognises two means OF pun
bling it.
These summary and direct reprisals would still be
little Importance, for they would strike only the
RiIty But behind the corSar, treated according to
merits, Europe, henceforth deprived of all securi-
would necessarily see only the Union itself-the
nOn Cupable at least Of Indifference, and morally
erOnSble for the acts that she would have allowed
be committed on her territory and her waters
low, times of war are not the ftest for diplO matte
Nusson on the rights of neutrals, and begerent
bwerS recol less before an additional enemy than
Rote an ally respecting whom they must always be
their guard. lnsensbly, and without being aware
1t, the United States light, some day or other,
take in open rupture with the champion of Turkish
dependence, and in direct league with the Emperor
Russia
This would assuredly be such an enormity that the
'pothesIs even seems inadmissible. The history Of
commencement of the century is, nevertheless,
ere 10 prove that it requires only dstrus to be ex-
8ed 10 make the commerce OF ar entire people pay
fault of a few Of the citizens.
OUR intention in this article, be it clear y under
o! Is neither 10 predict, nor, above all to antlcl
PIE anything. A fact is circulating amongst us-a
twbich interests France in the first degree, and
compromise peace between the two worlds; We
yer il to public opinion, indicating the consequent
to which it may lead. The least of these conse
ences would not be that of obtaining for the UniteC
ateS the odious renown of a country without loyal
Or political faith.
urt Dress of American Representatives Abroad
The Baltimore Times makes the following sensible
marks and suggestions upon the proper course tt
pursued with reference to this affair, and the in
Int acquisitions OF Foreign Courts:
tappears that the nobility CD of Europe, in dis
bard of our national simplicity and in defiance o
government instruction, refuse to admit an Amer
% official unless appearing in uniform. Our con