Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1861-05-31


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ifaqylded vii, ,nass eeas;inee siss Fsesidsfisl i'm
aud lis Aaipiajsir iraionsthat tliey ars sc1
:: agally & @ss wit6 sshe South, ifiheso Ohio
. and sRotaina e oceans thousands b
milss shI Dad aud Hers Ia; yjrginis
and .Renpsy ylsshia, in Ren,aak y;apdI dIndiana,
as farTe em1soseL.ty birth sasss as q Malay
/ is from - iee!andsr, they could moi have
less Of common interest 81 nnorrsssef eo,upaii
enmity tkan they, hayasaHneig6borsfiof 4the
same origin; iuhal'tihg the tigI,t ,t.sna sleft
baaks.of two stresms. But Mr.Hiin-
coin viii notisee tbis. Even sin5 is present
gigaasic .Yseportiopss he cannot recognize
civils waisahd afanciesssilimselfa sheriF,s
1oaissrsebopt sto levy distress against Ia ar
ohstinate defendant. z-He scnter.ain., We
suppose, some idea that hostilties may be
deprived Of some Of their ssperily.:by thus
regarding them; bot be issno, even consis-
ttsht .tt in his dtlusions.' He PRO. pro la,ns a
b'orkade ofesu, the Southern ports, -,s
though he were dealing with an es,efny AZ q
cordngsfto INTERNATIONAL law-and yet he
gives n"tire that the governments, viii con-
demn aspirates ~! privateer vessen which
may be seized BY Federal Slips, as though.
he were operating against, a horde,of afjs .asfjs.
dts Does he-mean that Ire will hahg ahs
crews OF the captured priyateers! II hs does
net, there 's'no sense in the proclamation,
Ebe"ause The only other penalty Of piracy is
forfeiture of the vessel; and stores, and these
would pass IS prizes ofsiWar to the. captors
as matter Of course. Tfhe treats enemies
in "rms afloat as pirates, lie mus. t,eat enc.
M mics i" asms oashore as .naraaders, and
deal with them accordingly. It wouiis be
absurd to suppose that he would venture to
do SO. /. is curious enough to reflect ,ha,
this cordenfnation Of pfivateerinc rs piracy
comes from the chief Of State &hicl, alone
amongst tue ruling powers. of: sthe earth OBJ
Jtciel 10 its abolition as unsuied to the
warfare Of civilized States,- when tle:sils
iect was hspashcd4b 10y tbe Congress of Pafis
in 1859. : |
From, tie Eteboa,ist, May,A. I .x,sy, |
hR. JEFFERSON DAVIS LETTERS OF MAR.I
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: Il The recent events in America: have given
rsesto very curious eyen,. We have very
often called the attention, .ae. our renders to
the lawss shs.itinhe warfare. we have
pointed out fow favb,ahIe they we vera to
na'iops "hic6 we've generally neutraTinl
'imes'of war; we have shown how. .macb,
as America was always presumably aea,raf
they operated in herfavor. And such. were
the fair probnbilities,,.be 9laitl conc clasions
OF very simple reasoning But wba. has
been the rssnIta In ,faet, the Northern
States Of Adherica, l.e shjppiHg statess are
at this moasnt% suffering very materially
from The usages Of waharss those WHO waers
sxPscted to receive benefit have been }the
first 70 suffer
The position Of the sou.hernsstassSswas,4
l6s many fefhe.t ia, a peculiar one buss IL no4
cspect Sas It more peculiar than in this
'fossR possessed Of very long, line, q, ,sea
6. .so"s. tbey. ..l'ays. not ihs ves,ige Or navy;
not 2 siag!e stasd .essel Of xar belonged
to any OF chep. svl 'isy ssre wholly unable;
therefore providB}or The novsimp1ineIs
of n maritime wsstwiik the
No'th IN VIVA, we,hold nov y;a,dSys b Eu,4
7oI'e to he, the ieguIas sRd ziegitimxte Wy, /
and are driven TO what we dsenf IN excep,
tional and unjust tssble course. Ans they
had no navy they issued letters Of issssue,,.(
which will empeyer. any ,ipsHidrsi .s:tse,HH
on, privateer- With vb;slsbs: eah, .alfnn6s1
taespercan,ils navy, aa8n, so9s snsitl
measure ds.fy.oa a snssisipe wss5 nth
the North, ~ So ssS 4
Tire effect ase 4Ra i.hmediste, i. .uti
wedts have'besn, bAeen, ikeay, the, ,sa-
pseced-nted events Which have css&da
gould have been anticipated. !. UmtsRf
States ships are al q greuf .disodpantege
They easbe attacked in aIt quarters, and
especially near l,one, by suctr prisstes.. ID
any Individual assosiatas Of Ms. JEFFERSON
Davis nay think issSpediehtto &. ost and /
These may MOI rsrhspi. sfor tIsf
mamept ba very mAps 6t 9Th tbeEs.i,osf
,isk for tbs pused !. whstits a3
~hidE Haetie.n xtips 5s espossas Af
yess aae., Rs skou,t lisqaly have .asssls
spch ia even. bss sfss,is s..he rass of
ppss ;sSiS & S,lsiiisss ass sshasId haze
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