The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-06-03

except our short war In Mexico, and goes far to
show that we have lost noae of that efficiency
which distinguished our navy in the War Of
1872, and that we are formidable by ses Is we'll
as land.
Tho MachiaveMian Policy OF Great Brf.
tain Towards the Omitted States.
The details Of the debate In the House Of
Lords, on the 18th ul6mo, as received by the
Americas mails, and publisAed yesterday, gives
us particulars, respecting the language used on
that occasion, of the gravest Importance, and
of a far more aggressive nature towards the
United States, than had been previously re-
ported by telegraph. Our correspondence by
by the America, published this morning,
still further developes the Offensive policy Of
the English government.
The Lord Chancellor, who is the authorita-
tive exponent of the Palmerston Ministry in
the upper House had not only repudiated the
maritime code adopted by the Treaty Of Paris;
but had gone so far 40 to pronounce that the
United States has no right to punish British pri-
vateers in Jefferson Davis service az pirates!
He added that the war of the Confederate
States against the North was Just one, and
their right as belligerents was admitted" His
words are :-"No one Il. e., no English subject)
ought to be regarded Is pirate for acting un
der commission from State admitted to be
entitled to the exercise of belligerent rights,
and carrying on what might be called justum
bell,m. Anybody dealing with man under
those circumstances as pirate. and putting
him to death, would be guilty of murder"
Lord Kingsdown followed the Lord Chancellor,
and announced that ENGLAND had recognized
the seeding States as body possessing the
rights of belligerent;" that the "extravagant
order of the Washington government in refe-
renee to privateering was mere br,du,a f,d-
Men;" or, if not, that it "was piece of bar
barity which would raise an outcry through
out the whole civilized world" Earl
Granville, a member of the Cabinet, threw in
his sheer at the blockade of the Southern coast,
asserting that "mere paper blockades would
not be recognized, and commented upon the
agreement of Paris as not calculating change
in international law, excepting as regards those
Powers which signifed their acceptance of it,"
thus ignoring the last clause of the Paris treaty
by which those who " might hereafter" accept
it, were placed on par with those who had
done 30.
If those Peers who adhere to the Palmerston
Ministry, were thus explicit in their quasi-hos-
tility to the United States, the lords of the
opposition were still more so. ~ apprehend,"
said the Earl of Derby, that if there is one
thing clearer than another, it is that, by the
law of nations, privateering is not piracy-that
no enactment on the part of any one nation
can make that piracy as regards the subject of
another country, which is not piracy by the law
Of nations, or by the law of that country. The
Northern States, therefore, must not be aoaoed to
entertain that opinion" 1T is very important"
he added, that her Majesty's government
should not commit themselves to the doctrine
that the United States are to lay down the
principle of a universal blockade, and that that
blockade would be recognized by her Msjesty's
government" Lord Chelmsford commented
upon the serious step taken by the British
Cabinet, in admitting the Confederate States
to be entitled to the rights of belligerents," but
it was clear that Southern privateers could
not be treated as pirates" The Earl of Ellen
borough was of the opinion that some of them
had been hanged already" and feared the
consequences of the conversation that had taken
place, which, by the way, his own interpella-
tons gave rise to.
All this means cotton, cotton, cotton, and a
greedy craving, on the part of the aristocracy
and governing classes of Great Britain, to
humble nation, become first class Power in
the world, through the force of democratic in
stitutions. The insidious representations of
Lord Lyons, similar to those Of Sir Henry
Bulwer, some years ago, have contributed to
confirm the idea, that the United States can be
insulted and her wishes disregarded, with per-
feet impunity. The press of London, and, to a
still greater degree, that of the manufacturing
districts of England, has fallen into panic re-
speeding the probable effect upon trade of
blockade Of the Southern ports; and the con.
juncture is deemed favorable one, to decry
and villify us, and hold us UP to the world as
destitute of either energy or strength A recent
English reviewer Of American affairs, speaks of
US in the following complimentary manner
The history OF the American government, since
Eoveber9 mas been Of the most pitabls that ever
dSgraced q nation Buchanan aiding and fostering
treason Til be shank from the menacing spectre no had
raised; yielding and temporzing when hrmness was re.
CURED firm when frmness could only exasperate finally
neutral rresolute vacilstng signing away his countrys
commercial interests his last act Of Official ncapacty
Lncolns assuming q power which has scarcely sub
stance enough 70 cast even the fainest shadow over
those States which profess TO acknowledge H. proclaim
ing his power to the nation and 20 the world in
his inaugural address; his administration manaced aud
the sst step firmly the path Of surrender ror the
first that Of the inevitable recognition OF the con
federacy Incapable OF giving distinct affirmation OF ia
rights and purposes sacrificing the last Of "a
tonal prestige and strength descending into the lowest
dephz Of national humiliation great In honesty Of pur.
pcse ooatemptibe in total incapacty FOR action the
Union Itself falling TO pieces under the weight Of own
institutions, the Wanted federal tie no stronger IN an
emergency than rope Of sand and the federal govern.
ment Dol Of confusion, Humiliation and contempt
in the sight OF the armed despoitsms and constitutional
A..F.