The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-06-07

thousand bad been called In with the addition OF the
dshy newspapers it would have been quite imp
(HeaY) IhAve read 10 your lorcships list o. the
Ycus .eAes which have bsen entered into BY this
try rerouncng that very principles and with regard to
NO one o. them wac me OF rsriAmsni s's.
ques ION. As right to conclude such treaty,
will read 10 lordfhips what am you will oon-
nder . very high authority. Lord Stowsl says
Parliament has really pohinG 70 do with the TIE
crown, which declares scn.r raj hos'ies, m their
eases. give an enemy liberty ouport-he may ~ 1s pre-
rosstive Of declaring pssce the country H,
diWdas rem state 81 war Acton's sepor,, $50
Moreover, when the order In Council Was passed. the
sense OF Parliament taken by An honorable and
learned &c utlemsn, member Of D,c.ors commons dr.
PhiDore) who asked the other House Parliament
resolve that surrender rerounce this right would
be with the honor security OF
try Alter . short debate the House Of Commons was
upon occasion counted out. which shows how little
the House thoughs thar the sansion OF Parliament
required Your lordshps further called upon 20 ex
press your regret that
principle long and 20 s,.enuouly maintained should
oonee with The previous ssactoo OF Paris
men by penipo,enrarss assembled for tie Of az
tarmson which with kusss Nigh: be
Guided, and the affairs Of the ssst satisfactorily listed
Now Of course, am he last person TO complain Of the
ensure being made general possible all the
pieripotentaries iacluded in resolution which,
presume inteB ded 10 impute blame Lord CowlAy
difficulty placing upon record your regret that
AL The plenipot+ n'iaries should have renowned
principle to Win their governments objected without
the sanction of the Pa'lsment Of Grsa. Britain.
cHsar," and laugh.) In pursuing the courss which
have done In Paris We have adopted precisely the
course which taken in viennsto which the noble
lord referred-when ali the penpotentisries agreed
20 that memorable declaration BIZ which they affirmed
tlat the slave trade was scourge which hsd too long
~ that should be taken for its repression
we had confined ourselves within the strict limits OF
our We sSoua nave ssv a oof
quarrel with Russia it most desirable should oe
arranged. If we had acted upon that rule not word
would have been said about Italy-not syllable would
have been uttered upon the principle OF mediation, and
yet believe that by the discussion OF that subject we
have opposed and not insjgni icant ooect
(Hsar, hear) Bot Lord Cowiey ard myself did not
hest ate-of course with the consent OF her Msjesty's
gcvernment-to affx our signatures 70 9 cecaration
which char ged policy that We believed il would
be impossible well against the interests of Eng
land TO main ain-tahing care, at the time tina.
France renowned principle to which we had awAvs
OBJECTED thus placing maritime law exactly the
footiI z, giving ado aona security for me
maintenance OF our alliance, coupling - moreover with
that provision with respect to pri 'steerLg which wilt
be Ct the utmost benefit to . commercial nation like
Euglsnd, Tor entIeat your l,rdships to bear in mind
that provisions contained il the declaration asst be
taken ia their entirety 10Th bv the Extracting parties
and by Powers which may be invited to aco-de 20
them; and ssy that the abolition OF prvAteeting is
more than An equivalent for the Abandonment or
clsm which l know 1t to be impossible ID sustain.
(Cheers beg Jou TO remember that the abolition of
is little less than licensed piracy
bucanierpgthe uiuul source OF inquity and misery
in their worst formis Of far greater i'm ortan:e nov
than at any former period. When the merchantmen
and tie prvAeer both depended upon the wind for their
power Of motion they were comparatively upon
footing OF equality. and if the former we're the
faster sailor she could escape from her enemy Bat the
sar vessels would be absolutely at the mercy OF pri
vSteer moved by steam, however small; and think,
therefore that the abolition Of privateerng will be OF the
utmost AovAntsge to commercial community hks that
o: En- gland. (Chesrs) Moreover, when We have given
our foreign mports-.nsn We have abandoned our mo.
