New-York daily tribune., 1861-06-06

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States, and to disperse. aud il need DO de..xo,
armed combinations therein. 90 that the Fed.,,,
authority shall be respected, the Federal l,v,
enforced. and the Federal Gag wave in triunoI
In all the States Of the Union.
foregn powers can il they will, also see wav
the Umted States has sent au armed aot,Ih l.
the mouths of all its harbors from the Cbe...
peake to The Brazos. Like all commercial n,.
tons, it has q revenue system to be eof,rced IA
leves duties on foreign vessels and goods. b,,
ports of entry, custom-hou'e,, armed revenue
cutters. II has always punished attempts "a
evade its revenue code by seiz'ug aud conf.
cating, aud, if necessary. deSt oyiug property,
BY impriSOning, aud if resisted putt ng to death
those engaged in setting it at defiance. No CON-
mercial nation has complained of this; for, each
bas similar system, which it eniorces in Like
manner.
But. an extraordinary e1igency has arisen ia
the revenue system of this country. body
of desperate cOnspirators, usurping power
in the ports south Of the Chesapesks
bave set the Revenue laws at defaocs.
aud seized the Custom. Houses and armed cut
teis. Nay, more: the Rebels have, under false
pretense', set up reveous code of their own.
and propose to levy duties on SHIP, and goods
visiting their waters. according to their pleasure
and to u,o tbe money thus obtained in carryies
on war against the Government. Ia word.
they have adopted system of smuggling, rob
berry, aud piracy on gigantic scale, aud they
invite all conmercIal nations, aDd all cOrsairs
aud freebooters that iufrst the seas TO share
with them in tins immuulties and benefits of this
smuggling, robbery, and piracy.
Under these extraordinary circumstances, the
United States have increased their naval forces
along their coasts, for the purpOee OF on.
forcing their revenue laws in their own waters
and on their own wharVes B the insurgent States.
Cau commercial nations complain of ttisi Ger
taibly not, uness they would cousort with smus.
gers and freebOOteS.
Undoubtedly the statiouipg Of GOtilIa on %
long a line of coast, even to prevent smuggling
and 10 enforce the collection of revenues, when
it results in closing large number Of ports e1-
hiots, so far as foreign powers are concerned,
many Of the features of o blockade BY one bel
ltbcIcul UoLiout VI tuc QufDoTs Oh dOOLner Dt}lgs
erent nation, during a state of war between
them. And yet, in essence, the two cases are
radically different. Hence, the aDalOgies betwoes
them, dedGced from international aud maritime
codes, will, in their application to this peculiar
case, need some modification. At al eveuta
th ,se powers with whom We have large CONNER
cial dealings aud treaties of amity, should clearly
understand and carefully reflect, that the eI-
isting condition Of affairs on our Southern
coast, is not an ordinary blockade, by oas
belligerent nation of the ports Of enothsr
beiligereut nation, but is the legitimate means
used by the American Union to enforce i.s
own revenue laws in its own donations.
Nor should they forget that, in this contest on
the seas, our Government is dealing with thoss
sections of the country which are notorious fss
their fillibustering propensities, aud whose IS
clnded waters have been the sheltsring places fos
slave-traders and pirates, while our chief com
uercial marts, where the great Darstime poweo
of Europe have bscn accustomed 70 trado, a~s
open as usual, end loyal "a ever.