New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-06-18


sive term "Chriss odOm ," TIE sscre;a'y kindly 3D.
vses the British Government how tie ANXIOUS hopes
Of ChIsiendon may b. resized, viz, BY cIosog nc
saro mart Of tie soord or ra,her the IsLAso % CUBA
when s slm9st TIE only region where the slave
dealer fed market IftIese unfortuns:s victims
could no. DE sod, they would no; be bought. To sha;
the ports Of Cuba 70 their entrance s TO sau' Tue
ports Of Afios 10 their departure. Wei, what ali
vii! the Uoi,ed States sfIord in he attempt TO gray
the anxious hopes Of Christendoull Tne ad pro-
posed il tie enforcement, Of principle By the wnoie
military force Of tie Republic, Which, II es,abashed,
will necessarily open the potts Of the slave .rke- OF
tie world 20 the tlsveuaders OF al the nations OF tie
earth Tie English cruisers have visited several YES
sels Cuba which they very reasonably suspected
Of being slsvers, although they carried ths American
flag and asked for sight Of their papers. Ths 10
quuy has been most dishonesty represented as
SEARCH, AID iLfammatory appeals have baen made Id
Congress and eleeshere to toe piide and pa.rosm o.
the country 20 resist The nsoen. cain Of Gfea. Britain
10 se0ycL American vessels on the high tess, and
ridiculous proposals. have been made - send out ships
Of var 70 capture and destroy the offending cruisers.
So urgent ID the case eopsdei the honor and the
commerce and the prosperity O. the Untei States thst
instsnt war il recommended, dc. Now oil this foohsh
cap-trap rests upon fal:ehosd. The cruisers hare
not seorched our resscs and if they had, the Govern
men. at home would purisp their officers and make TO
suitable apologies and repsrstion. Zen. Cas- had
u stursncs to write 20 Lord Nspisr:
81 you would communicate Lord Mslmsbury toe earnest
desire PIeident hs tsis practice which eru 10 o.
prevalent o desinug ard SEARCHING American YES
should BE- dcontnged aud that the perempory oidei
for tha. puTpoie should be given AID enforced"
la vain did Lord Napier Assure the Secretary
that the American flag projected the SLAYER from
search but not from visitation 10 inquire if !, vas IN
reality the American ensign. IL vain did the Score
taIy well know that the British Minister, Lord Aoer
deer, in icis dispsich n,d declared
The undersigned he has slresdy done
times peace The sole
purpose Of the British cruisers ASCERTAIN whether the vssels
truth resemblance 70 the sight of search eh. in principle
piseei amp Ugh to .Aisiy the party who mas ss
ei,e"
BeGgerents have the admitted right to ascertain the
nationality Of every vessel they meet the ocean,
for otherwise they could not capture the vessels of the
eremy. But they have also the admitted right Of
searching Deutras; that lie, of opening the hatches,
examining the cargo and looking for cou.raband arti
cles--since n.utIals have right TO furnish belger
euts with srms or ammunition. Now, this examine
on of cargoes in time OF peace would OF course be
deem ed excessively vexatious, and ntolerabe out
rage Heace is that Gen Gaze and bis s5ettors for
the purpose Of exciting public Indignation, deem it ex
pejen utterly regardless Of truth, TO denounce the
British cruisers of the oeree of searching vessels
and when told that not verse; has been searched,
impudenty maintains that visitation and search are
idetcal that there no difference in escetaining by
an inspection Of the ships papers whether her flag i,
frauduenty assumed or not, and forcibly ovsrhsung
and examining her cargo.
On points OF law, Chancellor Kent is an authority Of
east equal to Gen. Cas-; and Kent tells us:
Tbe nteIvssoD OF ships a. is branch Of the law Of
sfdense and IT, in point OF feet pseed BY tbs public
ses Of oil nations INCLUDING THOSE THE UNITED STATS
when the patcsl character OF ve'el suPe ted The right
visit conceded Tor the sole purpose Of sscertspg the real
naOnal character the vr sailing under suspicious creqm
stances and thoy dnd from The right Of search IL has
called BY The Supreme COM Of the osd Stat. the sh:
principles public law and the OF naon
lKsnts Con Vol l., 5tb Ed. p. I5a
Gen. GAGS officially informs the British Government
The United States deny the right of the cruisers OF
" any Power whatever TO enter their vessels by force
% in time Of peace. Here is attempt to interpoate
principle into the law OF nations which is not claimed
by any civilized State in the world bat ourselves. 1t
lie denial of the right Of the cruisers Of any Power
whatever for any purpose whatever TO enter any
vessel by force in time Of peace, which shall exhibit at
Der mast head piece Of bunting marked with the
4" st1ipes and stare" Geo, Csss efrms whatever
may have been the true object Of the voyage of the
" Cortes, II che had pspers showing her American
" character, she was subject neither to search nor
- capture by the British cruiser. The insinustion
here thrown cut that the British Government enter
tans contrary doctrine dishonest, for this language
is fully aud unequvccally indorsed by the Bstish
Cabinet. But marx the refutstion of bis doctrine
contained in this pastage: lr" her papers proved
that the Cortes was an American chip, she was not
subject TO search or seizure. Here is an admission
that II her papers had proved her to be Spanish or
Portuguese, che would have been subject TO both
search and capture. So then, her liability to capture
depended not on her bunting, but her papers yet We
insist that British commanders slal look only on TIE
bunting, and shall not, under the penalty Of WAR; ask
for q sight of the papers Otser nations attach no
such iioatrous sanctty TO their flags. American
cruisers msy visit a. pleasure suspected vessels bear-
ing tie British flag. The Emperor of Russia has
given notice that all nations m,y capture Russian
savers. We alone ave erdeavorirg TO make the star
spangled banner the PIRATE FLAG OF the world, and
under its folds the African savetrade is to be prose-
cued by wretches Of all na,ons free from the slightest
moestation. Jefferson in his lirst message to Con-
gress recommended restrictions TO guard against
" the fraudulent usurpation OF our tsg-sn abuse
" which brings much embarrassment and loss on
the genuine citizen, ard so much danger 10 the ma
ton Of being involved in that NO endeavors
should be spared to detsct and suppress it, But
uoieIn DEN ocracy is encouraging the fraudulent
usurpstioD of our flsg by the vest of mankind, by
threa.enirg war end slaughter against all who shsl
attempt to detect the usurpaton
The principles Of Liberty nculcated during tna Rev
olution were antagoIistc human bondage that il