The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-06-02

peace but was tho result of mutual Misunderstanding
Now Lord HnlmnzstDn and LnEd Ahsdpen DO MT caaam
the right IN time peace undsr any sscumsncse, 10
search yeu,sl a war IN order b assUSnkn hsw nnpn
ality Here tho bunrg rides nvioate But does ut sa
low that bsc>ase pirate hosA the 9Ag II ChrstAn
power and assumes tAs appearance of ons a ~ ssasa
ships heis thsets beyond the reach Al hin pussuers
Or eli the Esch vessels Of upon the may
searched by British ship because the laAsr sos to
sApsa they praesf Such prstsasions wosld be alb
surd Ts public veaa iainsiolshas In principle by uni
versal consent, the privste vessel I'LL this prstes
sion The immunity 81 The he's not prevented
the suppression Vt piracy would the immunity Of the
other prevent the Of the slave trade. Neither
ought to be forcibly entered By fsgp power but il
their guise IL assumed and In such manner - 70 do
osive Sa1s Aonsst crusr cfrumStance might occur to
excuss him Tor attacking tho one md for Sring the
Other. iarttrgsii tas anaraffst ippAte fqf ? - ~
But psssu1as ths analogy and pushing the principle,
Lord Palnerston pushes H. IL evident that If the
possible abuse of their flag for the purpose among other
things OF carrying The slave trade II proof that the
merchant vessels of the United States msy be chopped
and searched then their armed ships may also Be stop
ped and soafcAed every corsair who may 10 Ike
hsr hoist their dag may the untouched We
lssve the dilena whersthe argument originated With
our views there no difficulty These We have suicently
explainod. F,a - Htfl 9sf 'hli tSsHA a~AA A'Nh
piracy has been put down. without any violation of
the esdom of the Of the Independence Of nations
The slave trade may b put down also With the
cred regard 10 those great principles occasional tres
pASoto arc COmmlVtcO attaining OuJcCt
other, 1T thsss b. Judged = %hsy arise Ssra unto
Ne day the Ell as Lst violence not b. encouraged
and shielded In advance Of the best works Of
man, the ODD Of Opinion, BY which the strong arg
strained end tho we protscesd upon tbs OCEAN BE- bro
ken up and it. ftasmsnts scattesed 70 the wind ng
We como now to the confederation Of this principle
The Brish Statement lay it down. and particularly
h ID application 10 the slave trade We have seen that
Lsd Rslmerson, who certainly expresses himself less
guardedly than Lord Aberdeen, qualities his general po
aum concerning the search of the vessels of the Uni
ted States by this limitation that there must be ar
Stances juayng the Suspicion that ty not American prop
fuYther He claims right of search except under the
most grave suspdons and well founded doubts OF the
senuineness of it, the vessel 81 chaxactcr And he
too requires that the object Of tho vessel should be
The most grave suspicious and well founded doubts Of
Whist, Lord Aberdeen, OF violating your municipal
lAwsi II that proposition is meant and can be insin
tanned, then England is much nearer universal domino
ton the than the most jealous observer of
her maritime steps has ventured even to insinuate
has only BY statutory provision, to declare, she
already declares In principle hsk the employment Of her
native born susoss m tie American marine, military or
commeral, 10 Illegal and she then enter the ships
of the United Sates and seize their crews without
sorting to the sophism 1--WE speak Of Ogician, not
oensvel which actually casts air of rdicule upon
this grave question and by which the true object at
tan6d under pretended isd ''''4 ~" II ufn
shehas only declare piatic the transportation Of
the merchandise of France she has dcc0sd piratica
the slave trade and then every French ship sailing tina
ocean, and every other indeed be stopped and
searched to ascertain if they carry the wines of Bordeaux
the silks Of Lyons the rich and elegant manufactured
articles Of Par From such search to seizure and
demnstion is but Another step ana the tricolorsd
bunting Of France and the striped bunting Of the Anle
can Nnen disappear from the face of the
let no msn say that such things will not happen
Upon this subject assert what y probA
bic thanwe can predict what will happen. No step in
this onward progress be more ireconcilable with
common right and common sense than was the paper
OF half Europe without even the pretenco that
this ntcrdic was supported by On armed vessel il
were but gun boat to watch hundredh part of the
coast thus pronounced to be bermetcally closed,
But what constitutes this illcgaity are nowhere
ldistiDctly told Indeed the whole reasoning of Lord
Aberdeen upon this branch of the subject Is marked
with confusion certainly not the characteristic of that
accomplished statesman, but the result of the position
he felt it his duty to take He says in part of his
Stases Of Christcndom Cou. Some Of the States of
Europcf) in this great object not merely justfes
but renders Indispensable, the right now claimed
and aaxercised by tke British government This
1t Win be obsarved written before the sconclu-
sion Of the late treaty between vesof the European
powers upon this and therefore has relation only
to the previous Isolated treaties though that circum
stance in view whatever it may do in that Of Lord
Aberdeen changes nothing in the rights of the parties to
this controversy That all the powers Of Chrstendom
havs not conceded this Of search VIII be disputed
for the United ssssss may fairly claim % belen
to that greet broherhood of nations sit possible Hord
Aberdeen all his words clearly Will he
openly assume tho principle that the concurrence of
some Of the powers Of Europe great small in meas
urc, when avowedy and specifically confined to
themselves Immediately and o ano changes the law Of
nations and sanctfes the principles Of the measured
II some future Napoleon should arise, and by general
continental conventions attempt to exclude England from
the markets of the world would this of violence b.
come egal2 Would it impose upon that country the
moral duty of submission because the shagpy CONCUR
renee 81 Of he States Of Crisendon, in Mc great o14
had not only tgas but had rendered the process by
which Fhcir decree was TO be enforced not merely jHS
be but ssdlssb6bs This b. no reasoning for the nine
teenth century, and We longer occupy ourselves
with it. --@~s----
II the right of search ia here blacSd as we ESQ., upon
the obgasOns breasted BY the partial treaties for the sup
preston Of the slave trade, there passages in the de-
spatches of both Lord Palnerson and Lord Aberdeen
where 1t 10 placed upon the municipal law of England
These are TO be found where Lord Aberdeen nvok the
necessity Of examining American ships to ascertain n
they not British ships with British capital carry
ing traffic (which the law he municipal law Of Eng
lan has deolared 10 be pracy And sIord Palmssston
Says thaA woat this right ri searching Amelcan yes
sells eyen the laws of England might be set at dcance
by her Own subjects And so they may he evaded in
tiousad and Have Been cvaded by means furnish
eiiby seps bolh English and foreign And Why confne
this claim of search 20 the invasion Of the laws
the slave trader Why not extend it to all which
may happen and stop and sss apoothc all vessels
suspected pretended to be suspects Of aiding in such
evasioqs And why should not French cruisers overhaul