Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-07-26
TuAT APE uLoCKADE AGAIN

THAT PAPER BLOCKADE AGAIN.
The events that crowd upon US every day
90 strongly to show the certainty Of LINcoLN's
paper blockade being utterly disregarded by
all the leading powers Of Europe. The tele-
graphic intelligence from the North this morn
ing informs US that the subject is undoubtedly
being discussed at present by both France and
England. Lord Lyons, too, it will be emem-
bsrsd, on last week was alleged to have noti-
fed his government that in several instances
private parties had been allowed by the United
States authorities to break it-a circumstance
that, If true, would at once 50 far invalidate
the concern as to Justify any foreign Rationali-
ty to regard it as in effect null and void.
One thing, as we have before said, is quite
pslpabIs. The blockade, in order to insure
the slightest degre of respect, must be efec-
tusl, or in the language IF the British procIa-
nation Of neutrality, "legal and complete
Lord JOHN RUSSELL has reiterated this fact
repeatedly, in the English parliament. During
the debate in the House Of Lords, on The same
subject, Lord GRANVILLE said, that ga block
sde, to be lawful, must be maintained with a
force so large as TO render all ingress and
egress, if not actually impossible, yet ex-
tremely difficult y and Lord CAMPBELL pro
nouncea the position thus taken to be correct
law. In the course Of the same debate, the
Earl Of Derby declared that the United States
chad not sufficient naval force to maintain
an e~fsctual blockade, and therefore it was not
desirable that they should proclaim a univer-
sal blockade while maintaining a partial
one.0
Il is quite evident from these incidental eK-
pressions Of opinion, that the Washington
government viii be heldto the s%trictest posi-
bic construction OF international law in the
settlement Of this matter. It being almost alb
solutely necessary for European 20 70
find a path through the complications sur
rounding this difficulty. we may expect just
such an Interpretation Of the laws relating ia
it as may bsst accord with their interest.
There need be 10 forced construction Of TIE
international code, however, as a justification
for breaking this sham OF z blockade, for, &C.
cording to the authority Of the enemy them
selves, It is altogether incompetent for the
purposes intended, being a complete farce and
an abortion. The Cincinnati Enquirer plain
lively c~onfsBsss that the British consuls are
"watching it with Iynx-eyss." TIE New York
Tribune says that IFS "nsuficiency'' is "s'rik-
ingly exhibited by the lists which southern
journals publish Of vessels sailing from and
arriving at ports within the limits of the
Southern Confederacy." The Times. another
great organ Of The administration party. adds
thai European nations "have the best eusdeucs
that the blockade is 20: such as international
law demands, and that they are released from
all obligations to respect il.u The Albany
Journal, THUELow WEEDS paper, in an arti-
Gle on the same subject, says slhere is too
much reason to fear that England is seeking
an excuse FOR breaking the blockade" and
that at will not be England alone, but England
backed by France, which wH brush the block.
Gdiag feet aside Ike %cobWsbr, and open
the cotton ports" Ia addition to
these admissions, we have the high author
ity Of Commodore STRIEeHAM himself, who
Acknowledges that it is but partial, BY publicly
suggesting that vessels coming from the West
Indies and The Gulf Of Mexico shall keen On
The outer edge Of the gulf stream, 70 avoid the
risk Of capture. His reasons for this are sig
uiGesnt enough: "Ihave no doubt" be says,
Hfbst vessels armed, run out for a day or So
perhaps not crossing the gulf-yet are able to
pick up vessels on The inner edge Of The stream
al was The case with The rebel schooner So
ponuah, and, more recently, the Lady DaUis.'
No southern perts, Indeed, may be said to be