New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-06

strcng powcr7 ICheerl. suppose ths nad oeen done
. IT oud cheers. Suppose It had been done by
Dy Sn'.H ~ svould have had the noble lord rampant
10, The honor of the flag of England Cheersl
1y~vv ouId have mouthings about the British nag
and about the rational dishonor, rom IL oiock "a
anu S.y to ls o'clock at night Cheers. They had
heard great deal about the case OF the orcha ~ s"V
Csntos River; but why did they hear nothing aoou'
the Brtsh flag at Greytown The Biiti.h CV az was
tested against the proceedings; the brmnhared and
Nvinc; but the Consuls house was bohoa ,n, a. ,be
he was obliged to 90 out of the town on fW Poe
danger to himself and his family Goxernmept not
buck wanted TO see was the Briu,s" 49, hooest and
bullying the weak, but ahSe " ~
Mr. Rentinck thought they had heard very 1890 s
ma,kable statement from the nope Viu Ii io~J in
that the opinion would often recur TO him
go; On the question of international law ne wouiu
say nothing on the p's p,, sS should have been
seen e. tbe way described, and yet that there should
m no means Of demanding reparation hsar, near
lie could not but think that the nne OF cohuucl WHEN
IA &c late been adopted toward the American Gov
r~ment was much more likely to lead to hostlllties
than 10 avert them Hear, hearl lie beheved that
the deprada,ions TO which this country on numerous
occasions had submitted were due 20 our oepenuehce
nnon An erica for the material OF one OF our pIn
cinal manufactures. There was no use blinking inc
matter; there was large party In that House VINO
said TO every Minister " II you 60 to war with Amer
that things would go GU until at last the United states
would be guilty OF some outrage so gioss ta' Wy
spirit of the country would be roused ana tey m3u
be forced into that which they sougnt 20 uca 'o
avert by untmely and improper cohoiiaton near.
The ATTORNEY General said that II, uhder ,he inter-
national law PREPARATION could nave peeh ucuia!uou
Of America for the losses sustained oy Drush supeos
AZ Crevtoyn he should have pressed upon her
N.;estv's Government to take that course. The con-
trayv onipion had be come to unwllhngy ana WIN
,eIuctapce by the law-advisers of the Crown; but
the French Government had equally with that OF her
Majesty abstained from pressing demand Tor salts
q. NH oh .hayc onld
regard to the treatment OF the questions winch arose
from time TO time between this country ana ine
United States he differed entirely with the honorable
gentleman who had Just sat down. The American
Goyenment had had reason to complain again ana
again of the strong manner In which the law OF ,ns
country and the principles Of international law nad
been enforced against America; and unquestonaoiy
he honorable gentleman could not find single example
in which a claim which he could legally advance
against the American Government had been gwen up
ear, hear With regard to the case Oh Groy.T tSs
he might instance the OF Copenhagen anu OF otne
cities in which this principle was admitted Dy an
iurists, that tue citizens Of a foreign power VINO
happened to be in state OF war must tsAe lne
chances TO which that state was liable. Hear, hear.
In the case of Greytown it was clear that compensa-
tiop could not be demanded.
NJ Disraeli said the reason the case Of GreytOwn
had not sooner been brought under the notice OF fdr
Lament was the great struggle IN which we had re,
Gently been engaged, and which OF itself demanded
All our energies. If he had any doubt of the great
exnediepcy Of his noble friends notion that doubt
would have been ehtrely Removed ny inc
thew had lust heard from the First Minister, which
snneared to him. to say the least OF IT, very unsa's'
factory and unsound. If those remarks, moreover,
indicated the spirit in which our relations Win tue
limited States were for the future 10 be managed, he
did lot think the prospect was one OF winch the
country had any reason to be proud CheeIs: de
jSr DiraeI would not be so arrogant as to dispute
vwitb the earned attorney the principles OF inter
National ~a law but he could not help remarking that
Hob he ar the noble lord had expressly alluded to
the international law Of Europe, aad had said no,
thing about its application to America Hear, near
THE precedepts Of Sevastopol and Copenhagen had
been cited to Justify this Infamous and ineiaDe out
rage. But those were two fortified towns whereas
Greytown was defenseless place Hear lie had
always understood that it illegal to lombard I'M
armed towns and certainly the two cases cited could
rot iustify the making of foray Of this KIND Hear,
hear He (Mr. Disraeli could not believe that the
House would accept for moment the han,SPnt put
d;stincon of the noble Lord between an inert and an
active protectorship; could he accept the re!er
ence which had been made TO France. In the hrst
place. France had protecorshp over the MOSQUITO
Ienitory, we had; aud secondly, France nad naue
a demand for reparstion ICheers} The right hon.
gentleman then read passage from very
Temporarily worded memorial when had Deeh
tent' by the British inhabitants at Greytown 10
Lord Clarendon, describing the outrage. Could
an appeal more temperate have been made to the
house Hear, hear. He mad no doubt thar the
United States viewed with dissatisfaction ana dsgust
fhe proceedings taken by this Government: Ii the
felt that they could not interfere In case
If This kind why did they not state IN distinct ds-
match what were their real views III was az Ieast
sshabby way of getting rid Of the difficulty But he
Jsnied that the English and the French claimants
we're placed in the same category; and the Foreign
Secreary refused TO make representation on the sub
;ect because the French Secretary of State had re-
Ieyed AN unfayorable reply from the United States
lord J. Russell said they had before them pro-
ceeding which the American Government had avowed.
That being So it only remained to the Home Govern
mept TO ascertain from the law officers OF the crown
What satisfaction could be obtained tor the INJURY COM
mitted 1t did not appear, from the law OF nations,
how the Government Of hs country coud proceed 10
make demand Of redress, especially after receiving
from their law officers al opinion that they were not
entitled to redress They could only entertain the
opinion, along with the whole civilized worid, tna1
some explanation ought to have been gwen Hear,
bearl With regard to the case OF the Nice-Consul
house he thought the bombardment was most unJu''
tfable. In the case Of China our CONDUCT had Deeh
so vicious and totally wanting in justice, that he
hoped il would never be exhibited again by TINS cou-
try Hear, hear lie should be glad TO see the ap'
pointment of Committee to consider the estimates.
AT present they quite at sea- through the num-
bee Of anne ndments proposed
Sir D. Norreys confessed that he had arrived al the
same conclusion He thought the Greytown business
was the most disgraceful 10 the annals OF our dpo-
macy. But he complained Of bringing forward sub
ects Of such importance in the midst of the estimates
The question Of the bOmbardment of Greytown then
dropped ard the Hon. member proceeded with his
motion.
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