New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-11-25

sneh nalnt our people, and place check Oh
their productive energ es. 10 ths ehu TIE ineis "
ransportation from one section OF our country W n
othsr nn4t be carefully guarded and improved; and
tbs houd be the object Of aDxious care on the part
Of the State aud Confederate Governments 80 lar as
tbey have power over the subject.
We have aIeady two main systems OF through
Transportation from north TO soutb-one from hlch-
moud along the eeaboard, the other through West
ern VIRGINIA to Orleans. third might be &C.
cured by completing link Of about forty miles be-
tween Danville, in Virginia, and in GTeenborough,
North Carolioa. The construction OF tins compsfa-
lively short line would give us through route IRON
north 10 south in the interior OF the Confederate
Saes and give access 20 population and 10 NIL
itaIy resources from which we ave now in a great
meat ure debarred We should increase greatly the
safety and capacity Of our means for transporting
men and military supplies. If the construction OF
the road should in the Judgment Of Congress, rs IT Is
in mine, be iDdispeusab Tor the mort successful
prosecution Of tue war, theactoD of the Government
will not he restrained by the Constitutional obiee-
/ ton which would attach 10 u work for commercial
purposes; and attention is invited to the practic-
bily OF securing its early completion, by giving the
needful ais 10 The company organized 1or Iis con-
/ struc;on and administration.
If we hueband our means and make judlcous
use of our resources, vt would be difficult TO fix
! limit, the period duIing which we could cCnduct
war against The adversary whom we now encounter
The very efforts which lie makes TO desolate and
INVADE us fnubt eAiltnhL MS nhlo
to complete the circle and diversity the productions
of our industrial system. The reconstruction which
So seeks TO effect " arms becomes daily mole and
more impossible Not only do toe causes which TO-
duced US 10 separate still last in full force, but
thew have been strengthened, and whatever doubt
may have fingered IN The minds Of any must have
been completely diepelled by subsequent events
If, instead Of being dissolution Of league, it
were indeed q rebellion in which we are engaged
we might feel ample yindcation for the couTse we
have adopted in the scenes which are now beng en-
acted in the United States. Our people now look
with eontemptlOus aEtODishment Oh those Win
whom thew have been 70 recently associated. they
shrink with aversion from the bare idea Of renewing
such connection. When they zee a President
making war without the consent OF Congress. when
they behold judges threatened because they MAINTAIN
the writ OF ha6eas corpus, go sacred TO lfeeineni
when they zee Justice ana law tramlled under tie
armed heel Of military authority, and upright men
/ and innocent women dragged 10 distant dungeons
upon the mere edict Of despot; when they find Ill
tins tolerated aud applauded by people who had
/ been in the full eulcyment Of freedom but lew
months ago. they believe that there must be some in-
compatibility between such people and themselves.
, Witt such a people, we may be content TO nee
at psate, but our separation Is hnAi, ana LOT ihe
! ipdepenoence we have asserted we VIII accept DO
alternative. TIE nature Of the hostlI'es Npeb
they have wGgeC against rs T'ust DO oha dcterized
as barharous whenever il T. understood. They have
bomtarded undefended Villages, without giving no.
ice TO women and children, 10 enable them 10 err
care and in one instance reelected the night a. TIE
period when they might surprise them most eiec,u'
allv, while asleep aud unsuspleious OF danger. Ar
and rapue, The destruction OF private houses and
property, and injuries 81 tie most wanton character
eyea upon eCmbatants, have marked their iOrGys
along tber borders and upon our territory. Although
we ought 10 have been adm o1ishtd by these
thev were disposed 0 make war upon us u tie most
cruel aud relentless spirit yet were not prepared
/ 2, Qut q ipV.n naval CYlelitOu with The
confessed purpose, not only TO pilia5e, but 70 iuce
seryle war il our midst. Ii they convert their sol
diers into in.endaries and robters aud involve ms
in species Of war which claUns non'eombatsnts,
women and children Its victims, hey ulust expect
/ 10 be treated as outlaws and enemies OF mankind.
There are certain rights Of humanity which are
entitled 20 respect even in war and be VINO IeInses
10 regard them forcits his claim If captured, 10 bo
considered prisoner Of war, aud must expect 10 be
deal, with as aa offender against all law, human ard
divine.
/ Bat not content with violating our rights under
| The law OF nations at home, hey have extended
7 theqe Injuries to ne within other julisdictions.
The DISTINGUISHED gentlemen whom, with your
aprIcysl Of the last session, commissioned 10 req
/ resent tbs Conisoeracy IL certain ioiugn courr,
have been recently seized by the Captain o. United
Ststes .hipOi-var while on boaTa Il Bfish steamer,
on their voyage from the neutral Spanish port OF
Havana {, England. The United States have thus
eIsiped general iuisdiction he ugh se's and
euteringa 5iijsh clip, sailing under itsoouutry ag,
No ate tie rights " Embassy, for Il most n-ri bed
sacred even among haTbaIisus BY scizng Cur minis
ten while urderhe protection and wit ~ the COMM
ion Of Beu' raj nation. 15efc gentlemen were much
upoer tie protection OF the BRITISH Government,
upon thai ship and betostb il flag, If they had
been on its soil; and claim o. the part a tie
United States 70 sieze them IN the streets OF LONDON
wOuld have been 10 well founded ~ that
TO apprehend them where they were tsken.
Had they been malefactors, ard citizens even If
the United States they could not have been arrested
on board Of British chip on British sal unie.s
under the e1Iess provisions Of treaty aud according
TO the forms therein provided iot the ozlra4iioe of
criminals.
BIT rights the most sacred seems to have Ioet ali
respect III their eyes. When Mr. Faulkner, q
former Minister Of the United States France, com
STONED before the secession Of Virginia, his
tive STATE, returned in good faith 10 Washington
settle biz accounts and fulfill all the obligations into
which DC had entered, he Was pcridonsly arrested
/ and Imprisoned in New-lOrk, where he now ir.
/ The transporting confidence with which he
ported 10 bis Government WAS cbusod, and his de-
sire TO fulfill bis trust to them was used 10 mis- injury.
In conducting this war, We have sought no aid and
proposed alliances, Offensive and defensive abroad.
We have asked for a recognized place i'll the gIeat
FAMILY Of nations; but in doing we have demanded
nothing for which did not offer q fair equivalent
The advantages or interoOurse mutual among
nations, and in seeking 10 establish diplomatic rein
tons We were Only endeavoTing to place that inter
course under the regulation OF public law
Perhaps we he'd the night, il we bad chosen 20 eX-
orcfe 1t, 10 ask 10 know whether the principle that
blockedes, 10 be binding, must be efectua, SOL
EMMY announced by the treat Powers OF Earole ID
Paris, lie 10 be generally enforced, applied only 10
particular parties. When the Confederate States at
your last sesson, became party TO the declaration
returning this principle Of international law, which
bias been recognized so hong by pubeists and Gov
ernments We certainly supposed that il was to be
universally enforced the customary law Of nations
is Aade up Of their practice rather than their declare
lions; and il such declarations only to he en-
forced in particular instances, at the pleasure Of