The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-11-25
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MONDAY MORNING -. NOV. -, 1851
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I'VE CAsx or MEssRs. SL,pELL AND MA
sos.--The knqarev. in long and we'll
considered article in It's issus of Saturday,
settles, we think, beyond further cavil, the
question of right on the part of the Yankee
Government 10 arrest our Commissioners on
the deck of British vessel Mt sea- The
Charleston Mercmy, founding lite opinion
nen 1tcsun of Lord Stowell in the case Of
the Caroline, f6 Rob. Adm. Rep, P. s6s,l that
~ helliserent may stop the Ambassador Of an
enemy on his passage had expressed belief
that the English Government would decline
any Interference on behalf Of or captured
Commissioners. and this article Of the En-
Sv,rer se~ms TO be intended as an answer to
,he .Meresry The E-q~srer gives us the pas
sage entire from Lord St,welrs decision II
reads AZ follows. " The limits that are assigned
10 the operations Of war against them" IAN.
hsssadors) ''by Vattel, and other writers
uPoo these sub.ects. Are that You may exer
eses your RICH. Of war asains, them ,lerever
2s character Of hes'iji.y eriss Yos. mag
sfoP 'hs Ambassador # yorr enemy on has
passage but when he has arrived, and has
taken upon himself the functions Of his office,
hs oecomes sort of middle man, entitled Ia
peculiar privileges, as set apart for the pr
lection Of the relations of peace and amitv
Ia nainaAming which all nations are in come
&grss interested
Ton may stop the Ambassador Of vour
eesmy OF bis passage" Certainly you MAJ
II hs passes through yonr territory, or if be
- found in ship of your enemy on the high
seas. Blu; is II expressed or implied that Won
may seize him on neutral ground, or in n.u-
,ral slips Can Lord S,owell really haze
meant to aver that Lincoln could seize a Co.u-
missioner from the Southern Confederacv in
the streets of Quebec, or on the shore at
Havana Undoubtedly, any power mag .,p
lts enemys Ambassador anywhere; but il
mus, take the consequences. If the arrest De
made upon neutral territory, the Power to
whom such terretory belongs will have ri ut
70 resist it even to the point of war.
Ills probable that Seward will not rest his
cause upon any such foundation az this dlcti IN
HIS Journals already indicate the policy he
means to adopt They say that Wilkes pro,
eseded on his own authority. Seward may
disavow the act, and apologize TO the British
government Perhaps ne will affect to punish
Wilkes. But whether the British Goyernme ~,
viii or will not be satisfied with this apology,
se'iAoutthe restoration Of MeSsrs. Mason an
Sii6eH, remains TO he seen Certainly. if thai
Government considers the act an outrage
complete atonenient cannot be made without
their restoration; and if tue british Ministry
be satisiied with such an ameads as leaves
them where they are, it may be taken as con
elusive evidence oftheir utter indifference to the
southern Confedesacy. We have always con
tended that our people would rely on their own
strong resolution and energy to secure then.
independenoe-tha they should hook nowhere
for asslstanoe-that assistance would never b..
rendered until it WAS plain they did not need it
tina; when the world was satisfied of this. it
would recognize our Government, aud tender
1ss good Offices to our people, Nevertheless,
II Id Important 20 know how far our citizens
are protected by neutusl flag Oh sea or land
and whether there is enough force ia that
clause in the extradlp,on treaty between Eng
land and the United States which excepts from
arrest fugitl"es for political Offences, TO shield
LIEN 1rc.a the pursuit of Linoon's euisraries.