The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1861-12-18


commander bxt givea he order. Such an or
der he could not, under such adverse circum-
stances, conscienticAsly give. and il was.
therefore considsrsd- -sufhcient that party
Of marines with beyonsv fixed should forei- I
bly, lay hands on the gentlsmen named.
This was done, and the gentlemen retired TO
their eablus 70 arrange soma lew changes Of
elothing- /
A most heart rending scene now took
place between Mr. Siideil, his eldest daugh-
ter "a noble girl. devoted to her father,) and
/ Lieut.. Fairfax
| IL would require far more able pen than
mine to describe how, with fashingeyes and
quiveriRg lips'she threw herself IN the door
way of the cabin where her father was, re-
solved 10 defend him with her lie, till the
order being given tothe marines TO advance,
which they did with bayonets pointed at the
poor deenceloss girl.
| Her father ended the painful scene by es- !
Gaping from the cabin by window, when he
was Immediately seized by the marines and
hurried into the boat, calling out to Captain |
Moir as ho left that ho. held HIM and his
government responsible tOr this Outrage.
II further proof we're required of the mean
ness and. cowardly bullying line OF conduct
pursued by the captain Of the San Jacinto,
| may remark, first that on being asked III
they would have committed this outrage i'll
we had been man Of war, they replied
u Certainly not,' and, secondly. that Capt,
Wilkes sent an order for Capt. Moir to go on
board his ship, and a second for Captain
NJ Dir to move the Trent closer to the San
Jacinto.. Ol course, not the slightest notice
was taken Of either order, nor did they at
tempt to enforce them. ...
AN IMPORTANT ADMISSION THE London
Star has this statement: "The event has not
been unanticipated. 1t was, indeed, expec
ted to have come off on this side Of the At
lantc. 1t is notorious that Federal ships
have lefl our own ports to watch for the
mail steamer, with the deliberate intention
OF tax ng from her the commissioners. The
opinion of the law officers Of our Crown has
been taken on the subject, and we are assu'
red that it is clearly in iavor OF the right as
sumed BY the United States government.
: LONDON TIMES ON THE SEIZURG.--lt 10,
euires strong effort Of sell restraint to dis.
cuss with GOODNESS the intelligence we now
, publish. An English mail steamer, sailing
under tho british fig, and carrying letters
and passengers from Spanish port to En-
i gland has been stopped on the high seas and
: overhauled. -Four Of the passengers have
4 been taken out and carried off as prisoners.
claiming, and vainly claiming. as they were
! being forced away, the protection OF the flag
y OF Great Britain. These are the naked facts.
a We put out OF sight the accident that the four
4 gentlemen thus Kidnapped were accredited
n with diplomatic mission from the Conjscler-
" ate States of 4me,sta TO the Courts Of Europe,
and also the peremptory manner in which
. the Federal frigate acted in making her Sci
a zufe. .Ent. aHr@ t
y Is il, then, true that every officer OF the
n American. navy can stop and overhaul our
ships wherever they. may be found, and can
. take out Of them any persons whom she may
4 claim to be citizenspfsthe United sStates or
: officers Of the Confederate Government? Il
ia we were to admit the Federal view OF their
:, own position it,woud be plain that no such
2 right exists. They tell US they are not at
!. war, but are only putting down rebellion
i they say, said, that they'are not blocka.
.s ding their own ports, but are simply en'or'
ST cling law which has closed the Southern
: ports as ports OF entry. They must insis
=, upon putting their quarrel upon the same
ground Rs il the Qucon of England were put
= ting down rebellion on the Isle Of Wight
!. Now, If this were SO, it is clear that the Fed
H. eral States Of America have, in stopping ou
" =, mail steamer, been guilty OF an act of aggres
i. sion which could only be properly punished
40 bv laying an embargo on every American
!, ship in British ports and sweeping their lit
at tie navy from; the, seas. e,e 49,
~ They would, according to their point c
IA view, pot be at war, and would have none O
-, the rights Of belligerents over neutras. The,
would no more be belgerents than Engan'
- was after the celebrated Smith UBrien bat
III Tie in the cabbage garden, and they wout
,s have no more right to stop our ships and car
ry off our passengers than we woui hav
had to stop French ship and take Ml
NJ Smith OBrien out Of her. But this assump
on ton OF the Federal Government has bee
disalowed The aoorla generally has refuse
Ill to see in this disruption and reconstruction Of III
- North american Republic % mere rebellion -
- We haze recognized bath republics as Jelige,
~ ea Stotes We declare neutrality bet,oeen Me'
ie- as Jet,oeen tho toqrring potoerS. We havea
ho ready recognzsds these Confederate States a
h0 a belligerent power, and we shall, w zen tn
ms time comes, recognize their government.
~. Therefore we have imposed upon ourselve
all The duties and inconyeniences OF a Powe
neutral between two belligerents
act Uu,oelcmne as the truth may be, it is 'eue'
tbeless a truth that t0e haze ourseiueS estdbhsht
,ht a system Of international ia,o i0hich no0 tel
IL AGAINST u.s. In high handed and almost deS
, a poic manner We have in former days clam
I'VE ed privileges over neutrals which have at di
ere ierent times banded all the maritime power
ma OF the world against US. We have insiste
hit. even upon stopping the ships Of var OF nel
hin trll nations and taking Bri ish subjects out
"a. them; and an instance is given by Jeiierso
ing lin his MemoiIs in which two nepi ews
no Washington were impressed by our ,cruie
We as they were returning from Europe. ar
all placed as common seamen under The disc
.ew pIine Of ships twar. We have always bee
ach The strenuous asserters OF tho rights Of bell
rye gercnts over neutrais. and the decision OF o,
th Courts OF Law, as they must now be cited |
t our Law Officers, have beenin confrma',s ,s
Of these unreasonable claims, which ha
DIR, called into being considerations and armt
can neutralities against us, and which have o
Fhy ways been modified In practice when
, to were not supreme in our dominion at sea-.
he'd Owing to these facts, the authorities whit
was may be cited on this question are too hume
off Gus and too unfcrin NJ u the right OF scar
ing BY bellgerent ships ofwar over neutral me
lily chant vessels, to be disputed.
Gu The Times then goes on quoting Engli
ok. and American authorities, showing that '
ded had international law and English procedel
OF on our side, bu, adds: But, even it were ne
red essary to admit that these gentlrnen were
He a belligerent or coutraband character
,rs. board The English vessel. il is, we belle,
ere the opinioh'oi every eminent jurist that tt
be was not question to be adjudicated on by
re- naval officer and our boats crews. The lee
and course would have been TO take the ship
,ere selrinto port and TO ask for her condemn
tish tion, or for the condcmpation OF the passe
r4...s .f 4. r IT, ,ss,