Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-08-20
THE ENGLLSH PRESS ONANEpJr1 "
AFFIIRG.
The N"rIhcin papers bring Us extracts ffo,,
the English Press on the affairs Of this country
from which we copy the following:
ENGLAND Ann THE D,oo.,,

IRON winch we copy the fOllowlng:
ENGLAND AND THE MocgADE--A sERfor.
THREAT.
From the Loud'n Shipping Gazette, August II
The blockade of the Southern States And
the manner in which it is effected BIZ the Ped
erul squadron are circumstances which h,v.
begun 10 attrac: considerable attention in ,bis
country, and can hardly Jail to lead 10 SOM,
decided course Of action ON the part nf The M
rernments 81 England and Funce, und po;,i
6ly a. Spaih. The principle that a biocksd.
to be 4 blockade, must be effective has Laar
fully recognized by the American gorernmen,
and it is The plain duty Of the leading mari
time States of Europe, whose i
everywhere, TO see that it is adopted On the
American seaboard. Several complaints ha-s
reached us Of boardings ard scarc!incs IF
British vessels by the cruisers of the Federal
government, occasionally, if ne NAV bcIicvs
the complaiuantS, accompanied by condrct m
the part Of the American officers which seems
to be hardly justiiable. Two British vesss,.
with their cargocs-namely, the Tropic Wind
and the lliawatha-have been condemned br
the District Cnurts Of the States, on the ccas.
Of which they were captured, and So oues,;o,
able have the decisions Of the judges cc ,inss
courts appeared that these cases have h,,.
referred to the Supreme Court Of tie Cr;or
With what result does not as yet appear.
The federal government is bound bv ,:s.-
isting law o! maritime blockade, an! ihc. .-s,
be expected to conform to it By the E5lr6r.,,
Powers. II not, it will be the dutr If ~"
PowerSt to see that the commercial feels CO.;
claim the protection Of their flags arr n%.itsr
molcstcd or interfered with on the 0rc,er.A :,
a breach OF blockade.
1t has been stated that Admiral Milne. can.
handing OIL the West India station. Grt;1p
himself placed in 4 position of difficulty snG
in the ncighborhood Of operations, the rronri.~
~ Of which he does not exactly comprehend.
has written home for instructions. We ar
not, AS yet, awsr what may be- the decision n,
the government in reference to tie very il.
porlant question raised by Admiral silye.s
dispatches but this We will venture 10 say
that there will be nc retreat on the part Of our
government from the principle laid down in the
declaration of Paris, relative 10 the effective.
ness or biccEades, and we have every raa:on
to believe that Ministers will have, in Tie en-
forccment OF this policy, the hearty Co opera.
ton Of the French government. l.cS; ihan
this csnnot he expected from The government
Of States who lead TIE maritime Il Of
the world, and are bound to see tina: no IN
pediment shall be cast in the way Of the ape!
atoms Of that commerce., except such IS :,
natural to n state Of war, and sanctioned );
the usagcs OF nations.
Ii the naval resources a. the disposal o. Il:
Lincoln and his colleagues enable them - -
tablish and maintain an effective blucH.jc
along the vast seaboard OF the seeding st.:e;.
well. No foreign flag has q RICH: tc bresa sac;.
blockade, ard no such violation Ct 4 .ccc,
nized right will be sanctioned by the Euior..n
powers, and especially by England ard France
But if it shall appear that the Southern cil.,
is not effectively blockaded, but tha!, I.c,e,
theleSs, seizures are made on the high Seas q
British or French vessels and their cargocs, ci.
p~retcnsc Of having broken 4 blockade nere:
fairly established, ehen it will be the Duty 81
France and England, at whatever hazard, To
maintain with all their power the freedom o.:
the seas, and 10 cast the responsibility ol al.
collision that NAV occur on those who W"
tonly provoke it by disregard Of thosa ohiis,
tons which the code Of international ;aw ~
pests on nil maritime States. We d. hot Say
that the necessity has actually arisen for action
SO prompt and decided on the part Of Ensi.a:.
We have strong hopes that the conflict in ii.
United States will not be prolonged. Eut We
cannot Disguise from ourselves that events rGY"
occurred and acts have been committed vic.
they DC repeated, will render Il dccjjct
on the part Of the English .: ,!!s
French government, or Of both combined, in.
p~crativc; and if the occasion arises, We believe
government will be found 10 hesitate in
the course it should adopt.
TIE BLOCKADE 'lEEFrIcIENT" AND 'C1SrEAsTl.
BILE"
From the London Herald uorL Delby'. organ july .:
Tile captain Of the British ship Roscoe, az.
rived At Liverpool from the Mississippi, Hs:
addressed o question to the ''rilncs" w!icl We
nav rs well answer. He asks whether The
same privileges are conceded by the Enited
States Government to British shipsroiwa a.,
arc at present exercised by the ships Of var OF
the Federal Government? That is 10 say, Were
we ui var with France or any other count =,
would the Federal Government submit tc IN:
boarding and warning off the coast OF .ALi.I:
can merchant vessels by British ships. vi var
the French or other seaboard being at tic iiin-
under strict bl0ckadcl We have only To Wy
that in the case OF the Russian war the biJch.
AIDES established by British naval officer in
the Baltic were respected by all n~atIOnS, a&i
by the Americans among others; and ta: iii
American merchant vessel at any lime a.tcrapt.
ed to force any Baltic blockades, mucA iAc
same course would have been pursued hy Tic
boarding British officer as was taken by tie
American boarding officer, whose modification"
,[n nop,u,p of TIM Poscna cpitl.Etlp r,p,;,fs H.
improper. 1t is the admitted right 0! the "ei:k.
est as well as the strongest nation TO MAINTAIN
4 blockade Of an enemy'S coast, and to board
and waru off all vessels which may attempt Ia
force the blockade; and were We 10 dispa,s
the right of the Federal Government, " al,
other, to maintain 4 blockade, we must he pre-
pared to 20 to var, just as were the Federal
Government or any other to dispute our ri.si
to close the ports of any nation with when 81
were at war, they also, as 4 consequence, ""u'i
at once become involved in the contest.
But so well inform cd on this puin. axe he
officers Of the Mercantile marine, that We Sis
pect the captain of the Roscoe has mo-; pat
his question in q form which brings oat IL,
meaning. He cannot be ignorant OF tie P'i!s
declarations OF 1856, which require that hi"cS.
AIDES 10 be effective must be maintained b !
sufficient force but it is not !mprobnb:e 'Sii
his meaning is, whether the Fedora! Go'''".
ment would rccos niZe , British bio kadc v' IN
enemy's coast we're the blockade Il Thoroughly
Inefficient and contemplate as that "GiCH =
ma ntaincd It present to the sonti' ri B%ai,inr''.
by such ships OF war rs the Fe ere! Corn
ment have at their disposal, and by tic ,:hf
tie ed vessels they have armed but which a'
unit for wa. II this is the Il estion that =
really asked, we are equally info med g: ~.
course which the Federal Government wcc'd
take in such a case. American merchant 'S
sells would be su:taincd by the Fc3era! "0'
eminent in running such j blockade, aFj Ell
American appeal might be made TO the -;
decl ratiors against the fraudulent h~tttG'!!
for it would be nothing else to otsirrc: Ie
lawful of neutral natl ms. nH'.'.
the Italian war, when the Kim 81 : Fl'
thought Of b~iockading the Ncap:!ilar. 10 :;
an American !;esSel forced t. e~ntla:ct, "'''
vas subsequently indema!!cd for h -"
sustained by the sc zure, The Federal ''"'t''
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