The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-06-13


good officers now that we have large army IN
the field, owing to an unexpected rebellioa.
There is DO nation in Europe which can better
supply that deficiency than Prussia
The PRIvATEERING OF THE REBEL GovEnw.
MENT KNOCKED ON THE HEAD-One of the chief
weapons on which Jefferson Davis and mis-
Cabinet relied was privateering, and the great
exultation with which the supposed rccogai-
ton of their letters of marque by England was
received by the press in the interest of the COZ
spirators, is proof of the importance which
they attached to it. The news from Eagisuds
received by telegraph from Newfoundland
that Lord John Russell had announced to Par
lament that the government had determined
to prohibit privateers and armed vessels from
bringing prizes into British ports, is, therefore,
very wet blanket to the glowing hopes
cherished by the Confederates.
There can be no doubt that this effect was
produced partly by the despatch of Mr.. Sew.
ard warning the European Powers that our
government would hold no further Diplomatic
Intercourse with them if they recognized tue
Commissioners from the Southern confedevacy
aud partly by the tone of the American press
upon which the London Times observes, that
"it is plain the utmost oircunspecton must be
used by every man or party in England TO
avoid giving offence to either of the inoeased
belligerents" Though this measure Of tue
British government still places the Southern
confederacy and tho United States upoa
no Sn
gal point Of view, inasruuch as our armed
public vessels will be as much excluded from
British ports if entering with prizes, as wild be
the privateers of Jefferson Davis with their
captures, yet tie practical effect of the pro-
hbition is all in favor OF the United States
for the Southern confederaoy have no csm-
mercial marine upon which our ships can prey
and if privateering were recognized by Fog
land the advantage would be on the side of the
Coniederates But now that the latter wdl
have no market for their prizes, it Will be use.
less for them to capture them.
All the other Powers of Europe, as far a. we
can learn, have set their faces against the Drac-
tice. 1t is stated that France intends to abide
by its law which prohibits privateers remai,isg
in port over twenty-f -four hours to dispose u
prizes when there. Though this is not SO cog
plete prohibition as that of England, yet it
60 hampers and restricts the action of the
Southern privateers that they will not be able
to do much in the French ports The piratcal
cruisers of Jefferson Davis are thus crippled ia
their operations, and they will be reduced to
the dilemma of destroying their captures, for
they are not lawful prizes till they are brought
into port and condemned by prize court,
either in the jurisdiction OF the Confederate
States or in that of an ally. As they Ave n
allies and are not likely to have any, aud a.
all their own ports are blockaded, they can de
nothing with their prizes and if they attsmp.
to appropriate them without adjudic alton, they
become buccaneers and are liable to be treated
as pirates by all nations.
Ex-SEcRETARY HOLT SusTANs ME GOVERN
MENT.-Mr. Holt, who was for short time Sc
cretary at the close of the administration of Mr..
Buchanan, publishes letter in one Of the Louis
vile papers, in which he assails the position of
neutrality assumed by the Governor of Kentucky
between the rebellious States and the United
o'a'Cn EcVClDm~4t' liz 5uo~s VuSC buCQ q pc
si6on cannot be sustained upon any just or
patriotic principle, for the federal government
is either tight or it is wrong in maintaining the
integrity of the Union at the point of the sword
How little ground there is for secession Mr..
Holt demonstrates in the following Words:
TIE returne chow that duipg ae year 1890 tina
Fugitive slave Law executed more faithfully sud
successfully than bad been during the preceding eco
years Since the installation OF President Lincoln not
case has ar1en Ia which the fugitive has not beeu re-
turred and hat too without any opposition from the
people. Indeed, the fidelity with whcn 1t YVES Under
ssocd to he The policy OF the present 'mn.srateu to
enixce the provisions Of this law has caused te,eect
panic emoDg the runaway slaves in the states
they have been escaping in nultiuoes Cara uupur
sue6 and upreclalmed BY heir masters. Is there found
/ Ia this Iea.on for dise6,u,or d the UuionS
This testimony from Southern man speaks
volumes. TIE truth is that the alleged loss 20
the South by fugitive slaves was mere pre-.
text for the dissolution Of the Union, and that
| conspiracy had existed long previous to the
Presidential election to break up the confede.
racy, with or without cause 1t lie an old and
a true saying, "where there is will there ia
way"