The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-05-24

Pease, and Mr. Charlton. The address having been
delivered in due form and with infinite respect the
Emperor said:-
Iwish TO offer explanations Of my views - to
the Of the present unhappy differences. have
myself acted my predecessors have done, and the
treaty Of Adrian9pe, in ls4s was as explicit as the
right Of religious interference and fulfilled her engage
ments until within the last year two when for the
now advert to those who her principal nstgators
that occasion Ia dig doubtless at representative
at constantinopsl Suffice IT to say that II became
duty TO interfere and to claim from Turkey the fulfil
ment of her engagements. have every reason to be.
ieye that matters would have been settled II Tur
our Foreign Secretary to believe that had userior OBJ
jects in view; that aiming at conquest aggrandze
ln and dc naa e nave
tive Praises Queen ptrsonssS wsst on my part
was prudent foresight has unfairly construed in
desire .V Of CONQUEST viii not attack, and shall only
act in self defence / have duty to perform as
sovereign.
The address having been delivered, the deputaton
did not attempt to recommend that the Gear should
yield to the circumstances of England, but urged
arbitration. Next, to carry on the cajolery and
mystification thus commenced, It was quite clear
that in the verbal interview with the depatation the
Car had endeavored, and successfully, to impress
on them that he was much injured, extremely mo-
derate, perfectly unambitious, and abominably
illuminated person; that he had evil intentions
whatever; that he was man OF peace Ike them
would give him that character in England on their
return. The proposition exactly reminded him of
request which had been made to near relative Of
his own, now NO more, member Of their lordships'
House, who was once sent for by fashionable lady
against whom certain rumors were afoat not quite
consistent with her conjugal fidelity, the purpose OF
her summons being to request his relative to contra
dict all such rumors on her authority. If there
were any truth in them said She ~ certainly must
know it, and therefore desire you will contradict
them my authority" Uaughter) In the same
way, the Gear Nicholas, having informed the three
Friends, on his own authority, that he was partic.
uary moderate and unambitious and very ill-uscd
man. desired them to contradict all rumors against
him to the contrary, and. accordingly, returning
home they did so, taking infinite pains to publish
tive account of himself which the Gear had
cessfully impressed upon their simple minds. He
held in his hand the account which Mr.. Pease had
rendered of his mission to public meeting in the
north Of England, from which he would read these
extracts
There nothing unreasonable or anything to ridi
Guile in body of who had been in existence for 200
years and whose number averaged 20 sending three
the terrible slaughter Of snope was performed at the
theatres every night. He exceedingly grieved
and BUNDLED ct the course which the press in England
had pursued resortng to abuse and calumny against
the Car !. The Impressions conveyed by the press
were erroneous and unfounded as regarded the En-
peror. From what he saw Of the Emperor ne was
convinced that the estimation in which he was held ct
St. Petersburg was correct
It would be rather curious to know how these men
Of peaceful blood had reconced themselves to the
representation at all the theatres every night of
the terrible slaughter Of Sinope," or how they had
reconced the reception Of that terrible slaughter
by the Car with that eminent kndliness Of heart
for which they eulogized him. (Hear, hear.) This
lecture of Mr.. Pease printed and largely circu
lated, for the purpose of exhibiting the Car in
favorable light to the people of England, and of
making out a case that the war in which we were
embark against him was war which he had not
provoked, and which was in itself quite unjustifi-
able or practically, to set the people against the
war, and to impede it's successful prosecution. If
consequences Of such injurious tendency upon the
public service should follow from the proceedings of
innocent and well disposed men, what might not be
anticipated from the attempts OF men Of different
men in this country-and there were he believed, a
few-whO believed that "the sick man had better be
knocked the head, and his spoils divided among
two or three favored potentates Gar, for exam
pie being placed in possession of C0nstantinOple and
the Dardanelles-and supposing q deputation from
such a faction to wait upon the Gar, and as
Englishmen to urge him to persist in his designs of
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT who should say what. evil a9tsGht
IL was to prevent the of such evils that
he bill he now proposed was framed The bill con-
templated no interference with private interviews
between individuals as such-no interference with
legitimate private enterprise; 1t only sought to
prevent the interference of individuals national
Affairs with foreign governments. He desired to 90
no further than this but far he hoped their lord
ships would consent to go. What were the objec-
tons to such measure? 1t was said that we might
be satisfied with the law OF nations stood that
the law OF nations already forbade this Offences and
that there was no occasion for any alteration in our
municipal law for the purpose. But we could not
enforce the law of nations beyond our own terri
tory, and he had various presidents on which he
could rely for the legislation he sought. For exam
pe by the law OF nations passports safe conducts
were to be respected. and 1t was violation of the
law Of nations to violate them. Yet it had been
deemed expedent to enact q statute, (the I'd of
Henry w. chap. 6,) by which the breaking Of safe
conducts was made high treason. SO, again, by
the 18th Of Henry VI, chap 2, and the 3lst Of Hen
tees may punish offenders who break safe conducts
by sea or land, and or der restitution. &c. by the
law OF nations, ambassadors and their trains were
pedient to embody that rule of the law of nations in
statute. In the reign Of Queen Anne it 30 hap
pened that an ambassador from Russia was arrested
in London, whereupon Peter the Great sent another
who had taken any part in the arrest. The English
government replied that it exceeded their power to
comply with his imperial majestys request, but an
act OF Parliament was thereupon passed. 9th of /
Anne, chap. l20 declaring all arrests of ambassa-
dors of persons in their train entitled to the priv
leges Of embassies, illegal, and subjecting offenders
to such penalties and punshments the Lord Chan
ceor and the two Chief Justices should ordain. He
proposed to act upon the same principle now
and to enforce the law Of nations by the mu-
nicipal law. 1t was said that we ought at
least to confne Hesitation on this head within |
the limits Of the United Kingdom. Undoubtedly, |
so far as foreigners were concerned, must do 50:
but as to our own subjects, we had perfect right
and were called upon for the eectuaton Of the pur
pose, TO legislate for all the world over. An exam
pie of this has been given in the measure of his no.
BILE and learned friend Uord Brougham) with re.
gard to slavery, by which all British subjects who
should be found engaged in slavery, in whatever
part Of the world, were held guilty OF felony, and
might be tried as such at the Old Bailey. Another
example was afforded by the ROYAL MARRIAGE Act
the provisions Of which were binding on ali British
subjects, whether at home or abroad. So, to make
1t msdemeanor for a British subject to present an
address to foreign sovereign with respect to ma
tional affairs between him and England would be
binding on all British subjects, in whatever part of
the world they might be- 1t was suggested that
this measure would interfere with the intercourse
which took place from time to time between Eng
fish travellers and foreign sovereigns: but it would
have no such effect. The noble lord below the
gangway U.ord Beaumontl had informed him not