New-York daily tribune., 1859-05-23
,rsTP,,N VESSELS IN s.RDINI,N PORTS.

Tbe ,olow;ne : the article of the Pis}woH,c'e Or
-st,s making public the decision Of the Government
relative TO Austrian vessels IN Sandman ports; m
His M6iesty's Government would have wIIhgN
during the present proclaimed those liberal pIlh.
ciples according - which the mercantile vessels ot
the enemy are allowed ceuan space Of time 10 leave
the port, Of the State without moe,tatlon Inc gov
,rnIneni has been unable 10 do % because the terr
tory of the State j. invaded by powerful army which
oppresses the occupied provinces with acts of violence
OF every description, thus d-ob'yng b0h the rules OF
the law Of nations and those oi humanity rec"SnIed
in our present state of cIVlZa,inn. oruerS nave
therefore been given 10 lay embargo ON the Aus
iran vessels lying in the ports ot the State. lhiS
measure of precaution and security was lmptnousiy
called for by circumstances. And aihough the ehor,
mons reouistons and extortons OF all kinds prac,ced
by the enemy territory, to the injury OF the I'M
armed population justify even now an order oi cap
tnre of the said vessels nevertheless the Government
It'll reserves il, decision in that respect Mean"he
the Government hastens 10 notify to an whoh may
concern that the property Of neuras that may be on
hoard the seauestraed vessels shall be immediately
restored To their owners cOniornaby TO the declara-
ons in favor of neuras signed by the high powers al
the CongeSs of Paris in 1856 The application oi
such principles can naturally only be invoked IN the
case of such vessels a shall scrupulousy observe
strict neutrality.
The different determination come TO by France and
Piedmont in their Of treating Austrian VeSSeS
s Guence If the declaration OF war; draws from
the Constitutional the following defense OF the course
resolved on by Piedmont:
THE French Government has accorded 10 Austrian
merchant vessels row in French ports delay. OF SIX
weeks 10 return 10 Austria or To 20 10 neutral coun-
tries The Sandman Government, yielding 10 Othef
necessities, has purely and simply put an embargo on
the vessels of the same nation which happened TO be
in the ports of Piedmont. That has led to recrmina-
ons against the Cabinet of Turin and certain persons
have not failed 10 institute not very charitable com
parison between our proceedings and these of our al
lies. See, say they, how Piedmont gives way TO
her revolutionary instincts She does not under
stand the example which France has set her; she Is
devoid of calm and dignity even in war! These sys-
tematc detractors not ignorant that Piedmont, In
thus displaying rigOr, only acts in accordance with
the laws of legitimate defense. They do not
say that since the passage OF the 1lclno the
Austrian army devastates and ruins the provinces
which has invaded. In one place that army makes
forced requsitions in another, levies monsrous con-
tiibutons; and in third, makes military executions.
In some small villages occupied by only twenty or
twenty-five families the Austrian generals require the
delivery in an hour of lO0 oxen, 50 sacks OF oats
wheat and quantity of iirewood and the inhabitants
not being able give what they do not possess, are
abandoned to the discretion ofhe soldery. lnpresence
of such acts could the Pedmonese Government be so
careless If the interests of ts subjects to make the
concessions which a generous policy may induce
France to grant Was il not obliged to arm itself
with rigorous Justice against unbrilled injustice-in
wsrd Ia use reprisals against Austria in the limits
traced bv the rights OF war and international law
To have acted otherwise would have been the part
Of the Piedmontese Government not generosity, but
weakness We may regret these rigorous measures
but who be blamed for them, if not Aussria who
las rendered them necessary p