New-York daily tribune., 1861-08-25

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collected the principles of law applicable 10 The
.sn'dictiou, practice. and proceedings Of Prizs
Iourts, q expounded especially by Lord Stow
." ana -Mr. Justice Story, tokether with prs.
,iminary view Of the law Of natioes, 40 far a,
they relate to the interests Of eomme,a. IN Nm.
OF war. Tho topics Of which "a treat. A.. ~,
presented ior the first time in specisl mono.
graph and the slucdaiion Of them farnsSsd il
the volume cannot fail to attract the posis, not
only Of the profession. bat of merchant. ana
statesmen. Mr.. Upton expresses himself via
sommendable explcitness in regard to the ca,,r.
OF the present national crisis. MtF
The dogma of Independent State soyereion,v hss
Dees adhered TO whh pertinacity, which lin view
OF the carefully expressed and uuambuuous provision.
., ns q the United ssates requires no
as honest, until at leagth It has broscht forth s js
ultimate aud bitter fruit, in foolish asd w;cLed sd
causeess rebellion of these ates whoss leder, have
adopted It, and which can cnly be happily terminated
by the utter extinction of this pernicious heresy
In discussing the question, Who ere lawful
belligerents! he enters more fully into the char.
acter of tho conspiracy against the Union.
The annals Of the world furnish no parallel 10 the
present aroeious combination TO overthrow the Consti
tutiopal Government Of the United Statee. In all
those cases to which reference has been made and in
deed, In every instance recorded In history Of so.
part, where the revolt Las assumed proportions enti
ting il to be regarded as something other than the
alterations Of deuded mob there have exjsted car.
cumstapces Of more or lees significance. which con-
mended the fevo, to the sympathies Of Chssias ma
tioDs.
The impartial reader Of history viii seek In vain for
the record Of such revolt, that may not fairly DO
referred to some direct, pressing urgent cause Or a.
were lot themselves in perecS accordance In their
sgnment Of the which tmpeed them to rcsiet
aace But in this unnatural rebellion against mild
and bengnant, and benehcsnt a government 40 ever
existed upon ear.h, is presented the extraordinary
spectacle OF grave and apparently well-consldered
public oOcunens, prepared for submission to the udg
mont Of the world, smanating from the two proni-
conspirators IN the reyolt-one calling himself
the President snd the other the Presideot Of tho
Confederate Statesin which each sets forth elaboT-
ately what he considers tho aggregation Of causes
which have induced the attempt to overthrow the gov
ernment ut erly dis cOrdant dianetrically differ
ing each from the other, that who should for the
fst time read the Inanifestoes, without any preyieus
information Of current events might suppose them -
refer to different nations and . different people.
Il is quite safe 10 declare thai rebellion TO be
Lees, ia which it is scarcely possible to hnd any two
prominent insurectioni.ts agreeing ia their ssigp-
meut of The causes which have produced 1t.
Eli quite safe TO declare that eteon to be canse
less bst is raised against government, which fron,
controlled aud administered, In all its departments N
the interests Of those by whom the rebeioa has been
il cited. And ii 10 quite safe to declare that rebellion
10 be causeless which has no other ayowed basis .hau
pretended apprehension Of future indsposition Of
the government to protect the peculiar rights In tie
peculiar properly of the revolving peoplewbich, IL
successful have other end thsn 60 leave these
rights 70 utterly without all protection, tat thsir
eventual humiliation would be Inevitable.
Revolving people Of other nsiions have risen to
throw of the yoke Of the oprreSsorto free themselves
from an odious thralldom-to cast away the bupeus
beaped upon them by su iron despotism, end to go
forth independent people. Never before, IN the
worlds history, a rebellion against contributed
government rceOred with the svowed and sole pae
pose and Object Of encouraging, protecting extending
and perpeua ing human slavery, and making the per-
petua bondage of the chief cornerstone OF the
social and political fabric.
dConsiderations such these might well have just,
fed Great Britain N declaring that such recogbitiuns
Of reyoed peops lawful beiigerents. which have
hitherto been made by nations before their indef sndS
ence was acknowledged, furnish no precedent for
case ike this.
The different topics connected with tbs jars.
dicton Of Prize Courts are treated with sspious
illustrations and toe whole subject is prsssstea
TO the intelligent reader in o compact and lucid
form.