nopoly OF the colonial tradein short when We have
ced all those pretended rights and clai nseach OF
which has been in turn British palla aud buwark
Ia largh)-I think We may reconcile ourselves to
having given up privilege which we could not
irg among nations (Cheers) Without troubling
your lordsnips with any further observations, can
most emnen urists have not been in favor OF the pn
cpe contenced for bv the noble lord cppoe that that
principle may safely be renouncsd because 1t cannot be
maintaiped without serious Injury to England and In
volvir in hcstii les with other nations that Eng
land has not only occasionally waved but even formally
III equvocsy. and without the :tion Of Parliament,
abandoned IT. snd that there was nethng ne1 or regu
lar in the proceedings OF the British Psnipotentaries at
Paris; then trust your ordships will concur with me
In rejecting the resolution OF the noble lord opposite.
Cheers
The Earl Carnsrvon supported the resolutions,
strongly condemned the polisy OF concession whicn
the government had acted in a,andonng right which
ought TO be maintained as protection aga as fraudulent
neutrals.
The Earl Of HARRowBY contended that England had
suffered injury from the practice OF privateering
tnan 1t had been able to IL i:t by the same He
defended the course OF the government
The Earl Ct HARDwKE thought the effect of the srtcle
of the convention might prove very disas hereafter
as an EDgshman he regretted that conditions SO dero
At Paris under French influence.
The Earl of AIREMARIE could distinction between
elemys properly Neutral territory, which oou1
be SEIZED and in = neutral ship which made II lit
BILE to seizore The law he believed what GrotIus
and vasl stated II but it WAS NOT jostice and when
western shores Ct the Atlantic, numbering almost
many millions that On the eastern. IL hal not been
proved that any injury would sustained by tn sb,
ton OF the right OF search ON the contrary or er a.
terpts to Enforce IL had greatly ured the
this country, and France had had to pay q Mill
sterling TO America indemnity for losses cAu,d by
the French exercise of the right Of search Hs olgt
the convention advance in civizatiod. He sh lutd
vote against the resolutions.
The DUKE OF ARGYLL said the policy Of the government
fully approved by the commercial interests OF the
country, which its naval tupr smacy founded.
The he considered the subJect the firmly he
convinced they lost nothing, gained much by
the present convention The principle Of the right Of
search had been by many eminent jursts and
uIst had asserted that the right just and equita
be. The law of nations was made by the practice OF
NATIONS, and that did not allow the seizure OF
establishing BLOCKADE sufficient against all the ma
items with which war was possible England gave up
right it could fully exercise and retained every
power required TO carry on war effectualy.
The Earl Of Derby protested against the Of the
government beth for what it had done and the mode OF
doing it. The convention, they were told, go
that the ministry taking advantage Of the forbaaocs
displayed towards it. had to Paris for avowsd
purpose AND without notice, without the knowledge of
the public, had done something far beyond it. The con-
vention Of Vienna, condemuing the slave trade In
accordance with strong feeling in England Could
That be said OF this conventions 1t aban-
Comment of the naval supremacy Of the country,
anc, had it's terms been known, would have bier
generally denounced and rejected right
that had always been considered the aSis OF
English power had been abandoned and England had
taken the lead in what called the work OF hui
mainly; the declaration proposed by the French
Plenpotentiary England had followed In ths wake of
France and the nation completely surprised by the
sudden announcement Of the concession The right
abandoned had been strenuously maintained by Lord
North, Mr.. Pitt Mr.. Granville ana Mr.. Canning
These not ancient authorities, though they lived
IN days when Eugland was not afraid OF standing
alone He denied that the old jurists merely stated
what was the law Of nations on this point, and
had not defended it, they showed why the rgnt
ought to be asserted BY giving it up England lost the
power it possessed, and would not gain the friend.
ship Of those 1t attempted to concste He contended
that without this right the power oil establishing
blockade would be insufficient against powerful enemy;
he should rejoice to the prnctice Of prvateerng
abolished by the consent Of all Nations but he would