Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1859-05-29
FRANCE AND THE EXERCISE Oh
HE RTEHT N SEARCH.

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H viii be rseoneeted that, according to a
rumor FROM Washington, Count sartiges had
emphaticany declared that the French Govern
ment would assert the right Of search Of
American vessels. As tending in he ZANE d.
r~ec-ioa, ard lending countensnce 20 The belief
that the French Minister did not. perhaps,
speak aconsiderstsly, we are pointed to the
following statement BY the London c~ouesPoa-
dent Of the n. Y. Commercial
Arspor is current that FraHee has notified
England that an suspicious English vessels
win be searched BY the French cruisers for ar
ucles contraband Of war. T. does not appear,
however. That it rests on any authority. The
u-artl-e would have 70 BE- rut in force against
Am-rrsn vessels, and the United States Gov
H--Isut would, Do is 20 10 assumed, make Oh
I-e-luHs
B the declaration actually made BY Ssr-
i-es g explained az follows in a Washingto-
dispatch Of tie Time:
ILsve the highest authority for saying that
the reported c0uVerTati0n Of n. De Ssrriges
with the Hon. Dir. 4. Of New York, and an
other gentleman well known u Washington,
on the right OF search. has been seriously mis-
understood or mistaken The conve-s7uon
r-71 U7zif Velr iuform7i and the observation
. .aa ID" q AHH VIE M..HaH IT'D HAH III
Tr7r the war would doubtless open 2 wider
field for Anericsn shipping IN the Mediteua-
Ual, a-t shat OFT Shippers must be careful not
.1 forget -ls Tie doctrine now 7stablshed, and
Del lCiuallr iu Consequence Of the determiBa-
ton 0f France, that the neutral fac shall cover
the rCois, does not a. al iavalidate the neces-
sa-v war privilege OF searching for articles
-~-r--absn5 o. war. Our vessels may carry
an sorts Of c7rgoes % The Atlantic, but they
must not run the risk Of concesing munitions
~ war.
These remarks were the merest matter Of
course. the resllv important bearing Of the
Turkish Minister'S language being the init
nation which it threw out of the now complete
good understanding between the great mari
time powers. on The general question Of the
right # search. IN fact, n De- Sartiges' last
diplomatic act at Washington, as / have rea-
son 90 believe. was Tire conclusion Of the neEo-
Iaious which have resulted In an entire ac-
C-iesceHce By England, IN the French and
American views Of this matter, France and the
United Sta-es having occupied one ground upon
fle question. From the G0st, English Joanna
lists and orators have denied that England has
abandoned ANYTHING In regard 70 her pretended
right n search, but thew have been misled b.
false notions of national vanity. ENGLAND did
claim the right 70 stop and search vessels Oh
the hi-h seas, IN time Of war, and or suspicion
ri piracy. as a H-ht. Her pretension vas.
thar M. Ia exercising th's right she did iuJus-
fce: That b. s1ter searching a ship, she found
on board neither British sailors 20 Be impress
"a. nor contraband Eoods,n3r shaving accou-re-
meuts, she had yet done No wrong, and could
be pressed for no reclamstions- The preten-
sion she maintained as long as she had the
power ~ enforce o.. She has wicked d now 70
The opposition Of the great powers which more
than divide with her the empire OF the seas.
Goods contrzband Of WAY. viii of course, as
always, Be liable 10 seizure BY beliigerent pow
e-s. but the search for them viii be made az
tie risk Of the party searching