New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-07-27

Gen. Cars, it appears has assured Lord Napier
that in return fox the REIMBURSEMENT by the British
Government, so far as American vessels are con-
cerned Of the practice Of visitation, the American
Government will at once take most earnestly into
consideration spy plan which the British Govern
ment may suggest to them for the veIcstion Of the
nationality Of vessels and their right to hoist the
flag they may show. This assurance amounts, on
the part Of Gen. Cass, to al admission oSthe right,
Justice, piopriety and necessity Of some means Of
yerfcation, which, indeed, is too papsble upon the
moot cuIsoIy view Of the matter for even Gen. Cass
TO muster the courage to DEFY it. Such being the
Gaze, ard that by Ger. Cass's own admission, it
strbes US that it will not answer for him to take the
position of reasonable and well disposed gentle
man ready ard willing to listen graciously aud
condescendirgly to all and any propositions which
may be suggested to him In regard to this
yeiifcation. 1t strikes us that, under the crcum-
stances, the duty and burden is upon Gen. Cass
himself TO suggest the means ard method Of reaching
that end. Certainly it belongs to him to propose
some satisfactory substitute for the procedure,
the abandonment of which he has insisted upon;
and the more difficult il is to hit upon such SUBJ
sttute the more does this duty press upon him.
Gen. Cass ought to disdan to stand for single day
he ought to have too much regard for the honor and
character Of the American Government, t. place
that Government for 8 single day-in the posi-.
ton Of secret fyorer Of piracy, an
abettor of fraud and deception and of the prosti.
tuition Of the American flag for the cover of the
slave. trade. While Gen. Cass is thus grsciously
waiting for the suggestions Of other people, and
gIayely rendering, with many a shake Of the head,
over such suggestions, if any as may be made, the
American flag is liable to be abused for the most
nefarous purposes, and the British and other ma
tions are deprived Of right Of verifcation which
Gen. Cass confesseS to belong to them. Admitting,
as he does this right of veiihcaton, it must be sup
posed that, in denying the tight Of visitation, he
had in his head some other MEANS less Objectionable
in bis view, by which that object might bs
accomplished. For our part, aud we appre-
bend that the Brtish ministers may find thsm-
selves much in the same predicament We are
totally at loss to imagine how the thing
is to be DONE An American ship.of-wM encoun.
ters off our coast q suspicious vessel, which the
commander has reason to believe is in fact an
American vessel bound on some Illegal enterprise,
having candestinely sailed without clearance, or in
fact, as sometimes happens, having run of with the
Deputy Marshal, sent on board to arrest her Off
Gers. This vessel, as the sbip-ofwa approaches
her, hoists the British flag. For our ship ofwar
to bring her to, and to send on board to demand
sight of her papers in order to verify her right to
hoist it, is plain, simple, easy and effoctual pro-
cess. If this means Of verifcation 10 taken away,
how is the veriication to be made We submit
that as matters stand it devolyes upon Gen. Css to
answer that question.